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Nanci Griffith in session

In session with Bob tonight is the artist dubbed by Rolling Stone magazine as 'Queen of Folkabilly' Nanci Griffith.

In session with Bob tonight is the artist dubbed by Rolling Stone magazine as 'Queen of Folkabilly' Nanci Griffith.
Originally a kindergarten teacher, Nanci Griffith released her first two albums in 1978 and 1982 on a local Austin label. Her breakthrough came in 1986 with the album Last of the True Believers, which earned her a Grammy nomination and led to her being signed by MCA . She went on to release Lone Star State of Mind, which included the hugely acclaimed Julie Gold composition From a Distance.

Her 1989 album Storms, and 1991's Late Night Grand Hotel moved her music further into the pop mainstream, before she returned to her country folk roots with Other Voices, Other Rooms, an album celebrating folk songwriters including Bob Dylan, Ralph McTell and Tom Paxton. Since then Nanci Griffith has recorded several more studio albums including a collection of re-worked songs with the London Symphony Orchestra, a sequel to Other Voices, Other Rooms and an album of intimate torch songs Ruby's Torch.

In a session recorded in Nashville last October Nanci talks about her upcoming release 'Intersection' which will be the 20th studio album of her career. She also recalls her early visits to the UK and Ireland which started her ongoing love affair with the British Isles.

57 minutes

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Thu 16 Feb 2012 19:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Dierks Bentley

    Am I The Only One

    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • Hump Head.
    • HHEAD017.

  • John Lilly

    Come and Go

    • Cold Comfort.
    • Javelina.
    • JR-4583.

  • The Band Perry

    If I die young

    • The Band Perry.
    • Republic Nashville.
    • B0014839-02.

  • Alison Krauss

    Lay My Burden Down

    Artist: Union Station

    • Paper Airplane.
    • DECCA.
    • 6106652.

  • The Civil Wars

    Girl With The Red Balloon RECORDING

    • Barton Hollow.
    • Sensibility.
    • 69447-00178 2.

  • John Wesley Harding

    Good News (& Bad News)

    • The Sound Of His Own Voice.
    • Yep Roc YEP 2249.
    • YEP 2249.

  • Steve Earle

    Hillbilly Highway

    • The Best of.
    • MCA Nashville.
    • 088 113-155-2.

  • Nanci Griffith

    Hell No (I'm Not Alright)

    • Intersection.
    • PROPER.
    • PRPCD 096.

  • Nanci Griffith on Bob Harris

    • Nanci Griffith

      Simple Life

  • Nanci Griffith

    Bethlehem Steel

    • Intersection.
    • PROPER.
    • PRPCD 096.

  • Eric Church

    Springsteen

    • Chief.
    • HUMPHEAD.
    • HHEAD015.

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Feb 2012 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2