December 10th – featuring Elbow

Hello! This week’s Simplecity show featured Elbow, and you can hear it again here, in two parts, and there’s a track list below. Enjoy!

Part 1 tracklist:
Philip Selway A Simple Life
Elbow Lippy Kids
Jessie J Who You Are
Eliza Doolittle Rollerblades
Turin Brakes Fishing For A Dream
Elbow Jesus Is A Rochdale Girl
Tyler Hilton Missing You
Alison Krauss & Union Station Paper Airplane
Trent Dabbs Me & God
Elbow The River
Adele Someone Like You
Stereophonics Pick A Part That’s New (acoustic)
Corinne Bailey Rae My Love
Elbow Open Arms
Sebastien Tellier Dixi
Rodolphe Raffalli Swing Gitan
Fink Pretty Little Thing
Part 2 tracklist

“Don’t worry” mix:

Alli Rogers Baby I Believe In You
Nizlopi Worry
Mocky Fighting Away The Tears
Beth Orton Pass In Time
Aqualung Good Times Gonna Come
Joan As Police Woman To Be Loved
John Martyn May You Never

and the rest of this hour:

Sara Bareilles Hold My Heart
The Civil Wars Poison & Wine
Scott Matthews Earth To Calm
Blonde Redhead For The Damaged
Nouvelle Vague Peut-Etre Pas feat. Melanie Pain
Alexi Murdoch Love You More
Broadcast 2000 Get Up And Go
Abigail Washburn City Of Refuge
JJ Heller Control

December 3rd – featuring Beyonce

Here’s the track list and a chance to listen any time to tonight’s 10pm Simplecity acoustic show on Chill. There’s a lot of Lemonade as we feature the most chilled tracks from Beyonce’s new album as well as some beautiful acoustic covers of her biggest hits. Tonight’s special mix has acoustic versions of some huge pop songs – not all covers, as some are special recordings by the original artists. There’s also a lot of original goodness from Mike Posner, JP Cooper, Foy Vance, Billie Marten, Mahalia and more.

First hour:

Mike Posner Not That Simple
Beyonce Daddy Lessons
Ane Brun Halo
JP Cooper Colour Me In Gold
Hannah’s Yard Why Would I Know
Beyonce Pray You Catch Me
VoicePlay feat. Emoni Love On Top
Foy Vance Upbeat Feelgood
Ciaran Lavery Return To Form
Beyonce Freedom
Emeli Sande Crazy In Love (from The Great Gatsby)
Claire Maguire Elizabeth Taylor
Billie Marten Milk & Honey
Beyonce Sandcastles
Giada If I Were A Boy
Mahalia Back Up Plan
The Dunwells Light Up The Skies
Aaron Espe Making All Things New

Special mix of huge pop served acoustically:

Kimberly Anne Show Me Love / A Little Bit Of Luck
Scars On 45 Wrecking Ball
The Wind And The Wave Chandelier
Zara Larsson Lush Life (acoustic)
Tyler Ward Shut Up And Dance
Rhodes Blank Space
Ella Eyre Waiting All Night (acoustic)
Sigma & Rita Ora Coming Home (acoustic)

Rest of show:

Ben Howard Old Pine
Lucy Rose Nebraska
GoGo Penguin Branches Break
Arthur Beatrice Since We Were Kids
Cider Sky Where To Now
Rend Collective Coming Home
Anna Pancaldi All That I Am
Rukhsana Merrise See You Again

November 26th – featuring covers by J Scott Bergman

Here’s what we are playing on this week’s Simplecity on Chill, where we play acoustic tunes every Monday night from 10pm. This week it’s a special featuring some acoustic covers by J Scott Bergman and a mix of classic tunes, as well as laid back goodness from Adele, Starsailor, James Blake, Sara Bareilles, Benjamin Francis Leftwich and more.

First hour:

Skerryvore Simple Life
J Scott Bergman Creep
Adele Someone Like You
Thirteen Senses Times Like These (live session)
Starsailor Good Souls (live acoustic)
J Scott Bergman To Turn You On
James Blake Limit To Your Love
Broadcast 2000 The View
Junip Always
J Scott Bergman Big Shot
Magnetic Man Flying Into Tokyo
Sara Bareilles Basket Case
Califone Ladders
J Scott Bergman They Won’t Go When I Go
Jessie J Who You Are
Alexis Jordan The Air That I Breathe

Special mix of classics:

Van Morrison Into The Mystic
Nick Drake One Of These Things First
Neil Young Harvest Moon
Simon And Garfunkel The Only Living Boy In New York
Bob Dylan I Want You
Joni Mitchell All I Want
Carole King Home Again
Kate Bush The Man With The Child In His Eyes

Rest of show:

Benjamin Francis Leftwich Pictures
Arcade Fire Sprawl I (Flatland)
Aroah I Row Across A Japanese Watercolour
Donovan Woods Your Daughter, John
Barzin Words Tangled In Blue
Sondre Lerche Tragic Mirror
Nick Jaina Your Time Is Gonna Come
Rivulets The Sunsets Can Be Beautiful (Even In Chicago)

November 19th – featuring Tom Speight

Here is the track list and a chance to listen again to tonight’s show, featuring Tom Speight, a city-themed mix of tunes for travel ideas, and stacks of chilled tunes from Jake Bugg, Kodaline, Bon Iver, Birdy and many more. (If you’ve got ideas for more cities that feature in good acoustic tunes, I’d love to hear them!)

First hour

Jake Bugg Simple As This
Tom Speight My My My
Kodaline Brother (acoustic version)
Tall Heights Horse To Water
Aaron Espe Making All Things New
Tom Speight Little Love
Kimberly Anne Bury It There
Tom Walker Fly Away With Me
Leo Stannard feat. Frances Gravity
Tom Speight The River
Joel Edwards Little Old Star
Bastille Bad Blood (piano version)
Mahalia Borrowers
Tom Speight Medicine
Bon Iver Holocene
Birdy Words
Gavin James The Book Of Love
Billie Marten Bird

Travel mix

Catfish And The Bottlemen Glasgow
Stu Larson Chicago Song
Tyler Ward Paris
Mystery Jets Bombay Blue (acoustic version)
Birsen Tezer Istanbul
Caravan Palace Sydney
Coldplay Amsterdam
George Ezra Budapest

Rest of show

Lorne Bread Alone
Catherine McGrath Cinderella
Skinny Living Why
Liv Dawson Tapestry
Mica Millar My Lover
Lauren Aquilina Thinking About
Johnny Stimson Holding On
Ruth B Lost Boy
Ivor Game Escape To Freedom

November 12th – featuring Kate Bush

Here’s what we are playing on tonight’s Simplecity acoustic show, on Chill every Monday from 10pm. It’s a Kate Bush special, with songs from her and some beautiful cover versions by other artists. We’ve also got a consolation mix for some footie lads, and acoustic songs by KT Tunstall, White Buffalo, Elbow, All Angels and more.

November 5th – featuring Billy Bragg

Here is the track list and a chance to listen any time to tonight’s Simplecity acoustic show on Chill from 10pm. We’re featuring the singer-songwriter and newsworthy activist Billy Bragg, a classic mix of Camp Bestival artists and acoustic goodness from Stephen Fretwell, Joni Mitchell and many more.

First hour:

Chanda Leigh – Simple Life
Billy Bragg – Must I Paint You A Picture
Noah And The Whale – 5 Years Time
Ashok – Happy Slap
Beirut – Elephant Gun
Billy Bragg – All Fall Down
Essie Jain – Stop
Max Richter – Icongraphy
The Bird And The Bee – I’m A Broken Heart
Billy Bragg – You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Future Loop Foundation – Sunshine Philosophy (Pete Lawrence remix)
The Watson Twins – Fall
Missy Higgins – Where I Stood
Billy Bragg – Reason To Believe
Ava Leigh – Mad About The Boy
Sarah Whatmore – Somewhere I Belong

Camp Bestival mix:

Emiliana Torrini – Unemployed In Summertime
Nextmen/Zarif – Something Got You
This Is The Kit – Our Socks Forever More
Emmy The Great – Gabriel
Kate Nash – Merry Happy
Thecocknbullkid – On My Own Again
Tawiah – Watch Out
Rod Thomas – Debris
Eliza Carthy – Hug You Like A Mountain
Jon Hopkins – Cerulean

Rest of show:

Jamie Lidell – Rope Of Sand
Marie Digby – Miss Invisible
Barefoot – Horny
Stephen Fretwell – New York
Joni Mitchell – All I Want
Melody Gardot – Goodnite
Summer At Shatter Creek – All The Answers (live version)

October 29th – featuring The Gentle Good

Here is the track list for tonight’s Simplecity show on Chill. We’re featuring music from Welsh singer-songwriter Gareth Bonello, better known as The Gentle Good. We also have a special mix of acoustic covers, and chilled goodies from Josh Bray, Kate Bush, The Civil Wars, Elbow and more.

First hour:

David Rynhart – A Simple Life
The Gentle Good – Aubade
Emma’s Imagination – This Day
Haley Dreis – Delicate
Josh Bray – The River Song
The Gentle Good – Pamela
Alli Rogers – Eden
Kate Bush – Moments Of Pleasure
Amy Petty – Sketches Of Plans
The Gentle Good – Holly Blue
Ashley Gold – Just Friends
The Civil Wars – Girl With The Red Balloon
Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight (acoustic)
The Gentle Good – Ocean Is King
M. Ward – From A Pirate Radio Sermon, 1989
Joey Cape – Going For The Bronze

Acoustic covers mix:

Birdy – Skinny Love
Corinne Bailey Rae – Is This Love
Gus Black – Paranoid
J Scott Bergman – Life On Mars
Camera Obscura – Super Trooper
Thirteen Senses – Times Like These
Fink – Walkin’ In The Sun
Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Stairway To Heaven

Rest of show:

Elbow – Lippy Kids
Snow Patrol – An Olive Grove Facing The Sea
Richard Navarro – Sober
Jake Flowers – My Siren
Nouvelle Vague – At The Moment feat. Nadeah Miranda
Marian Call – Got To Fly
Ila & The Happy Trees – Tomorrow

October 22nd – featuring Joey Cape

Here is the track list for tonight’s Simplecity acoustic show on Chill. We’re featuring music from Joey Cape’s album “Doesn’t Play Well With Others”, a special mix of Big Chill festival artists, and more acoustic tunes from Birdy, Turin Brakes, Rufus Wainwright and more. You can listen on Chill from 10pm or any time here.

First hour:

Jamie Cullum – Give Me The Simple Life
Joey Cape – The Fish Rots From The Head-Case Down
Birdy – Skinny Love
Sara Bareilles – Gravity
Rise Against – Swing Life Away
Joey Cape – Going For The Bronze
Matt Nathanson – Little Victories
Amos Lee – Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight
John Mayer – Who Says
Joey Cape – The Greatest Generation
Turin Brakes – Underdog (Sally) (demo)
The Divine Comedy – Songs Of Love
Rufus Wainwright – The Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion)
Joey Cape – I’m Not Gonna Save You
Juliet Turner – Toxic
Aqualung – Sundowning
The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
Athlete – Love Come Rescue
Elton John – I Need You To Turn To (piano demo)
Sophie Zelmani – If I Could

Big Chill mix:

Easy Star All Stars – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Gregory Isaacs – Fools Fall In Love
Newton Failkner – Teardrop
Radiohead – Give Up The Ghost
Bonobo feat. Andreya Triana – Stay The Same
Submotion Orchestra – All Yours
Alucidnation – I’m Not Bad
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy

Rest of show:

Jil Is Lucky – The Wanderer
Jonatha Brooke – Madonna On The Curb (peace mix)
William Fitzsimmons – Beautiful Girl
Ed Sheeran – Firefly
Priscilla Ahn – Dream
Sara Lov – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Nils Landgren’s Funk Unit – When All Is Said And Done

October 15th – featuring Bon Iver

Here is the track list for tonight’s Simplecity acoustic show on Chill. We’re featuring music from Bon Iver, a special mix of sunshine songs, and more acoustic goodies from artists like Paul Weller, John Martyn and Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. You can listen on Chill from 10pm or any time here.

First hour:

Denison Witmer Simple Life
Bon Iver Flume
Orba Squara Perfect Timing (This Morning)
Jaymay Ill Willed Person
Roger Eno One Gull
Bon Iver Skinny Love
Joss Stone Fell In Love With A Boy
Portishead Deep Water
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Somewhere Over The Rainbow, What A Wonderful
Bon Iver Creature Fear / Team
Flying Space Breathe
Ghostland Interview With The Angel
Charles Atlas Imprints Lengthwise
Bon Iver Blindsided
Paul Weller Wild Wood
Howard Skempon Lullaby
The Cinematic Orchestra To Build A Home

Sunshine songs mix:

Norah Jones Sunrise
Nina Simone Here Comes The Sun
Mozez/Zero 7 Beautiful Day
Osibisa Sunshine Day
Jol Life In The Sun
Emiliana Torrini Sunny Road
Ramsey Lewis Les Fleur

Rest of show:

Jose Gonzalez Hand On Your Heart
Goldfrapp Clowns
Nitin Sawhney Tides
Beth Gibbons/Rustin Man Romance
Black Strap Molasses Everybody Needs A Dream
John Martyn May You Never
Melody Gardot Goodnite

October 8th – featuring Shearwater

Here’s the track list for tonight’s Simplecity acoustic show on Chill, featuring Austin band Shearwater, a mix of chilled tunes from films and lots more songs to help you chill. You can hear it tonight from 10pm or listen any time online here.

First hour:

Lecia The Simple Life
Shearwater God Made Me
Jamie Cullum Don’t Stop The Music
Ingrid Michaelson Around You
Jonathan Coulton I Crush Everything
Shearwater Hidden Lake
Glen Hansard Falling Slowly
Phamie Gow Dancing Hands
Lenka The Show
Shearwater Missing Islands
Civil Twilight Human
Kelly Dalton I’m On Fire
Rickie Lee Jones The Moon Is Made Of Gold
Shearwater Silver Bodies
Katie Herzig Wish You Well
La Maison Tellier Killing In The Name
Karen Mal Surprise

Special mix – songs from films:

Gene Wilder Pure Imagination from Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
Clint Mansell The Nursery from Moon
Air Alone In Kyoto from Lost In Translation
AR Rahman Latka’s Theme from Slumdog Millionaire
Michael Nyman The Piano from The Piano
Michael Giacchino Theme from “UP”
Abel Korzeniowski Stillness Of The Mind from A Single Man
Bruno Coulais Dreaming from Coraline
Eels I Need Some Sleep from Shrek 2

Rest of show:

Daphne Willis No Difference
Rufus Wainwright Across The Universe
Corinne Bailey Rae I Would Like To Call It Beauty
Boys Like Girls feat. Taylor Swift Two Is Better Than One
Marina And The Diamonds Hollywood (Gonzales version)
Inlets Bright Orange Air
Dan Reeder It Feels So Good
Cat Power I Found A Reason