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.
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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.
S3 Episode 7: #EndSARS | Africa in the US election
We discuss what brought Nigeria to this point. We also look at what the United States election will mean for “shithole” countries, and what a jewellery advert tells us about Indian politics.
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.
Mixtape 25: Silver anniversary
This is the 25th mixtape, the silver anniversary of this weekly music compilation. Charles Leonard picks and plays shiny songs for the occasion.
Mixtape 24: City songs – the B-sides
The musical city-to-city trip continues this week with Charles Leonard playing more songs about global cities in a mixtape called “City songs – the B-sides”.
Mixtape 23: Songs of the City
With the theme, “Songs of the City”, this week’s mixtape goes on a musical trip to cities right around the globe.
Mixtape 22: Quote, unquote
The theme for this week’s eclectic mixtape is “Quote, unquote”. Charles Leonard plays songs quoting other songs with surprisingly pleasant results.
Mixtape 21: The games people play
For this mixtape, selector Charles Leonard has picked some fine tunes about mind games as well as some songs about sport.
Mixtape 20: Strange Bedfellows
In this week’s mixtape, Charles Leonard celebrates strange bedfellows in music and plays some of the best results.
Mixtape 19: Covered
In this mixtape, Charles Leonard plays songs by masked musicians plus quirky covers across genres, languages, styles and generations.
Mixtape 18: R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
To celebrate South African Women’s Day, Charles Leonard has made a celebratory mixtape of songs by female artists only.
Mixtape 17: Scratch
In this mixtape, Charles Leonard plays songs about scratching – and, like an ambitious Masterchef competitor, he does it three ways.
Mixtape 16: Best dressed chicken in town
In this week’s bumper edition of the mixtape, Charles Leonard brings you a menagerie of songs about animals.
Mixtape 15: Moving Pictures
This week’s mixtape from Charles Leonard, the weekly bearer of eclectic musical gifts from around the world and across genres and generations, has a cinematic bent.