Mixtape 46: Pull Up to the Bumper
Need a musical lift? Let Charles Leonard be your chauffeur on this second of a two-part mixtape with songs about cars.
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Mixtape 45: Baby, won’t you drive my car?
Take a sharp left. In this first of a two-part series featuring great songs about cars, Charles Leonard transports you around the world and across genres.
Mixtape 44: The photo album
Charles Leonard is shaking it like a Polaroid picture on this mixtape, with a selection of songs about photographs, photographers and cameras.
Mixtape 43: The chicken crossing
Charles Leonard has compiled a mixtape of chicken songs to stop traffic. Listen, and it will all make sense.
Mixtape 42: Freshly Picked
For this mixtape Charles Leonard has picked a bunch of fresh tunes from a rich harvest of new music that was recently released.
Mixtape 41: I talk to the trees
Charles Leonard goes back to his roots in this tree-themed mixtape recorded under the 100-year-old lemon tree in his garden. He’s collected an orchard of related songs.
Mixtape 40: I fought the law
All rise in court for part two of Charles Leonard’s selection of songs about crime, crooks, theft and pilferage.
Mixtape 39: Crime and injustice
Musicians across genres have always been fascinated by outlaws, criminals, crooks, justice, injustice and retribution. Charles Leonard picks the locks on his favourite tracks.
Mixtape 38: Don’t touch that dial
In his ode to radio, Charles Leonard plays songs that celebrate the DJs, the shows and the company it brought.
Mixtape 37: Joy bringers
As we mark one year of masking up against Covid-19, Charles Leonard brings you a mixtape brimming with songs to chase away the pandemic blues.
Mixtape 36: Bricks and mortar
In this mixtape, Charles Leonard plays songs about buildings, skyscrapers, houses, homes and the architects who design them.
Mixtape 35: Strings attached
On this first mixtape of 2021, Charles Leonard rekindles his love affair with the guitar by playing songs not by the usual crowd.
Mixtape 34: The festive fix
This is a bumper 50-track edition of the mixtape, with half Christmassy, non-preachy songs, and the other half tunes welcoming in 2021 with cautious optimism.
Mixtape 33: Countdown
This week’s mixtape features Charles Leonard’s top albums of the year. He is playing a track off each album: from number 30 all the way down to number one.
Mixtape 32: Read my lips
In this week’s mixtape, Charles Leonard plays songs inspired by books or poems. Some are unexpected, others predictable – a bit like your favourite books.
Mixtape 31: Planet for sale
There are songs for every planet on this alternative playlist for an imaginary trek through the solar system.
Mixtape 30: Intergalactic
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on because Charles Leonard is taking you on a musical trip into outer space.
Mixtape 29: The Unputdownables
Aiming to get you engrossed, mixtape host Charles Leonard is celebrating musicians who had a book in them … and actually wrote it pretty well.
Mixtape 28: So, what’s new?
There has been a sudden deluge of new music in the world of your mixtape host, Charles Leonard. He shares the tastiest new releases.
Mixtape 27: Of monsters, hucksters and pollsters
In this week’s mixtape, Charles Leonard plays songs about Halloween, the United States elections and the biggest crook of all.
Mixtape 26: The Music Time Machine
With his Music Time Machine, Charles Leonard plugs you into the revolutionary sounds that were played 50 years ago and still have relevance today.