Thanks for sticking with me this year, and for all the inspiration along the way. I am again fairly pleased with what I have achieved.

I thought you might be interested to see a list of the songs featured in 2012. Some I look back on with a touch of embarrassment but mostly I wouldn’t change any of them:

1-Jan-2012 Kate Bush A coral room
2-Jan-2012 David Bowie Young Americans
3-Jan-2012 Talking Heads This must be the place
4-Jan-2012 Grouper Alien Observer
5-Jan-2012 Jay Electronica Mind Detect Heart
6-Jan-2012 R Kelly Bump N Grind
7-Jan-2012 The Antlers Hounds
8-Jan-2012 Oddisee The carter baron
9-Jan-2012 Aretha Franklin (Sweet sweet baby) Since you’ve been gone
10-Jan-2012 The Knife Heartbeats
11-Jan-2012 Martha and The Vandellas Jimmy Mack
12-Jan-2012 Dark city sisters Sekusile
13-Jan-2012 Phil Collins Easy lover
14-Jan-2012 Richard Ashcroft Music is power
15-Jan-2012 Liquid Liquid Cavern
16-Jan-2012 Paul Simon The cool, cool river
17-Jan-2012 Joy Denalane Changes
18-Jan-2012 Marvin Gaye Mercy, Mercy Me
19-Jan-2012 Octo Octa Memories
20-Jan-2012 Asia Heat of the moment
21-Jan-2012 Etta James At last
22-Jan-2012 Air All I need
23-Jan-2012 The Drums I need fun in my life
24-Jan-2012 Teena Marie Square Biz
25-Jan-2012 The Blue Nile Heatwave
26-Jan-2012 Moodymann The thief that stole my sad days..Ya blessin’ me
27-Jan-2012 Janet Jackson All for you
28-Jan-2012 Brooks and Jerry I got what it takes
29-Jan-2012 My bloody valentine Lose my breath
30-Jan-2012 Cherokee Take care of you
31-Jan-2012 Kanye West Good morning
1-Feb-2012 Van Morrison Rave on John Donne/Rave on part two
2-Feb-2012 Thomas Mapfumo Shumba
3-Feb-2012 Paula Cole Where have all the cowboys gone?
4-Feb-2012 Youth Lagoon Posters
5-Feb-2012 Sigur Ros Samskeyti
6-Feb-2012 Elvis Costello Watching the detectives
7-Feb-2012 Betty Wright Clean up woman
8-Feb-2012 Josh Rouse Winter in The Hamptons
9-Feb-2012 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Black Boy
10-Feb-2012 Whitney Houston I wanna dance with somebody
11-Feb-2012 Chic Everybody dance
12-Feb-2012 Whitney Houston Saving all my love for you
13-Feb-2012 Moby In my heart
14-Feb-2012 The Family Nothing compares 2 U
15-Feb-2012 Tennis Origins
16-Feb-2012 MNDR I go away
17-Feb-2012 Beyonce Crazy in love
18-Feb-2012 Lamont Dozier Why can’t we be lovers?
19-Feb-2012 Four Tet Angel Echoes
20-Feb-2012 Roc Marciano Hide my tears
21-Feb-2012 TunE-yArDs Killa
22-Feb-2012 Sharon Van Etten Give Out
23-Feb-2012 Another’s Blood Foreign Nights
24-Feb-2012 The Housemartins Happy Hour Again
25-Feb-2012 Doves Snowden
26-Feb-2012 Slowdive Souvlaki space station
27-Feb-2012 Field Music A new town
28-Feb-2012 The Temptations Ain’t too proud to beg
29-Feb-2012 Neil Young The needle and the damage done
1-Mar-2012 Funeral Suits All those friendly people
2-Mar-2012 TLC No Scrubs
3-Mar-2012 College A real hero
4-Mar-2012 A whisper in the noise Black Shroud
5-Mar-2012 Diana Ross Ain’t no mountain high enough
6-Mar-2012 Shabazz Palaces Swerve
7-Mar-2012 The Beach Boys Darlin’
8-Mar-2012 Peasant The Flask
9-Mar-2012 Bucketheads The Bomb
10-Mar-2012 Real Estate Dumb Luck
11-Mar-2012 Fat Freddy’s drop Boondigga
12-Mar-2012 Action Bronson Imported Goods
13-Mar-2012 Mayer Hawthorne Just ain’t gonna work out
14-Mar-2012 Ash Goldfinger
15-Mar-2012 Hint Aliens Enter
16-Mar-2012 Bran Van 3000 Drinking in LA
17-Mar-2012 Thin Lizzy Dancing in the moonlight
18-Mar-2012 The O’Jays This time baby
19-Mar-2012 Japandroids Younger Us
20-Mar-2012 Kindness House
21-Mar-2012 Steely Dan Deacon Blues
22-Mar-2012 Craft Spell Still left with me
23-Mar-2012 Shola Ama You might need somebody
24-Mar-2012 Jamie Lidell Another day
25-Mar-2012 Sunshine Anderson Heard it all before
26-Mar-2012 Gregory Porter Illusion
27-Mar-2012 Bobby Womack Please forgive my heart
28-Mar-2012 Fleetwood Mac Gypsy
29-Mar-2012 Jaques Greene Another Girl
30-Mar-2012 Diddy – Dirty Money Ass on the floor
31-Mar-2012 Stevie Wonder For once in my life
1-Apr-2012 R.E.M. Electrolite
2-Apr-2012 Erykah Badu Window Seat
3-Apr-2012 Clipse Nightmares
4-Apr-2012 The spinners It’s a shame
5-Apr-2012 EMA California
6-Apr-2012 Bee Gees Staying Alive
7-Apr-2012 Vondelpark HipBone
8-Apr-2012 Bruce Springsteen Streets of fire
9-Apr-2012 Common and Slum Village Thelonious
10-Apr-2012 Jeff Buckley Lover, you should’ve come over
11-Apr-2012 Vampire Weekend Oxford Comma
12-Apr-2012 Max Cooper Raw
13-Apr-2012 Wham! I’m your man
14-Apr-2012 Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes The love I lost
15-Apr-2012 Pete Rock and CL Smooth They reminisce over you
16-Apr-2012 Sun Araw and The Congos Happy Song
17-Apr-2012 Tommy James and the Sonells Crystal Blue Persuasion
18-Apr-2012 Napoleon I love my baby
19-Apr-2012 Me and my drummer Runner (reprise)
20-Apr-2012 Brandy and Monica The boy is mine
21-Apr-2012 Lambchop Up with people
22-Apr-2012 Blur Charmless Man
23-Apr-2012 Unlimited Four I wanna be happy
24-Apr-2012 Nneka Shining star
25-Apr-2012 Mary Wells Whisper you love me
26-Apr-2012 Quantic and Alice Russell Look around the corner
27-Apr-2012 Catatonia Road Rage
28-Apr-2012 Kansas Dust in the wind
29-Apr-2012 Stereophonics Local boy in the photograph
30-Apr-2012 Jay Electronica Dear Moleskin
1-May-2012 Sebastiean Tellier La Ritournelle
2-May-2012 Jai Paul Jasmine (demo)
3-May-2012 Francis Bebey New Track
4-May-2012 Cheryl Lynn Got to be real
5-May-2012 Beastie Boys Intergalactic
6-May-2012 Radiohead Lotus Flower
7-May-2012 Frankie Knuckles Your love
8-May-2012 Willis Earl Beale Evening’s Kiss
9-May-2012 Blu and Exile Blu Colla Worker
10-May-2012 Run DMT Spruce Bringsteen
11-May-2012 Aswad Don’t turn around
12-May-2012 Michael Jackson You rock my world
13-May-2012 Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music
14-May-2012 When Saint go Machine Kelly
15-May-2012 Taj Mahal Satisfied ‘n’ tickled too
16-May-2012 CFCF Big Love
17-May-2012 TV Girl Lizzy come back to life
18-May-2012 The Doobie Brothers What a fool believes
19-May-2012 Donna Summer Dim all the lights
20-May-2012 Prefab Sprout King of rock ‘n’ roll
21-May-2012 Bee Gees Night Fever
22-May-2012 Daft Punk One more time
23-May-2012 Donny Hathaway Someday we’ll all be free
24-May-2012 Hygher Baby Let U go
25-May-2012 JX There’s nothing I won’t do
26-May-2012 Arrested Development Mr.Wendall
27-May-2012 The Young Rascals Groovin’
28-May-2012 The Versatones Bila
29-May-2012 Brendan Benson Metarie
30-May-2012 Jet Life 1st Place
31-May-2012 Gerry Read 90’s Prostitution Racket
1-Jun-2012 Kylie Minogue Spinning Around
2-Jun-2012 Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland 2
3-Jun-2012 Foy Vance Gabriel and the vagabond
4-Jun-2012 The Sex Pistols God save The Queen
5-Jun-2012 Oddisee Paralyzed
6-Jun-2012 Washed Out You and I
7-Jun-2012 Chet Faker Terms and conditions
8-Jun-2012 The Farm All together now
9-Jun-2012 Little Richard Long tall Sally
10-Jun-2012 Blur Country House
11-Jun-2012 David Bowie Oh you pretty things
12-Jun-2012 Paul Buchanan Thin Air
13-Jun-2012 Skinnyman Hayden
14-Jun-2012 La Makina del Karibe Radio Gozambike
15-Jun-2012 Nelly Furtado I’m like a bird
16-Jun-2012 Kim Weston Helpless
17-Jun-2012 Nick Cave and PJ Harvey Henry Lee
18-Jun-2012 The Beatles Here, there and everywhere
19-Jun-2012 Chatham County Line Country boy, city boy
20-Jun-2012 The Waterboys Sweet Thing
21-Jun-2012 Rudimental Spoon
22-Jun-2012 Todd Rundgren Can we still be friends
23-Jun-2012 The Futureheads Beeswing
24-Jun-2012 Youssou N’Dour Seven Seconds
25-Jun-2012 Miike Snow Devil’s Work
26-Jun-2012 MC Solaar Les Temps Changent
27-Jun-2012 William De Vaughn Be thankful for what you’ve got
28-Jun-2012 Grimes Genesis
29-Jun-2012 Dr.Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band Sunshower
30-Jun-2012 Peter, Bjorn and John Let’s call it off (girl talk remix)
1-Jul-2012 T.E.E.D. Garden
2-Jul-2012 Alabama Shakes Hold On
3-Jul-2012 Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Mother in law
4-Jul-2012 Lauryn Hill Doo Wop (that thing)
5-Jul-2012 Kotki Dwa Poison
6-Jul-2012 Damien Marley The master has come back
7-Jul-2012 The Coup ShoYoAss
8-Jul-2012 M83 featuring Zola Jesus Intro
9-Jul-2012 Vatican Shadow Bin Laden’s Corpse
10-Jul-2012 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
11-Jul-2012 The temper trap Fader
12-Jul-2012 Orange Juice Rip it up
13-Jul-2012 Heatwave Boogie Nights
14-Jul-2012 The Falcons You’re so fine
15-Jul-2012 The Blue Nile Tinseltown in the rain
16-Jul-2012 Seal Crazy
17-Jul-2012 KiNK feat. Rachel Row Hand made
18-Jul-2012 Abyssinia Infinite Gole
19-Jul-2012 Alexander Holland Best of me
20-Jul-2012 Eve and Gwen Stefani Let me blow ya mind
21-Jul-2012 KRS-One MC’s act like they don’t know
22-Jul-2012 Glen Campbell Wichita Lineman
23-Jul-2012 Luke Million Arnold
24-Jul-2012 The Supremes Stoned Love
25-Jul-2012 The xx Angels
26-Jul-2012 The Drum /SYS
27-Jul-2012 N-Trance Set U free
28-Jul-2012 Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings Nobody’s baby
29-Jul-2012 The Drums How it ended
30-Jul-2012 Nas Memory Lane (sittin’ in da park)
31-Jul-2012 Passion Pit Little Secrets
1-Aug-2012 The Specials Message to you Rudy
2-Aug-2012 LOL Boys Changes
3-Aug-2012 Spandau Ballet Gold
4-Aug-2012 De la soul Oooh
5-Aug-2012 Darwin Deez DNA
6-Aug-2012 Outkast Da art of storytellin’
7-Aug-2012 Oasis Don’t look back in anger
8-Aug-2012 DJ/Rupture Minesweeper suite track 1
9-Aug-2012 Shlohmo The way U do
10-Aug-2012 Ashanti Foolish
11-Aug-2012 Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers Jesus gave me water
12-Aug-2012 David Bowie Heroes
13-Aug-2012 Fatboy Slim Praise You
14-Aug-2012 The Flaming Lips Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots
15-Aug-2012 Nicole Willis and The Soul Investigators My four leafed clover
16-Aug-2012 Aesop Rock Odessa
17-Aug-2012 Frankie goes to Hollywood Relax
18-Aug-2012 Aretha Franklin I say a little prayer
19-Aug-2012 Radiohead There there
20-Aug-2012 Cat Power Cherokee (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
21-Aug-2012 Moodymann Why do U feel?
22-Aug-2012 Lee Fields and The Expressions Wish you were here
23-Aug-2012 Twin Shadow Five Seconds
24-Aug-2012 Color me badd I wanna sex you up
25-Aug-2012 The Beach Boys Barbra Ann
26-Aug-2012 Dion Runaround Sue
27-Aug-2012 T Rex Cosmic Dancer
28-Aug-2012 Sam and Dave I thank you
29-Aug-2012 Four Tops I can’t help myself
30-Aug-2012 Janka Nebay and the Bubu Gang Feba
31-Aug-2012 Dr.Hook When you’re in love with a beautiful woman
1-Sep-2012 Nas Testify
2-Sep-2012 Curtis Mayfield Power to the people
3-Sep-2012 Real Estate Out of tune
4-Sep-2012 Chairlift Planet Health
5-Sep-2012 Chuck Berry Maybelline
6-Sep-2012 New Navy Zimbabwe
7-Sep-2012 Brownstone If you love me
8-Sep-2012 Tindersticks I know that loving
9-Sep-2012 Old Belle Canary Jane
10-Sep-2012 Shlohmo Rained the whole time
11-Sep-2012 Bruce Springsteen Born to run
12-Sep-2012 Talking Heads Road to nowhere
13-Sep-2012 DL Incognito Universal Love
14-Sep-2012 Third eye blind Semi-Charmed life
15-Sep-2012 Van Morrison You know what they’re writing about
16-Sep-2012 Lucky Soul Struck Dumb
17-Sep-2012 The Velvelettes Needle in a haystack
18-Sep-2012 Modest Mouse Float On
19-Sep-2012 Robbie Robertson Somewhere down the crazy river
20-Sep-2012 LV featuring Spoek Mathambo Work
21-Sep-2012 Jean Carne We got some catching up to do
22-Sep-2012 The Silver Seas The best things in life
23-Sep-2012 De la soul Breakadawn
24-Sep-2012 The O’Jays Miracles
25-Sep-2012 Phantogram When I’m small
26-Sep-2012 The Pretenders Don’t get me wrong
27-Sep-2012 Tinariwen Tenere Taqqim Tossam
28-Sep-2012 Dropkick Murphys Drink and fight
29-Sep-2012 The Police Every little thing she does is magic
30-Sep-2012 Bob Marley I shot the sheriff
1-Oct-2012 LCD Soundsystem Someone great
2-Oct-2012 Barbara Lynn This is the thanks I get
3-Oct-2012 Common/Kanye West The Food
4-Oct-2012 Chaweewan Dumnern Lam Toey Chaweewan
5-Oct-2012 Hall and Oates Sara Smile
6-Oct-2012 Aretha Franklin Call Me
7-Oct-2012 Broken Social Scene Bandwitch
8-Oct-2012 Beth Orton She cries your name
9-Oct-2012 Elliot Smith Son of Sam
10-Oct-2012 Bjork Play Dead
11-Oct-2012 Tame Impala Feels like we only go backwards
12-Oct-2012 Salt-n-Pepa Whatta Man
13-Oct-2012 Burial and Four Tet Ego
14-Oct-2012 Nina Simone Mr.Bojangles
15-Oct-2012 Lovebug Starski Say what you want to say
16-Oct-2012 Boz Scaggs Miss Riddle
17-Oct-2012 Anthony and The Johnsons Fistful of love
18-Oct-2012 Sorie Kondie Without money, no family
19-Oct-2012 Earth, Wind and Fire That’s the way of the world
20-Oct-2012 The Jackson Five I want you back
21-Oct-2012 Aphex Twin Alberto Balsam
22-Oct-2012 David McWilliams Days of Pearly Spencer
23-Oct-2012 Solange Losing You
24-Oct-2012 Marvin Gaye Can I get a Witness?
25-Oct-2012 Ombre Weight those words
26-Oct-2012 Huey Lewis and The News The power of love
27-Oct-2012 Feist Past in present
28-Oct-2012 The staple singers Let’s do it again
29-Oct-2012 Neil Young Heart of gold
30-Oct-2012 Terry Callier Sail Away
31-Oct-2012 Arcade Fire Headlights look like diamonds
1-Nov-2012 Altar Eagle Breakdown
2-Nov-2012 Royce Da 5″9 Boom!
3-Nov-2012 Ella Fitzgerald Love is here to stay
4-Nov-2012 Benoit and Sergio New Ships
5-Nov-2012 Jaques Brel Jacky
6-Nov-2012 Bobby Womack Nobody wants you when you’re down and out
7-Nov-2012 Gift of Gab Way of the light
8-Nov-2012 LA Vampires and Maria Minerva A lover and an friend
9-Nov-2012 Michael Jackson Man in the mirror (Hed Kandi mix)
10-Nov-2012 Rhye Open
11-Nov-2012 Kate Bush Running up that hill
12-Nov-2012 Todd Terje Inspector Norse
13-Nov-2012 Child rebel soldiers US placers
14-Nov-2012 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Baby
15-Nov-2012 Homeboy Sandman Whatchu want from me?
16-Nov-2012 Nelly Furtado Do it
17-Nov-2012 Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Maps
18-Nov-2012 Mott the Hoople All the young dudes
19-Nov-2012 Mark Farina Dream Machine
20-Nov-2012 Sly and The Family Stone Can’t strain my brain
21-Nov-2012 Broken Social Scene Sweetest kill
22-Nov-2012 Werhka Le Roitelet
23-Nov-2012 Dee Lite Groove is in the heart
24-Nov-2012 Mylo Sunworshipper
25-Nov-2012 Haim Forever
26-Nov-2012 Neutral Milk Hotel Two-Headed Boy
27-Nov-2012 The Walker Brothers The sun ain’t gonna shine any more
28-Nov-2012 The Supremes Love is like an itching in my heart
29-Nov-2012 FaltyDL Straight and Arrow
30-Nov-2012 Neneh Cherry Buffalo Stance
1-Dec-2012 Kendrick Lamar Bitch, don’t kill my vibe
2-Dec-2012 Laura Nyro Mother’s Spiritual
3-Dec-2012 Unknown Mortal Orchestra How can U luv me?
4-Dec-2012 Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers Peace in the valley
5-Dec-2012 Rick James Mary Jane
6-Dec-2012 Alt-J Tesselate
7-Dec-2012 Naughty by nature Hip hop hooray
8-Dec-2012 The Tams Be young, be foolish, be happy
9-Dec-2012 Lafayette Afro Rock Band Hihache
10-Dec-2012 Best Coast When I’m with you
11-Dec-2012 The Dynamics Yes, I love you baby
12-Dec-2012 Van Morrison Domino
13-Dec-2012 Local Natives Breakers
14-Dec-2012 Sister Sledge He’s the greatest dancer
15-Dec-2012 Oddisee Beach Dr.
16-Dec-2012 The New Radicals You get what you give
17-Dec-2012 Shabazz Palaces Recollections of the wraith
18-Dec-2012 Ian Dury and The Blockheads Hit me with you rhythm stick
19-Dec-2012 Belouis Some Imagination (Mr Rossi false opposition edit)
20-Dec-2012 Twigs Breath
21-Dec-2012 Will Smith Getting’s Jiggy wit’ it
22-Dec-2012 Joy Orbison Ellipsis
23-Dec-2012 James Brown It’s a mans, mans, mans world
24-Dec-2012 FIDLAR West Coast
25-Dec-2012 The Ronettes Sleigh Bells
26-Dec-2012 Kooley High David Thompson
27-Dec-2012 John Talabot When the past was present
28-Dec-2012 Gene Kelly Singin’ in the rain
29-Dec-2012 Fontella Bass Hold on this time
30-Dec-2012 Haim Don’t save me
31-Dec-2012 Jay-Z and Kanye West Otis

/RjK