Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and lyricist and musician Richard Stilgoe join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the first five tracks in the new series, taking us from a pop/disco banger from 2001 to Nina Simone, via a heartfelt countertenor revival.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Can’t Get You Out of My Head by Kylie Minogue

Losing My Mind by Stephen Sondheim, sung by Bernadette Peters The Self Banished by John Blow, sung by Alfred DellerGood Vibrations by The Beach BoysDon’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone

Other music in this episode:

Summer Breeze by The Isley Brothers

The Self Banished by John Blow, sung by The Deller Consort