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Andrew Collins sits in

Andrew Collins sits in for Shaun Keaveny with a look at the day's news and events, plus he's joined by Spinal Tap and Simpsons star Harry Shearer.

Harry Shearer joins Andrew Collins this morning to chat about his new release, 'Can't Take a Hint'. The album isn't the first long-player by the star of TV (The Simpsons), film (This Is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind) and radio (Le Show), but it is the first to feature a world-class cast of musical collaborators.

Due out on Courgette Records on August 27, 2012, the set features giants of pop, R&B and jazz whom Shearer has gotten to know in his travels: Dr. John ("Autumn in New Orleans"), Glee's Jane Lynch ("Like a Charity"), the Fountains of Wayne ("Celebrity Booze Endorser"), Jamie Cullum ("A Few Bad Apples"), Alice Russell ("Trillion Dollar Bargain") and Judith Owen ("Your Thing"), and others. Shearer himself plays the bass on many of the songs.

Can't Take a Hint, which follows Grammy-nominated albums Songs Pointed and Pointless (2007) and Songs of the Bushmen (2008), differs from its predecessors in that it isn't limited to one topical theme. Rather Shearer, Le Show's master of satire, tackles various issues of the day - from the foibles of celebrity to the Bridge to Nowhere, from the cost of war to weather extremes in Shearer's beloved Crescent City.

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Tue 24 Jul 2012 07:00
Â鶹Éç Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Rolling Stones

    19th Nervous Breakdown

    • London.

  • Jake Bugg

    Taste It

    • Mercury Records.

  • Joy Division

    Atmosphere

    • Factory.

  • The Pharcyde

    Runnin'

    • POLYGRAM TV.

  • Opossom

    Blue Meanies

    • Fire Records.

  • Steve Mason

    Lost and Found

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DOUBLE SIX.
    • 1.

  • Santigold

    L.E.S. Artistes

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Atlantic.

  • Gaz Coombes

    Simulator

    • Hot Fruit Recordings.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Laura

  • Skids

    Sweet Suburbia

    • VIRGIN.

  • The Smiths

    The Headmaster Ritual

  • The Associates

    Party Fears Two

    • East West Records.

  • Alabama Shakes

    Hang Loose

    • ROUGH TRADE RECORDS.

  • ±Ê´Ç±ô¾±Ã§²¹

    Dark Star

    • Memphis Industries.

  • The Birthday Party

    Release The Bats

  • The Verve

    Lucky Man

    • Virgin/Emi/Polygram.

  • Little Dragon

    Sunshine

    • Peacefrog Records.

  • James Brown

    Make It Funky

    • Polydor.

  • Paul Weller

    The Attic

    • Sonik Kicks.
    • Island.

  • Passion Pit

    Take A Walk

    • Gossamer.
    • Columbia.

  • JAY-Z

    Izzo (H.O.V.A.)

    • Izzo (H.O.V.A).
    • Roc-A-Fella.

  • Sonic Youth

    100%

    • GEFFEN.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Cornerstone

  • Mystery Jets

    Greatest Hits

    • ROUGH TRADE RECORDS.

  • CUD

    Only (A Prawn In Whitby)

  • The Prodigy

    Out of Space

    • XL.

  • Bloc Party

    Octopus

    • Frenchkiss Records.

  • Gary Numan

    Are Friends Electric?

    Performer: Tubeway Army.
    • Polygram TV.

  • Purity Ring

    Fineshrine

    • 4AD.

  • The xx

    Angels

    • Young Turks.

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Jul 2012 07:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 6 Music