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The Music Is Black with Mica Paris, Beyoncé and Mario

Angela Griffin has a The Music Is Black-inspired playlist, featuring Mica Paris, Beyonce and Mario.

Angela Griffin is celebrating the BBC’s The Music Is Black season, marking 125 of Black music in the UK.

She has a The Music is Black-inspired playlist, featuring some of Unwinds favourite black artists, including Mica Paris, Beyoncé, Mario and Sly & The Family Stone.

There’s also a Kickback Track, as well as a classic from Emeli Sande, who is playing this year’s Radio 2 In The Park in Stirling.

To listen on most smart speakers, just 'ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin'.

To contact the show, e-mail: unwinds@bbc.co.uk

Produced by Audio Always for BBC Radio 2.

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57 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Jun 202622:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Mica Paris

    My One Temptation

    • Polygram Tv.

  • Beyoncé

    Halo

    • I Am...Sasha Fierce.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Lukas Graham

    Second Chance

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Right Down The Line

    • Gerry Rafferty - Right Down Line.
    • EMI.

  • Olivia Dean

    Wish I Didn't Miss You (Mahogany Sessions)

    • Wish I Didn’t Miss You (Mahogany Sessions).
    • AMF Records.
    • 1.

  • Mario

    Let Me Love You (Acoustic Version)

    • Let Me Love You (Acoustic Version).
    • J Records.
    • 1.

  • Macy Gray & BBC Concert Orchestra

    Somewhere Over The Moon (Radio 2 Piano Room, 5 Feb 2026)

  • Natalie Cole

    Miss You Like Crazy

    • All Woman (Various Artists).
    • Quality.

  • Robbie Williams

    Angels

    • Virgin.

  • Eva Cassidy

    Over The Rainbow

    • (CD Single).
    • Hot Records.

  • Homer & Kendra McKinley

    The Love and the Laughter

    • The Love and the Laughter.
    • Big Crown Records.
    • 1.

  • Emeli Sandé

    Read All About It Pt III

    • Our Version Of Events.
    • Virgin.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    If You Want Me To Stay

    • The Best Of Sly & The Family Stone.
    • Epic.

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Jun 202622:00
    BBC Radio 2