F&M playlist

Ellen and the Escapades Coming Back Home The young Leeds folk-pop band were on magnificent form last weekend in Leeds, playing alongside boogie pianist Ben Waters at a concert to honour Sir Peter Blake after he was awarded an honorary degree in music. No wonder they won the Glastonbury talent contest. Robin Denselow Harold Budd Two Songs: Let Us Go into the House of the Lord/Butterfly Sunday A spellbinding minimalist piece by Harold Budd, from his 1978 album Pavilion of Dreams. Budd was inspired by his childhood in the Mojave desert, and echoed that landscape in this song, which sets a soaring, androgynous, operatic voice against delicate harp strings. Charlotte Richardson Andrews Ambrose Akinmusire When the Heart Emerges Glistening American trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire's Blue Note debut is likely to be one of the acclaimed new jazz albums of the year – an exercise in fast-moving interplay and subtle melody building. Akinmusire has won trumpet prizes from judges as discriminating as Quincy Jones and Hugh Masekela, and the repertoire fuses contemporary swing, pop hooks and startling virtuosity. John Fordham Blondie Rip Her to Shreds Purely for the venomous "Yech!" in the line "Yech! She's too much." That one syllable, sneered in 1976, was Debbie Harry at her untouchable peak of coolness. Caroline Sullivan Smiley Culture Customs Officer Although David Emmanuel, below, will be remembered for Police Officer, his brushes with authority didn't end there. This lesser known but typically mischievous cut wonderfully details a hapless escapade smuggling ganja in a van around Europe, wherein the incorrigible MC informs the man, "Customs officer, you not stop Smiley Culture!" RIP. Dave Simpson Queen Action This Day From Hot Space, their 1982 disco flirtation, a record that damaged their US career to such an extent you can't even buy MP3s of it there now. This is Queen tackling XTC-style new wave, and is as muscular, garish and vigorously enjoyable as you might imagine. Tom Ewing U2 Lemon (Perfecto Mix) Paul Oakenfold's gloriously euphoric club remix of U2's 1993 single has stood the test of time as one of pop's finest remixes. Glastonbury will be putty in their hands if they kick off their set with this. Chris Salmon