Matilda Lloyd and Keelan Carew: Dance Scandals to Pop Superstardom
Trumpeter Matilda Lloyd and pianist Keelan Carew join Anna and Jeffrey as they add five more tracks to the playlist, linking dance crazes, ballet, glam rock and pop superstardom.
Trumpeter Matilda Lloyd and pianist Keelan Carew join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe for a musical journey that begins in Liverpool's legendary Cavern Club and ends with one of the biggest pop singles of all time.
Along the way, they'll travel from Suzi Quatro's glam rock breakthrough to the high-kicking scandal of the Can-Can, explore the West African dance tradition that helped shape modern twerking, uncover how a Stravinsky ballet supplied one of pop music's most sampled sounds, and discover how a song rejected by TLC transformed the career of a teenage Britney Spears.
Producer: Marie-Claire Doris
Presented with musical direction by: Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Can the Can - Suzi Quatro
Galop Infernal from Orpheus in the Underworld (Can-Can) - Jacques Offenbach
Ahou - Les Tueuses de Mapouka
Infernal Dance from The Firebird - Igor Stravinsky
...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
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- Fri 20 Nov 2026 19:1591福利社 Radio 4
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