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Claire Wickes and Ashley Henry celebrate chocolate and music

19 June 2026

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Flautist Claire Wickes and jazz pianist Ashley Henry join Jeffrey and Anna as they add the next five tracks, exploring the association between music and chocolate, and digging into the Harlem Renaissance with the poet Langston Hughes and Cuban Negrismo, before marking the official longest partnership in pop.

Producer Jerome Weatherald

Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

5-4-3-2-1 by Manfred Mann

Dance of the Mirlitons from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes

Boda Negra by María Teresa Vera

West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys

Other music in this episode:

Mississippi Goddam by Ashley Henry

Knee Play 5 from Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass

Numbers by Kraftwerk

5,6,7,8 by Steps

Moon River by Audrey Hepburn

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky