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Gary Davies sits-in, with Joss Stone and LIVE music from Westlife!

Gary chats with Joss Stone about her new single 'Never Forget My Love', and Westlife perform music from their new album, LIVE in Maida Vale studios.

Joss Stone is a BRIT and GRAMMY award-winning singer-songwriter, who has sold 15 million records worldwide, and released 7 studio albums.
In 2001, aged 13, she auditioned for the Â鶹ԼÅÄ TV talent show, ‘Star for a Night’ in London, and went on to win the contest. She released her debut album ‘The Soul Sessions’ in 2003, and her 2nd, ‘Mind Body & Soul’, in 2004, which debuted at No.1 in the UK, breaking the then record for the youngest female artist to top the UK Albums Chart. At only 17 years old.
After 10 years apart, Joss and Dave Stewart have reunited for her new single, ‘Never Forget My Love’. Taken from her upcoming album, due early next year. This is Joss' first full-length LP in more than 5 years.

Westlife are one of the most successful musical groups of all time, having released 11 studio albums (8 of which made No.1), and 38 singles (16 of which made No.1). They've also won 2 BRIT Awards, have sold 5.5 million concert tickets worldwide, and hold the record for the most shows played at The SSE Arena, Belfast and SSE Arena, Wembley, which makes them the biggest arena act of all-time in the UK. Westlife rose fame in 1999 with their debut self-titled album, and the group currently consists of members Shane Filan, Markus Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne.
The band will release their 12th studio album 'Wild Dreams' on Friday.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, he and the team have the best start to your morning.

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

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Fri 26 Nov 2021 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Stevie Wonder

    I Wish

    • Motown Party (Various Artists).
    • Motown.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Overpass Graffiti

    • = Equals.
    • Asylum.

  • Everything but the Girl

    Missing (Todd Terry Remix)

    Remix Artist: Todd Terry.
    • Passion (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Dua Lipa

    Love Again

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Cat Stevens

    (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard

    • The Very Best Of Cat Stevens.
    • Island.

  • Andy Williams

    Music To Watch Girls By

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Wham!

    I'm Your Man

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Craig David & MNEK

    Who You Are

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Lady Gaga

    Bad Romance

    • Now That's What I Call Music 75 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Just Jack

    Starz In Their Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Loreen

    Euphoria

    • Clubland Eurodance (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • The Dandy Warhols

    Bohemian Like You

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 7.

  • Incognito

    Always There (feat. Jocelyn Brown)

    • (CD Single).
    • Talkin' Loud.

  • Paul Johnson

    Get Get Down

    • Now Dance 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Diana Ross

    I Still Believe

    • Thank You.
    • Decca.

  • Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    The Way It Is

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

  • Culture Club

    Church Of The Poison Mind

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.

  • Joss Stone

    Never Forget My Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Bay Street Records.

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Niall Horan & Anne-Marie

    Everywhere (Â鶹ԼÅÄ Children In Need)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Westlife

    My Hero - Radio 2 Session - RX 26/11/21

  • Westlife

    You Raise Me Up - Radio 2 Session - RX 26/11/21

  • Edwin Starr

    H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

    • Edwin Starr: The Essential Collection.
    • Spectrum.

  • The Weather Girls

    It's Raining Men

    • Success.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 13.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    September

    • Greatest Hits Of 1978 (Various Artis.
    • Premier.
    • 3.

  • Britney Spears

    Toxic

    • (CD Single).
    • Zomba.

  • Stereophonics

    Do Ya Feel My Love

    • Oochya!.
    • Ignition Records.

  • Westlife

    Starlight - Radio 2 Session - RX 26/11/21

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Although it was a very long time ago, the fact remains that I was once a child, and a child with all the boundless weirdness that only children possess.ÌýÌýBut even I am puzzled by the child I once was. My eating habits in particular marked me out as an odd little boy. Fancy foods like pasta and cheese seemed to me outlandish and unnecessary and I largely avoided them. It wasn’t only cheese, though. My mother once told me that a friend’s mum had expressed delight at my going round for tea, on the grounds that I never wanted cake, but only bread and butter. I still hold this truth to be self-evident, that all foods are not created equal. There is bread. And there is butter. The rest is dust.

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However, even a palate as austere as mine required some occasional excitement and so, like any child, there were treats I coveted and, for me, the apex of the food mountain, the zenith of the culinary firmament was the Holy Trinity of Dried Fruit:ÌýÌýthe raisin, the sultana and the currant. I loved these things so much that one birthday the only thing I asked for was a bag of each, which I put in jars under my bed, so that even in the smallest, darkest hours, there would always be the comfort and solace of a handful of tiny, wizened grapes.

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Now, we are approaching the season of waiting expectantly for treats, and specifically the season of tiny, wizened grapes, in puddings, cakes and pies. For Christians, this Sunday marks the start of that season of hope, and we call it Advent.ÌýÌýWe look to the coming of Jesus, the tiny, wizened baby born into poverty in the 1stÌýcentury equivalent of a hotel garage and in solidarity with every one of us, rich and poor, resident and refugee. At Christmas, we all hope for different things; but I reckon that the sheer, minute insignificance of the baby in the garage helps us understand that no hope is too small, no desire too insubstantial, no wish too puny to be worthy of fulfilment.ÌýÌýIn that hopeful, hoped for child, all our other hopes are dignified.ÌýÌýEven the hope of dried fruit under the bed.

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  • Fri 26 Nov 2021 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2