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Jay Z on Fame

“I’m playing this dance with this fame and it’s like playing with a drug,it’s very deadlyâ€

Rapper Jay Z talks about his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail; violinist Nicola Benedetti discusses music for the cinema; Gilberto Gill is in a new documentary – a musical journey across three continents; soul singer Laura Mvula tells us why Nina Simone’s song ‘Four Women’ is still important; Kings of Leon talk about their forthcoming new album and their new Nashville studio and we hear Palm Wine music from George Spratz in Ghana.

Jay Z - Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty
Nicola Benedetti - Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty
Gilberto Gil - Photo by Jean-Christophe Magnenet/AFP/Getty

50 minutes

Last on

Mon 29 Jul 2013 03:06GMT

Chapters

  • Zane Lowe talks to American rock band, Kings of Leon

    Duration: 12:02

  • Soul singer Laura Mvula talks to John Wilson about why she finds Nina Simone's song Four Women so inspiring

    Duration: 06:35

  • Rhonagh O'Dowell tells Nikki about her two download choices for this week: Don't Leave Me This Way and The Music That Melted

    Duration: 04:21

  • Showbiz news with Lizo Mzimba

    Duration: 04:25

  • Jay Z talks to Zane Lowe about his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail

    Duration: 05:53

  • Ghanian guitarist/song writer George Spratz shares his 'Palm-wine' style music

    Duration: 04:37

  • Legendary Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil takes a musical road trip from Brazil to Africa and Australia in a new documentary

    Duration: 04:22

  • Violinist Nicola Benedetti on her cinema-inspired new album

    Duration: 07:11

Here's a list of the music we played:

Here's a list of the music we played:

Detroit Escalator Company – Abstract Forward

Mount Rushmore – I’ve Got The Music (Acapella)

Mount Rushmore – I’ve Got The Music (Dub)

Jay Z – I Just Wanna Love U (Instrumental)

Gilberto Gil – Chiclete Com Banana

Nicola Benedetti – Adagio For Violin & Orchestra in E

Laura Mvula – Can’t Live With The World

Kings of Leon - Supersoaker

Kings of Leon – Knocked Up

Nina Simone – 4 Women

Laura Mvula – Green Garden

Trentemoller – While The Cold Winter Waiting

Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Don’t Leave Me This Way

Communards – Don’t Leave Me This Way

Mr Psyche – Shell

George Spratz – Needs Peace

Jay Z & Beyonce – Bonnie & Clyde (Instrumental)

Benny Goodman – Air Mailed

Jay Z – Holy Grail

George Spratz – Asodi

Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire

Nicola Benedetti and The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Main Theme to Schindlers List (John Williams)

Nicola Benedetti and The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major Opus 35 III Finale Alessi

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Jul 2013 00:06GMT
  • Sun 28 Jul 2013 15:06GMT
  • Sun 28 Jul 2013 19:06GMT
  • Mon 29 Jul 2013 03:06GMT