Song: Set Fire To The Rain

Artist: Adele, Tottenham, London

Album: 21, 2011

Notes: The best cut from her supreme sophomore album.

Song: Sheffield Song

Artist: Soul Family Sensation, London, England

Album: New Wave, 1991

Notes: Incredible, never-before-played gem by short-lived alt-rock combo.

Song: Easier

Artist: Jesse Labelle, Canada

Album: Perfect Accident, 2011

Notes: Brand spanking new. Promising new singer-songwriter from Toronto. Only available on myspace to date.

Song: Wonderful Life

Artist: Hurts, Manchester, England

Album: Happiness, 2010

Notes: Dramatic, synth-pop rock by British duo of Adam Anderson and Theo Hutchcraft.

Song: Spinning Wheels

Artist: Angel Taylor, Los Angeles

Album: Love Travels, 2009

Notes: Too talented for prime time. Please check out her amazing album.

Song: You Got It

Artist: Roy Orbison, Vernon, Texas

Album: Mystery Girl, 1989

Notes: The Big O's final hit, co-written by Orbison with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.

Song: Once In A Lifetime

Artist: Talking Heads, New York

Album: Remain In Light, 1980

Notes: Hailed by NPR as one of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century.

Song: Boys With Girlfriends

Artist: Meiko, Roberta, Georgia

Album: Meiko, 2008

Notes: Fabulous cut from her debut album. She's one quarter Japanese, 100% brilliant and relatively undiscovered.

Song: Please Forgive Me

Artist: Bryan Adams, Canada

Album: So Far So Good, 1993

Notes: Least Fashionable Song of the Week. Big hit from early '90s, produced by golden ears, Robert John Mutt Lange.

Song: Heartbeat City

Artist: Cars, Boston

Album: Heartbeat City, 1984

Notes: Also produced by Mutt Lange, perfect pop-rock by recently reformed new wavers.

Song: Loving Arms

Artist: Millie Jackson, Thomson, Georgia

Album: Still Caught Up, 1975

Notes: The great and under-appreciated other queen of soul. Powerful vocal performance, written by Tom Jans.

Song: Iceblink Luck

Artist: Cocteau Twins, Scotland

Album: Heaven or Las Vegas, 1990

Notes: Lead vocals by Elisabeth Fraser, described by The Guardian newspaper as "the voice of God".

Song: Frame Me

Artist: Duffy, Wales

Album: Unavailable

Notes: Two minutes of retro soul by Welsh chanteuse. Only released as extra cut on UK CD single.

Song: Good Days, Bad Days

Artist: Richard Butler, Kingston, England

Album: Richard Butler, 2006

Notes: Lead singer of Psychedelic Furs with first solo outing. Butler is also a top painter.

Song: If I Were Brave

Artist: Shawn Colvin, Vermillion, South Dakota

Album: A Few Small Repairs, 1996

Notes: This week's 'Saddest Song of All Time'. "A thousand lonely lifetimes I still wait, and then go on…". Too good.

Song: The Lovecats

Artist: Cure, Crawley, England

Album: Single, 1983

Notes: Inventive gem from Robert Smith and chums, never released on a studio album.

Song: They

Artist: Jem, Wales

Album: Finally Woken, 2004

Notes: Bit of a hit in the UK, under the radar over here. Superb, underrated Welsh singer-songwriter.

Song: Back On The Road

Artist: Joe Egan, Scotland

Album: Out of Nowhere, 1979

Notes: One half of Stealers Wheel ('Stuck In The Middle With You'). Unavailable anywhere as digital track, only on Lost and Found.

Song: (Send You) On Your Way

Artist: Gabriel Powell, Albany, Georgia

Album: Albany, 2008

Notes: Beautiful, soulful cover of rare cut by Eastmountainsouth. Extraordinary new talent, Gabriel Powell.

Song: Put The Message In The Box

Artist: World Party, Wales

Album: Goodbye Jumbo, 1990

Notes: Ahead-of-his-time, eco-rock-pop from Karl Wallinger and his ad-hoc World Party aggregation.

Song: Everybody’s Someone

Artist: LeAnn Rimes & Brian McFadden, Jackson, Mississippi/Ireland

Album: Whatever We Wanna, 2006

Notes: Don't judge a book by it's cover: terrific one-off recording by the country star and an Irish boy-band singer: doesn't matter, it's great music.

Song: Old Fashioned Letters

Artist: Jason Reeves, Iowa City, Iowa

Album: The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache and Other Frightening Tales, 2007

Notes: Perhaps the best ballad on this week's show. Co-writer of Colbie Caillat's 'Bubbly' smash. Criminally underrated.

Song: Missed The Boat

Artist: Modest Mouse, Seattle

Album: We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, 2007

Notes: Clever wordsmith, tunesmith, Isaac Brock leader of quirky six-piece. Among their best tunes.

Song: Slave To The Rhythm

Artist: Grace Jones, Jamaica

Album: Slave To The Rhythm, 1985

Notes: Inimitable style icon, now in her '60s, she was Lady Grace before the ridiculous and overrated Gaga was born.

Song: Thinking Of You

Artist: Colourfield, Coventry, England

Album: Virgins and Philistines, 1985

Notes: Former Special AKA singer, Terry Hall's short-lived but delightful combo. A winning song for a Sunday.

Song: Our Lips Are Sealed

Artist: Go-Go's, Los Angeles

Album: Beauty and the Beat, 1981

Notes: Co-written by Terry Hall (see above) and Jane Wiedlin, the all-girl pop-rocker's first smash.

Song: American Tune (live)

Artist: Paul Simon, Newark, New Jersey

Album: Live Rhymin', 1974

Notes: Perfect marriage of melody and lyrics? Erudite highlight by this week's Old Cacker.

Song: Keep Your Head Up

Artist: Andy Grammer, Los Angeles

Album: Keep Your Head Up, EP, 2010

Notes: Great hooks, promising new cut by burgeoning young singer-songwriter.

Song: This Woman’s Work (live)

Artist: Maxwell, Brooklyn, New York

Album: MTV Unplugged EP, 1997

Notes: Exceptional live cover of Kate Bush-penned pearl by neo-soul innovator .

Song: We Hate The Same Things

Artist: Elise LeGrow, Canada

Album: Unavailable

Notes: Delightful, new, different, percolating ditty by Toronto jazz-stylist. Never heard before on the airwaves.

Song: One Headlight

Artist: Wallflowers, Los Angeles

Album: Bringing Down The Horse, 1996

Notes: Grammy-winning, Modern rock classic by Jakob, Dylan's youngest offspring.

Song: Snow On The Sahara

Artist: Anggun, Indonesia

Album: Snow On The Sahara, 1998

Notes: Superb title cut from first English-language album by stunning Indonesian performer, based in Paris.

Song: Arms of a Woman

Artist: Amos Lee, Philadelphia

Album: Amos Lee, 2005

Notes: Perfect Lost and Found magic from his sorely under-achieving debut album.

Song: The Man With The Child In His Eyes

Artist: Kate Bush, Bexleyheath, England

Album: The Kick Inside, 1978

Notes: Absolute diamond of a ballad from her maiden album - written when Bush was 13 - yes, 13.

Song: Thank U

Artist: Alanis Morissette, Canada

Album: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, 1998

Notes: Global hit inspired by her global trek (especially to India) after meteoric rise to fame.

Song: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

Artist: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, London, England

Album: The Best Years of Our Lives, 1975

Notes: Mid-'70s pop/rock gem from the UK, Harley was former rock journalist. Outstanding Spanish guitar break mid-song.

Song: Country Girl

Artist: Primal Scream, Scotland

Album: Riot City Blues, 2006

Notes: Terrific, rollicking country-punk from Scottish rock veterans led by uncompromising Bobby Gillespie.

Song: Another Day

Artist: Lene Marlin, Norway

Album: Another Day, 2003

Notes: Completely unnoticed, strumming gem from unheralded Norwegian songbird.

Song: Caledonia

Artist: Dougie MacLean, Scotland

Album: Caledonia, 1979

Notes: Splendid little-known folk singer-songwriter with definitive, acoustic ode to his home country.

Song: It’s My Life (acoustic unreleased/studio version)

Artist: Paula Cole, Rockport, Massachusetts

Album: Courage, 2007

Notes: Special show-ending segue of acoustic gem recorded originally for television commercial, blending in to later full studio version.