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Radio 2 Piano Room - Lady Blackbird

Jazz sensation Lady Blackbird performs live alongside the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra for Radio 2 Piano Room Month 2023, with her three-song set including a Nina Simone cover.

Jazz sensation Lady Blackbird performs live alongside the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra for Radio 2 Piano Room Month 2023, with her three-song set including a Nina Simone cover.

It's been less than three years since Lady Blackbird released her debut single Blackbird - a cover of Nina Simone's civil rights anthem - but already she's been nicknamed the Grace Jones of jazz and causing a stir wherever she goes - including a recent TV appearance with Graham Norton.

Based in LA, Lady Blackbird had tried to be an alt-rock and R&B singer before her big breakthrough, but with the release of her debut album Black Acid Soul in late 2021, it seems the jazz community have found a new heroine.

Radio 2 Piano Room Month sees an abundance of world famous award-winning artists gather to perform exclusively with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, and each artist will be performing three tracks - a new song, one of their well-known tracks, and a classic cover version from another artist - with members of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra accompanying.

Plus, naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham chooses his Tracks of My Years with Ken all this week. Chris began presenting the award winning Really Wild Show in 1986, and he's now the host of the Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch series for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. Chris also presents notable natural history series such as Nature’s Weirdest Events and Secrets of our Living Planet.

In 2017 Chris first shared his autistic diagnosis on TV, and his new two-part documentary, Inside Our Autistic Minds, sees Chris working with four autistic people and taking a deep dive into their minds, immersing himself in their everyday experiences, observing and learning about the ways they sense and interact with the world.

Chris's final two choices are from Lightening Seeds and Keane, and Ken's also got another round of PopMaster at 10:30.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 17 Feb 2023 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Wham!

    The Edge Of Heaven

    • Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
    • Epic.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Lizzo

      Special

      • Special.
      • Atlantic.

  • Take That

    Everything Changes

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Chaka Khan

    Ain't Nobody

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.

  • Clean Bandit

    Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • P!nk

    TRUSTFALL

    • TRUSTFALL.
    • RCA.

  • Edwin Starr

    H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

    • Edwin Starr: The Essential Collection.
    • Spectrum.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Solsbury Hill

  • Katie Melua

    Golden Record

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Madonna

    Papa Don't Preach

    • Madonna - The Immaculate Collection.
    • Sire.
    • 4.

  • Emmylou Harris

    Here, there and everywhere

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Gorillaz

    Silent Running (feat. Adeleye Omotayo)

    • Cracker Island.
    • Parlophone.

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Hits.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • Just Jack

    Starz In Their Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Adam Lambert

    Getting Older

    • High Drama.
    • Rhino.

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • The Lightning Seeds

      Pure

      • Lightning Seeds - Cloudcuckooland.
      • Ghetto.

    • Keane

      Somewhere Only We Know

      • (CD Single).
      • Transcopic Records.

  • Album Of The Week

    • Ava Max

      Ghost

      • Diamonds & Dancefloors.
      • Atlantic.

  • Jermaine Jackson

    Let's Get Serious

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Lady Blackbird & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Feel It Coming (Radio 2 Piano Room, 17 Feb 2023)

  • Lady Blackbird & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Woman (Radio 2 Piano Room, 17 Feb 2023)

  • Lady Blackbird & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    I Put A Spell On You (Radio 2 Piano Room, 17 Feb 2023)

  • Jessie Ware

    Spotlight

    • What's Your Pleasure?.
    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Feb 2023 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2