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Sofa Session: Maggie Rogers

Maggie Rogers plays a sofa session for Jo, including tracks from her new album Don't Forget Me. Plus, the Thursday Theme is Robert Downey Jr, as the actor celebrates a birthday!

Maggie Rogers plays a sofa session for Jo, including tracks from her new album Don't Forget Me.

Out on 12th April, Don't Forget Me will be Maggie Rogers' third studio album. She first gained public attention in 2016, when a video of Pharrell Williams reacting to her music whilst she was still a student at New York University went viral. Since then, Maggie has released two albums, Heard it in a Past Life (2019) and Surrender (2022), made her Glastonbury debut, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and toured with the likes of Haim, Kacey Musgraves and Mumford & Sons.

Ahead of the release of Don't Forget Me, Maggie speaks to Jo about her new music and plays songs from the album.

Plus, the Thursday Theme is Robert Downey Jr, as the actor celebrates a birthday! Best known as Iron Man in the Avengers series, the actor recently won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Oppenheimer. He has also starred in Chaplin, Zodiac, Tropic Thunder, Sherlock Holmes, Saturday Night Live, Less than Zero, Ally McBeal and more!

Send your song suggestions related to Robert Downey Jr. to jo.whiley@bbc.co.uk

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Apr 2024 19:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Griff

    Miss Me Too

    • Volume 2.
    • Warner Music.

  • Paul Weller

    Rise Up Singing

    • 66.
    • Polydor.

  • Maggie Rogers

    Alaska

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • Maggie Rogers

    Light On

  • Maggie Rogers

    Don't Forget Me

    • Capitol Records.

  • Divorce

    Gears

    • Gravity Records/EMI.

  • Nina Simone

    Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

    • Feeling Good - Very Best Of Nina Simo.
    • Verve.

  • English Teacher

    Albert Road (Sofa Session, 3 April 2024)

  • ³Άβ€™I³Ύ±θΓ©°ω²Ή³Ω°ωΎ±³¦±π

    Voodoo?

    • Tako Tsubo.
    • microqlima.
    • 4.

  • Maggie Rogers

    Don't Forget Me (Sofa Session, 4 April 2024)

  • Maggie Rogers

    The Kill (Sofa Session, 4 April 2024)

  • Erykah Badu

    Rim Shot (Intro)

    • Baduizm.
    • Universal Records.
    • 1.

  • Thompson Twins

    We Are Detective

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll: 1983.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Baker Street

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Oingo Boingo

    Weird Science

    • Dead Man's Party.
    • Geffen*.
    • 9.

  • Blondie

    Atomic

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

  • AC/DC

    Thunderstruck

    • (CD Single).
    • ATCO Records.
    • 420.

  • The Prodigy

    Charly

    • XL Recordings.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Enola Gay

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.
    • 3.

  • Marvin Gaye

    Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

    • The Promised Land O.S.T. (Various).
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Apr 2024 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2