Eastside 89.7 FM

The Hairpin Turn

01.02.26

Aired on Sunday 1st February 2026, 12:30AM

The Hairpin Turn is an eclectic mix of the finest music across a variety of years, genres, styles, moods and fragrances. Keep your dancing shoes handy for the fast stuff, a box of tissues ready for the sentimental stuff, and a fresh pot of ginger and lemon tea for the singalong stuff. There's bound to be a song you know. Maybe there's a song you'll fall in love with at first listen.Each performance of The Hairpin Turn is in two movements:La DansetteA mini-party. Music at a fixed BPM for dancing, singing, carousing, marching upon castles, etc.; however the witching hour pleases you.Deeper into MusicMusic following a theme. Past subjects of the week: contrafacts, psychogeography, Billy Strayhorn, Tom Waits.If you have comments, questions or playlist suggestions, please email Mathew at thehairpinturn@eastsidefm.org

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Tracklist

  1. 0:00

    Róisín Murphy

    Let Me Know

  2. 6:24

    Gerling feat. Inga Liljeström

    Dust Me Selecta

  3. 10:43

    Eurythmics

    Love Is a Stranger (Coldcut remix)

  4. 18:39

    Eddy Grant

    Electric Avenue

  5. 21:49

    Ashford & Simpson

    Found a Cure

  6. 29:54

    Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire cond. André Cluytens

    Ravel: Une Barque sur l'Ocean

  7. 38:57

    Byron Lee & The Dragonaires

    Hot Reggae

  8. 41:44

    Janet Seidel

    Slow Hot Wind

  9. 45:07

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Long Hot Summer Night

  10. 49:57

    The Violent Femmes

    Blister in the Sun

  11. 54:46

    Joe Lane

    Lazy Afternoon

  12. 57:55

    Mercury Rev

    Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp

  13. 1:01:37

    Marie 'Queenie' Lyons

    Fever

  14. 1:07:10

    Heatwave

    Tommy McCook & The Supersonics

  15. 1:11:01

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra cond. David Porcelijn

    Sculthorpe: Sun Music II

  16. 1:17:26

    Sandy Evans

    40 Degrees

  17. 1:22:46

    The Trammps

    Disco Inferno

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