Mercury Prize Pocket Guides: Part 1
Matt Everitt profiles this year's Mercury Prize nominees: Fergus McCreadie, Gwenno, Harry Styles, and Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler.
In the first part of three pocket guides, Matt Everitt profiles four of this year’s Mercury Award nominated albums, with archive interviews and deep cuts.
The first album he covers is by award-winning pianist Fergus McCreadie. Forest Floor is his third album, and it’s a collection of dreamy jazz music created with his regular trio of bassist David Bowden and drummer Stephen Henderson.
Gwenno’s Tresor, is named after the Cornish word for ‘treasure’. The Welsh singer grew up in a Cornish speaking family and it’s a tribute to both her family and her Cornish roots.
One Direction star Harry Styles recorded his latest album in a friend’s front room. The result is a thoughtful pop album that blends influences from Japanese City Pop and R&B.
The last album is a collaboration between actress Jessie Buckley and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler. Entitled, For All Our Days That Tear the Heart, it’s their debut album together and mixes English, Irish, American and Spanish folk with hints of classics from the 1970s.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Fergus McCreadie
Law Hill
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00:04Fergus McCreadie
Glade
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00:09Fergus McCreadie
Morning Moon
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00:14Fergus McCreadie
White Water
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00:17Gwenno
An Stevel Nowydh
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00:22Gwenno
Tresor
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00:26Gwenno
Men An Toll
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00:27Gwenno
Porth Ia
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00:30Harry Styles
Music For a Sushi Restaurant
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00:34Harry Styles
As It Was
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00:38Harry Styles
Love Of My Life
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00:41Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler
The Eagle & The Dove
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00:46Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler
We Haven't Spoke About The Weather
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00:53Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler
Seven Red Rose Tattoos
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00:57Bernard Butler & Jessie Buckley
Catch The Dust
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- Tue 6 Sep 2022 00:00Âé¶¹Éç Radio 6 Music
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