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The Hairpin Turn

15.02.26

Aired on Sunday 15th 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

    James White And The Blacks

    Contort Yourself

  2. 4:19

    Alan Braxe and Fred Falke

    Rubicon

  3. 10:20

    The Human League

    The Sound of the Crowd (Complete)

  4. 16:24

    The Bird

    Samurai Dub

  5. 20:26

    Curtis Mayfield

    Move on Up

  6. 30:17

    Leonard Cohen

    Be for Real

  7. 35:56

    Elixir

    A small shy truth

  8. 40:12

    Gil Scott-Heron

    When You Are Who You Are

  9. 43:56

    Bettye Lavette

    Seeing the Real You at Last

  10. 50:01

    John Lennon

    Gimme Some Truth

  11. 54:55

    Renée Geyer

    Real

  12. 1:00:16

    Daryl Hall and John Oates

    Do What You Want, Be What You Are

  13. 1:04:45

    Philip Johnston and the Coolerators

    What Is Real?

  14. 1:14:43

    Handsome Boy Modelling School feat. Róisín Murphy and J-Live

    The Truth

  15. 1:23:03

    Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Wilhelm Furtwängler

    Bach: Gigue (from Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV1068)

  16. 1:24:22

    Concentus Musicus Wien cond. Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    Bach: Gigue (from Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV1068)

  17. 1:27:58

    Mic Conway and the National Junk Band

    Reality Is An Illusion

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