Bob Harris - Saturday Show

BBC Radio 2
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Following my run of programmes on the network during Christmas 1996, I began a series of regular shows on 29th March 1997. I broadcast every Saturday evening for three hours from 11pm until 2am, now working with Mark Simpson, a friend and colleague from the GLR days.

I build my programmes at home. I produce a running order and it and the corresponding CD's go into a programme box which I take into the studio with me, so I play all my own CD's and records. I like the programme to have a musical flow (the American 'wave' idea is my template) with segues of maybe two, three or four tracks together. I try to play a lot of different styles and blend each track as seamlessly as possible. I find programme building fabulously enjoyable and rewardingly creative. I spend a lot of time trying to get it right. I don't 'format' the show at all but I do use the Rockdate diary to inject familiarity.

The music is contempory and as diverse and interesting as I can make it. A 'no boundaries' music mix. If you want details of the tracks I'm playing, look up the playlist section on the web site.

Radio 2 is available in stereo to anyone in the UK with Freeview on channel 72, Sky Digital on channel 0102 or Virgin TV on channel 860 or 902

Sessions 2010

Lisa Redford - 27 March
Makes Your Heart Sing
NY Song
Live Your Life
Music And The Mountains

Paul Brady - 20 March
Lakes Of Ponchartrain
One More Today
Rainbow
Money To Burn

Jill Sobule - 6 March
Houdini's Box
Jet Pack
Palm Springs
Where's Bobby Gentry?
Wendell Lee

Among The Oak And Ash - 27 February
Housewife's Lament
The Water Is Wide
Angel Gabriel
Peggy-O

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers - 20 February
Banditos
Green And Dumb
Summer Number 39
I Do

Jonatha Brooke - 13 February
Safe And Sound
10 Cent Wings
Love Is A Battlefield
Start Again

Joan Armatrading - 6 February
This Charming Life
My Baby's Gone
Love And Affection
Heading Back To New York City

Marcus Bonfanti - 30 January
Give Me Your Cash
What Good Am I To You
Tweed Blazer
Devil Girl

Kate Walsh - 23 January
Your Song
Greatest Love
As He Pleases
The Dark Night

Black Joe Lewis - 16 January
Sugarfoot
Somebody Loves Me
Boogie
Big Booty Woman

The Low Anthem - 9 January
Ticket Taker
Cage The Songbird
To Ohio
This God Damn House

Israel Nash Gripka - 2 January
Let It Go
Don't Run
Pray For Rain
Evening

Sessions 2009

Valerie Marshall - 26 December
Love's Ghost
Can't Let Go
Diamonds And Pearls
Cupid's Butterfly

The Capitol Years - 19 December
Revolutions
Rolling Hills
Endless Town
You Can Stay There

Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett - 12 December
Sailin' Shoes
Down On The Farm
Honest Man

Sam Carter - 5 December
Yellow Sign
Hired Hands
Bones
Oh Dear, Rue The Day

Alela Diane - 28 November
White As Diamonds
Dry Grass And Shadows
Tatted Lace
Lady Divine

Thea Gilmore - 21 November
Cold Coming
That'll Be Christmas
Thea Gilmore's Winter Toast
Old December

Sam Baker - 14 November
Snow
Signs
Mennonite
Angels

Tinariwen - 31 October
Arawan
Chegret
Imidiwan Afrik Tendam
Assuf Ag Assuf
Chabiba

McIntosh Ross - 24 October
Walls
Oh The Dark
A Passing Place
Any Trust I Place In You

Ruby Turner - 17 October
This Train
Oh Mary Don t You Weep
I'm Travelling On
Take My Hand, Precious Lord

Portland - 10 October
Burning Sky
The Letter
Believe In You
Tonight

Stephen Dale Petit - 3 October
A Better Answer
It's All Good
As The Years Go Passing By
My Friend Bob

James Grant - 26 September
My Father's Coat
Strange Flowers
Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Sarah Jane Morris - 5 September
Never Forget How To Dance
Promised Land
You Know Her
It's A Shame

Katy Lied - 22 August
Welcome To The World
When It Rains
Piece By Piece
Katy Lied

Aynsley Lister - 15 August
Soul
What It's All About
Sugar Low
Crazy

The Whispertown 2000 - 8 August
Pushing Oars
Done With Love
Old Times
Erase The Lines

Sonny Landreth - 1 August
Next Of Kindred Spirit
South Of I-10
Zydeco Shuffle
Blue Tarp Blues

Fredo Viola - 25 July
Robinson Crusoe
Red States
Death Of A Son
The Sad Song

Dave Matthews - 18 July
Funny The Way It Is

Bex Marshall - 18 July
Hot Headed Man

Dave Matthews - 18 July
Lying In The Hand Of God

Bex Marshall - 18 July
Kitchen Table
Black Guitar

Dave Matthews - 18 July
Dive In

Bex Marshall - 18 July
Too Much Rock 'n' Roll

Andrea Glass - 11 July
Don't Burn Down The House

The Price
We Could Be Over

Steve Cradock - 4 July
The Apple
Beware Falling Rocks
You Paint Your Picture
Something Better

Glenn Tilbrook - 27 June
Best Of Times
Through The Net
Still
Melancholy Emotion

Steve Forbert - 20 June
Stolen Identity
Blackbird Tune
Sing It Again, My Friend
Hang On Again Til The Sun Shines

Ben Kweller - 13 June
Penny On The Train Track
Sawdust Man
Wantin' Her Again
Fight

Carrie Rodriguez - 6 June
Absence
Rag Doll
El Salvador
She Ain't Me

Jon Allen - 30 May
Going Home
Dead Man's Suit
New Year's Eve
Young Man Blues

The Olympic Symphonium - 23 May
Pieces
Intentions Alone
Cold And Blue
A Lot To Learn

The Bowmans - 16 May
Make It Last
On The Road
Southern Sky
Nothing Yet

Walter Strauss - 9 May
Djimbaseh
The Spring Song
Ishi
Dustdevil

Ben Taylor - 2 May
Wicked Way
Dangerous Girl
Turn On The Lights
After It's Over

Martyn Joseph - 25 April
Lonely Like America
On My Way
Some Of Us
Vegas

Ella Edmondson - 18 April
Sing For You
Capable
Hunger
Hold Your Horses

Lau

Lau - 11 April
The Burrian
Stephen's
The Unquiet Grave
The Master

Eliza Carthy - 4 April
Mr Magnifico
Mohair
Hug Like A Mountain
Two Tears

Hey Negrita - 21 March
Room Service
The Last Thing That I Do
Nine To Five
Fishin'

Greg Pearle and John Illsley - 14 March
Demons
Romeo and Juliet
Loving You
Love Let Me Breathe

Mawkin Causley - 7 March
The Jolly Broom Man

The Greenlander
George's Son

Lost Brothers - 28 February
Last Day On The Job
Fallen
Ribbons And Bows
Who Could Love You More
Angry At The Sun

Nitin Sawhney - 21 February
Letting Go
Shadowlands
My Soul
October Daze
Noches En Vela

Jonatha Brooke - 14 February
You Ought To Be Satisfied Now
Madonna On The Curb
All You Gotta Do Is Touch Me
Sweetest Angel
A Taste Of Danger

Tift Merritt - 7 February
I Know What I'm Looking For
Bar With A TV On
Keep You Happy
Another Country
Broken

Rosabella Gregory - 31 January

Fake Lazy Supernovas - 24 January

Golden Boy

Cara Dillon - 17 January
The Parting Glass
The Verdant Braes Of Skreen
P Stands For Paddy (Lament for Johnny)
Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor

Chris While and Julie Matthews - 10 January
Shadow Of My Former Self
Welcome To Your Life
Together Alone
Single Act Of Kindness

Joe Brown - 3 January
Stay Young
I'll See You In My Dreams
Long Gone
Killing The Blues

Sessions 2008

Richard Thompson - 27 December
See My Friends
So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo
A Hunting The Wren
Oops!... I Did It Again

Calexico - 20 December
Two Silver Trees
House Of Valparaiso
Slowness
Victor Jara's Hands

Steve Tilston - 13 December
Speaking In Tongues
Life By Misadventure
The Road When I Was Young
Goodbye Madam Muse

Josh Rouse - 6 December
My Love Is Gone
1972
Lemon Tree
Winter In The Hamptons

Bryan Adams - 29 November
The Way Of The World

Southside Johnny - 29 November
Tired Skin

Bryan Adams - 29 November
Tonight We Have The Stars
House Arrest

Southside Johnny - 29 November
Tango Till They're Sore
I Don't Want To Go Home

Bryan Adams - 29 November
Walk On By

Fleet Foxes - 22 November
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Blue Ridge Mountain
Mykonos
Your Protector

Nell Bryden - 15 November
Second Time Around
Tonight
Helen's Requiem
Goodbye

Marillion - 1 November
This Train Is My Life
Whatever Is Wrong With You
This Is The 21st Century
80 Days

Luke Doucet - 25 October
Blood's Too Rich
The Day Rick Danko Died

Tom Russell - 25 October
Who's Gonna Build Your Wall
Stealing Electricity

Luke Doucet - 25 October
Long Haul Driver
It's Not The Liquor I Miss

Tom Russell - 25 October
Guadeloupe
Big Water

Julie Fowlis - 18 October
Biodh An Deoch Seo 'n Laimh Mo Ruin
Lon-dubh/Blackbird
Hug Air A Bhonald Mhoir
Turas San Lochmor

Annie Keating - 11 October
On The Road By Ten
It Already Hurts When You Leave
For The Taking
Belmont

Walter Trout - 4 October
In My Mind
Sanjay
A Matter Of The Heart
The Next Big Thing
Welcome To The Human Race

Angie Palmer - 27 September
Nightsong
If I Was
Fiery Lake
Hey Lazarus

Gougers

Gougers - 20 September
To Mock A Killing Bird
Everybody Knows

Eileen Rose - 13 September
$20 Shoes
Trying To Lose You
Sad Ride Home
All Those Pretty Things

Fraser Anderson - 6 September
Grace
Photograph
I Hope I'm Alive
Rag and Bones

Aimee Mann - 23 August
31 Today
Borrowing Time
Freeway
Phoenix

Kate Rogers - 16 August
Stealing From You
Wowbox
Go
St Eustacia

Teddy Thompson - 9 August
Jonathan's Book
Don't Know What I Was Thinking
In My Arms
Where To Go From Here

Jim Moray - 2 August
The Rufford Park Poachers
The Wild Boar
Three Black Feathers
Leaving Australia

Justin Townes Earle - 26 July
Lone Pine Hill
South Georgia Sugar Babe
I Don't Care
Turn Out My Lights
Hard Livin'

Emily Smith - 19 July
Come Home Pretty Bird
The Mermaid Of Galloway
Caledonia
Sunset Hymn
May Colven

Cath and Phil Tyler - 12 July
False True Love
Water Is Wide
Queen Sally
Wether's Skin

Ben Harper - 5 July
There Will Be A Light
Waiting For You
Lifeline
Fight Outta You

Eric Bibb - 21 June
Get Onboard
Spirit I Am
River Blues
Pockets
In My Father's House

Thea Gilmore - 7 June
Rosie
Old Soul
The Lower Road
Breathe

Andy Fairweather Low - 31 May
Ashes And Diamonds
Hymn 4 My Soul
I Don't Need
Wide Eyed And Legless

Kim Richey - 24 May
Every River
Turn Me
Drift
The Absence Of Your Company
Chinese Boxes

Fish

Fish - 17 May
13th Star
Arc of the Curve
Zoe 25

Danny and the Champions of the World - 10 May
Shadow Of The Wolf
The Red Tree Song
I Still Believe
The Truest Kind

Heidi Talbot - 3 May
Bedlam Boys
Everything
When They Ring The Golden Bells
If You Stay
Time

Pete Molinari - 26 April
Adelaine
It Came Out Of The Wilderness
God Damn Lonesome Blues
A Virtual Landslide

Yoriyos

Yoriyos - 12 April
(unnamed song)
The Pied Piper
Endoscopises
Love At The Gates Of Dawn

Corinne West - 5 April
Cabin Door
Gandy Dancer
Amelia
Second Sight

Morcheeba - 15 March
Gain The World
Enjoy The Ride
Au Dela
Run Honey Run

Ruth Notman - 8 March
Fause Fause
Heather Down The Moor
Billy Don't You Weep For Me
Limbo

The Gathering of... - 1 March
Don't Make Me Old Before My Time
Meet Me On The Corner
Fire On The Line
False Hands

Storys

Storys - 23 February
Jingle
Long Hard Road
Town Beyond The Trees
It's All We Really Need
Be By Your Side

Oh Laura - 9 February
Black N' Blue
It Ain't Enough
Mess You Left Behind
Release Me

Josh Ritter - 2 February
Empty Hearts
Rumours
To The Dogs Or Whoever
The Temptation Of Adam

Stewboss - 26 January
Always How It Starts
Fill Station
Swing That Axe

Steve Forbert - 19 January
Thirty More Years
What Kind Of Guy
Middle Age
Thinking

Paul Carrack - 12 January
Raining, Raining
Satisfy My Soul
Love Will Keep Us Alive
How Long
Running Out Of Time

Dennis Locorriere - 5 January
Unchain My Heart
Dance On Daddy's Feet
Shine Son
I'm Impressed With Myself

Sessions 2007

Beth Rowley - 22 December
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Oh My Life
Sweet Hours
Only One Cloud

Peter Von Poehl - 8 December
Story Of The Impossible

Dion

Dion - 1 December
Baby I'm In The Mood
And The Night Stood Still
Nadine
Son Of Skip James

Joe Bonamassa - 4 August
Woke Up Dreaming
Sloe Gin
You Upset Me
High Water Everywhere

Gary Fletcher - 28 July
A Lie Is A Lie

Martyn Joseph - 28 July
Kindness
Some Of us

Gary Fletcher - 28 July
May You Now Find Peace

Martyn Joseph - 28 July
Proud Valley Boy
Turn Me Tender

Gary Fletcher - 28 July
Payback

Stephanie Dosen - 21 July
Daydreamers
This Joy
Somerset
A Lily For The Spectre

Tia McGraff - 14 July
Oughta Be Rock
Second Chance
Hope Is Everything
I Can't Quit

Sunny Sweeney - 7 July
16th Avenue
Next Big Nothing
Band Of Gold
Lavender Blue

Yvonne Lyon - 30 June
Everything's Fine
Colours
Come

Jackie Leven - 23 June
Kings Of Infinite Space
One Man One Guitar
Blues Run The Game

Anais Mitchell - 16 June
Before The Eyes Of Storytelling Girls
Behind The Wall (Hades Town)
Old Fashioned Hat

Ron Sexsmith - 9 June
These Days

Blue Rodeo - 9 June
Bad Timing

Ron Sexsmith - 9 June
Secret Heart
Never Give Up

Blue Rodeo - 9 June
What Am I Doing Here?

Ron Sexsmith - 9 June
Not About To Lose

Wire Daisies - 2 June
Let Me Love You
Rocket Girl
Time Will Tell
Come Home Safely

Megson

Megson - 26 May
Follow It On
Butternut Hill
I Lied
Smoke Of Home

Sue Foley - 12 May
Down The Big Road Blues
Two Moons Gone

Jesse Malin - 12 May
Broken Radio
Aftermath

Sue Foley - 12 May
So Far

Jesse Malin - 12 May
Don't Let Them Take You Down
Lucinda

Joan Armatrading - 5 May
Something's Gotta Blow
Love And Affection
Empty Highway
Woman In Love
Into The Blues
All The Way From America
Tall In The Saddle

Martha Tilston - 28 April
Artificial
Winter Flowers
Falcon

Marillion - 21 April
The Last Century For Man
Afraid Of Sunlight
Neverland
Fantastic Place
Thank You Whoever You Are
Somewhere Else

Show Of Hands - 14 April
Roots
Country Life
Are We Alright?
Undertow

The Draytones - 7 April
Keep Loving Me
Out Of This World
Time

Scott Matthews - 31 March
Passing Stranger
Eyes Wider Than Before
Dream Song

Aynsley Lister - 24 March
Disorderly Me
Get Away
Rain

Endrick Brothers - 17 March
Loser's Excuse
Queen Of The Summer
Beautiful Rejection
Thorns On Every Rose

Justin Rutledge - 10 March
Does It Make You Rain?
Come Summertime
I'm Your Man, You're My Radio

David Celia - 3 March
Infinity
Best Thing Ever
I Found You
Evidently True

Tunng

Tunng - 24 February
Woodcat
Fair Doreen/Stories
Jenny Again
It's Because...We've Got Her

Rebecca Worthley - 17 February
Coming Home
Myths Of Competition
Consumed
Castles

Roman Candle - 10 February
Something Left To Say

Thea Gilmore - 10 February
December In New York

Roman Candle - 10 February
Modern Radio

Thea Gilmore - 10 February
Sugar
Teacher, Teacher

Roman Candle - 10 February
Winterlight

Thea Gilmore - 10 February
Lip Reading

Roman Candle - 10 February
Wish I Was In New York

Thea Gilmore - 10 February
Are You Ready?

Kris Drever - 3 February
Harvest Gypsies
Steel And Stone
Poor Man's Son
Navigator

Bruce Cockburn - 27 January
Life Short Call Now

When You Give It Away
Open

Angie Palmer - 13 January
The Ballad Of John Henry
Fool's Gold
Premonition Blues
Michelangelo

Jon Redfern - 6 January

I'm Still Young
Can't Take The Heat
I Love The Sun

Sessions 2006

Lisa Redford - 23 December
Wildfire
You Will Know
Don't Tell Me
Lost Again

Brian Houston - 9 December
These Days
Childish Things
Christmas Day
Red Badge Of Courage
Sugar Queen

Derrin Nauendorf - 25 November
Shipwrecked
Queensland
Universe Demands
Shatter Like Stars

David Kitt - 18 November
What I Ask
Saturdays
Guilty Prayers Pointless Ends
Sleep

Sessions 2005

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion - 19 March
In Lieu Of Flowers
Exploration

Sessions 2004

Anne McCue - 20 March
I Want You Back
Tiny Little Song
My Only One

Sessions 2003

Gretchen Peters - 8 November
On A Bus To St. Cloud
Don't Cry A Tear For Me
The Secret Of Life

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