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City guide playlists

As part of our online city guides, we asked music experts to compile a playlist to their city
  • Roisin Murphy

    Songs that make me misty-eyed: Róisín Murphy’s Irish playlist

    The singer-songwriter, formerly of Moloko, picks songs from folk to rock and electronica that will transport you to Ireland
  • Gilles Peterson press image

    Feel the heat: Gilles Peterson's Brazilian playlist

    From samba to jazz and house, the DJ and founder of radio station Worldwide FM picks 10 tracks to transport you to Brazil
  • Manhattan seen from rear of  The Staten Island Ferry, New York

    Manhattan transfers: New York’s boroughs by ferry

    Downtown New York has sights galore but the city’s expanded ferry service offers a more relaxed way to see its less famous neighbourhoods – and fabulous views back to Manhattan
  • Rockers International Records’ Mitchie Williams

    Rockers International Records on Orange Street, Kingston: reggae playlist

    Orange Street, also known as ‘beat street’, was the birthplace of many reggae and ska artists, as well as the area where these genres were championed – especially in the 1960s and 70s. Mitchie Williams, of Rockers International, one of the street’s last remaining record shops, has put together this playlist invoking the area’s glory days
  • Laurent Garnier press shot

    Summer sessions: Laurent Garnier

    For the last in our series of summer playlists, we present an exclusive mixtape from renowned DJ Laurent Garnier - inspired by holidays spent relaxing in the south of France
  • Trojan Sound System

    Summer sessions: Trojan Sound System’s Caribbean selection

    The legendary Trojan Sound System have put together an exclusive mix for the Guardian inspired by summer in the Caribbean
  • Rob da Bank

    Summer sessions: Rob da Bank’s Bestival warm-up mixtape

    Ahead of Bestival, which takes place next weekend on the Isle of Wight, festival founder and DJ, Rob da Bank, shares his exclusive summer mixtape inspired by Ibiza sunsets
  • Notting Hill carnival

    Summer sessions: The Heatwave's soundtrack to Notting Hill carnival

    As London gears up for the biggest street party of the year, we present dancehall crew The Heatwave’s annual mixtape of carnival’s biggest bashment anthems
  • Mo Kolours

    Summer sessions: Mo Kolours' Brazil party mix

    Producer, singer and percussionist Mo Kolours has put together an exclusive mix dedicated to the music of Brazil’s prolific jazz drummer Airto Moreira
  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    Summer sessions: Ibibio Sound Machine's West African soundtrack

    British/Nigerian band Ibibio Sound Machine have put together this exclusive mix of highlife, afrobeat and pyschadelic music, inspired by West African summers
  • Secousse

    Summer sessions: a sun-drenched mixtape from Paris-based DJs Secousse

    Secousse are the resident DJs at Paris bar, club and ‘ghetto museum’ Le Comptoir Général. They’ve put together this exclusive mix inspired by summers in the Mediterranean
  • Mogwai

    Summer sessions: Mogwai's Glasgow soundtrack

    Scottish post-rockers Mogwai share their classic Glasgow playlist with tunes from the likes of Teenage Fanclub and Arab Strap
  • Oliver Dollar

    Summer sessions: Oliver Dollar and Jesse Rose’s exclusive Berlin house mix

    Berlin house DJ Oliver Dollar has teamed up with Jesse Rose to put together this mix inspired by summers in his home city
  • Howard Marks

    Summer sessions: Howard Marks AKA Mr Nice shares his Ibiza soundtrack

    Britain's best-known former drugs baron – now writer, performer and DJ – Howard Marks, has put together this exclusive mix, inspired by hazy evenings in Ibiza
  • Rui Da Silva

    Summer sessions: Rui Da Silva

    Portuguese DJ and producer Rui Da Silva exploded onto the dance music scene in 2001 with his number one house hit Touch Me. For our series of summer sessions he's put together this selection of beats inspired by holidays in the Portuguese sun
  • Clap your hands: Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy on the decks

    Summer sessions: Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy

    An unsung hero of New York's 90s disco explosion, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy is a crate digging DJ now best known for her listening club Classic Album Sundays. She's put together this mix inspired by summers partying in the thick heat of the Big Apple
  • Defected resident Sam Divine shares her selection of Ibiza summer sounds

    Summer sessions: Sam Divine

    DJ Sam Divine – signed to the legendary Defected Records – has put together this mix of her favourite house tunes inspired by summers spent in Ibiza, to get you in the mood for partying in the sun
  • Smoove and Turrell with live band

    Summer sessions: Smoove and Turrell exclusive mix

    Smoove and Turrell have put together this road trip-inspired selection of northern soul, funk and hip hop as part of our series of mixtapes to get you in the mood for a summer of partying
  • Gilles Peterson

    Summer sessions: Gilles Peterson exclusive mix

    In the first of our new series of exclusive mixtapes to get you in the mood for a summer of partying, Gilles Peterson shares this selection of smooth grooves

  • Kermit Ruffins New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

    Soundtrack to New Orleans

    We asked DJ Bob Rodrigue, aka Old Man River of New Orleans' fabulous WWOZ radio station, for his playlist to the city. Given Nola's unique musical heritage it was quite a task selecting just 10 tracks, but the selection gives a real taste of the Crescent City

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