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• Maya Youssef and Ben Gernon take us to Syria and Hamburg

  British-Syrian Maya Youssef - virtuoso player of the Middle Eastern stringed instrument the qanun - and conductor Ben Gernon, join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add five more tracks to the playlist. Starting by the dock of the bay, they travel to Damascus, Hamburg and land on a 1950s familiar pop classic sung by a 14-year-old.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:(Sitting on) the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding The Waves of the Sea by Lena Shamamyan Mache dich auf! Werde Licht! (Arise! Let there be light!) by Felix Mendelssohn Blank Space (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift Why Do Fools Fall In Love by Frankie Lymon & The TeenagersOther music in this episode:Parisienne Walkways by Gary Moore Sweet Child O’Mine by Guns N’ Roses Hard to Handle by Otis Redding Blank Space by Taylor Swift

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• Emma Rawicz and Neil Brand reach for the skies

  Bandleader and jazz saxophonist Emma Rawicz and the writer and composer Neil Brand join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add the next five tracks to the playlist. The journey takes them from Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, across the English Channel in a rickety aeroplane, then right up to the moon with Les Paul and Mary Ford.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:The Bucket’s Got a Hole in it by Kid Ory Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines by Ron Goodwin Conversation by Joni Mitchell How High the Moon by Les Paul and Mary Ford Sweet Child O’Mine by Guns N’ RosesOther music in this episode:Tamacún by Rodrigo y Gabriela Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra: Mvt 1 by Philip Glass, performed by Katia & Marielle Labèque My Bucket's Got a Hole In It by Hank Williams Bucket's Got a Hole In It by Louis Armstrong My Bucket's Got a Hole In It by Van Morrison 633 Squadron: Main Title Theme by Ron Goodwin Amassakoul by Tinariwen Some Unholy War by Amy Winehouse Didn't It Rain by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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• Julian Joseph and Aoife Ní Bhriain open the new series

  Irish violinist Aoife Ní Bhriain and jazz pianist and composer Julian Joseph are the first guests in the new series with Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe. Together they add the first five tracks, taking us from the Mercury Prize-winning jazz group Ezra Collective to a celebrated pair of sisters at the piano, via a 1975 pop classic heavily influenced by Frédéric Chopin.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:God Gave Me Feet For Dancing by Ezra Collective Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin Could it be Magic by Barry Manilow Kabir by John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan & Zakir Hussain Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra: Mvt 1 by Philip Glass, performed by Katia & Marielle LabèqueOther music in this episode:Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac Dollar Wine by Colin Lucas Feeling Good by Nina Simone Prelude in C Minor, Op 28, No 20 by Frédéric Chopin Could it be Magic by Donna Summer Could it be Magic by Take That

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• Georgie Ward and Abel Selaocoe round off the series

  Georgie Ward, composer and keyboard player to the stars, and cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe, head to the Add to Playlist studio to add the final five tracks of the series. Together with Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe, this episode takes us from a reinterpretation of a Bob Marley classic to a Sinatra father-and-daughter 'novelty' song via a ground-breaking aunt-and-niece double-act from Tanzania. Add to Playlist returns for a new series on 27 Feb 2025Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Redemption Song by the Kanneh-Masons Cold Light by Ishmael Ensemble The Feeling Begins by Peter Gabriel Mapendo by The Zawose Queens Somethin’ Stupid by Frank and Nancy Sinatra Other music in this episode:Be the One by Dua Lipa, Live from the Royal Albert Hall Emmanuele by Abel Selaocoe No Volvere by The Gypsy Kings Redemption Song by Bob Marley Bloom by Holysseus Fly Somethin' Stupid by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman

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• Seckou Keita, Tess Tyler and Nick Patrick, from Prince to Kings

  Kora player and composer Seckou Keita and screen composer Tess Tyler join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add five more tracks to the playlist, taking us from bootlegs to Africa's biggest-selling single, via an early classic video game. They are joined by the British producer Nick Patrick, the man behind two of the tracks in today's playlist.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Cindy C. by Prince Donkey Kong Country by David Wise La Primavera by Ottorini Respighi Yeke Yeke by Mory Kante No Volvere by the Gipsy KingsOther music in this episode:Sallisaw Blue by John Moreland You Got The Love by The Source Ft. Candi Staton Interactive by Prince Winter Tundra from Lego Worlds soundtrack by Tess Tyler and Rob Westwood Jungle Groove from Donkey Kong Country by David Wise Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood Yeke Yeke (original version) by Mory Kante

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