Album Of The Week and Nina Conti
Nina Conti, award-winning queen of ventriloquism, chooses the Tracks of My Years. Ken has your dedications with today's love song plus another round of PopMaster.
Nina Conti, award-winning queen of ventriloquism, chooses the Tracks of My Years. Nina started doing stand-up ventriloquism in 2002 and shot to fame by winning the ´óÏó´«Ã½ New Comedy Award that same year. Famed for her foul-mouthed ‘sidekick’ Monkey (Monk), Nina has won numerous comedy awards for her writing, acting and ventriloquism. She has taken many shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Montreal Comedy Festival. In 2016, her smash-hit solo show ’In Your Face’ enjoyed sell-out seasons in London’s West End and New York’s off-Broadway.
More recently Nina was a runner-up on ‘The World’s Best’, a US major talent show on NBC, produced an improvised web series, ‘In Therapy’ which has amassed over 1.5 million views since 2018 and joined forces with award-winning Shenoah Allen (The Pajama Men) to make the character comedy podcast, ‘Richard & Greta’, unqualified experts who explain how to get the most, or too much, out of your partner.
Following a four year absence Nina is now embarking on a UK tour with her new project - The Dating Show - opening at Bristol Old Vic at the end of October. She’ll be like Cilla Black with masks. Derailed. Not so much a Blind Date as a re-voiced one. There is no promise that true love will be found but a firm guarantee that big laughs will be had in the reign of this quick-thinking queen of ventriloquism.
The next two tracks Nina has chosen come from David Bowie and Stevie Wonder. Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk
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Kylie Minogue
Can't Get You Out Of My Head
- (CD Single).
- Parlophone.
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Sting
If It's Love
- The Bridge.
- Interscope.
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Boy Meets Girl
Waiting For A Star To Fall
- The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
- Columbia/Sony Tv.
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Meck
Thunder In My Heart Again (feat. Leo Sayer)
- (CD Single).
- Free2air.
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Alexander O’Neal
Criticize
- Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
- Hits.
- 9.
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ABBA
Don't Shut Me Down
- Voyage.
- Polar.
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Bobby Brown
Two Can Play That Game
- Now 30 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Toto
Rosanna
- Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
- Columbia.
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Record of the Week
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Rod Stewart
One More Time
- The Tears Of Hercules.
- Rhino.
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Madonna
Hung Up
- (CD Single).
- Warner Bros.
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Lionel Richie
Hello
- Lionel Richie: Truly - The Love Song.
- Motown.
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Elton John & Dua Lipa
Cold Heart
- (CD Single).
- Virgin/EMI.
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Refugee
- Greatest Hits.
- MCA.
- 7.
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Spandau Ballet
Through The Barricades
- Simply Love (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Mimi Webb
24/5
- Seven Shades Of Heartbreak.
- Epic.
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Al Wilson
The Snake
- The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
- Virgin.
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ABC
The Look Of Love
- And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
- Debutante.
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James Blunt
Love Under Pressure
- The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021).
- Atlantic.
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Queen
You're My Best Friend
- Queen - Greatest Hits.
- Parlophone.
- 4.
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Jimmy Young
The Man From Laramie
- 1955 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 4 Part 2 CD1.
- Acrobat Music.
- 17.
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Shakira
Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)
- (CD Single).
- Sony BMG.
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Album of the Week
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Manic Street Preachers
Into The Waves Of Love
- The Ultra Vivid Lament.
- Columbia.
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Fleetwood Mac
Peacekeeper
- 50 Years - Don't Stop.
- Warner Bros.
- 015.
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Grace Jones
Slave To The Rhythm
- (CD Single).
- ZTT.
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Paul Carrack
Precious Time
- CD Single.
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Tracks of My Years
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David Bowie
Modern Love
- David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
- EMI.
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Stevie Wonder
Master Blaster (Jammin')
- Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
- Motown.
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Prince
Hot Summer
- Welcome 2 America.
- Legacy Recordings.
- 5.
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Edison Lighthouse
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
- 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
- Old Gold.
Broadcast
- Tue 21 Sep 2021 09:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2