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New Amy Macdonald plus Mavis Staples

Amy Macdonald's first new song in 2 years - The Hudson - gets an exclusive first play. Plus Mavis Staples chooses her favourite tracks in an interview first broadcast in 2018.

This morning Amy Macdonald's first new song in 2 years - The Hudson - gets an exclusive first play on Ken's show. Since making her breakthrough in 2007 with her single 'Mr Rock & Roll' and the debut album 'This Is The Life', Amy has sold an incredible 12 million records worldwide, including 6 million albums.

Mavis Staples, American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from Prince and Curtis Mayfield. The interview was first broadcast in January 2018 at the time Mavis released her sixteenth studio album 'If All I Was Was Black'. It was written and produced by Jeff Tweedy who features on the fourth track 'Ain't No Doubt About it'. At the time Mavis said her new album "...brings us all together as a people. That's what I hope to do. You can't stop me. You can't break me. I'm too loving. These songs are going to change the world."

Born on the 10th July 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, Mavis began singing with her family, The Staple Singers, at local Chicago churches before signing with the gospel label Vee-Jay Records in 1953. The family put on a concert in Montgomery, Alabama, which Martin Luther King Jr. was attending. The group later had a number of soul hits and a No. 1 pop song with "Let's Do It Again," from the film soundtrack of the same name. Mavis has also established a successful solo career while working with a range of artists, from Prince to Natalie Merchant.

She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2017. Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk.

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Thu 27 Aug 2020 09:30
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Music Played

  • Laura Branigan

    Gloria

    • Disco Queens: The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Say Something

    • DISCO.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd..

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shape Of You

    • Γ· Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Kygo & Tina Turner

    What's Love Got To Do With It

    • Golden Hour.
    • Columbia.

  • George Michael

    Faith

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • McFly

    Happiness

    • Young Dumb Thrills.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Adele

    Set Fire To The Rain

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 5.

  • Billy Joel

    Just The Way You Are

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.1.
    • CBS.

  • Record of the Week

    • The Pretenders

      Maybe Love Is In NYC

      • Hate For Sale.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Ultravox

    Vienna

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Giants

    • (CD Single).
    • UMGRI Interscope.

  • Alison Moyet

    Is This Love?

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.

  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

    Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

    • 20 Number 1's Of The 70's (Various).
    • MFP.

  • Sam Smith

    My Oasis (feat. Burna Boy)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Amy Macdonald

    The Hudson

    • The Human Demands.
    • Infectious Music.

  • Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    The Way It Is

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Album of the Week

    • The Killers

      My Own Soul's Warning

      • Imploding The Mirage.
      • Island Records.

  • Jim Capaldi

    Love Hurts

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • Keith Urban

    Superman

    • The Speed Of Now Pt. 1.
    • Capitol Nashville.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • The Impressions

      People Get Ready

    • Prince & The Revolution

      Purple Rain

      • The Love Songs Album (Various).
      • Universal.

  • Jamie Cullum

    Don't Give Up On Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Tin Tin Out

    Here's Where The Story Ends (feat. Shelley Nelson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Aug 2020 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2