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Tunes, chat and singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant

Singer-songwriter and former 10,000 Maniacs member Natalie Merchant shares her 'First, Last and Everything' and Mark and Stuart present a feast of great music and chat.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

Today, they hear from American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, who shares her 'First, Last and Everything' - that鈥檚 the first record she owned, the most recent one she鈥檚 enjoyed and the record that means 鈥榚verything鈥� to her.

Merchant, who has been making music for over four decades, started her career at 17 as the frontwoman of alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. She left the band in 1993 to pursue a solo career, releasing her debut solo album 鈥楾igerlily鈥� in 1995.

Her new album, 鈥楰eep Your Courage鈥�, is her first in 9 years. It features contributions from Celtic folk group L煤nasa, Syrian virtuoso clarinettist Kinan Azmeh and jazz trombonist Steve Davis. Merchant shares her musical enthusiasms and discusses her new music.

Also on the show... long-running feature 鈥楾he Chain鈥�, which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8000 songs.

With a selection of music old and new to start the weekend.

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Last on

Sat 5 Aug 2023 08:00
大象传媒 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Wu-Tang Clan

    Gravel Pit

    • LOUD.

  • Antony Szmierek

    The Words to Auld Lang Syne

    • LAB Records.

  • Broadcast

    The Book Lovers

    • Duophonic Super 45s 鈥�.

  • 狈鈥橠别办丑辞

    Exile

    • Greco-Roman.

  • Pale Blue Eyes

    More

    • This House.
    • Full Time Hobby.
    • 1.

  • Japan

    Life In Tokyo

    • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    I Heard It Through The Grapevine

    • Universal-Island Records Limited.

  • Obongjayar

    Just Cool

    • September Recordings.

  • Jonny Nash

    Low Tide

  • Beck

    The Golden Age

    • Geffen Records.

  • Elkka

    Hands

    • K7.

  • Blondie

    Rip Her To Shreds

    • Telstar.

  • The Mysterines

    Begin Again

    • Fiction.

  • Maribou State

    Nervous Tics (6 Music Session, 12 Sep 2018) (feat. Holly Walker)

  • Hue and Cry

    Looking For Linda

    • Eternal Love (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.

  • Killer Mike

    Scientists & Engineers (feat. Future, Andr茅 3000 & Eryn Allen Kane)

    • Loma Vista.

  • Natalie Merchant

    Come on, Aphrodite (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis)

    • Come on, Aphrodite (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis).
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • The Kinks

    Muswell Hillbilly

    • Muswell Hillbillies (Super Deluxe).
    • Sanctuary Records.
    • 12.

  • Katell Keineg

    Hestia

    • Elektra.

  • Nina Simone

    Wild Is The Wind

    • Gold.
    • Verve.

  • Pigeon

    Ikanabore

    • Soundway Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Aug 2023 08:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music