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With Laurie Anderson

Mary Anne is joined by pioneering artist Laurie Anderson, as part of the 6 Music Loves New York season.

Mary Anne is joined by pioneering artist Laurie Anderson, as part of the '6 Music Loves New York' season.

Find out about what it was like to live in the city where she recorded her 1981 single 'O Superman', played the violin while wearing ice skates frozen in blocks of ice, and became NASA's first artist-in-residence.

How has the city changed since the 1970s and what role does it play in Laurie's life now? Tune in as she delivers her 'love letter' to NYC.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 10 Feb 2018 07:00

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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Golden Years

    • EMI.
  • Hookworms

    Static Resistance

    • Domino.
  • Sunriser

    • Nils Frahm

      Human Range

      • Erased Tapes.
  • Leonard Cohen

    Bird on the Wire

    • CBS.
  • RΓ³isΓ­n Murphy

    Exploitation

  • Raf Rundell

    Sweet Cheeks

    • 1965 Recordings.
  • Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kings

    What Have You Done For Me Lately

    • Ministry Of Sound: Uncovered CD1.
    • Ministry.
    • 13.
  • The Style Council

    Shout To The Top

    • Polydor.
  • Field Music

    Count It Up

    • Memphis Industries.
  • Rex Orange County

    Lovin' Is Easy

    • Rex Orange County.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Could You Be Loved

    • Tuff Gong.
  • Curtis Harding

    Need Your Love

    • ANTI - Records.
  • James Blake

    If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead

    • Polydor.
  • Roots Manuva

    On A High

    • Big Dada.
  • Jimi Hendrix

    The Wind Cries Mary

  • Karen O

    Yo! My Saint (feat. Michael Kiwanuka)

    • Kobalt Label.
  • Junior Byles

    Fade Away

    • Rewind Selecta.
  • PJ Harvey & Harry Escott

    An Acre Of Land

  • The Strokes

    Reptilia

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • The Vaccines

    I Can't Quit

    • Columbia.
  • Flying Lotus

    All In

    • WARP RECORDS.
  • Thundercat

    Them Changes

    • Brainfeeder.
  • The National

    The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness

    • 4ad.
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    American Guilt

    • Jagjaguawar.
  • Nitin Sawhney & Tina Grace

    Cold And Intimate

    • **LIVE REC/.SESSION**.
  • The Fall

    Hit The North

    • Beggars Banquet.
  • The Distillers

    Drain The Blood

    • Reprise.
  • Ty

    Eyes Open (feat. Rootz & Deborah Jordan)

    • Jazz Re:Freshed.
  • Shortparis

    ВСсСло

    • Self Released.
  • Four Tops

    Bernadette

    • Motown.
  • Ezra Furman

    Suck The Blood From My Wound

    • Bella Union.
  • Laurie Anderson: Memories of NYC

    • Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet

      Another Long Evening

      • Nonesuch.
  • Nico

    The Fairest Of The Seasons

    • Verve.
  • L.A. Salami

    Generation L(ost)

    • Sunday Best Recordings.
  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Brunswick Records.
  • The Beta Band

    Out-Side

    • Regal.
  • Warm Digits

    Growth Of Raindrops (feat. Sarah Cracknell)

    • Memphis Industries.
  • Orbital

    Chime (6 Music Session, 3 Mar 2017)

  • Baxter Dury

    Miami

    • Heavenly Recordings.
  • Common

    The Light

    • MCA.
  • Plastician

    Intensive Snare (feat. Skepta)

    • Terrorhythm.

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Feb 2018 07:00