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BILL NIGHY SITS IN FOR IGGY POP - 6 MUSIC 28.12.25 (320kbs-m4a/260mb/1hr53mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th December 2025
Bill returns to the 6 Music airwaves with a festival of popular rhythms.
Expect the likes of Prince, The Beths, Phoebe Bridgers, Bob Dylan and much more.
Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.
Iggy Pop - Hideaway [A&M]
Prince - It's About That Walk [Rhino/Warner]
ESG - Dance [Fire]
A Tribe Called Quest - Go Ahead In the Rain [Jive/Legacy]
Saya Gray - H.B.W. [Dirty Hit Ltd]
Drugdealer & Weyes Blood - Real Thing [Mexican Summer]
Curtis Mayfield - Ain't Got Time [Buddah]
Conya Doss - I Can't Stand To Lose [Conya Doss Songs]
Freddie King - Meet Me In The Morning [Universal Music Group International]
Maya Delilah - Queen [Lowly]
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Lovers Rock [Di Fontaine Recordings]
Angie Stone (feat. Juanita Wynn & J. Brown) - All I'm Missing [Piza, LLC]
D'Angelo - When We Get By [Virgin Catalog]
Jimmy Smith (feat. Dr. John) - Only In It For The Money [Verve]
Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto [Dead Oceans]
Kurt Vile (feat. John Prine) - How Lucky [Matador]
Bob Dylan - Watching The River Flow (Single Version) [Columbia]
Leela James - Complicated [BMG Rights Management (US) LLC]
The Valentine Brothers - Money's Too Tight (To Mention) [Decadance]
Mary J. Blige - Here I Am [Mary Jane Productions/300 Entertainment]
Robert Wyatt - Just As You Are [Domino Recording Co]
The Rolling Stones - Walking The Dog [ABKCO]
Laufey - Castle In Hollywood [Vingolf Recordings]
Carly Rae Jepsen - Go Find Yourself Or Whatever [Silent IGA]
The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field [Carpark]
Cymande - I Wanna Know [BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited]
Liam Lynch - United States Of Whatever [Global Warming]
Elvis Presley - Baby, What You Want Me To Do (First 'Stand-Up' Show - Live) [RCA/Legacy]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Do Me, Baby (Live From One Nite Alone Tour 2002) [NPG]
BILL NIGHY SITS IN FOR IGGY POP - 6 MUSIC 22.12.24 (320kbs-m4a/254mb/1hr51mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd December 2024
In this second show sitting in for Iggy Pop, Bill continues to man his festive-free safe space armed with essential cuts by the likes of Meshell Ndegeocello, Fontaines DC, Starcrawler and the greatest rhythm and blues band the world has ever know (Bill's exact words), The Rolling Stones.
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Talkin' To Myself [Abeyance]
Chuck Prophet - Just To See You Smile [New West]
Tegan And Sara - I Hear Noises [Vapor/Sire]
The Clang Group - Page 1
Meshell Ndegeocello - Outside Your Door [Maverick]
Sjowgren - Seventeen [Lakeshore]
Bobby Rush - Sally Can't Dance [Light In The Attic]
Tower Of Power - Diggin' On James Brown [Epic]
Starcrawler - Born Asleep [Rough Trade]
Bisssymbols - Saviour [Bisssymbols]
Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - Crimson & Clover [Specula]
Jr. Walker & The All Stars - (I'm A) Road Runner [UNI/Motown]
Mary J. Blige & Vado - Still Believe In Love [BMG]
Tamia - Leave It Smokin' [Universal]
BJ The Chicago Kid (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - The New Cupid [Motown]
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster [XL Recordings]
Junior Wells - Waitin' On Ice [Telarc]
niina - answer to your problem [niina]
Bob Dylan - Desolation Row [Columbia]
Jody Watley - Everlasting (Alex Di Ciò Radio Edit) [Avitone Recordings]
Beck - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [War Child]
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash [UME - Global Clearing House]
Raheem DeVaughn (feat. The Colleagues) - Marvin Used To Say [SoNo Recording Group LLC / DeVaughn Media Group]
Chris Malinchak & Kiesza & MalinKi - Tree [LAIC]
Chaka Khan - What Cha' Gonna Do for Me [Rhino/Warner]
Marvin Gaye - Praise [UNI/Motown]
Florence + The Machine (feat. Ethel Cain) - Morning Elvis (Live At Denver Ball Arena) [Polydor]
THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 107. BILL NIGHY (320kbs-m4a/98mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 31st October 2024
A star of stage and screen, Bill Nighy has enjoyed a fifty year career and is now among Britain's most prolific and much loved actors. Acclaimed for National Theatre roles in plays by David Hare and Tom Stoppard, his popular appeal lies with scene-stealing appearances in films including Pirates Of The Caribbean, Harry Potter and, most famously, Love Actually. Bill Nighy has won Bafta and Golden Globe awards and was Oscar nominated for his starring role in the 2022 historical drama Living. His most recent film is Joy in which he plays obstetrician Patrick Steptoe, one of the pioneers of fertility treatment.
Bill Nighy talks to John Wilson about some of the earliest influences on his career including a school drama teacher. He also recalls joining the Liverpool Everyman rep company in the 1970s and the influence of playwright David Hare who cast him in many of his works including Pravda, The Vertical Hour and Skylight.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
BILL NIGHY SITS IN FOR IGGY POP - 6 MUSIC 31.12.23 (320kbs-m4a/255mb/1hr51mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 31st December 2023
Bill serves up a sonic cocktail to soundtrack your descent into New Year's Eve.
There are dancefloor classics from The Showstoppers and The Emotions alongside grooves by Marvin Gaye, Freaky Realistic and Maribou State.
He also confesses to once being that bloke at parties who got hold of the record player and never let go. Thus, he's in his element once again with one hand firmly on the turntable tonearm and the other rifling through the stacks of vinyl.
Van Morrison - Celtic New Year [Legacy Recordings]
Camera Obscura - Happy New Year
David Bowie - She'll Drive The Big Car [Rhino]
Ex:Re - Romance [Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC]
Jamiroquai - Talullah [Sony]
Ike & Tina Turner - Crazy 'Bout You Baby [Universal/Island]
The Showstoppers - Ain't Nothin' But A House Party [Universal]
Maya Delilah - Moonflower
Sarah Jaffe - Clementine [PantaSounds]
Marvin Gaye - My Love Is Waiting [Columbia/Legacy]
Elastica - Nothing Stays the Same [Rhino/Atlantic]
James Brown - Out Of Sight [Universal]
The Marías - Over The Moon
Lightnin’ Hopkins - Happy New Year [Silverphonic]
Julia Jacklin - Pressure To Party [Polyvinyl]
The Isley Brothers - Take Some Time Out For Love [UNI/Motown]
Maribou State (feat. Holly Walker) - Nervous Tics [Ninja Tune]
Marvin Gaye - Funk Me [UNI/Motown]
Sade - By Your Side [RCA]
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie and His Orchestra - I've Got You Under My Skin (Live At The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 1966) [Frank Sinatra Digital Reprise]
Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still a Rose [Arista]
The Brand New Heavies - Stay This Way [London Music Stream/Because Music]
Was (Not Was) - Love Can Be Bad Luck [Spectrum]
Alicia Keys (feat. Adam Levine) - Wild Horses (Unplugged Live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2005) [J]
The Emotions - Best Of My Love [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Freaky Realistic - Koochie Ryder [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
David Bowie - Where Are We Now? [ISO]
BILL NIGHY - 'TWAS THE NIGHY BEFORE CHRISTMAS (320kbs-m4a/255mb/1hr51mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th December 2023
Bill Nighy sits in for Iggy Pop on this most Christmas of Eves.
Expect a seasonal selection including Amy Winehouse, Willie Nelson, Alicia Keys and Bing as you've probably never heard him before.
He also spins some non-festive favourites to save your sanity including one tune that attained the hallowed status of being his first ringtone.
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (Kaskade Remix)
Prince & The New Power Generation - Do Me, Baby (Live from One Nite Alone Tour 2002) [Legacy Recordings]
She & Him - Run Run Rudolph [Columbia]
The Isley Brothers - It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop), Pts. 1 & 2 [Epic/Legacy]
Mary J. Blige - You Remind Me [Hip-O]
The Rolling Stones - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) [Polydor]
Stevie Wonder - With Each Beat Of My Heart [Motown]
Sabrina Claudio & Alicia Keys - Winter Time [SC Entertainment/Atlantic]
Grinderman - Palaces Of Montezuma [Silva Screen]
Luther Vandross - A Kiss For Christmas [Ariola Express]
Ariana Grande - Wit It This Christmas [Universal]
Amy Winehouse - You Sent Me Flying [Universal/Island]
David Bowie - Absolute Beginners [EMI]
John Prine - Everything Is Cool [New West]
Iggy Pop - Shades [A&M]
The Church - Under The Milky Way [EMI Music Australia]
John Grant (feat. Sinéad O'Connor) - GMF [Partisan]
Willie Nelson - Christmas Blues [Columbia/Legacy]
Matthew E. White - Love Is Deep [Domino Recording Co]
Marcia Ball - Didn't You Know
Meshell Ndegeocello - Bittersweet [Maverick]
Say She She - Forget Me Not [Karma Chief]
Amy Winehouse - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Live At Union Chapel for BBC Radio 2) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic - Love's Train [Aftermath Entertainment/Atlantic]
Ike Turner & Tina Turner - Don't Fight It, Feel It / Knock On Wood [Entertain Me Ltd]
Perfume Genius - Queen [Turnstile]
Miley Cyrus & Mark Ronson & Ilsey Juber (feat. Sean Lennon) - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [Columbia]
BILL NIGHY SITS IN FOR IGGY POP - 6 MUSIC 17.12.23 (320kbs-m4a/255mb/1hr51mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 17th December 2023
Bill serves up a sonic cocktail to soundtrack your Sunday afternoon.
This week he's got solid gold songs from the likes of Primal Scream, Aretha Franklin, beabadoobee and the guv'nor himself, Mr Iggy Pop.
He also ruminates over his dreams of becoming a lead singer being dashed by a prolonged period of difficult hair. On his head. Not elsewhere.
Iggy Pop - Isolation [A&M]
beabadoobee & Laufey - A Night To Remember [Beabadoobee/Laufey]
Primal Scream - Sometimes I Feel So Lonely [Sony Music CG]
Anna Ash - Righteously
j'san. (feat. Pandrezz) - Sunny
Meshell Ndegeocello - I'm Diggin' You (Like An Old Soul Record) [Maverick]
Van Morrison - I'll Take Care of You [Legacy Recordings]
Boz Scaggs - You're Not [Concord]
Prince - Alphabet St. (Album Version) [Warner Bros]
Ray Charles - Just For A Thrill (Live At The Olympia, Paris 22/11/2000)
Jazmine Sullivan - Mascara [RCA]
Aretha Franklin - At Last (Let Me In Your Life Outtake) [Rhino/Atlantic]
Puma Blue - Pretty [Blue Flowers Music]
Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You [Columbia]
The Rolling Stones - Good Times, Bad Times (Original Single Mono Version) [ABKCO]
Lola Young - Pick Me Up [Universal/Island]
Anita Baker - Body & Soul [Elektra]
Bill Charlap Trio - Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most [Universal/Decca]
Nuyorican Soul (feat. India) - Runaway [GRP]
Amy Winehouse (feat. Paul Weller & Jools Holland) - Don't Go To Strangers (Live On Jools Holland Hootenanny, 2006) [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Debbie Harry - French Kissin In The USA [Now]
Perfume Genius - Fool [Turnstile]
Jungle (feat. JNR Williams & 33.3) - Good At Breaking Hearts [Caiola]
Craig Finn - I Was Doing Fine (Then A Few People Died) [Partisan]
Rachael Yamagata - Has It Happened Yet [Frankenfish]
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) [Polygram TV]
BILL NIGHY SITS IN FOR IGGY POP - 6 MUSIC 10.12.23 (320kbs-m4a/255mb/1hr51mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th December 2023
Bill serves up a sonic cocktail to soundtrack your Sunday afternoon.
In the first of four shows, he spins some of his favourite artists including Prince, Meshell Ndegeocello, The National and boygenius.
He also chats about being mistaken for other well-dressed people in the public eye, some of his favourite lyrics and the curse of dad dancing.
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - ET
Billie Eilish - I Didn't Change My Number [Darkroom/Interscope]
Geoffrey Williams - I'm Diggin' You (Like An Old Soul Record) [Edsel]
Margo & Mac - It's So Easy [Big Bucks]
Craig Finn - Something To Hope For [Partisan]
Meshell Ndegeocello - Tender Love [Naïve]
Curtis Mayfield - Let's Not Forget [Warner]
Florence + The Machine (feat. Ethel Cain) - Morning Elvis (Live At Denver Ball Arena) [Polydor]
Iggy Pop - Morning Show
Stevie Wonder - Love Having You Around [Motown]
Kandace Springs (feat. Avishai Cohen) - I Can't Make You Love Me [Blue Note (BLU)]
Bran Van 3000 (feat. Curtis Mayfield) - Astounded [Audiogram]
The National - New Order T-Shirt [4AD]
Denise LaSalle - Packed Up And Took My Mind [Craft Recordings]
John Lee Hooker - The Healing Game [Original Blues Classics]
Cowboy Junkies - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning [RCA]
Phosphorescent - I Don't Care If There's Cursing [Dead Oceans]
Raheem DeVaughn & Apollo Brown - Broken Pieces [Mello Music Group]
boygenius - Cool About It [Polydor]
Junior Wells - The Train
Leela James - This Day Is For You [BMG]
Lou Reed - Turn To Me [RCA]
The Meters - Find Yourself [Rhino/Warner]
Mary J. Blige - My Life (Live) [Geffen]
Prince - The Holy River [Legacy Recordings]
Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw [Big Machine]
Marvin Gaye - Turn On Some Music [Columbia/Legacy]