03/10/2009
Dermot has live sessions from Nerina Pallot and Cerys Matthews.
This week, Dermot has live sessions from Nerina Pallot and Cerys Matthews.
Nerina Pallot's new album, The Graduate, has a different sound from its predecessor, with a new-found feistiness to her vocals. It is self-produced, and was recorded in the North London studio she shares with her husband, but only after a sustained period of writer's block that saw her return to university to complete an English degree.
After trying to work with other song-writers, Nerina eventually decided that she preferred to work on her own material, where the routine of studying literature helped to clear her head and inspire new lyrics. A change in sound can also be attributed to the music she was listening to: "I've come to really love good pop music. Like everyone else, I was bored stiff of singer/songwriters and wanted to find something fresh. The band I became obsessed with was MGMT. I was inspired by their attitude to making music. It's so creative. They just throw out lots of ideas, try out lots of mad sounds and have a laugh, but with the basis of really strong songs."
The Welsh singer-songwriter, and jungle alumnus, Cerys Matthews releases her first album in two years this month. Entitled Don't Look Down, it will be released in two versions: one in English and the other in Welsh. It was recorded in Providence, Rhode Island, Nashville, Seattle and London, and coincides with a two week UK tour.
A busy lady, Cerys also hosts the daily lunchtime show on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 6 Music, which features live sessions and interviews with the likes of Johnny Marr, Beth Ditto, Robyn Hitchcock, Juliette Lewis, and Michael Winterbottom.
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Arcade Fire
No Cars Go
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Ella Chi
Gobstopper
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Mick Jagger
Let's Work
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- CBS.
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Madness
Night Boat To Cairo
- Madness - Divine Madness.
- Virgin.
- 3.
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Camera Obscura
Tougher Than The Rest
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Saturday Session
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Nerina Pallot
Real Late Starter
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Nerina Pallot
The Fear
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ABBA
The Name Of The Game
- Abba - Love Stories.
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Port O’Brien
Leap Year
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James
Laid
- Now That's What I Call Music! 26 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Dinosaur Jr.
Freak Scene
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Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
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Madonna
Borderline
- Celebration.
- Warner Bros.
- 14.
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Alex Cornish
Untied
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Go Buy Monday
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Mando Diao
Mando Diao
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Mr Hudson
White Lies
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The Leisure Society
Save It For Someone Who Cares
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Massive Attack
Splitting the Atom
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Julian Plenti
Games For Days
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Ben Folds
Landed
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- Epic.
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Pedro SuΓ΅rez-VΓ©rtiz
Amazonas
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The Raconteurs
Steady As She Goes
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- XL Recordings.
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Archive Track
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Bat for Lashes
Daniel
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Foo Fighters
Wheels
- Greatest Hits.
- Columbia.
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Olive
You’re Not Alone
- Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Shirley Bassey
Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me
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- Philips.
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Stereophonics
Innocent
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- V2.
- 1.
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Tom Jones
If I Only Knew
- Tom Jones - Greatest Hits.
- Universal.
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Saturday Session
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Cerys Matthews
Arlington Way
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Cerys Matthews
Love Me Tender
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R.E.M.
Stand
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- Warner Bros.
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Gene
Sleep Well Tonight
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Frank Sinatra
For Once In My Life
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Waylayers
Big Machines
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Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
- Back To Black.
- Universal Records.
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The Leisure Society
Last of the Melting Snow
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