Doing a show today on hospial radio which has a somewhat egocentric title: MY BEST NEW MUSIC OF 2005 where I review a few of the CD's I have bought this year, my thoughts on them and then of course a track. I scheduled an hour and a half but soon realised I needed twice as much time!! Anyway here is the playlist which is 'mixed' to say the least:-

Beautiful Child/WANT ONE Rufus Wainwright
Another Sun/LET IT RAIN Tracy Chapman
They/FINALLY WOKEN Jem
I'm Alright/BEST OF Loudon Wainwright
Atom Bomb/ATOM BOMB Blind Boys of Alabama
Circlesong 5/CIRCLESONGS Bobby McFerrin
Meet On the Ledge/JOHN PEEL TRIBUTE ALBUM Fairport Convention
If Your Love Cannot be Moved/A TIME TO LOVE Stevie Wonder
Please Explain/AT THIS TIME Burt Bacharach
Leave Without Running/SON OF DAVE Son of dave
Dance Me To the End of Love/CARELESS LOVE Madeleine Peyroux
Hallelujah/GRACE Jeff Buckley
Roxane's Dance/Soundtrack to ALEXANDER Vangelis
Glass, Concrete & Stones/GROWN BACKWARDS David Byrne
Future Lovers/CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR Madonna
True/ROCK SWINGS Paul Anka
Take the Long Way Home/RETROSPECTACLE Supertramp
Mouth Music/ROCK N'DROLL barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden
Pi/AERIAL Kate Bush