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Biffy Clyro Sofa Session and Mark Radcliffe

Jo is joined by Biffy Clyro鈥檚 Simon Neil for a Sofa Session, including music from the #1 album, A Celebration of Endings. Plus Mark Radcliffe chats about his book, Crossroads.

Jo is joined by Biffy Clyro鈥檚 Simon Neil for a Sofa Session, including music from the #1 album, A Celebration of Endings.

The band鈥檚 approach to 鈥楢 Celebration of Endings鈥� was simple. Keep things fresh and maintain the wide-eyed wonder of what they do. Surprise themselves and each other. Push things to their furthest extremes. Their first building block in embracing the new was to turn to an old friend. In came Rich Costey, producer of 鈥楨llipsis鈥�.

鈥淭his is a very forward-looking album from a personal perspective and a societal perspective,鈥� explains frontman Simon Neil. 鈥淭he title is about seeing the joy in things changing, rather than the sadness. Change means progression and evolution. You can retain everything you loved before, but let鈥檚 lose the bad [stuff]. It鈥檚 about trying to take back control.鈥�

That idea manifests itself in various ways. On a personal level that might be a relationship which has reached a point where it鈥檚 in both parties鈥� interest to separate. And on a wider scale, it鈥檚 about standing up for what you believe in.

Plus Mark Radcliffe chats about his book, Crossroads.

Standing at the crossroads - the Mississippi crossroads of Robert Johnson and the devil's infamous meeting - Mark Radcliffe found himself facing his own personal juncture. Aged sixty, he had just mourned the death of his father, only to be diagnosed with mouth and throat cancer. Together these events led Radcliffe to think about pivotal tracks in music and how the musicians who wrote and performed them had reached the crossroads that led to such epoch-changing music.

Crossroads is a warm, intimate account of music and its power to transform our lives, as Radcliffe takes a personal journey through these key tracks.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Wed 11 Nov 2020 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Joe Smooth

    Promised Land

    • Deep Heat (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Baby Queen

    Want Me

  • Empire of the Sun

    Walking On A Dream

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Jade Bird

    Headstart

    • (CD Single).
    • Glassnote Music.
    • 1.

  • The Strokes

    The Adults Are Talking

  • The 5th Dimension

    Wedding Bell Blues

    • (Single).
    • Liberty.

  • Kendrick Lamar

    Humble

    • Humble.
    • Interscope.
    • 1.

  • Biffy Clyro

    Instant History (Sofa Session, 11 November 2020)

  • Biffy Clyro

    Space (Sofa Session, 11 November 2020)

  • The Righteous Brothers

    You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • Biffy Clyro

    God Only Knows (Sofa Session, 11 November 2020)

  • Luciano Pavarotti

    Nessun Dorma

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • De La Soul

    The Magic Number

    • Big Life.

  • King Princess

    Only Time Makes It Human

  • Blur

    To The End

    • Parklife.
    • Food.
    • 9.

  • George McCrae

    Rock Your Baby

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Lonnie Donegan

    Rock Island Line

    • Rediscover The 50's-Rock With The Cav.
    • Old Gold.

  • Imelda May

    11 Past The Hour

    • 11 Past The Hour.
    • Decca Records.
    • 1.

  • Sans Soucis

    Air

  • Rex Orange County

    10/10

  • Olivia Dean

    Echo

    • Echo.
    • 1.

  • James Blake

    I Keep Calling

    • Polydor.

  • Woody Guthrie

    This Land Is Your Land

    • Original Recordings Made By Woody Guthrie 1940-1946.
    • Warner.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Nov 2020 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2