Iko Iko: Sugar Boy Crawford and the Black Indians of New Orleans
Sly Stone: Thank You For Talkin’ To Me, Africa
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band: Tout Suite!
Pet Shop Boys: The muted brilliance of King's Cross
Neil Young: The strange attraction of A Man Needs A Maid
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions: Perfect Skin, perfect song
Tracy Chapman: Fast Car, a song that spans the ages
Dionne Warwick: Walk On By, the original that couldn't be surpassed
Van Morrison: Fifty years a fan – and it's too late to stop now
Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl: Tragic tale of what might have been
Another Sleepless Night: My songs with Breakdown and About Time
Leonard Cohen: Famous Blue Raincoat and a Hydra odyssey
Bob Dylan: Joey, the story-songs and the enduring appeal of Desire
Gordon Lightfoot: The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Taylor Swift: The Last Great American Dynasty
I Saw The Light: Todd Rundgren still a force half a century later
Cat Stevens: Catch Bull At Four 50 years on and why Sitting stands out
Max Richter: Dream 3 (in the midst of my life) and the sound of serenity
Kate Ellis: The story behind my song The Story You’ve Been Told
Kurt Vile: Like Exploding Stones and the pain of the creative process
Jukebox Story: A magical music machine for the single-minded
Elvis Presley: In The Ghetto and its enduring relevance
Brian Wilson at 80: The Beach Boys and You Still Believe In Me
From Red to blues: Got My Mojo Working by Muddy Waters
The Beatles: I Need You and a personal appeal for Help!
Cowboy: Please Be With Me – and please remember Duane Allman
Steely Dan: Bodhisattva and the outfunking of The Skunk
Duster Bennett: Worried Mind and British blues of the vintage kind
Lindsey Buckingham: Swan Song and the spoils of an inner war
The Band: In cahoots with Van Morrison for 4% Pantomime
Jason Mandell: The story behind my song Soul Of America
Whitney Houston: How Will I Know and a daughter's dance of delight
Allison Russell: How a Nightflyer became an angel of the morning
Ronald Isley at 80: Behind A Painted Smile lies a voice for the ages
World Party: Karl Wallinger, Always and the McCartney parallel
Billy Connolly: Everybody Knows That and the ballad years
The Beautiful South: I'll Sail This Ship Alone
Nick Drake: Northern Sky and the short life of a brighter talent
Oasis: Round Are Way, six minutes of joyous, rollicking perfection
1971 revisited: The Beach Boys and the majesty of Surf's Up
1971 revisited: Carole King and the beautiful legacy of Tapestry
The Creation: Making Time and the sound of red with purple flashes
Bert Sommer: Jennifer's journey from oblivion to Woodstock folklore
Man Without A Soul: Lucinda gives the Trump era a fiery send-off
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Janey Needs A Shooter
Elliott Smith: Pretty (Ugly Before), soundtrack to a troubled soul
The Grateful Dead: The spirit of Brokedown Palace lives on
Allman Brothers Band: In memory of Duane and Whipping Post
Gaz Brookfield: The Old Normal and other new lockdown songs
Between The Wreck and a hard place: all aboard the Rescue Train