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Slow Sunday: Tales from the Riverbank

Stuart Maconie soundtracks a relaxing morning by a riverbank, as part of 6 Music's Slow Sunday. With riverside-themed tracks and chat, including music from Nick Drake, Ibeyi and Can.

Stuart Maconie presents solo, with a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

As part of 6 Music's Slow Sunday, Stuart soundtracks a relaxing morning by a riverbank with lots of riverside-themed tracks and chat. With music from artists including Nick Drake, Ibeyi, Can, The Coral, Lykke Li, Al Green and more.

Also on the show... long-running feature ‘The Chain’ which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8,700 songs.

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Music Played

  • Lykke Li

    I Follow Rivers

    • LL Recordings.

  • The Jam

    Tales From The Riverbank

    • EXTRAS.
    • Polydor.

  • Al Green

    Take Me to the River

    • Beechwood.

  • Brian Eno

    By This River

    • EMI Marketing.

  • Terry Reid

    River

    • Fifth of July.
    • WEA.

  • Steve Hackett

    Tales Of The Riverbank

    • Bay of Kings.
    • InsideOutMusic.

  • Lael Neale

    I Am The River

    • Sub Pop.

  • Doves

    Caught By The River

    • Heavenly.

  • Agnes Obel

    Riverside

    • Philharmonics.
    • [PIAS] RECORDINGS.
    • 002.

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    The Drowned World

    • Orphée.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Fennesz

    Rivers of Sand

    • Venice.
    • Touch.
    • 1.

  • Jimmy Cliff

    Many Rivers To Cross

    • Telstar.

  • Paul McCartney

    Waterfalls

    • Paul McCartney & Wings - Wingspan.
    • Parlophone.

  • Elis Regina

    Aguas De Marco

    • Philips.

  • Dennis Wilson

    River Song

    • Pacific Ocean Blue.
    • Legacy.
    • 001.

  • Ibeyi

    River

    • Ibeyi.
    • XL.

  • Linda Perhacs

    River of God

    • The Soul of All Natural Things.
    • Asthmatic Kitty.
    • 3.

  • Tindersticks

    Tiny Tears

    • Tindersticks [II].
    • This Way Up.
    • 004.

  • Fleet Foxes

    Wading In Waist-High Water

    • Shore.
    • Anti/Epitaph.
    • 1.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Purple Rain

    • Universal Music Tv/Emi/V.

  • Augustus Pablo

    East Of The River Nile

    • Rockers International.

  • Nick Drake

    River Man

    • ISLAND.

  • Tea Time Theme Time

    • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

      Frogs

    • The Turtles

      You Showed Me

    • Katy J Pearson

      Alligator

  • John Martyn

    The River

    • The Tumbler.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..

  • Frank Ocean

    Moon River

  • The Coral

    Dream River

    • Sea Of Mirrors.
    • Run On Records.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sunday08:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music