Iain Anderson Show

01/07/2025

Monday night's show, now on BBC Sounds, so catch up at your leisure...

Trouble - Ray LaMontagne
Pèidse Fir Ròdhaig - Sian
Wandering Song - Lorraine Nash
What Lies Beneath - Anna Lavigne
My Favourite Ball And Chain - Anton O'Donnell
When I Become Confused - David Leask
Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread - Bob Dylan & THE BAND
Dog Day Interview - Jim McGrath
Singing In The Darkness - Amy Goddard featuring Reg Meuross
Old Man - Neil Young
Helpless - k.d. lang
Spancil Hill - The Dubliners
Tour Du Monde - Le Vent du Nord
Come By The Hills - The Corries
Maybe I’m Amazed - Paul McCartney
Impressions Of Symi - Anna Lavigne
This Wheel’s On Fire - Bob Dylan & THE BAND
Come Back To My Arms - The Black Denims
Hanging Out With San Marzano Tomatoes - Tom Houston & Me for Queen
The Needle And The Damage Done - Lori McKenna
Mr. Soul - The Everly Brothers
Cowgirl In The Sand - Neil Young
If People And Horses Could Fly - John Saich
Come To The Table - Arksong

End the day in fine and thoughtful musical company.

30/06/2025

Sunday night's show with all the usual features, plus selections threaded throughout that we know our dear listener Brian would have loved...

Avalanche - Jill Jackson
Return To The East - Rhona Macfarlane
Wild Flowers - Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5
Pockets Of Time - Anna Lavigne
The Things You Find In Books - Yvonne Lyon & Boo Hewerdine
Who Cares? - Boo Hewerdine
The Light - Elaine Lennon, Yvonne Lyon, Adriana Spina
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere - Bob Dylan & THE BAND
Barkenschniffler - Cheery Odin
After The Gold Rush - Prelude
Comes A Time - Neil Young
POEM: Crossing the Bar - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Keep Me In Your Heart - Warren Zevon
Beloved - Luka Bloom
Lavender - Marillion
Slow Recovery Blues - Anna Lavigne
Endless Friend - Carol Laula
Ghost On The Canvas - Glen Campbell
Bessie Smith - THE BAND
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out - Bessie Smith
Heart Of Gold - Charles Bradley
Cortez The Killer - Neil Young
Narcissist - Liz Jones & Broken Windows
Now The Big Man Has Gone On - Blue Rose Code
Sunday Love - Bruce Springsteen

End the day in fine and thoughtful musical company.

28/06/2025

And your weekly memory test, a.k.a. the mystery lyric...

Degree of difficulty: 3.1 / Clue: definitely

“Maybe I’m a lonely man who’s in the middle of something that he doesn’t really understand”

What’s the song?

28/06/2025

The featured songwriter has been oft mentioned in the last few weeks, and may or may not be on BBC television this weekend... Let us know your Neil Young favourites.

28/06/2025

The featured archive album is 'The Basement Tapes' by Bob Dylan and THE BAND, which was released 50 years ago. The ragbag of songs it contained however were recorded mostly in 1967 in Dylan and The Band’s Woodstock homes. By 1975 a lot of the songs were already out in the world via bootlegs or cover versions.

28/06/2025

This week's featured album is 'Night Dreams' by Anna Lavigne. Anna’s background is in theatre and dance, but living in the Highlands and under the tutelage of Martin Stephenson, she’s proved herself to be a dab hand at songwriting and recording, and this album, her fourth, is her best yet.

28/06/2025

Our thoughts too are with Brian Doig, the most loyal and supportive of listeners, the best of friends a radio show could have.

24/06/2025

Last night's Monday show and playlist, listen again at your leisure.

Straight Outta Caledonia - Sir Vincent Lone
The Glen - Beluga Lagoon
Poaching Days - Rhuvaal
Broken Freedom Song - James McMurtry
Friend In The End - Lukas Nelson feat. Sierra Ferrell
Was it Something I Said? - The Pleasures
Canaan's Land - Kate Rusby
The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Time To Let You Go - Clementine Lovell
He's All I Got - Loretta Lynn
Way Back When - Gary U.S. Bonds
Yellowstone, MT - Talisk
The Days Of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Sailing Away - James McMurtry
High - Hayes Carll
Steam Engine - River & Rail
Loch Lomond - Duke Levine
It's Still Good - Wilson Pickett
Not Me - Gary U.S. Bonds
Red Haired Man's Wife - Tarras
Matt Hyland - Kate Rusby
The Wind That Blows Me Home - John Ward
Laoidh Chaluim Chille - Mae McKenna

End the day in fine and thoughtful musical company.

23/06/2025

Missed this week's Sunday sailing? Catch up with The Captain and this playlist via BBC Sounds...

Shake Sugaree - Muireann Bradley
Òran na Bèiste Maoile - Kim Carnie feat. Seckou Keita
Scars And Stripes - Michael McMillan
The Color Of Night - James McMurtry
The Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours - Van Morrison
Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown - Neil Young
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King
I Courted A Sailor - Kate Rusby
School Is Out - Ry Cooder
Bring Her Back - Gary U.S. Bonds
Love And Happiness - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
Not A Cloud - TRIP
Lock-Keeper - Stan Rogers
The Black Dog And The Wandering Boy - James McMurtry
Before You Hit The Ground - Dean Johnson
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
I Don't Care Anymore - Lulu
Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks - Gary U.S. Bonds
Trains And Boats And Plains - Astrud Gilberto
Beyond Meaning - Watchhouse
Withered and Died - Kate Rusby
Spring Hands - Annie Booth
Dear Memories - Gitta de Ridder
Day By Day - Rob Jones & The Restless Dream

End the day in fine and thoughtful musical company.

21/06/2025

Why not have a go at this week's Mystery Song Lyric :

Degree of Difficulty: 2.9
Clue: Fauna and Flora

“I can't quite get there 'cause my heart's forsaken me”

Name the song!

21/06/2025

For this week's Featured Songwriter, we shine a light on the work of the Florida-born, rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, Gary U.S. Bonds.

21/06/2025

Our Featured Archive Album for this week is the 2001 album 'Little Lights' by the wonderful English folk artist, Kate Rusby. Kate’s third studio album, it's a delicate collection of original compositions, covers, and traditional ballads. Rusby is joined by a fantastic lineup of artists and musicians, including Darrell Scott, Michael McGoldrick, and Eddi Reader.