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Shaun Usher and Sandy Kilpatrick

Guy talks to Shaun Usher, Letter Wrangler in Chief of Letters Live, and catches up with Scottish singer-songwriter Sandy Kilpatrick.

Guy talks to Shaun Usher, Letter Wrangler in Chief of Letters of Note and Letters Live about the art of letter writing.

He'll also be catching up with Scottish singer-songwriter Sandy Kilpatrick, once of Manchester and now of Portugal.

There will be musical history from the Beckapedia and sartorial advice from Simon Armitage, plus sunny sonic intervals from Sergio Mendes, the Velvet Underground and Bob Marley. There's even a bit of pop shield action for all you audio nerds.

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Music Played

  • Van Morrison

    Caravan

    • WMG.

  • Smog

    I Feel Like The Mother Of The World

    • Drag City.

  • Herbie Hancock

    Watermelon Man

    • Columbia.

  • The Charlatans

    One To Another

    • Beggars Banquet.

  • Wet Leg & Rhian Teasdale

    catch these fists

    • Domino.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Roy's Tune

    • Partisan Records.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Zero

    • Geffen.

  • Hhymn

    Land of Souls

    • Denizen Recordings.

  • Delakota

    The Rock

    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).

  • Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66

    Mas Que Nada

    • Columbia.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Is This Love

    • Tuff Gong.

  • The Velvet Underground

    Who Loves The Sun

    • Polydor.

  • Brimheim

    My Collection

    • TAMBOURHINOCEROS.

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

    Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

    • Global Television.

  • Karen Dalton

    Something On Your Mind

    • Domino.

  • Juile London

    Love Letters

    • Real Gone Jazz.

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Love Letter

    • Mute.

  • David Bowie

    I Can't Give Everything Away

    • RCA.

  • Radiohead

    Meeting In The Aisle

    • XL Recordings.

  • Peter Gabriel

    The Book of Love

    • Real World, Virgin.

  • Finn

    Suffer Never

    • EMI.

  • G. Love & Special Sauce

    Rhyme for the Summertime

    • Epic.

  • Love

    A House Is Not A Motel

    • Elektra.

  • Thomas Newman

    American Beauty "Dead Already"

    • Geffen.

  • Melody’s Echo Chamber

    Endless Shore

    • Weird World Record Co..

  • Lou Reed

    Andy's Chest

    • RCA.

  • Tom Waits

    Swordfishtrombone

    • Island.

  • The Smiths

    Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

    • Rough Trade.

  • Electronic

    Disappointed

    • Parlophone.

  • Oasis

    Cigarettes & Alcohol

    • Creation Records.

  • UB40

    Tyler

    • EMI.

  • The Beach Boys

    In My Room

    • Capitol.

  • The Four Freshmen

    Its A Blue World

    • Cherry Red Records.

  • R.E.M.

    Hairshirt

    • WEA.

  • Lisa O’Neill

    Old Note

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Time is On My Side

    • London.

  • Sandy Kilpatrick

    The Hunter's Moon

    • self release.

  • David Bowie

    Letter To Hermione

    • EMI.

  • Hawkwind

    Hurry On Sundown

    • EMI.

  • Shuggie Otis

    Strawberry Letter 23

    • LUAKA BOP.

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