Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev on their latest project inspired by Bobbie Gentry's album The Delta Sweetie. Plus British rapper A J Tracey on his debut album and music from Ward Thomas.
Back in 1968 singer Bobbie Gentry released an album called The Delta Sweetie. The album inspired the band Mercury Rev so much they have just rerecorded the album with a host of guest vocalists. They tell us all about their latest project.
We hear from hotly tipped new British rapper A J Tracey who has just released his debut album.
There is also music from Khalid, British Country and Western duo Ward Thomas and Ariana Grande who is looking to top both the album and singles charts this week.
Plus we look at the top five best selling songs in the UK and all the high new entries in the UK singles and albums charts.
Presenter: Kim Robson
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- Sat 16 Feb 2019 09:06GMT大象传媒 World Service South Asia, Europe and the Middle East & East Asia only
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