Bob Harris - Sunday 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 2012

Travelling Band - 29 January
Battlescars
Screaming Is Something
Sundial

Verden Allen and Soft Ground - 22 January
Carry On
Do You Want Me 2
Long Time No See

Paul Freeman - 15 January
The Promise
Blind Man Blues
That's How It Is

Megan Henwood - 8 January
What Elliott Said
White Lies
Hope On The Horizon
Making Waves

Sessions 2011

Seasick Steve - 25 December
Walkin' Man
Started Out With Nothing
Christmas Prison Blues

Little Fish - 18 December
The Umbilical Chord
Morning Call
Heroin Dance

Roddy Hart - 18 December
Boxes
Friday Night
Old City Avalanche

Nuala Kennedy - 11 December
Lord/Elcho/Kafoozulum
The Lonely City
My Bonny Labouring Boy

Jennifer Crook - 4 December
The Merry Go Round
Cowboys
Coming Down The Road

Catherine MacLellan - 20 November
Stealin'
Snowbird
True Love
Trickle Down Rain

Neil Finn - 20 November
Golden Child
Missing Person

Lynn Miles - 9 October
Something Beautiful
Three Chords And The Truth
Love Doesn't Hurt

Bettysoo and Doug Cox - 2 October
Never The Pretty One
Dublin Blues
Lie To Me

The Bible - 25 September
First Day In Hell
Cigarette Girls
Graceland

Amos Lee - 18 September
Windows Are Rolled Down
Jesus
El Camino

Annabelle Chvosteck - 11 September
Piece Of You
The Devil's Paintbrush Road
Resilience

The Toy Hearts - 4 September
Montpelier Street
The Captain
Femme Fatale

Charlie Dore - 21 August
Long Distance Love
Cheapskate Lullabyes
A Man Walks Into A Bar

Christopher Rees - 7 August
In The Middle Of The Night
Morning Light
Sparks Flying
Heart On Fire

Ellis Paul - 31 July
Hurricane Angel
Rose Tattoo

Lizanne Knott - 31 July
Too Much Love

The Webb Sisters - 17 July
If It Be Your Will
In Your Father's Eyes
1000 Stars

Bella Hardy - 10 July
Walk It With You
Jenny Wren
Good Friday
The Herring Girl

Tamikrest - 3 July

Aidjam Adaky
Ayitma
Aratan N Tinariwen

Danny Schmidt - 26 June
This Too Shall Pass
The Company Of Friends
Better Off Broke

Annie Keating - 19 June
On The Loose
Water Tower View
First Of November
Victoria Station

C. W. Stoneking - 12 June
Dodo Blues
The Love Me Or Die
Jungle Lullaby
Handyman Blues

Loudon Wainwright III - 5 June
Motel Blues
Daughter
All In A Family

Mostly Autumn - 5 June
Evergreen
Passengers
Heroes Never Die

Nils Lofgren - 5 June
Valentine
Little On Up
You

Donovan

Donovan - 29 May
Season Of The Witch
Three Kingfishers
Sunshine Superman

Eliza Carthy - 29 May
A Letter
Hansel
Revolution

Lucy Wainwright Roche - 29 May
Starting Square

Heidi Spencer And The Rare Birds - 22 May
Red Sky
Hibernation
Moth Met Spider

J J Grey - 15 May
The Sweetest Thing
Beautiful World
Hide and Seek

Randy Newman - 15 May
Birmingham
Baltimore

Robbie Robertson - 8 May
When The Night Was Young
Madame X
Heartbeat Drum Song
He Don't Live Here No More

Roddy Woomble - 8 May
Work Like You Can
Roll Along

Dylan LeBlanc - 1 May
Innocent Sinner
Death Of Outlaw Billy John

Susan Enan - 17 April
Moonlight
Bird
Bring On The Wonder
If You're Feeling Low

Mark Butcher - 10 April
Leave If You Want To
You're Never Gone
Love Finds A Way

Three Daft Monkeys - 3 April
The Antiquated And The Arcane
She Said
Days Of Dance

Alexander Wolfe - 27 March
Stuck Under September
Song For The Dead
Skeletons

Heidi Talbot - 20 March
The Last Star
At The End Of The Day
The Shepherd Lad

Emily Smith - 13 March
Take You Home
Still We Dance On
Traiveller's Joy

Pete Molinari - 6 March
Trouble In Mind
New York City
Minus Me

Athlete

Athlete - 27 February
Superhuman Touch
Wires
Hurricane
Tourist

Magnolia Summer - 20 February
Birds Without A Wire
Planned Obsolescence
To Better Days

Teddy Thompson - 20 February
The One I Can't Have

Ezio

Ezio - 13 February
30 And Confused
Bruce Springsteen
Bicycle
A Small Dream

Gregg Allman - 13 February
I Believe I'll Go Back Home
Floating Bridge
Just Another Rider

Ahab

Ahab - 6 February
Where's The One You Love
Johanna
Lightning Bug

Gary Fletcher - 30 January
That's My Way
I'll Never Leave You
I Just Don't Know

Two Fingers Of Firewater - 23 January
Day To Daydream
Welcome Stranger
Loud/ Quiet
All Echoes Fade

Ruarri Joseph - 16 January
Severed Dreams
Nervous Grin
An Orchard For An Apple

Farrah

Farrah - 9 January
Jingle
Scarborough
Sleep Above The Covers
Stereotypes
Swings And Roundabouts

Sean Taylor - 2 January
Hold On
Calcutta Grove
Feel Alright

Sessions 2010

David Celia - 26 December
I Tried
I'm Not Texan
Turnout

Martha Tilston - 19 December
Silent Women
Old Tom Cat
My Chair

Cherry Ghost - 12 December
A Month Of Mornings
Kissing Strangers
Mathematics

Michael Chapman - 5 December
In The Valley
After All This TIme
Memphis In Winter

Pines

Pines - 28 November

Shiny Shoes
Pray Tell
Heart And Bones

Joel Plaskett - 21 November
Through And Through And Through
Rollin, Rollin, Rollin
Heartless, Heartless, Heartless
Can I Go Nowhere With You

Les Triaboliques - 14 November
Corina Corina
Black Earth Boys
Hora Anicuta Draga/Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Yvonne Lyon - 7 November
All Is Not Lost
Lonely Road
I Am Loved

The Epstein - 17 October
I Held You Once
Leave Your Light On
Another Band Has Gone
Calling Out Your Name

Terry Emm - 10 October
Summer
The Evening Walk
Blossom

Furnace Mountain - 3 October
Ooh Belle
Dinks
Graveyard

Cadillac Sky - 12 September
Human Cannonball
Hangman

Sarah Jarosz - 12 September
Song Up In Her Head
My Muse

Tony Joe White - 12 September
Long Way From The River
Season Man
Tunica Motel

Will Hoge - 12 September
Favourite Waste Of Time
Too Late, Too Soon
Even If It Breaks Your Heart

Fraser Anderson - 5 September
New York
Warhorse
Never Know
Open Sky

Louis Eliot and the Embers - 29 August
Runaway Night
One Step At A Time
Bottle Rocket
Skimming Stones

Walter Trout - 22 August
Maybe A Fool

Magic Numbers - 15 August
A Start With No Ending
Why Did You Call Tonight?
Restless River
The Pulse

Suzanne Vega - 8 August
The Queen And The Soldier
The Man Who Played God
I'll Never Be Your Maggie May
Bound

Mama Rosin - 1 August
Le Two-Step De L'Haricot
J'vas Mon Chemin
La Valse Des Beaux-Freres
Le Pistolet

John Grant - 25 July
Outer Space
Sigourney Weaver
It's Easier
Where Dreams Go To Die

The Wynntown Marshals - 18 July
You Can Have My Heart
Two's Company
Snowflake
48 Hours

Dan Clews - 11 July
Day And Night
Saltry Man
Lucid and Sincere
Move Too Fast

Joe Bonamassa - 4 July
Steal Your Heart Away
Woke Up Dreaming
Ball Peen Hammer
Three Times A Fool

Alejandro Escovedo - 27 June
Tender Heart
Faith
Down In The Bowery
Anchor

Judie Tzuke - 20 June
Faith
If
All At Sea
So Hollywood

Turin Brakes - 13 June

Underdog
Feeling Oblivion
Sea Change

Paper Aeroplanes - 6 June
Newport Beach
The Days We Made
Cliche
Take It Easy

Marybeth D'Amico - 23 May
Back On My Feet
Ohio
Every Week
Where I Lay My Baby Down

Harper Simon - 16 May
Wishes And Stars
The Shine
Berkeley Girl
Shooting Star

Danny and the Champions of the World - 9 May
Henry The Van
Restless Feet
Streets Of Our Time
Parakeets

Philip Sayce - 2 May
Cinnamon Girl
Angels Live Inside
My Pearl
Any More

Chris Scruggs - 25 April
Sing Your Tune

Old Souls Like You And Me
It Ain't Right

Boo Hewerdine - 18 April
Geography
Honey Be Good
New Years Eve
Muddy Water

Darden Smith - 11 April
After All This Time
Two Dollar Novels
Dying To Be Born Again
Sierra Diablo

Stephanie Lambring - 4 April
Lonely To Alone
Sober
Nothing
Trail Of Goodbye

Previous sessions were on the Saturday Programme

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