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| Front Row | ...John Wilson with the arts programme. Tonight's guest is Blur vocalist DAMON ALBARN, who talks about the band's forthcoming seventh album, which was partly recorded in Morocco.... |
| Inside The Brit Awards | ...Stuart Maconie goes behind the scenes at Britain's premier music awards ceremony and traces how a small industry event has become one of the most important dates in the British musical calendar. Featuring contributions from Ben Elton, DAMON ALBARN, Boy George, Ant and Dec, Jamiroquai and musical highlights from previous Brit Award shows.... |
| Late Junction | ...Robert Sandall presents an eclectic selection of music for late night listening, including DAMON ALBARN's Chinese opera, Monkey, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, the electronic sounds of Autechre and a new album from singer-songwriter James Yorkston.... |
| Other Notting Hill, The | ...Along the way Don exclusively interviews DAMON ALBARN (Blur, Gorillaz, The Good The Bad & The Queen), Paul Simonon (The Clash, The Good The Bad & The Queen), Lemmy (Motorhead), homegrown reggae legends Aswad, Viv Albertine (The Slits), Nik Turner (Hawkwind), Andrea Oliver (Rip Rig & Panic), Huey Morgan (Fun Lovin' Criminals), Michael Moorcock (author & Hawkwind collaborator), Joe Boyd (Witchseason Label) and TV presenter Davina McCall. Together with cab drivers, cafe owners and locals, they tell the story of The Other Notting Hill.... |
| Seven Days In Mali | ...With Oxfam, Blur singer DAMON ALBARN and journalist Miranda Sawyer visit Mali in West Africa, regarded by many as the cradle of African music, to work with the cream of the country's musicians.... |
| Up Against It | ...Joe Orton's unfinished screenplay, written for the Beatles in 1967 and adapted for radio by John Fletcher. Orton was found dead on the very day he was to meet director Richard Lester about the making of the film. In this first production of the play, 30 years on, Blur's DAMON ALBARN provides a musical link to the original Beatles casting. Also starring Leo Mckern, Sylvia Syms, Prunella Scales, Douglas Hodge, Joe Fiennes, Louise Lombard and Jacinta Mulcahy. John Gielgud and Irish director Joe Dowling make cameo appearances. Director John Adams ... |
| World Routes | ...They formed as a group in Bamako in 1980 and became well known throughout Mali, Burkino Faso and Ivory Coast for their distinctive blend of Malian music, blues and rock with Bambara language lyrics. They have since established themselves on the international circuit, been championed by Manu Chao and DAMON ALBARN, and were winners at the Radio 3 Awards for World Music for their 2006 album Dimanche a Bamako.... |
| World Sounds | ...2/3. An introduction to world music with DAMON ALBARN, Peter Gabriel, Baaba Maal and Taj Mahal. This part asks whether music can make a difference, looking at the politics and messages within global sounds.... |