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The Beatcroft Social as heard on 60 North Radio on 11 March.

Full playlist and link to the Mixcloud stream follows.

Monkees — Me and Magdalena

Monkees — Salesman

Sandy Denny — Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

David Bowie — Can’t Help Thinking About Me

Tori Amos — Winter

East End Friend — Shine

Sakert! — Allting Flyter

Rozi Plain — See My Boat

Richard Dawson — The Almsgiver

Martin Stephenson and the Daintees — We Are Storm

Kevin Coyne — Marlene

Red Guitars — Steeltown

Claire Lynch — All the Diamonds

Bruce Cockburn — Isn’t That what Friends Are For

RL Burnside— Shake ‘Em On Down

Paul Weller — The Soul Searchers

Joni Mitchell — A Case of You

The Black Crowes — Jealous Again

Kurt Vile — Like Exploding Stones

George Harrison — Isn’t It A Pity?

Jackson C Frank — Blues Run the Game

Nick Drake — Northern Sky

Paul Brady — Arthur McBride

Nick Lowe — Mama Said

Bruce Cockburn — Easter

The Beatcroft Social from 60 North Radio, as broadcast 4 March 2022

The Beatcroft Social from 4 March is streaming now on Mixcloud and also at the 60 North Radio Archive. Link at bottom of playlist.

Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On

Mary Gauthier — Mercy Now

Graham Parker — One Guitar

Willie Nile — Vagabond Moon

Elvis Costello — Brilliant Disguise

Patti Griffin — Stolen Car

Mystic Knights of the Sea — Johnny 99

Shawn Colvin — Tougher than the Rest

Bruce Springsteen — Adam Raised a Cain

Patti Scialfa — Spanish Dancer

Nils Lofgren — Man at the Top

Kid Canaveral — Low Winter Sun

Hook and Pull Gang — Pour It Down Your Throat

Stella’s Baby — Port of Amsterdam

Tom Waits — Bottom of the World

Just the Job — Fears of the Years

Jackson Browne — For a Dancer

The National — Bloodbuzz Ohio

Wet Leg — Angelica

Hamish Hawk — Bakerloo, Unbecoming

Nick Lowe — What’s so funny about Peace Love and Understanding

Lucinda Williams — Sweet Old World

Tom Paxton — Peace Will Come

Shelby Lynne, Alison Moorer — Not Dark Yet

Bob Marley — One Love/People Get Ready

https://www.mixcloud.com/tom-morton2/the-beatcroft-social-from-60-north-radio-4-march-2022/

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