Songwriting Inspirations #3: from Elizabeth Cotton to Nick Cave
6 Music Festival 2026 headliner Courtney Barnett shares her songwriting inspirations.
Ahead of headlining this year's 6 Music Festival in Greater Manchester, Sydney singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett shares tracks which have inspired her over the past three years while working on her new album Creature Of Habit. This playlist includes tracks from Elizabeth Cotton, Nick Cave, and some duets that inspired the new album's harmonies.
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
- Reprise.
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Elyse Weinberg
Houses
- Numero Group.
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Elizabeth Cotten
Freight Train
- Bear Family Records GmbH.
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Vashti Bunyan
I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind
- Branch Music Ltd..
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Lucinda Williams
Fruits Of My Labor
- Lost Highway/IGA.
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Aretha Franklin
Think
- Atlantic.
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Harry Nilsson
Everybody's Talkin'
- RCA/Legacy.
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Kim Deal
Crystal Breath
- 4AD.
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PJ Harvey
Down By The Water
- Island.
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Robert Wyatt
Just As You Are
- Domino Recording Co.
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Tracy Chapman
Talkin' Bout A Revolution
- Elektra.
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Roy Orbison & k.d. lang
Crying
- Columbia.
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Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
It Ain't Me Babe
- Columbia Nashville Legacy.
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Mickey & Sylvia Robinson
Love Is Strange
- Supreme Media.
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Bob Dylan & Joan Baez
With God on Our Side (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1964)
- Columbia/Legacy.
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Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Islands In The Stream
- Telstar.
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Breathless
- Mute, a BMG Company.
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Polydor.
Broadcasts
- Wed 18 Feb 202623:00BBC Radio 6 Music
- Last Wednesday03:00BBC Radio 6 Music
