David Grohl, Paddington, Angelique Kidjo
Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on a rock odyssey of US cities, Michael Bond on Paddington Bear, Angelique Kidjo discusses her album Aye, and Chinese-American author Val Wang.
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters takes us on a rock odyssey of American cities. Angelique Kidjo, the 'queen of African music' discusses her breakthrough album Aye and performs songs from it live. Chinese-American author Val Wang explains why she felt compelled to return to China despite being born and raised in America. And, the Kashmiri author Mirza Wahid talks about his new novel and whether he feels a moral responsibility to write about his home country and the conflict there. We hear about Argentina's most famous 20th Century painter and his celebrated series of pictures featuring the characters Juanito and Ramona. Rachel Samuel tells us about the talented, racy and bold Ethiopian diva Aznakech Worku and why she made a film about her. Michael Bond reveals his new Paddington Bear book is actually told by the bear himself. Plus, we remember the film director Mike Nichols.
(Photo: David Grohl (c) Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images, Paddington (c) StudioCanal, Angelique Kidjo (c) Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
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Hardeep steps into Nikki's shoes this week to choose聽the very best of cinema, art and聽books from around the world.Sonic Highways
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The album Sonic Highways by is available now, released by Columbia Records.
The first 5 episodes of the documentary series 聽are available now to watch via the .Broadcasts
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