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Sofa Session: Billie Marten

Billie Marten plays a Sofa Session for Jo, including music from her brand new album Flora Fauna.

Billie Marten plays a Sofa Session for Jo, including music from her brand new album Flora Fauna.

Built on the minimalist acoustic folk foundations she made a name for herself with, Marten鈥檚 third album Flora Fauna is a more mature, embodied album fostered around a strong backbone of bass and rhythm.

Shedding the timidity of previous work in favour of a more urgent sound, the songs mark a period of personal independence for Marten as she learned to nurture herself and break free from toxic relationships - and a big part of that was returning to nature.

鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 really treating myself very well, it was a bit of a disruptive time. All these songs are about getting myself out of that hole - they鈥檙e quite strong affirmations. The name Flora Fauna is like a green bath for my eyes. If the album was a painting, it would look like flora and fauna - it encompasses every organism, every corner of Earth, and a feeling of total abundance.鈥

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 26 May 2021 19:30

Music Played

  • Sister Sledge

    He's The Greatest Dancer

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.
  • Tiggs da Author

    Suitcase of Sins

    • Blame It On The Youts.
    • 5.
  • Lana Del Rey

    Blue Bannisters

  • Phoenix

    If I Ever Feel Better

    • Source Records.
  • Lola Young

    Bad Tattoo

    • Bad Tattoo.
    • Island Records.
    • 1.
  • The Go! Team

    Pow

    • Get Up Sequences Part One.
    • MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES.
  • Happy Mondays

    Hallelujah (Club Mix)

  • London Grammar

    Lord It's A Feeling

    • Californian Soil.
    • 5.
  • Paul Simon

    I Know What I Know

    • Graceland.
    • 3.
  • Billie Marten

    Garden Of Eden (Sofa Session, 26 May 2021)

  • Billie Marten

    Harvest Moon (Sofa Session, 26 May 2021)

  • The Flaming Lips

    Do You Realize??

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
  • Mr Jukes & Barney Artist

    Vibrate

    • Locket Records.
  • Marvin Gaye

    Wholy Holy

    • What's Going On.
    • Tamla.
    • 2.
  • The Black Keys

    Going Down South

    • Delta Kream.
    • Nonesuch Records.
    • 5.
  • Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash

    Jackson

    • The Man In Black.
    • Columbia.
    • 7.
  • Tom Jones

    One More Cup Of Coffee

    • Surrounded By Time.
    • EMI.
  • Fana Hues

    Lay Up

    • Hues.
    • Bright Antenna.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 May 2021 19:30