Summary
A spider infestation turns into a musical performance, the pianist Glenn Gould unpicks the magic of Petula Clark's Downtown and Patrick Haggerty talks about Lavender Country, which has come to be known as the first gay country music album.
Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about music and musicians.
Lavender Country Featuring Patrick Haggerty Produced by Thomas Curry, Lauren Eisen and Sofie Strøbeck
Downtown Featuring Glenn Gould Produced by Alan Hall
Spiders! The Musical Produced by Phil Smith
Image Credit: Matthew Wilson
Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, hello, my name is Josie Long, and sleeping is my most favourite thing. |
| 0:18.0 | It's true, it's true, but this is number two, and this song is too high for my range. |
| 0:32.1 | But still, I'm going to keep on singing and welcome you to Shortcuts. |
| 0:41.3 | I feel like I have to stop because I feel like if it was me listening, I would have turned off by then. |
| 0:47.1 | Welcome to Shortcuts. |
| 0:49.0 | I can also sing you a selection from rent. |
| 0:53.9 | 525,600 minutes |
| 0:57.0 | That's all I can sing |
| 0:59.4 | But I hope you are ready to enjoy |
| 1:03.0 | an episode based around music and musicals |
| 1:06.4 | And how wonderful it is to have music in our lives |
| 1:09.9 | This is Shortcuts This is Shortcuts and how wonderful it is to have music in our lives. |
| 1:13.3 | This is Shortcuts. |
| 1:20.0 | Brief Encounters, True Stories, Radio Adventures, and Found Sound. |
| 1:23.0 | Today, musical. |
| 1:26.1 | Then I didn't wear a costume. |
| 1:29.2 | I performed in blue jeans and a denim shirt. |
| 1:31.6 | Now it's completely different. |
| 1:34.5 | Oh, darling, you'd love me. I'd melt in your mouth. |
| 1:37.4 | I've often had it said to me, |
| 1:39.4 | don't make a song and dance about it. |
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