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Dermot Kennedy, Aidan Moffat and 大象传媒 Introducing

Dermot Kennedy does a Sofa Session. Plus Jo chats to her Infatuation singer Aidan Moffat of Arab Strap, and plays a 大象传媒 Music Introducing recommendation.

Dermot Kennedy does a Sofa Session, including music from his #1 debut album Without Fear, and his latest single, Giants.

When thinking about what 鈥楪iants鈥� meant to him in the wake of recent events, and what it could mean to other people, Dermot took inspiration from the poem 鈥榃hat if 2020 Isn鈥檛 Cancelled?鈥� by Leslie Dwight. The poem highlights the need for change and how this year could serve as a wake up call. Speaking on the track, Dermot says;

鈥淐hange hurts and growing hurts. Giants is a song about just that, steeped in bittersweet nostalgia. It鈥檚 about acknowledging our loss of youth and how time inevitably changes things. Yet in the same breath the song is an encouragement to be brave 鈥� individually, and collectively. Walking into an unknown future together can be beautiful just as much as it is scary. As events have unfolded over the last few months and have at times felt hopeless, this song has carried me through as a reminder that the future is still full of hope and there is opportunity in the darkness and a brighter future can await.

I want people to listen to this song and hold on to that thought. Let go of the past and grab the change that is in front of us, and make it for the better. Even if it hurts. The time is now.鈥�

Rescheduled live dates have also been announced for April & May 2021, with two nights a piece in Glasgow, Manchester and London鈥檚 Alexandra Palace, all rescheduled from September of this year.

Alongside his #1 selling debut album 鈥榃ithout Fear鈥�, Dermot has now reached over a billion streams globally and single 鈥極utnumbered鈥� has gone multi-platinum across the UK, Europe and Canada. With shows selling out everywhere he鈥檚 sold over 300,000 tickets globally in the last year alone and was also nominated in the 鈥楤est International Male鈥� category at the 2020 Brit Awards.

Jo also chats to her Infatuation singer Aidan Moffat of Arab Strap. And this week鈥檚 大象传媒 Music Introducing recommendation comes from Tom Salmon, covering Cumbria, and he鈥檚 selected Melanie Baker - Modern World.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Wed 23 Sep 2020 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 1.

  • David Guetta & Sia

    Let's Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Giants

    • (CD Single).
    • UMGRI Interscope.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Outnumbered

    • Without Fear.
    • Island.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Power Over Me

    • Outnumbered.
    • UMGRI Interscope.

  • The Go! Team

    Cookie Scene

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Girls Aloud

    The Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.
    • 1.

  • Arab Strap

    The Turning Of Our Bones

    • The Turning Of Our Bones.
    • Rock Action Records.
    • 1.

  • First Aid Kit

    On The Road Again

    • On The Road Again.
    • Kobalt / AWAL.
    • 1.

  • Brian Stokes Mitchell

    Through Heaven's Eyes

    • The Prince Of Egypt: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • DreamWorks.
    • 7.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Giants (Sofa Session, 23 September 2020)

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Outnumbered (Sofa Session, 23 September 2020)

  • David Gray

    Shine

    • A Century Ends.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 1.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Atlantic City (Sofa Session, 23 September 2020)

  • Blur

    Tender

  • Baby Queen

    Pretty Girl Lie

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    Love On Top

    • 4.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Everything Everything

    Violent Sun

    • Infinity Industries/AWAL.

  • Jean Knight

    Mr Big Stuff

    • Stax Greatest Hits (Various Artists).
    • Stax.

  • Melanie Baker

    Modern World

    • Broken EP.
    • 5.

  • Boy Pablo

    leave me alone

    • leave me alone.
    • 777 Music.
    • 1.

  • Queen

    Don't Stop Me Now

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • Matt Berninger

    Serpentine Prison

    • Book Records/Concord Records.

  • Rachel Chinouriri

    Give Me A Reason

    • Atlas Artists.

  • The Cinematic Orchestra

    To Build A Home

    • MOJO.

  • Aphex Twin

    Avril 14th

    • Warp.

Broadcast

  • Wed 23 Sep 2020 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2