Georgie Ward, composer and keyboard player to the stars, and cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe, head to the Add to Playlist studio to add the final five tracks of the series. Together with Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe, this episode takes us from a reinterpretation of a Bob Marley classic to a Sinatra father-and-daughter 'novelty' song via a ground-breaking aunt-and-niece double-act from Tanzania.

Add to Playlist returns for a new series on 27 Feb 2025

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Redemption Song by the Kanneh-Masons

Other music in this episode:

Be the One by Dua Lipa, Live from the Royal Albert Hall

Kora player and composer Seckou Keita and screen composer Tess Tyler join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add five more tracks to the playlist, taking us from bootlegs to Africa's biggest-selling single, via an early classic video game. They are joined by the British producer Nick Patrick, the man behind two of the tracks in today's playlist.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Cindy C. by Prince

Other music in this episode:

Sallisaw Blue by John Moreland

Bassoonist Amy Harman, cellist Francesca Ter-Berg and baritone and composer Roderick Williams get in the festive spirit as they create a dynamic playlist of five classic seasonal tracks. In this Add to Playlist winter special, Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye are going to take us from a solitary chorister to a massive Christmas singalong banger, so sleigh bells at the ready...

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Once In Royal David’s City by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Other music in this episode:

Here Comes Santa Claus by Bob Dylan

Keyboard player and composer Ben Nobuto and double bass player Lucy Shaw take us from clocks and clouds into space as they join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye, before landing on a John Coltrane classic.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano

Other music in this episode:

Animal Magic theme, or Las Vegas, by Group Forty Orchestra, written by Laurie Johnson

British-Bahraini Flugelhorn and trumpet player Yazz Ahmed and writer and musician Rhodri Marsden bring their instruments to the studio to add the next five tracks with Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe. The musical patch will lead them from the Caribbean to Springfield, Bahrain, Japan and a controversial optimistic slice of British humour.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Jump in the Line by Harry Belafonte

Other music in this episode:

Money (That's What I Want) by Barrett Strong

American folk musician and multi-instrumentalist Sam Amidon and recorder player and baroque flautist Heidi Fardell take us on a global musical journey, from Salzburg to Soweto, with Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe. The history of the humble tambourine, the challenge of being a left-handed musician, and a little-known controversial involvement in slavery all feature as the next five tracks are added to the playlist.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Ballet Intermezzo: Tambourin by Mozart

Other music in this episode:

Million Voices by Otto Knows

Saxophonist and Radio 3 presenter Jess Gillam, and lyricist and songwriter Richard Stilgoe, launch a new series as they join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add the first five tracks of the new playlist. The elements feature in three of the tracks (but Earth, Wind & Fire don't!), before we head to the barber's and round off with a Dylan classic.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King

Other music in this episode:

Ay Jona by The Bahama Social Club

Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen, recently announced as Master of the King's Music, and composer and silent film music specialist Neil Brand, join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye to round off the current series.

From the first winner of the Eurovision Song contest to a Marvin Gaye masterpiece, via warring brothers, Add to Playlist wraps up before returning for a new series in November.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Refrain by Lys Assia

Other music in this episode:

1st Movement of Concerto Grosso by Errollyn Wallen

Keyboard maestro and prog rock musician Rick Wakeman and concert violinist Fenella Humphreys are today's studio guests with Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye. In the penultimate episode of the current series, they take us from a Bach favourite via an Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong classic before hopping on a train to Moldova for some lively Eurovision action.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

1st movement of Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor by Bach

Other music in this episode:

Would You...? by Touch and Go

Saxophone player and composer Emma Rawicz and jazz pianist and bandleader Julian Joseph join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they take us from a 1973 Elton John hit to music with historical links to the Deep South.

Special guest Rhiannon Giddens, the American folk musician, fiddler and banjo player, reveals the history of the bluegrass banjo, taking us from West Africa to the Americas, and the role of the transatlantic slave trade.

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Bennie and the Jets by Elton John

Other music in this episode:

Carnaval de Paris by Dario G