Sly Stone Photo: Stephen Paley
2025 saw the last call for many of those we hold close to our hearts in music, both here in Aotearoa and around world. Yadana Saw and Nick Bollinger present a two-hour tribute to the musicians we lost this year, sharing the songs, stories, and a few of their personal favourites along the way.
Songs Played:
Hour 1
- Booker T & the MGs – Jingle Bells
- Otis Redding – Dock Of The Bay
- Sam & Dave – Soul Man
- Roberta Flack – Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Gwen McCrae – Rockin’ Chair
- Angie Stone – Wish I Didn’t Miss You
- The Sequence – Funk You Up
- D’Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel)
- D’Angelo – Unshaken
- Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
- Sly & the Family Stone – Everyday People
- Lalo Schifrin – Mission: Impossible
- Eddie Palmieri – Azucar
- Bill Wolfgram’s Islanders – Haere Mai
- Dragon – One Look Across The Water
- Fat Freddy’s Drop – The Raft
- Toni Huata – Hopukia Te Tao
Hour 2
- Screaming Meemees – Stars In My Eyes
- The Gordons – Coalminers Song
- T. Rex – Hot Love
- New York Dolls – Trash
- Todd Snider – Conservative Christian Right Wing Republican Straight White American Males
- Hermeto Pascoal – Asa Branca
- Marianne Faithfull – The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
- The Beach Boys – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
- Black Sabbath – Supernaut
- Kiss – I Was Made For Lovin’ You
- The Stone Roses – Fools Gold
- Pentangle – Light Flight
- The Band – This Wheel’s On Fire
- Jimmy Cliff – Many Rivers To Cross
