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Amol Rajan sits in and chats to Mica Paris and Amy Macdonald

Mica Paris, one of the most respected British female soul singers, chats to Amol Rajan about her brand new album 'gospel'. Plus Amy Macdonald chats to Amol about her latest record.

Mica Paris, one of the most respected British female soul singers, chats to Amol Rajan about her brand new album 'gospel'. This album is a passion project for Mica who has always wanted to record a gospel album. Mica was brought up on gospel music and sang in her south London church in Lewisham every weekend with her grandparents. Following the success of 鈥楪ospel According to Mica: The Story of Gospel Music in Six Songs鈥� on the 麻豆约拍 earlier this year Mica began recording the album with the Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir for Warner Music. The documentary saw Mica trace gospel鈥檚 journey through six songs from the American south all the way to 2019 when Stormzy performed Blinded By Your Grace Part II in his Glastonbury headline set. Since scoring her first Top 10 Hit in 1988 with 鈥楳y One Temptation鈥� Mica has since gone onto release six more albums, published a book and became a popular media personality, from hosting her own Radio 2 soul show, a panelist on ITV鈥檚 Loose Women, to more recently - an addition to the cast of EastEnders where she is playing Ellie Nixon, grandmother to Phil and Denise鈥檚 adopted baby Raymond. Despite being a villainous character, Mica says she can relate to Ellie saying, 鈥淓llie鈥檚 a formidable woman, whose past tragedy has made her stronger 鈥� that鈥檚 definitely something I can identify with.鈥�

Amy Macdonald also chats to Amol about her new album 'The Human Demands'. Amy has had huge success as a singer-songwriter with four top five studio albums across Europe as well as two number ones in the UK and three in Germany. To date, for all four albums, Amy has been awarded platinum status 12 times with over 6 million sales. She has played to 4 million people worldwide, including over 1 million in the UK alone. Her debut album 鈥橳his Is The Life鈥� charted at number 1 in five markets around the globe including the UK and it was one of the top 20 best selling albums of the decade in Germany. The album was in the European charts for over a year.

Plus Jay is back with another Virtual Radio Quiz challenging the team to a test of general knowledge.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, he and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Amol entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 15 Oct 2020 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bryan Ferry

    Let's Stick Together

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
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  • Sigala & James Arthur

    Lasting Lover

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    • I Am.. Sasha Fierce.
    • Music World Music.
    • 1.

  • Bee Gees

    You Win Again

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Squeeze

    Is That Love?

    • Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze.
    • Universal/A&M.

  • Donna Summer

    She Works Hard For The Money

    • Donna Summer - Summer Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Magic

    • DISCO.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

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

  • Jason Derulo

    Take You Dancing

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Lionel Richie

    Don't Stop the Music

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Duran Duran

    Girls On Film

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Gary Barlow

    Elita (feat. Michael Bubl茅 & Sebasti谩n Yatra)

    • Music Played By Humans.
    • Polydor.

  • Amy Macdonald

    The Hudson

    • The Human Demands.
    • Infectious Music.

  • TLC

    No Scrubs

    • (CD Single).
    • Laface.

  • Sia

    Courage To Change

    • CD Single.
    • Atlantic.

  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.

  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It? (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Crying At The Discotheque

  • X鈥怭ress 2

    Lazy (feat. David Byrne)

    • (CD Single).
    • Skint.

  • Sydney Youngblood

    If Only I Could

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • James

    Sit Down

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Alicia Keys

    Love Looks Better

    • ALICIA.
    • RCA.

  • Mica Paris

    (Something Inside) So Strong

    • Gospel.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • U2

    Angel Of Harlem

    • U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • Topic

    Breaking Me (feat. A7S)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Chas & Dave

    Ain't No Pleasing You

    • The World Of Chas & Dave.
    • Cleveland International.

  • Connie Francis

    Vacation

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1962.
    • Premier.

  • Frankie Vaughan

    There Must Be a Way

    • The Best Of The EMI Years.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 1.

  • The Struts & Robbie Williams

    Strange Days

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Avril Lavigne

    Complicated

    • Avril Lavigne - Let Go.
    • Arista.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Guvna B, rapper and author:听
At the start of the year I write a list of some of the things I鈥檇 like to achieve during the 365 days that follow. I had a look at my list the other day and started to feel an overwhelming sense of failure. I wasn鈥檛 anywhere near achieving half of the goals I had written down. I can be quite tough on myself and I鈥檓 working on that. I鈥檓 a new dad and a few days ago I had a father son day which I had carefully planned out. I planned to do a zoom call during his morning nap, then take him to soft play, and then a walk in the park, and then back home. I had his food and milk all planned out too.听
Come the day, my son wakes up earlier than usual from his nap, the zoom overruns because someone was late, then when we leave for soft play he falls asleep in the car and doesn鈥檛 want to wake up when we get there, and in my hurry I brought the wrong snacks from home.听 It was just one of those days where I felt like I was so off the mark. Failures and imperfections are a part of life so it鈥檚 a wonder that I beat myself up when I encounter them. I like to pray a lot and one of the reasons is because it gives me comfort to know that there鈥檚 someone more capable, that has my best interests at heart. Another reason is that a lot of my insecurities in my life come from the fact that I haven鈥檛 gained what I had hoped to.听 You know鈥�.maybe I haven鈥檛 grown as a dad, or as a husband, or maybe I haven鈥檛 gained a bigger bank account or career path.听
When people ask me what I gain from praying, to be honest sometimes the answers nothing. But I can tell you what I lose. I can lose anger, I can lose ego, I can lose un forgiveness, insecurity, and I can lose fear. Sometimes life isn鈥檛 always about gaining. Sometimes it鈥檚 about losing. Which ultimately is the gain. So even though I鈥檝e got quite a bit to tick off my annual list, when I look at what I鈥檝e lost, I鈥檓 not doing too bad after all.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Oct 2020 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2