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With special guest Dana Gillespie

Dana Gillespie joins Cerys to share her favourite blues records and to tell us about her latest album First Love.

Dana Gillespie joins Cerys to share her favourite blues records and to tell us about her latest album First Love which was produced by Marc Almond and Tris Penner.

The album was recorded with the musicians in Dana's Blues Band and includes the song Brewer Street Blues, written by Marc Almond. The song captures an area where Dana grew up in the sixties, going to drum lessons and dance classes in Soho. The album also features covers of tracks originally by Green Day, Bob Dylan, Jake Bugg, Morrissey, Lana Del Rey, Stevie Nicks and David Bowie. Bowie himself played a significant role in Dana's life in the sixties and seventies penning her the hit track Andy Warhol and Dana sang on Ziggy Stardust.

57 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Jul 2024 21:00

Music Played

  • Arthur 鈥淏ig Boy鈥 Crudup & Elvis Presley

    That's Alright

    • The History of Rhythm and Blues 1942 - 52.
    • Rhythm & Blues Records.
    • 26.
  • Dave Van Ronk

    Gambler's Blues

  • Take Me To The River All Stars

    Big Chief

  • Little Feat

    Long Distance Call (feat. Bonnie Raitt)

    • Sam's Place.
    • Hot Tomato Productions.
    • 3.
  • Dana Gillespie

    Spent The Day In Bed

    • First Love.
    • Fretsore Records.
  • Larry Garner

    Dog House Blues

    • Too Blues.
    • JSP Records.
    • 2.
  • Bessie Smith

    I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl

    • Bessie Smith Selected Favorites, Vol. 8.
    • Charly Records.
    • 9.
  • Dana Gillespie

    Dance Me To The End Of Love

    • First Love.
    • Fretsore Records.
  • Dana Gillespie

    Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy

    • Blues It Up.
    • Ace Records.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Jul 2024 21:00