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.
Radio New Frame Mixtape
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.
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.