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Gregory Porter performs live

Gregory Porter, the Grammy Award-winning artist performs live in the Radio 2 Piano Room. Plus Imelda May, the Irish singer-songwriter picks the Tracks of My Years.

Gregory Porter, the Grammy Award winning artist performs live in the Radio 2 Piano Room. His latest album features many of Nat King Cole's well known songs including 'Smile' and 'Nature Boy' and Gregory has said that Nat was the person who ignited his love of music. He's said that at the age of five or six years old Nat's music filled a void in him as his father wasn't in his life. 'Nat King Cole & Me' is the follow-up to his Grammy-winning albums 'Liquid Spirit' and 'Take Me to the Alley'. 'Liquid Spirit' took Gregory from being the biggest name on the jazz scene to being one of the most sought-after singers around today, performing sell-out shows across the UK including the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.

Imelda May, the Irish singer-songwriter picks the Tracks of My Years with songs from The Specials and Jeff Buckley. Imelda broke into the mainstream after her album 'Love Tattoo' went to number one in Ireland and was picked up by Jools Holland who then invited her onto his TV show 'Later...' and took her on tour. Imelda's gone on to perform alongside legendary artists including Lou Reed, Tom Jones, Lulu, Bono and Smokey Robinson. Her latest album 'Life. Love. Flesh. Blood' was produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett and recorded over seven days in Los Angeles, featuring musical contributions from Jeff Beck. Imelda has also been on tour this summer in America, including dates supporting Elvis Costello.
Ken also has another edition of PopMaster and the daily love song, plus the album and record of the week. If you want to contact the show, just email ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk.

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Wed 20 Sep 2017 09:30
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Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

    • Born To Run.
    • CBS.

  • CNCO & Little Mix

    ReggaetΓ³n Lento (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • SYCO.

  • Sheila & B. Devotion

    Spacer

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.

  • DNCE

    Cake By The Ocean

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic.
    • 1.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    My Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Legacy.
    • 1.

  • Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso

    Let Me Go (feat. Florida Georgia Line & Andrew Watt)

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Ultra NatΓ©

    Free

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Europe

    The Final Countdown

    • The Very Best Of Power Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    She Got The Garden

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shape Of You

    • Γ· Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • Barry Manilow

    Can't Smile Without YouΒ 

    • Manilow Greatest Hits - Platinum Coll.
    • Arista.

  • Record of the Week

    • George Michael

      Fantasy (feat. Nile Rodgers)

      • (CD Single).
      • CMG.

  • Tears for Fears

    Closest Thing to Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.

  • Rod Stewart

    Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Erasure

    Just A Little Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
    • 8.

  • Annie Lennox

    I Can't Get Next To You

    • Annie Lennox - Medusa.
    • RCA.

  • Nik Kershaw

    Wouldn't It Be Good

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Gregory Porter

    Hey Laura (Radio 2 Piano Room, 20 September 2017)

    • Liquid Spirit.

  • Gregory Porter

    Smile (Radio 2 Piano Room, 20 September 2017)

  • Album of the Week

    • The Fizz

      Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ For My Heart

      • The F-Z of Pop.
      • MPG RECORDS.

  • Gregory Porter

    Just The Way You Are (Amazing) (Radio 2 Piano Room, 20 September 2017)

  • Shania Twain

    Swingin' With My Eyes Closed

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Jeff Buckley

      Hallelujah

    • The Specials

      Ghost Town

      • The Ultimate Eighties (Various).
      • Hit Records.

  • Liam Gallagher

    For What It's Worth

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Shut Up And Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Sep 2017 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2