Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 9-18-23

With his album Boy In Da Corner, Dizzee Rascal, who was only 17 years old when he wrote and recorded the album, became the youngest and first Black artist to win the Mercury Prize, beating out Coldplay, Radiohead, and The Darkness. 

Dizzee Rascal was born Dylan Mills on this date in 1984. Some of his work is included on today’s playlist.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 10-16-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the October 16 birthdays of Hüsker Dü’s Bob Mould, Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, Nico, The 45 King, Jon Mayer, Aswad, Bert Kaempfert, B-Rock, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Angela Lansbury, and Kelly Marie; and the October 17 birthdays of Eminem, Fugees’ Wyclef Jean, Seals & Crofts’ Jim Seals, Gary Puckett, Tina Moore, Aqua’s Rene Dif, Alan Jackson, Spinal Tap’s Michael McKean, The Singing Nun, and Ziggy Marley.

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