Eastside 89.7 FM

The Hairpin Turn

07.03.26

Aired on Saturday 7th March 2026, 11:00PM

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

    Patrice Rushen

    Forget Me Nots (special dance mix)

  2. 8:36

    Chaka Khan

    I'm Every Woman

  3. 12:21

    Cheryl Lynn

    Got to Be Real

  4. 17:26

    Marcia Hines

    You

  5. 21:27

    Stevie Nicks

    Stand Back

  6. 26:02

    Siouxsie And The Banshees

    Happy House

  7. 31:14

    Patti Smith Band

    Dancing Barefoot

  8. 37:31

    Nérija

    Partner Girlfriend Lover

  9. 42:42

    Renée Geyer

    Stares and Whispers

  10. 46:18

    Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra

    What a Little Moonlight Can Do

  11. 50:06

    Christa and Dick Hughes

    Backwater Blues

  12. 53:51

    Divinyls

    In My Life

  13. 59:20

    Nina Simone

    Mississippi Goddam

  14. 1:03:55

    Summertime

    Janis Joplin

  15. 1:10:59

    Kate Bush

    The Sensual World

  16. 1:14:43

    Marianne Faithfull

    The Ballad of Lucy Jordan

  17. 1:19:34

    Melissa Etheridge

    You Can Sleep While I Drive

  18. 1:23:12

    Laurie Anderson

    O Superman (for Massenet)

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