Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined by bassoonist Linton Stephens and Ukrainian pianist Dinara Klinton as they embark on another musical journey, from Veracruz in Mexico to a pioneering Black female composer and a huge Grime hit as they add five more tracks to the playlist.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

La Bamba by Los Lobos

Other music in this episode:

E Ye Ye by Quantic & Nidia Góngora

Classical pianist Iain Burnside and saxophonist Jess Gillam continue the musical journey, taking us from a tragic tale of a shepherdess in Yorkshire to the Appalachian Mountains and to Portugal.

With the help of drummer Woody Woodmansey and biographer Paul Thompson, Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye discover new details and stories behind the five tracks on this week's playlist.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Old Molly Metcalfe by Jake Thackray

Other music in this episode:

Tour de France by Kraftwerk

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined by musicologist Hannah French and composer Neil Brand as they take us from the stables of Versailles to a Shirley MacLaine classic as they add another five tracks to the playlist.

Bhangra specialist DJ Sonny Ji celebrates a joyous track inspired by the children's chant 'Eeny, meeny, miny, moe'.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

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The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Coppélia: Galop Final by Léo Delibes

Other music in this episode:

Black Sky by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

From mariachi trumpets to calypso and ragtime, Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye continue the musical journey of discovery.

Saxophonist Soweto Kinch and composer Hannah Peel help create this week's playlist, with a special appearance by pianist Richard Stilgoe, and Black music specialist Kevin Le Gendre on the significance of calypso.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash

Other music in this episode:

Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) by Us3

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye return to the studio to start a whole new playlist in the company of the film and TV composer David Arnold, who's written scores for five James Bond films, and the organist Anna Lapwood, Director of Music at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

This new playlist takes us back to Mexico in the 19th century and to a famously dystopian landscape populated by robots.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Blinding Lights by The Weeknd

Other music in this episode:

Thunderbirds theme

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye present the first episode of the new series from the BBC marquee in front of a live audience at the Hay Festival 2022.

Their musical guests on stage in the tent are the opera tenor Wynne Evans, best known as Gio Compario in the TV insurance adverts, as well as Anne Denholm, Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2015 to 2019, and the violinist and composer Patrick Rimes.

In this one-off show, Cerys, Jeffrey and guests create a five-track playlist where each track is chosen for its musical connection with the previous one, starting with a Welsh singalong classic.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Cwm Rhondda by the Treorchy Male Voice Choir

Other music in this episode:

Llechi by Patrick Rimes

Vocalist, cellist and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson, and pianist and performer Joe Stilgoe, help Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye complete the series.

A feminist anthem and a heart-warming classic rub up against some very high bpm as they round off this playlist of 40 tracks.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

I'm a Woman by Koko Taylor

Other music in this episode:

Anthem by N-Joi

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined by composer Howard Goodall and pianist and music director Yshani Perinpanayagam to add five more tracks to the playlist.

In this week's adventure they explore the enormity of variety the keyboard offers, a journey that takes us to the cathedral, to outer space and, closer to home, Peru!

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J S Bach

Other music in this episode:

Lost in Music by Sister Sledge

Pianist Dinara Klinton and composer and writer Neil Brand join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to select the next five tracks on the playlist, each track chosen for its musical connections with the previous one.

From grief to joy, they unpick the familiar and the not-so-familiar musical tracks, and demonstrate how the compositions work.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

I Can See for Miles by The Who

Other music in this episode:

Solfeggietto in C Minor by CPE Bach

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined this week by Gillian Moore, Director of Music at London's Southbank Centre, and Romanian concert violinist Bogdan Văcărescu, to add the next five tracks to the playlist.

The studio guests serve up their usual eclectic mix, and from Mumbai we hear from one of the great voices of a classical Indian music tradition.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Infernal Dance from The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky

Other music in this episode:

Scherzo Fantastique, Op 25 by Antonio Bazzini, performed by Bogdan Văcărescu and Julian Jacobson