No, not football silly... the prodigal daughter returned home from university this weekend, and that is why we are celebrating the home. It's where the heart is, after all. Ten songs about going home, being home and not being home. 1. Foo Fighters: Home Home is the closing track for Foo Fighters sixth studio album - with some of the lyrics providing the records title - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace . The record demonstrated two sides to the band, containing a mix of the

Well, St. Patrick's Day has rolled around again, so what have we got for you this time? St. Patrick reminding everyone to turn the volume up. We did one a few years back that focused on bands with Patrick / Pat / Patricia's in - you can relive that one here . We also have featured Ireland in one of our Geography themed playlists - here . So, this time we have gone back to find some more Irish bands for you - and managed to (mostly) present you with ones we haven't used before

This edition of The Essential 10 , our quickfire introduction to a wide range of my favourite artists, features Uncle Tupelo ; an act that managed four albums over a career that spanned 1987 to 1994. I have trawled the entire catalogue to come up with ten of my favourite tracks by them, including a few surprises (although, if you don’t know much about them, they may all be surprises). Uncle Tupelo came into my life in the late 1990s; a friend included a couple of tracks on a

At the end of last week, another of the big names of pop passed on - a man who has written, sung on or played piano with and on, many of the great acts and popular pop tunes of the last sixty-five years. So, this time as we find a way via our Six(ish) Degrees towards shoegaze king Kevin Shields - we start off with our tribute to Neil Sedaka. Photo: RCA Neil Sedaka was born in Brooklyn in 1939, with Lebanese Jewish paternal grandparents who had arrived from Istanbul in 1910,

I will be honest with you - I was listening to my favourite radio show last week (Radcliffe & Maconie on BBC 6 Music , for the record), and it was one of their features that sparked the theme for this playlist. On their regular Sunday Tea Time Theme Time section, someone had suggested songs with links to districts of New York City. I could do that, I thought - and so, instead of the three included on that show, I have for you a playlist of more than 10! Everyone a district o