I Write The Songs #105 Franklin Boukaka is our songwriter of the week and the show was first aired on the 14th of Feb 2017

How many people rise and say
“My brain’s so awfully glad to be here
For yet another mindless day”?

John Tillman

I Write The Songs #105 Franklin Boukaka – part 1

1. Eska, Gatekeeper, 4:59, Eska, 2015
2. Jesse Harris, Wish I Was A Bird, 2:46, While The Music Lasts Jazz 2007 Jesse Harris
3. Anoushka Shankar, Land of Gold  ft. Alev Lenz, 3.30 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuLDpheL8p0
4. Franklin Boukaka, Etumba, 3:09, Le Bucheron Africa, Franklin Boukaka
5. Mariah Carey, Everything fades away, 05.20

I Write The Songs #105 Franklin Boukaka – part 2

1. Babyface Feat. Eric Clapton, Talk To Me, 4:54, The Day, 1996, Babyface
2. Marina Florance, The Place 3:39 My Own Little Piece Of The Sky, 2013 i m so glad your path led to mine
3. Eamon Friel, Brave New World 3:13 In My Time Traditional, 2015
4. Joan Armatrading, Rosie 3:12 The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading 2007 Joan Armatrading
5. Erika Kulnys, Rise up, 3:40 Rise up, from Un-Herd: Volume 59 R2 2017
6. Commodores, Sail on, 3:57, 1979

part 3

1. Julie London, Besame Mucho, 2:06 Consuelo Velasquez
2. Franklin Boukaka Luzolo 5:01 Le Bucheron Africa Franklin Boukaka
3. George Michael & Astrud Gilberto, Desafinado 3.17
4. Franklin Boukaka,  Ata Ozali 4.32 Le Bucheron Africa Franklin Boukaka
5. Father John Misty Bored In The USA [Explicit] 4:22 I Love You, Honeybear [Explicit] 2015 Josh Tillman