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Laura Cantrell in Session

Singer-songwriter and former New York Radio DJ Laura Cantrell joins Bob in session, performing songs from her new release, Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music.

Singer-songwriter and former New York Radio DJ Laura Cantrell joins Bob in session, performing songs from her new release 'Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music'.
The inspiration to record the album came after Laura was asked to present a show celebrating the music of 91-year-old 'Queen of Country' Kitty Wells by the Country Music Hall of Fame. The concert stirred Laura to write the song 'Kitty Wells Dresses' and then to record a whole album celebrating the sounds and songs of the oldest living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. The album includes hits like 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' and 'One by One', plus some less well-known tracks from Kitty's long career.
Famed in the UK as a favourite artist of the late John Peel, Laura has received huge critical acclaim for her albums 'Not the Tremblin' Kind', 'When the Roses Bloom Again' and 'Humming by the Flowered Vine', and was described by The Independent as "arguably the most vital new country voice in decades". Following a three year break from recording, in which she concentrated on raising her new baby daughter, she returned in 2008 with an EP called 'Trains and Boats and Planes' comprising covers of songs by Merle Haggard, Burt Bacharach and even New Order.

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Thu 28 Apr 2011 19:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter

    The Way I Feel RECORDING

    • The Age Of Miracles.
    • Rounder.
    • 43113-2.

  • Alison Krauss

    On The Outside Looking In

    Artist: Union Station

    • Paper Airplane.
    • ROUNDER.
    • NA-NA.

  • Rod Picott

    Welding Burns

    • Welding Burns.
    • Welding Rod Records.
    • CDREF.

  • Israel Nash

    Bellwether Ballad

    • Barn Doors and Concrete Floors.
    • Continental Song City.
    • CCSCCD 1073.

  • Emmylou Harris

    Together Again

    • Portraits.
    • REPRISE.
    • N/A-01.

  • Ray Price

    Crazy Arms

    • Cherokee Cowboy.
    • American Legends.
    • CD-19204.

  • Laura Cantrell in Session

    • Laura Cantrell

      Kitty Wells Dresses

      Artist: Mark Spencer

    • Laura Cantrell

      I Don't Claim To Be An Angel

      Artist: Mark Spencer

  • Laura Cantrell

    One By One RECORDING

    • Ktty Wells Dresses.
    • Cadiz Music.
    • CDREF-1.

  • Hank Williams

    Cold Cold Heart

    • Hillbilly Hero.
    • Proper.
    • PROPERBOX-39.

  • Kitty Wells

    My Cold Cold Heart Is Melting Now

    • Kitty Wells Queen of Country Music 1948-1958.
    • Bear Family.
    • BCD 15638.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Apr 2011 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2