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This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about Mikhail Baryshnikov from the True Russia Collective. There's information about Planète Radio's ePOP video competition which you should all enter, great music, and of course, the new quiz question, too. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week. RFI Planète Radio is sponsoring a video contest, and we want you to enter. The deadline is tomorrow, 1 May – so get your video in today! Planète Radio is an RFI department that reaches out to remote populations around the world. For the fourth consecutive year, Planète Radio is holding a video competition on environmental issues. The theme of this year's competition is “Show how they feel”: You are to create a 3-minute video about climate change, the environment, pollution - told by the people it affects. Here's what Planète Radio says about the competition: “Environmental deterioration, climate change, pollution, everybody's talking about it. But amid articles, figures, and expert reports, what do we really know about the feelings of the people already impacted? The video clips produced by the ePOP community in more than 50 countries allow us to hear from those who never ask for anything yet have seen it all - those who are already living with these changes that deteriorate their quality of life.” Your project can be intergenerational: Get together with your grandfather, your aunt, someone older in your community and ask them how they feel about what is happening to their surroundings or to the place where they grew up. RFI's ePOP video awards shine a light on Africa's environmental crises Your project can also be about how you, or people your age, feel about climate change, given that your future will be affected by this phenomenon. Gather the words of those around you who are confronting the environmental crisis in their daily lives, investing, researching, and questioning the urgency of deploying solutions to face it.  Prizes for this year's competition include equipment grants from 1,000 to 4,500 euros, as well as ePOP promotion kits and other goodies. For competition guidelines and more information about the four different categories you can enter, click here. You can also write to us at english.service@rfi.fr if you need more help. We're very proud that the winner in the ePOP 2020 RFI Club category went to an English language club – Adita Prithika's RFI Agnichiragu Phoenix Club in Tamil Nadu, India. Here's Adita's award-winning video. Please note that you do not have to be a member of an RFI English Club to enter. Everyone is welcome! The deadline for entries is 1 May. Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your musical requests, so get them in! Send your musical requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all! Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts! In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts which will leave you hungry for more. There's Paris Perspective, Africa Calling, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have a bilingual series - an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too. As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service.  Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our excellent staff of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with! To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website and click on the three horizontal bars on the top right, choose “Listen to RFI / Podcasts”, and you've got ‘em ! You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone. To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show.  Teachers, take note!  I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below.  Another idea for your students: my beloved music teacher from St Edward's University in Austin, Texas, Br Gerald Muller, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.  Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload! And don't forget, there is a Facebook page just for you, the independent RFI English Clubs. Only members of RFI English Clubs can belong to this group page, so when you apply to join, be sure you include the name of your RFI Club and your membership number. Everyone can look at it, but only members of the group can post on it. If you haven't yet asked to join the group, and you are a member of an independent, officially recognized RFI English club, go to the Facebook link above, and fill out the questionnaire !!!!! (if you do not answer the questions, I click “decline”). There's a Facebook page for members of the general RFI Listeners Club, too. Just click on the link above and fill out the questionnaire, and you can connect with your fellow Club members around the world. Be sure you include your RFI Listeners Club membership number (most of them begin with an A, followed by a number) in the questionnaire, or I will have to click “Decline”, which I don't like to do! This week's quiz: On 19 March, I asked you a question about Ukraine – specifically, about the Russians against the war. Earlier that week you listened to and read Jan van der Made's excellent article “Who are the Russians campaigning to stop Putin and help Ukraine?” Jan's interview was with Sergei Guriev, the founder of the True Russia Collective. I asked you about Mikhail Baryshnikov, a member of the collective. You were to do a bit of research on him, and tell me who he is, a bit of his story, his history. The answer is: Mikhail Baryshnikov was the preeminent ballet dancer in the '70s & '80s. Born in 1948 in Soviet-controlled Latvia, he was a member of the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, and made international headlines in 1974 while on tour with the Kirov in Canada, when he escaped his minders. All traveling Soviet artists were limited in their movements for exactly that reason: fear they would defect to the west. He was granted political asylum by the Canadian government. Baryshnikov then moved to the US and joined the American Ballet Theatre, then the New York City Ballet so that he could learn modern classical dance, which was not known in the Soviet Union. Baryshnikov then returned to the American Ballet Theatre, where he was Principal Dancer and later, Artistic Director. He has done some films, too. You know, sometimes it's good to be old – I got to see him dance. It was perfection.  The winners are: Jobayada Aktar Jai, who's a member of the Nilshagor RFI Fan Club in Nilphamari, Bangladesh. There are two RFI Listeners Club members who won this week: Radhakrishna Pillai from Kerala State in India, and Kanwar Sandhu from British Columbia in Canada. Rounding out the list are two RFI English listeners from Bangladesh: Tasmaul Housna Akhi from Naogaon, and Lutfor Rahaman from Bogura, who noted he is ill and asks for your healing thoughts. Congratulations winners! Here's the music you heard on this week's program: “New York New York” by John Kander and Fred Ebb, performed by the Instrumental Big Band Orchestra; an excerpt from Sergei Rachmaninov's “Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini”; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “I'm Gonna' Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” by Fats Waller, played by Stephanie Trick, and “Cantaloupe Island” by Herbie Hancock, performed by Hancock on the piano, Freddie Hubbard on the cornet, bassist Ron Carter, and Tony Williams on the drums.   Do you have a musical request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr This week's question ... You have to listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, refer to Amanda Morrow's article to help you with the answers. You have until 23 May to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 28 May podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number. Send your answers to: english.service@rfi.fr or Susan Owensby RFI – The Sound Kitchen 80, rue Camille Desmoulins 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux France or By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number. To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here. To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or to form your own official RFI Club, click here. 

Homesickness / Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter / Rosolino Frank Parable of Inclusion / Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra Black Space Tapes / Jamael Dean Pra Abrir o Apetite / Andre Mehmari & Antonio Loureiro The Way You Feel Inside / Lauren Desberg Bodas De Oro / Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban Ominira / Angélique Kidjo Alligator / Dizzy Gillespie Mangetsu No Yube / Shinya Fukumori Trio The Way Out (Feat. Sara Yoshida) / MELRAW You Can Depend on Me / Dinah Washington Voodoo Rain (feat. Nubya Garcia) / Neue Grafik Ensemble In TRANSIT / Ovall Children / Tomokazu Yamada Group Peace / Black And Blues

Here is the playlist for the 07/18 episode of Crosswinds. EnjoyStan Kenton Orchestra- Intermission Riff (theme)Barry Manilow- Bandstand BoogieGlenn Miller Orchestra- Jukebox Saturday NightGlenn Miller Orchestra- In the moodTommy Dorsey Orchestra- I'm Getting Sentimental Over YouCount Basie Orchestra- April in ParisBob Crosby and the Bobcats- South Rampart Street ParadeBryan Ferry Orchestra- AvalonBryan Ferry Orchestra- Love is the DrugFletcher Henderson Orchestra- Variety StompDuke Ellington and His Washingtonians- East St. Louis Toodle-ooLouis Armstrong- I'm a Ding Dong DaddyDuke Ellington Orchestra- Diminuendo in BlueGlenn Miller Orchestra- A String of PearlsLes Brown (w/Doris Day)- Sentimental JourneyWoody Herman Orchestra- Woodchopper's BallCount Basie Orchestra w/Joe Williams- Roll 'Em PeteElla Fitzgerald- A-Tisket A-TasketMel Torme' w/Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass- Don'cha Go Way MadElla Fitzgerald- Flying HomeCount Basie Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra- Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a LetterLes Brown- 12:55 ExpressJimmy Dorsey Orchestra- Grand Central GetawayErskine Hawkins Orchestra- Tuxedo JunctionGlenn Miller Orchestra- Chattanooga Choo-ChooTommy Dorsey Orchestra- Opus OneZiggy Elman and His Orchestra- And the Angels SingWoody Herman Orchestra- Ready, Get Set, JumpBig Bad Voodoo Daddy- Jump With My BabyPhil Collins Big Band- Chips and SalsaMaria Schneider Orchestra- Walking by FlashlightBuddy Rich Big Band- Ya Gotta TryBob Curnow Big Band- Follow MeBig Band of Brothers- Statesboro BluesDon Ellis Orchestra- Eli's Comin'Dave Stryker and the WDR Big Band- Wichita LinemanMaynard Ferguson- MacArthur ParkGordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band- Floating Home

Les samedis matins de Tsugi Radio sont toujours jazz avec Jazz the Two of Us. Ce matin c'est Benjamin qui anime tous les matins la quotidienne sur sa chaine Twitch Flonflon musique. Découvertes, porte d'entrée dans le jazz et Austin Powers, il nous raconte un peu son parcours en musiqueMORCEAUX : 1 - CHET BAKER - That Old Feeling2 - NINA SIMONE - My Baby Just Cares for Me3 - DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE - In a Sentimental Mood4 - SARAH VAUGHAN - Mean to Me5 - THE PAUL DESMOND QUINTET - Look for the Silver Lining6 - SHORTY ROGERS - Astral Alley7 - QUINCY JONES - For Lena and Lennie8 - MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES - Springsville (live at montreux)9 - FRANK SINATRA & KEN LANE SINGERS - Jingle Bells10 - PAUL MCCARTNEY - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter11 - AMY WINEHOUSE - Best Friends, Right ? Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Les samedis matins de Tsugi Radio sont toujours jazz avec Jazz the Two of Us. Ce matin c'est Benjamin qui anime tous les matins la quotidienne sur sa chaine Twitch Flonflon musique. Découvertes, porte d'entrée dans le jazz et Austin Powers, il nous raconte un peu son parcours en musique MORCEAUX 1 - CHET BAKER - That Old Feeling 2 - NINA SIMONE - My Baby Just Cares for Me 3 - DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE - In a Sentimental Mood 4 - SARAH VAUGHAN - Mean to Me 5 - THE PAUL DESMOND QUINTET - Look for the Silver Lining 6 - SHORTY ROGERS - Astral Alley 7 - QUINCY JONES - For Lena and Lennie 8 - MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES - Springsville (live at montreux) 9 - FRANK SINATRA & KEN LANE SINGERS - Jingle Bells 10 - PAUL MCCARTNEY - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 11 - AMY WINEHOUSE - Best Friends, Right ?

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The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are all by Elixir - Divine Reel/Langstaff Library, Lulu's Back in Town, and Ringstead from the album Anybody's Guess, and I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter and Bransle/Tom Kruskal's from the album Rampant.See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.See and hear Nils Fredland in action:Calling “The Auctioneer” singing square with Nor’easter at Ashokan Northern Week in 2014Crowd surfing at Contrastock 2011 at the Spanish Ballroom in Glen Echo, MDHere’s Nils calling for the DC Square Dance Collective, with the Horseflies playingHere’s a video that shows the huge number of dancersThis video shows what Nils described about having no stage.Here’s Nils calling with DJ Improper at the Wednesday night Amherst, MA dance in 2012Elixir‘s websiteNils and Elixir at ContraShock 2018Nils and Elixir at Glen Echo, MD in 2012Playing with Johnny Socko, the ska bandListen to Monkey Puzzle, Nils’s a capella group from Bloomington, on SpotifyOn the Beat with Ralph Sweetis available for purchase in the CDSS web storeHere’s Ralph calling “The Auctioneer” with Elixir and other musicians playing at the book launch dance in 2010Nils is currently the Artistic Director for Revels NorthSome dances and events mentioned in this interview:DC’s 10-hour event called Contrastock is still happening during non-COVID timesTheDC Square Dance Collective is alive and well during non-COVID times, tooSpark in the Dark is a series of techno contra events that BIDA has hostedMore techno contra videos:Buddy System at LEAF in 2015Buddy System at LEAF in 2016We’re still looking for a video of the PJ song and of a techno square. Let us know if you have these!Some musical groups mentioned in this interview:Here’s a video of Mock Turtle Soup from 2011Here’s a video of Popcorn Behavior from 1996, around the time Nils first contra danced to themSome odds and ends mentioned in this interview:As Nils mentioned, Ralph’s family’s barn, the Powder Mill Barn in Enfield, CT, is still around and available for a wide variety of eventsThe Ralph Sweet’s All-Stars recording Nils mentioned is called Shindig in the BarnHere’s a video of Lisa Greenleaf calling the 16-person dance Nils mentioned—Rod’s Quad #2

Willie "The Lion" Smith - "Conversation on Park Avenue" John Kirby Sextet - "B-Flat Special" Fats Waller - "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" Lil Johnson - "I'll Take You to the Cleaners" James Moody - "The Fuller Bop Man" Art Blakey's Messengers - "The Thin Man" Cole Porter - "Live and Let Live" Frankie Newton & His Café Society Orchestra - "Tab's Blues" Ruth Berman, Her Harp and Her Orchestra - "Boogie Woogie Rhapsody" Ruth Etting - "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" Gus Bodenheim - "123 and Me" The Old Codger - "Money" The Happiness Boys - "A Gay Caballero" Victoria Spivey - "The Alligator Pond Went Dry" Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon - "Some Sweet Day" Wilmoth Houdini with Gerald Clark's String Band - "Sweet Like a Sugar-Cane" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/97265

David Seville - "Almost Good" David Seville - "Take Five" Wal-Berg - "Popeye Symphony" Tommy Dorsey - "March of the Toys" Funk Brothers - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Boston Pops - "Night on Disco Mountain" George Garabedian Players - "Spanish Nose" Martin Denny - "Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish" PegLeg Sam Jackson - "Fast Freight Train" Jonathan Edwards - "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" Art Tatum - "Tiger Rag" Lars Hollmer - "Onk Kch Onk Kch" Carl Stalling - "Medley" Music behind DJ: Perry Como - "Till the End of Time" Carl Stalling - "Jingle Bells" Jethros - "Slay Ride" Bernie Krause - "Deck the Halls" Beatles - "Back in the USSR" Frivolous Five - "All My Loving" Big Jim Sullivan - "Within You, Without You" Wrecking Crew - "Here Today" Randy California - "Prisoner" John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (with Eric Clapton) - "Steppin Out" Mac Rebenack - "Storm Warning" Cream - "The Clear Out" Rolling Stones - "Rocks Off" Los Straitjackets - "Sing Sing Sing" Music behind DJ: Perry Como - "Whwen You Come to the End of the Day" Funk Brothers - "Bernadette" David Seville - "Sack Time" Procol Harum - "Procession" http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/87964

David Seville - "Almost Good" David Seville - "Take Five" Wal-Berg - "Popeye Symphony" Tommy Dorsey - "March of the Toys" Funk Brothers - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Boston Pops - "Night on Disco Mountain" George Garabedian Players - "Spanish Nose" Martin Denny - "Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish" PegLeg Sam Jackson - "Fast Freight Train" Jonathan Edwards - "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" Art Tatum - "Tiger Rag" Lars Hollmer - "Onk Kch Onk Kch" Carl Stalling - "Medley" Music behind DJ: Perry Como - "Till the End of Time" Carl Stalling - "Jingle Bells" Jethros - "Slay Ride" Bernie Krause - "Deck the Halls" Beatles - "Back in the USSR" Frivolous Five - "All My Loving" Big Jim Sullivan - "Within You, Without You" Wrecking Crew - "Here Today" Randy California - "Prisoner" John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (with Eric Clapton) - "Steppin Out" Mac Rebenack - "Storm Warning" Cream - "The Clear Out" Rolling Stones - "Rocks Off" Los Straitjackets - "Sing Sing Sing" Music behind DJ: Perry Como - "Whwen You Come to the End of the Day" Funk Brothers - "Bernadette" David Seville - "Sack Time" Procol Harum - "Procession" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/87964

Monday's Bombshell (Bombshell Radio) Bombshell Radio Lynchland – David Lynch Archivist 8am-9am EST 2pm-3pm CEST 1pm-2pm BST bombshellradio.com *Special Repeat Show#country, #flamenco, #folk, #jazz, #rockA few weeks before he sadly passed away, our dear friend Harry Dean Stanton had a present for us, for which we can't thank him enough: he put together a list of fifteen of his favorite songs. Harry was one of the most committed collaborators of David Lynch since their first work together on "The Cowboy and the Frenchman" (1988), appearing in such major films as "Wild at Heart", "Fire Walk With Me", "The Straight Story" or "Inland Empire", among other projects. Lately, together with David Lynch, he appeared in John Carroll Lynch's "Lucky", in which he played the titular role; he also reprised the role of Carl Rodd in Twin Peaks 2017 and gave a very memorable performance. If you haven't seen it yet, do check out Sophie Huber's 2012 "Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction", a great documentary about Harry's life and career, in which he also sings quite a few songs.01 Ry Cooder & Harry Dean Stanton - CanciÛn Mixteca 00:00 02 Vicente Fern·ndez - Volver Volver 04:20 03 Steve Goodman - City of New Orleans 07:17 04 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou 11:05 05 Harry Nilsson - Everybody Talkin' 13:30 06 Johnny Cash - Danny Boy 16:17 07 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 19:24 08 Fats Waller - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 22:28 09 Bob Dylan & The Hawks - I Shall Be Released 25:56 10 Roger Miller - Me and Bobby McGee 29:52 11 Robert Earl Keen - The Road Goes On Forever 33:49 12 Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone 38:44 13 Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down 44:50 14 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi 49:16 15 Paco de LucÌa y RamÛn de Algeciras - Las MaÒanitas 51:32 16 Harry Dean Stanton - Danny Boy 54:20

对于现代人来说，“书信”这个词既熟悉又遥远。想必人人都知道书信是什么，但除去工作上的需要，恐怕很少有人会去写信了。 今天，我们有电话，有微信，有 FaceTime。跟信件漫长的等待相比，简单而便捷，即便是同样快速的 E-Mail，也失于繁琐。不过，倘若不能登门拜访，信件便是最正式的交流方式了：必得一笔一划地写好每个字，庄重的写好称谓、正文、结尾、署名和日期，仔仔细细地封好、寄送，从头到尾都是满满的仪式感。 这仪式感，落到普通人的生活中，最适宜的场景便是求爱了，于是便有了情书这种最浪漫的书信体裁。 接下来的两期节目中，小马和勺子将与各位好好聊聊有关书信的所有，本期将着重讲讲情书。   本期歌单 Carpenters - Please Mr. Postman @ Horizon (1974) R. Kelly - Love Letter @ Love Letter (2010) 超工口死库水少女 Feat. Lopu$, 传琦SAMA & moeNAGI - Love Letter (2017) 莫文蔚 - 拆信 @ 做自己 (1997) Billy Williams - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (1957) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Love Letter @ No More Shall We Part (2002) 白水 Feat. 袁田 - 第三十一封情书 @ 儿童乐园 (2018) 张振富 & 耿莲凤 - 远方的书信乘风来 (1981)

Show #742 The Writing On The Wall As you can see in the picture, sometimes the writing is on the wall. It doesn't mean that this is the theme of this show, although some of the songs are about writing, but than again some are not. Because Spinner wanted to keep you up-to-date about some new and recent music and he threw in a few oldies also. 01. Watermelon Slim & the Workers - Newspaper Reporter (5:56) (The Wheel Man, Northern Blues, 2007) 02. Big Maceo - Have Heard About It [1952] (2:22) (Charlie Spand / Big Maceo 1940-1952, Old Tramp, 1994) 03. Jamie Lynn Vessels - Speechless (4:10) (Storm Coming, self-release, 2018) 04. Chris Yakopcic - Write Me a Few Lines (3:47) (The Next Place I Leave, Yako Records, 2015) 05. Bonnie Raitt - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues (3:52) (Lenox Music Inn, 8/25/1973) 06. Tas Cru - Heal My Soul (3:21) (Memphis Song, Subcat Records, 2018) 07. Bo Carter - My Pencil Won't Write No More [1931] (2:57) (Rude Dudes, Document, 2003) 08. Lisa Biales - Write Me In Care Of The Blues (2:39) (Singing In My Soul, Big Song Music, 2013) 09. Jimmy Thackery - Write If You Find Love (5:26) (Switching Gears, Dixiefrog, 1998) 10. Waydown Wailers - Done Somebody Wrong (3:50) (Backland Blues, Woodstock Records, 2018) 11. Artur Menezes - Give My Money Back (3:48) (Keep Pushing, self-release, 2018) 12. Steve Howell & the Mighty Men - Blues In The Bottle (4:49) (Good As I Been To You, Out Of The Past Music, 2018) 13. Chris James & Patrick Rynn - I'd Like to Write a Letter (4:46) (Stop and Think About It, Earwig, 2008) 14. Madeleine Peyroux - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (3:44) (Dreamland, Atlantic, 1996) 15. Jeff Healey - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (3:09) (Last Call, WM Canada, 2010) 16. Buddy Guy (ft. Jeff Beck & Keith Richards) - Cognac (5:22) (The Blues Is Alive And Well, Silvertone/RCA, 2018) 17. Gina Sicilia - Write A Little Song With You (3:23) (It Wasn't Real, Redeye Records, 2013) 18. The Jacks - Why Don't You Write Me [1955] (2:50) (The Doo Wop Box, Rhino, 1994) 19. Keeshea Pratt Band - In The Mood (4:40) (Believe, self-release, 2018) 20. Paul Mark & the Van Dorens - She's Writing A Book (4:51) (IndigoVertigo, Radiation, 2002) 21. Steve Dawson - Leave My Name Behind (4:52) (Solid States & Loose Ends, Black Hen Music, 2016)

The Pony Express lives in legend, but didn't last long. Find out what it took to be join the team. (read by Victoria Reibel) Alfred Ely Beach kept a secret from New York City and built a Pneumatic Subway underneath it in the 1800's! (read by Jason Lawrence) This episode also features an original performance of "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter." All of the instruments were played and overdubbed by Mick Sullivan.

Songs include: I Love You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Somebody Loves Me, Watching the Clouds Roll By and My Fate Is In Your Hands. Performers include: Frank Sinatra, Josephine Baker, Cliff Edwards, The Boswell Sisters, Nat King Cole, Jo Stafford, Anita O'Day, Bing Crosby, Teddy Wilson and Ruth Etting.

The show was started in 1931 with music provided by the Light Crust Doughboys. Around 1935 a reorganization took place, and the musical group reformed with some changes as the Hillbilly Boys. A band headed up by James Robert "Bob" Wills, with vocalist Leon Huff. W Lee O'Daniels was president of the Hillbilly Flour Company, and was the show MC. He used the radio show to promote his product, The show featured music, and occasional poems and helpful household tips, often written by O'Daniels, and letters sent in from listeners. The show launched the careers of the band members, and even helped to send O'Daniels to the governor's mansion in Texas, and later to the Senate. The show was broadcast through powerful border stations, and blanketed much of the United States, and had a listenership across the country.   First Show: 1. I Never Slept a Wink Last Night. 2. Chinese Honeymoon. 3. Way Down Yonder. 4. My Brown Eyed Texas Rose.   Second Show: 1. Fisher Hornpipe. 2. Sit Right Down, and Write Myself a Letter. 3. The Roses of Pickadee. 4. I Saw Your Face in the Moon. 5. Who's Sorry  Now. (cut slightly short due to time constraint.)   Bonus Tracks: Incredible But True. Beware My Son. Fred Allen. 1943. Answers a Letter from Al Jolson

This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the Chairman of BT, Sir Christopher Bland. Passionately interested in business, Sir Christopher's business career maps a total of 18 different business and industries, about which he says "I was shocked!" It also includes Chairmanships of LWT and the BBC. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Write Myself a Letter by Fats Waller Book: The collected works by John Donne Luxury: Two and half miles of the Hampshire Chalk Stream

This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the Chairman of BT, Sir Christopher Bland. Passionately interested in business, Sir Christopher's business career maps a total of 18 different business and industries, about which he says "I was shocked!" It also includes Chairmanships of LWT and the BBC. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Write Myself a Letter by Fats Waller Book: The collected works by John Donne Luxury: Two and half miles of the Hampshire Chalk Stream