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John Grant from the Great Escape

Tom Robinson is joined by John Grant for a unique 'Beating the Blues' interview recorded at the Great Escape festival in Brighton.

Tom presents his unique mix of music including 麻豆社 Introducing tracks. This week he's joined by John Grant for 'Beating The Blues' - a unique interview from this weekend's Great Escape Festival in Brighton. A worldwide audience have come to love John Grant both for his memorable songbook and for the candour and humanity of his lyrics. His own long years of self-doubt, anxiety, addiction and illness are famously documented in many of the songs.

Yet his live performances sparkle with love and good humour, sending audiences away with a sense of life-affirming uplift. One in four people will struggle with depression at some point in their lives, and John's refreshing honesty has helped send a message to isolated music fans around the world that they're not alone.

He chats to Tom about how the inspiration of hearing great records - and the rewarding struggle of creating his own - have helped light his own path back from the abyss.

Tom will also be catching up with some of the best Live Music from the festival, including tracks from the 麻豆社 6 Music Recommends night and 麻豆社 Music Introducing show.

Huw Stephens from Radio 1 shares his personal tip from 麻豆社 Introducing, as does one of the Introducing shows from around the UK.
At 11 o'clock Tom launches The After Hour, where he dusts off tracks from the outer reaches of his record collection.

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Last on

Sat 20 May 2017 21:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Ben Watt

    Pop A Cap In Yo Ass (feat. Estelle)

    • Outspoken Pt.1.
    • Buzzin' Fly Records.

  • Bill Withers

    Ain't No Sunshine (Live At Carnegie Hall, 6 Oct 1972)

    • Live At Carnegie Hall.
    • Sussex.

  • Foggy City Orphan

    Cheer Up

    • PROMO.

  • Fyfe & Kimbra

    Belong

    • PROMO.

  • Skepta

    Man (Gang)

    • Konnichiwa.
    • Boy Better Know.

  • Diagrams

    I Tell Myself

    • Dorothy.
    • Bookshop Records.

  • Goat Girl

    Country Sleaze (Live at Great Escape 2017)

  • John Grant

    Black Belt

    • Bella Union.

  • Klaus Wunderlich

    Corn Flakes

    • Sound 2000.
    • Telefunken.
    • 1.

  • DEVO

    Snowball

  • Audioslave

    Like A Stone

    • Audioslave.
    • Epic.

  • Ice Choir

    Unprepared

    • Designs In Rhythm.
    • Fastcut Records.
    • 2.

  • Nina Hagen

    Born In Xixax

    • Nunsexmonkrock.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.

  • Yello

    No More Words

    • You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess.
    • Stiff Records.
    • 3.

  • Yello

    Capri Calling (feat. Billy MacKenzie)

  • DEVO

    Explosions

    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    Give Me A Reason (Live at Great Escape 2017)

    • Uyai.

  • Mike Dennis

    Stuff

    • Via Bandcamp.

  • Thomas Dolby

    The Key To Her Ferrari

    • Aliens Ate My Buick.
    • EMI-Manhattan Records.
    • 1.

  • Matthew Herbert

    Celebrity (feat. Dani Siciliano)

    • Plat De Jour.
    • Accidental.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Jazz Police

    • I'm Your Man.
    • Columbia.

  • Nick Parker

    Departures

    • Besta Venya.
    • Nick Parker.

  • Jeanes

    Trees Hug Bees

    • PROMO.

  • ThisisDA

    Control, Shift

    • PROMO.

  • Barry Hyde

    Malody

    • Malody.
    • Sirenspire Records.
    • 3.

  • Steely Dan

    Fire in the Hole

    • Can't Buy AThrill.
    • ABC Records.
    • 2.

  • Brigitte

    Ma Benz

    • Et Vous, Tu M'Aimes?.
    • Wagram Music.
    • 8.

  • Hard Ton

    Queer Nation

    • Luv Shack Records.

  • Mac DeMarco

    Salad Days

    • Salad Days.
    • Captured Tracks.
    • 1.

  • Coldcut

    More Beats And Pieces (Daddy Rips It Up - Max Chop Remix)

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Jah Wobble

    Invaders Of The Heart

    • Lago Records.

  • Art of Noise

    Close (to the Edit)

    • DAFT.
    • ZTT.

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 May 2017 21:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music