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Róisín Murphy

The singer-songwriter shares songs that have sound-tracked the ups and downs of her life, and how she expresses thoughts, feelings and emotions through her own music and lyrics

Nemone combines her roles of DJ and integrative psychotherapist to talk in-depth with Irish singer-songwriter and record producer Roisin Murphy about the songs that have sound-tracked the ups and downs of her life. Roisin also explores how she expresses thoughts, feelings and emotions through her own music and lyrics.

Roisin first became known in the 1990s as one-half of the trip hop dance-pop duo Moloko with her partner Mark Brydon. Together scored hits such as ‘Sing It Back’, ‘Fun for Me’ and ‘The Time is Now. After the breakup of Moloko, Murphy embarked on a solo career, releasing her debut solo album, Ruby Blue, written and produced with experimental musician Matthew Herbert, to critical praise in 2005. Her second solo album, Overpowered, was released in 2007.

After an eight-year hiatus (which nonetheless included several singles, vocal features, and side projects) her third album Hairless Toys, released in 2015, was subsequently nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The following year, Roisin released her fourth album Take Her Up to Monto. In 2018, she released four 12" releases in collaboration with producer Maurice Fulton.

June 2019 saw the release of the disco-inspired single "Incapable". Three additional singles were released up until she announced her fifth solo album, Róisín Machine, released in October 2020. The album featuring a melting-pot of disco, house, electropop, funk and electro-RnB influences. In March 2020, just before the first Covid-19 lockdown, Roisin headlined Saturday night at the 6 Music Festival in Camden and wowed the Roundhouse crowd with her brilliant beats, killer voice, flamboyant stage outfits and creative energy.

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Sun 23 May 2021 13:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Róisín Murphy

    Overpowered

    • CD SINGLE.
    • EMI.

  • Róisín Murphy

    You Know Me Better (Instrumental)

    • You Know Me Better.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 3.

  • Róisín Murphy

    Murphy's Law (Cosmodelica Remix)

  • Moloko

    Tight Sweater

    • Do You Like My Tight Sweater?.
    • 2.

  • Moloko

    Fun For Me

    • POLYGRAM TV.

  • Ray Charles

    Hit The Road Jack (feat. The Raelettes)

    • Ray Charles - The Collection.
    • Castle Communications.

  • Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly

    True Love

    • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Eartha Kitt

    Just An Old Fashioned Girl

    • Singin' The Blues.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 21.

  • Patsy Cline

    Crazy

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

  • Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald

    Cheek To Cheek

    • The Incomparable Ella.
    • Polydor.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Someone to watch over me

    • The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings Volume 3.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 1.

  • The Dubliners

    Monto

    • Irish Cream CD2.
    • 11.

  • Nat King Cole

    The Party's Over

    • Nat King Cole - Ultimate Collection.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Fred Astaire

    One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

    • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • The Blarney Lads

    The Fields Of AThenry

    • The Music Of Ireland.
    • 11.

  • The Beatles

    Ticket to ride

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 009.

  • Eagles

    Hotel California

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • David Bowie

    Les Dance ( Jean Claude Gavri Re-Touch)

  • Róisín Murphy

    Incapable

    • BMG.

  • Sonic Youth

    Teen Age Riot

    • Blast First.

  • Róisín Murphy

    Let Me Know (Instrumental)

    • Let Me Know.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Róisín Murphy

    Simulation

  • Róisín Murphy

    Tell Everybody

  • Grace Jones

    I've Done It Again

    • Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions CD1.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 7.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Suzanne

    • CBS.

  • Moloko

    Sing It Back

    • Echo Records.

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Just Like Honey

    • Emperor Norton.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 May 2021 13:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 6 Music