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The Great Escape with Kate Tempest and Steve Mason

Steve Lamacq is joined by Brighton Festival guest director Kate Tempest for a spoken word performance and new resident Steve Mason, who sets the scene for The Great Escape 2017.

Steve welcomes Brighton Festival Guest Director, Kate Tempest, for a spoken word performance, and we hear from several musicians who've moved there including, Steve Mason.

At 31, Kate Tempest is the youngest ever Guest Director of The Brighton Festival, which runs alongside The Great Escape, and features an array of performances and events across the spectrum of the arts. After opening the festival with a concert at The Dome, Kate joins Steve with talk of the city and its draws. She also delivers a special spoken word session to mark the occasion.

Steve Mason joins to shed some light on Brighton's reputation as a magnet for musicians. His most recent album, Meet the Humans, was inspired by his move to the seaside town after the relative isolation of his previous home near Fife. Other Brighton-based voices including Justin from Elastica, Dan from the Wytches and Pete from Saint Etienne.

2 hours

Last on

Thu 18 May 2017 16:00

Music Played

  • The Bees

    A Minha Menina

    • We Love You.
  • Perfume Genius

    Slip Away

    • Matador.
  • The Mighty Lemon Drops

    Inside Out

    • World Without End.
    • Chrysalis.
  • Fatboy Slim

    Weapon Of Choice (feat. Bootsy Collins)

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Skint Records.
    • 6.
  • Elliott Smith

    Waltz #2 (XO)

    • DREAMWORKS.
  • Mark Lanegan

    Drunk On Destruction

    • Gargoyle.
    • Heavenly Recordings.
  • The Lambrettas

    D-a-ance

    • The Lambrettas: The Definitive Collection CD2.
    • 1.
  • Paul Weller

    Nova

  • Royal Blood

    Lights Out

    • Warner Bros Records.
  • Public Enemy

    Don't Believe The Hype

    • Def Jam.
  • Ho99o9

    City Rejects

    • Caroline.
  • Stereophonics

    Pick a Part That's New

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Sleeper

    Inbetweener

    • Indolent.
  • The Districts

    If Before I Wake

  • 惭辞迟枚谤丑别补诲

    Ace Of Spades

    • Essential.
  • Al Wilson

    The Snake

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.
  • Steve Mason

    Words In My Head

    • Domino.
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Red Right Hand

    • Mute.
  • Kae Tempest

    For My Niece (The Great Escape Festival, 18 May 2017)

  • Kae Tempest

    The Woman The Boy Became (The Great Escape Festival, 18 May 2017)

  • Kae Tempest

    Peoples' Faces (The Great Escape Festival, 18 May 2017)

  • Kae Tempest

    Chorus from Lonely Daze (The Great Escape Festival, 18 May 2017)

  • LIFE

    In Your Hands

    • White.
  • Feist

    Century (feat. Jarvis Cocker)

    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 May 2017 16:00