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Anne Dudley and Jon Boden at the Crossed Wires festival in Sheffield

In front of a live audience at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield, Anna and Jeffrey are joined by composer Anne Dudley and Bellowhead folk musician Jon Boden.

Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley and musician, arranger and former lead singer with the folk group Bellowhead, Jon Boden, are Jeffrey and Anna's guests in front of a live audience at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield. Kicking off with a huge Sheffield banger from 1982, the five-track journey takes them to Bob Marley, Eliza Carthy and finishing up with a legless cockroach!

Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

The Look of Love by ABC
Stir It Up by Bob Marley
Little Gypsy Girl by Eliza Carthy
Pe-loc by Béla Bartók
La Cucaracha by Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán

Other music in this episode:

Don't You Want Me by The Human League
Tonight The Streets Are Ours by Richard Hawley
With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker
I Do This All The Time by Self Esteem
Heatwave In The Cold North by Reverend and The Makers
Temptation by Heaven 17
Common People by Pulp
Don't You Want Me by The Human League
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys
I Shot The Sheriff by Eric Clapton
Rufford Park Poachers recorded by Percy Grainger
From the Diary of a Fly by Béla Bartók

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42 minutes

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