Sidetracked with James Blake

Annie and Nick are joined by James Blake to discuss the week in music. He’s a Grammy award winning singer and producer, who’s worked with everyone from Kendrick Lamar to Beyoncé and last year, he walked away from his record deal to become an independent artist. After last week’s depressing look into the state of British music, does James have some solutions?

Elsewhere, inspired by Chrissie Hynde sharing her thoughts on what’s cool and uncool, James thinks we should call time on making fun of Coldplay. They also pay tribute to neo soul icon Angie Stone, share their thoughts on Sir Elton John’s duet with Chappell Roan and James recounts the time he met Stevie Wonder.

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SONGS

Sabrina Carpenter – Please, Please, Please

Angie Stone - No More Rain (In This Cloud)

Angie Stone - Wish I Didn’t Miss You

James Blake – Like The End

Mina, Mark Ronson – Ancora, ancora, ancora

Van Morrison – Sweet Thing

Kate Bush – The Morning Fog

Peter Gabriel – Here Comes The Flood

Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams – Emerald and Lime

ALBUMS

Frank Ocean – Endless

ARTISTS

Dave

Little Simz

Nils Frahm

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