2 hours 11 minutes | Friday, 13 June 2025
Welcome to Episode 76 of the Musical Circle, which is hosted and directed by Ben Charles, with special guest Kgabo Magongoa from the show Certified Bangers. This is the 2nd-ever crossover episode between the two shows, where both Ben and Kgabo play songs here on the Musical Circle. Ben also announces that next Thursday's episode will have the return of sections on that episode of the Musical Circle. Ben and Kgabo go through the history of both the Musical Circle and Certified Bangers and what each show means to both of them. Ben and Kgabo also go back and forth with each song in this episode. Here are all the songs in this episode in order:1. Love on Top - Beyonce (from the 2011 album called 4) (Ben Plays This Song)2. Hometown Glory - Adele (from the 2008 album called 19) (Kgabo) 3. Money On My Mind - Sam Smith (from his 2014 album In The Lonely Hour) (Ben)4. Daydream (Snakehips Remix) - by the group The Aces and Snakehips (2020) (Kgabo)5. Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna (from her 2007 album Good Girl Gone Bad) (Ben)6. Paris-Rouen - by the composer Lance Hayes (from the 2011 video game soundtrack of Forza Motorsport 4) (Kgabo)7. Shiver - by the singer Natalie Imbruglia (from her 2005 album Counting Down The Days) (Ben) 8. Uncharted - by the singer Sara Bareilles (from her 2010 album Kaleidoscope Heart) (Kgabo) 9. We Are the Energy - by the drum and bass producer Metrik (from his 2020 album Ex Machina) (Ben) 10. Parallel - also by drum and bass producers Metrik featuring Grafix (also from the 2020 album Ex Machina) (Kgabo) 11. Frontline - by the drum and bass producer and DJ Wilkinson (2021) (Ben)12. Morning Eclipse - by the drum and bass producer Fred V featuring Vio.Let (from Fred V's 2021 album called Radiate) (Kgabo)13. Somewhere - by the drum and bass producer Grafix featuring Reiki Ruawai (from Grafix's 2022 album Half Life) (Ben)14. Why Try - by the drum and bass producer Mr. Joseph featuring Phoebe Freya (from the 2021 compilation album Future Symptoms Volume 3) (Kgabo)15. Dangerous - David Guetta featuring Sam Martin (from David Guetta's 2014 album called Listen) (Ben)16. Poison Arrow (HANA Remix) - yeule featuring HANA (2021) (Kgabo) 17. Why Don't We Fall In Love - by the singer Amerie (from her 2002 album All I Have) (Ben) 18. Crown - by the singer Etta Marcus (2022) (Kgabo) 19. Boy Bye - Ari Lennox featuring Lucky Daye (from Ari Lennox's 2022 album called age/sex/location) (Kgabo)20. Indigo - by the jazz band Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (from their 2025 album called Bad Boys of Jazz) (Ben)21. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances - by the composers Choeur Des Jeunes, De Radio Lausanne, and Ernest Ansermet, with credit to the original composer Alexander Borodin (Kgabo) 22. Found A Light (Beale Street) - by the jazz band BADBADNOTGOOD featuring the group VCR (2025) (Ben) The Musical Circle will return on the 19th of June, or June 19th, 2025, with episode 77, which will be titled, "Hope Of A Better Tomorrow"Credits: Special Thanks to the Following: Rhys Jones, the owner of Rainbow Radio Wales, Alex, Michael, John, Tristen, Michael, Rose, Melissa, Elizabeth, Patrick, and to all my friends. Another special thank you to the many fans and listeners of the Musical Circle for the incredible support for the show.Hosted By: Ben CharlesProduced By and Editor: Melissa RodriguezSound Engineer: Elizabeth HughesAdvisor to the Director: Elizabeth HughesWritten and Directed By: Ben Charles