
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
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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:
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
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