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Welcome to the third instalment in this winter wander around Christmas's roads less travelled. In this episode, we explore a diverse array of genres: punk, jazz, folk, calypso, mambo, Britpop, bizarre electronica, surf rock, beatnik madness and, of course, the obligatory tune from the banks of the River Medway. So pour yourself a Christmas sherry, wolf down a couple of Brussels sprouts and relax t...

Welcome to episode two in the mini-series of Songs in the Key of Christmas. Here you'll find another ten festive treats from off the beaten track for you to listen to and enjoy. There's a rather downbeat feel to a few of the songs this time round with tunes themed around the soul-lessness of commercialised Christmases, homelessness and missing loved ones. But there's enough here to offset the mise...

Welcome to the first episode in a trilogy of Christmas songs where we'll take a look at some of the less celebrated tunes that mark the festive period. There's World War Two misery, R'n'B innuendo, B-movie plotlines, hellfire and damnation from 1920s preachers and a seasonal reworking of a Link Ray classic. So that's Christmas sorted.

He's been away for a few weeks but Stephen Morris returns with a Scottish themed selection of songs from his CD shelves. After some extensive pruning, he finds he's left with gems from the likes of Aztec Camera, Lord Cut-Glass, Rachel Sermanni, Idlewild and Trembling Bells. If you like what you hear - or want to share your own love of Scottish music- drop Stephen a line on @reviewage on Twitter.

Disappointingly, this is NOT episode 13... A slighted belated Halloween special with plenty of songs to chill you to your very core - or, at the very least, amuse you with the most tentative of connections to things that go bump in the night. Expect Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Expect Dusty Springfield. Expect The Violent Femmes. Oh, and expect the usual rummaging through a pile of indie landfill and tw...

Welcome to episode eleven of Songs in the Key of... This week, my ears have been leading me in the direction of songs about slavery, bigotry and misogyny. So it's all cheery stuff. In between all of that, there's a blast from the past with music to roller skate to and also some heavy folk droning and ephemeral electronica. So plenty to get your teeth into. Enjoy.

This week the podcast goes highbrow(-ish) with a selection of songs that find their inspiration in the last of the great Russian Romantics. Stay tuned for songs by John Grant, Moloko, The Pet Shop Boys, Muse, Frank Sinatra and Eric Carmen.

Welcome to the ninth instalment of 'Song in the Key of'. This episode features more seeming randomness of music that my brain has latched onto this week. There's tunes from King Crimson, The Warm Jets, Ry Cooder, Walter Murphy, Sweet Billy Pilgrim and Wyclef Jean. So, plenty to get your teeth into! Enjoy! As ever, the opening music is 'Plasticity', by Blue Dot Sessions, available on a Creative Com...

Another episode of "Songs in the Key of..." with a wide variety of songs that have been wandering around the mind of your host, Stephen Morris. There's everything from electro-pop to punk to nuevo-flamenco to folk. So sit back and enjoy...

Welcome to "Songs in the Key of...", a podcast about songs. This week there's music from two acts with "Dead" in their name, two acts featuring old members of my favourite band from Gloucestershire of all time and two more acts from Medway. That's right. These are the tales of two ditties.

Join Stephen Morris as he trawls through his music collection to select ten cover versions that have taken his fancy over the years. Everything from Whitney Houston and Britney Spears through to The Cure and Queens of the Stone Age get re-imagined here. The question is, who's responsible for the re-workings? Listen on... As ever, the opening music is "Plasticity" by Blue Dot Sessions, available on...

Another week, another podcast. And another chance to rummage around the earwormery that is my brain. This week you'll find a cover version of The Dead Kennedys, tributes to three cultural icons who passed away this week and some more dwelling on Reading Festival. There's even a bit of classical music to throw into the mix As ever, the opening music is "Plasticity" by Blue Dot Sessions, available o...

Another episode in the weekly rummage around the songs that have been keeping music obsessive Stephen Morris company lately. Press play for a delve into the worlds of The Nice, Arab Strap, Lucrecia Dalt and The High Span. Plus, the inevitable "many more". (Opening music supplied under a Creative Commons Licence: "Plasticity" by Blue Dot Sessions).

This weekend should have been a Reading Festival weekend. Covid-19 has, of course, put paid to that. But let's see if I can do my bit to bring a bit of the festival back to the August bank holiday. In this podcast, I take a look back to Reading 2000, my first festival experience. Stay tuned for glimpses of Pulp, Elliott Smith, Ben & Jason and Clinic.

Welcome to episode two of Songs in the Key of..., a podcast about songs. Like last week, this week's episode focuses on songs and pieces of music that have been burrowing deep into my ears over the last seven days. Again, there are ten tracks on the playlist covering everything from Northern Soul to Icelandic post-punk by way of Tucsonian ballads and experimental weirdness. If you like what you've...

Welcome to episode one of Songs in the Key of... , a podcast about songs. This episode focuses on songs that have been taking up much needed space in my brain over the last seven days. There are ten songs from a variety of genres: primitive electronica, 90s indie, a song from the heart of the Civil Rights movement, blues and chilled out Italiana. The opening music is 'Plasticity' by Blue Dot Sessi...