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30 Years of the Thames Path, loss of languages and Liam Bailey

Everything you need to know about London from architecture to accents and great music.

Poet and broadcaster Robert Seatter and Hannah Gutteridge, Thames Path Manager, mark the 30th anniversary of the Thames Path; journalist and author Sophia Smith Galer discusses “How to Kill a Language”, exploring the global loss of languages through personal and international stories; and Liam Bailey returns with his new album “Shadow Town”, released alongside a UK tour.

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Music Played

  • Pat Metheny Group

    Last Train Home

    • Still Life (Talking).
    • Nonesuch.
    • 3.

  • David Essex

    Hold Me Close

    • Top Of The Pops 1975.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 01.

  • Horace Faith

    Black Pearl

    • Trojan Records.

  • DAG

    Righteous (City Pain)

    • Columbia/Legacy.

  • Incognito

    Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing

    • Trevor Nelson Club Classics.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 15.

  • Boz Scaggs

    There's A Storm A Comin'

    • Savoy.

  • Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

    Blinded By The Light

    • THE BEST PUP ALBUM.
    • GUT MUSIC.
    • 18.

  • Linda Lewis

    My Friend The Sun

    • Legends.
    • RCA Camden.
    • 2.

  • India.Arie

    Video

    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).

  • Little Feat

    Dixie Chicken

    • Dixie Chicken.
    • Warner Records.
    • 1.

  • Bob Marley

    Iron Lion Zion

    • Now 23.
    • EMI/VIRGIN/POLYGRAM.
    • 01.

  • Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

    Rattlesnakes

    • Lloyd Cole And The Commotions 1984-1989.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 5.

  • Mud

    Tiger Feet

    • 15 Classic Tracks: Mud.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 15.

  • Maria Muldaur

    Midnight At The Oasis

    • For My Mum.
    • Rhino.
    • 06.

  • Hank Mizell

    Jungle Rock

    • Jungle Rock.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 01.

  • Desmond Dekker

    You Can Get It If You Really Want

    • The Best Of Desmond Dekker.
    • Trojan Records.
    • 05.

  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

    • THE BEST OF THE NINETIES...SO FAR.
    • EMI.
    • 07.

  • Lizz Wright

    Thank You

    • The Orchard.
    • Verve Forecast.
    • 11.

  • Matt Monro

    Born Free

    • Complete Heartbreakers, 30 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.
    • 12.

  • Ella Langley

    Choosin' Texas

    • SAWGOD/Columbia.

  • Paul Weller

    Gravity

    • True Meanings (Deluxe Edition).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 4.

  • Olivia Dean

    Man I Need

    • Capitol.

  • Liam Bailey

    A Perfect Release

    • Home For Us.

  • Liam Bailey

    Gold

    • Home For Us.

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Pulp - Hits.
    • Universal-Island Records.
    • 01.

  • Family

    Burlesque

    • Esoteric.

Broadcast

  • Last Saturday10:00
    BBC Radio London