Music played:
Say Yes - Wax Tailor
A Thousand Tiny Pieces - Sean Hayes
The National Anthem - Guante & Big Cats!
True Life Blues - Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens
Uhura & MLK
Ya Rayah - Dahmana El Harrachi
Bella Ciao - Chumbawumba
Rap Wars: Tampon vs Mooncup
Tongue-Tied Jill - Charlie Feathers
Two From Alpha - Headley Bennett
Meditation Dub - Nucleus Roots
Ball of Fire - The Orb ft Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Abballabba - Lino Cannavacciuolo
Stars - Roses Gabor
Booo! - Sticky ft Ms Dynamite
Skirmish - Filastine
Your Drums Your Love - Aluna George
Rio De Hackney - The Correspondents
Njoka - Mokoomba
Mi Kolombia - Systema Solar
Storm - Django Django
Waiting Is A Drug - K'Naan

With special guest Alyse from Corporate Accountability talking about why we need to 'Think Outside The Bottle' and get back to drinking tap water

Music played:
Doctor Who - Smerins Anti-Social Club
Ohio - Justice
Heart Stop - Wax Tailor
Zen - Rokia Traore
Nangaraba - Amadou & Mariam
Meshkalina - DC Fontana
Viva La Felicita - Franco Godi
Tainted Love - Gloria Jones
Run - Gnarls Barkley
Blackpool Roll - Mr Scruff
Lime Juice - Uncle Ho
Snake Charmer - Chinese Man
Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap - Gabin
Party Started - The Cat Empire
Motorcycle 666 - Pop Levi
Root Trees - Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins
New Steps / Breaking Barriers - Birdy Nam Nam
On Board - Friendly Fires
Hero Worship - B-52s
Lickashot - Blundetto
Under Mi Sensi - DJ Spooky
All We Go To Hell - Yonderboi

Back on the air with 2 hours of aural pleasure, inspired by my holiday trip through Mexico.

Music played:
Border Pleasures - Nortec Collective
Alocatel - Mexican Institute of Sound
Don ernesto y su Jamaica Sound - Maldita Vecindad
Wendedora de Caricias - Panteon Rococo
Get Up, Stand Up - Ojos de Brujo
Mi Kolombia - Systema Solar
Fuego - Bomba Estereo
Mi Muneca - Riesgo de Contagio
Indios de Barcelona - Mano negra
Culture of Fear - Thievery Corporation
Unfilmed Fantasia - Mandeep Sethi
Assouf - Tinariwen
UK Shanty - Clean Bandit
Sur La Route - Rupa & The April Fishes
Yo Digo Baila - Mexican Institute of Sound
Best Foot Forward - Ed Solo & School of Thought
Me Pones Tierno - Rasel
Soldier - DJ Vadim
Rainin' In Paradize - Manu Chao
Fut Callejero - Maldita Vecindad
Mexican Madness - Nortec Collective
Upside Down - Carol Cool
Un Buen Cafe - ??
Pepper - Butthole Surfers
Heartlines - Florence & The Machine

It's my last show of the year, so I played my favourite tracks from 2012 and then some tunes to remember some of the musical legends who left us this year: Earl Scruggs, Etta James and MCA.

Music played:
Something for Nothing - The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man? - Carolina Chocolate Drops
Country Girl - Carolina Chocolate Drops
Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Politico - Mexico Institute of Sound
Elephant - Tame Impala
Want It Back - Amanda Palmer
Storm - Django Django
Reckoning Song - Asaf Avidan & the Mojos
Eiggy Sea - Cate Le Bon
Chained - The xx
Oblivion - Grimes
Song for Mabel Glave - Mist Giant
Something Good - Alt J
Time to Go - Wax Tailor
Stars - Roses Gabor
All Night - Parov Stelar
The Princess - Parov Stelar
2 Bit Blues - Kid Koala
Njoka - Mokoomba
Devils Look Like Angels - The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Mexico - Mexican Institute of Sound
Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Earl Scruggs
The Land Down Under - Men At Work
Sure Shot - Beastie Boys
Namaste - Beastie Boys
Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
At last - Etta James
Skyfall - Adele

Music Played:
Teh Road to Bled - Shooglenifty
L'eponge - La Patere Rose
Ni Lion Fein - Kila & Oki
Carmencita - Devandra Banhart
Dub Be Good to Me - Beats International
Music and Politics - Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Cuss Cuss - Lloyd Robinson
Fight Dem Back - Linton Kwesi Johnson
Fight the Power - Public Energy
Radiation (original 1988 mix) - Lesson Seven
Jacob's Ladder - Chumbawumba
London Calling - The Clash
A New Beginning - Dead Prez
The Killing Type - Amanda Palmer
In the Ghetto - Big Joe
Oye Company Juan - Ska Cubano
Mirror in the Bathroom - The Beat
Sunscreen - Baz Luhrmann
Spare Parts - Peggy Sue and the Pirates
Start Over Again - Indigo Moss
Cinnamon Girl - Dunkelbundt
Lubenica - Emir Kusterica
Loaded - Primal Screm
Digital Moneky - Balkan Beat Box
Mishto - Gogol Bordello

Music Played
Cumbia - Mexican Institute of Sound
Got the Hunger? - Alice Russell
Tequila Sexo Y Marijuana - Amparanoia
Guajira Boogaloo - Coco Lagos Y Sus Orates
Fatback - Link Wray
Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag
Sweet Potato Gravy - Maurice Simon & The Pie Men
Burning Down the House - Tom Jones & The Cardigans
Jolene - The White Stripes
Northern Skies - Sonic Boom Six
Drown In The Now - Crystal Method ft Matisyahu
Move Yourself - Headmix
Twyford Down - Galliano
Midnight in a Perfect World - DJ Shadow
6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps
Revenge of the Number - Portishead
Wash My Soul - Tricky
A Hidden Forest - Gordyboy (Mashup)
King Rock - KJ Dubs
Happy Up Here - Royksopp
Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy
Brand New Key - Melanie
Kamoukie - Salif Keita
Slipped Disc - Luke Vibert
It Ain't Right - Swing Zazou
Get Up Carmen - Waldeck
Calgary Capers - Peatbog Faeries

Music played:
Sit & Listen - Wax Tailor
Waiting is a Drug - K'Naan
These Chains - Hot Chip
Chained - The XX
Youth - Daughter
All Night - Parov Stelar
Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman
7 Bit Blues - Kid Koala
Black Tambourine - Beck
Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground
Safe from Harm - Massive Attack
Stars - Roses Gabor
Middle of the Road (Daliee's Rmx) - Lucy Rose
Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris
Gold Dust - DJ Fresh
Racing with the Sun - Chinese Man
Orang Utan - Nabula
Lost in Laos - Dengue Fever
Cannibal Courtship - Dengue Fever
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby - Dinah Washington
East of the River Nile (DJ Spooky Rmx) - Augustus Pablo
Todos los dias sale el sol - Bongo Botrako
Freedom - Richie Havens
Smoke on Water - Senor Coconut
Sexual Healing - Hot 8 Brass Band

Music Played:
Roncos de Son - Xose Manuel Budino
The Beat That My Heart Skipped - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
African Way - K'Naan & Mwafrica
Say yes - Wax Tailor
La Revedere - Dunkelbunt
Drumming Song - Florence & The Machine
Sugar Man - The Free Association
Aint Got No - Nina Simone vs Groovefinder
Big Chief - Professor Longhair
Express Yourself - Byron Lee
Funky Kingston - Bootsy Collins & The Roots
Dance on the Radio - Basement Jaxx vs Selector
Wakaru - DJ Dolores
Gypsy Part of Town - J.U.F.
Valley of Jehosaphat - Max Romeo
Gypsy - Oi Va Voi
Unza Unza - Emir Kustarica
L'Accordeoniste - Gadjo
Knockin' - Carolina Chocolate Drops
Is This The Life? - Cardiacs
Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure
Bikini Girls With Machine Guns - The Cramps
Sell Out - The Levellers
Bondage - X Ray Spex
Gangsters - Special AKA
Uptown Top Ranking - Althia & Donna
One In Ten - UB40

To mark the 21st anniversary of one of my favourite albums, this show is dedicated to the music that influenced Blue Lines, the music on Blue Lines, and the music that owes much to Blue Lines.

Pt I Before:
Skylarking - Horace Andy
I'm Glad Your Mine - Al green
Ike's Mood - Isaac Hayes
Stratus - Billy Cobham
Rock Creek Park - Blackbyrds
Sneakin' In The Back - Tom Scott & L.A.Express
You Know, You Know - The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry

Pt II During:
Safe From Harm - Massive Attack
One Love - Massive Attack
Blue Lines - Massive Attack
Be Thankful For What you Got - Massive Attack
Five Man Army - Massive Attack
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Daydreaming - Massive Attack
Lately - Massive Attack
Hymn of the Big Wheel - Massive Attack

Pt III After:
Black Steel - Tricky
Hell Around the Corner - Tricky
Glory Box - Portishead
Brown paper Bag - Roni Size & Reprazent
Splitting the Atom - Massive Attack
Paradice Circus - Massive Attack

Storm - Django Django (Scotland)
The Nosebleed Section - Hilltop Hoods (Australia)
Going Through Hell - The Streets (England)
Z-Beware of the Boys - Punjabi MC (England)
Monkey Fight Snake - The Bombay Royale (Australia)
My Favorite Mutiny - The Coup (U.S.)
Thou Shalt Always Kill - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (England)
Spying Glass (Live In The City) - Massive Attack (England)
It's A Pity - Tanya Stephens (Jamaica)
Karma Police - Easy Star All-Stars (U.S.)

Interview with Hillary Lehr: Occupy The Elections!

Bucky Skank - Upsetters (Jamaica)
Hip Hop Barrio - Up, Bustle & Out (England/Cuba)
Neacsu In Africa - Shrine Synchro System (England)
Zombie - Fela Kuti (Nigeria)
Yuri - Oi Va Voi (England)
Taxman - Junior Parker (U.S.)
Blank Generation - Richard Hell (U.S.)
There's No other Way - Blur (England)
Wuthering Heights - The Puppini Sisters (Italy/England)
Jacqueline - Alabama Three (England)
All In The Mind - Verve (England)

Here's where it all starts, my first show on Radio Valencia featuring: music from all over, world news from the BBC, a Portmerion festival #6 special and David from the New Nothing Cinema drops by to talk about the Fall of the I-Hotel.

Play List 10/15/12

Rio de Hackney - The Correspondents (England)
Devils Look Like Angels - Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (U.S.)
Something Good - Alt J (England)

Portmerion Festival #6 Special:
Blue Monday - Cor Meibion y Brythoniaid (Wales)
The Eiggy Sea - Cate Le Bon (Wales)
Shark Ridden Waters - Gruff Rhys (Wales)

News from the BBC World Service

Country Girl - Carolina Chocolate Drops (U.S.)
Reckoning Song - Asaf Avidan & The Mojos (Israel)
Elephant - Tame Impala (Australia)

Political What's On pt 1

Seven Light Years - RJD2 (U.S.)
Let 'Em Come - Scroobius Pip ft Sage Francis & P.O.S. (England & U.S.)
No Nimbus - Scroobius Pip / Grimes (England & Canada)

Political What's On pt 2

Thrift Store - Maclemore ft Wanz (U.S.)
A Hot Day - Babyhead (England)
Balkan Reggae - Mahala Rai Banda (Romania)

Interview with David Martinez, The New Nothing Cinema

Ghost Town - The Specials (England)
It Don't Mean A Thing - Caravan Palace (France)
Schlaweiner - Dunkelbunt (Austria)
Yes/No - Fake Blood (England)
Your Drums Your Love - Aluna George (England)
Take Back the Power - Asian Dub Foundation (England)