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Suzanne Vega guests, with a tribute to Lou Reed

New York singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega guests, with a tribute to Lou Reed.

Reed was an old friend of Suzanne's and to pay tribute to him she's chosen to play one of his all-time classics with Jools and the band, as well as discussing her life and career and picking some of her favourite records.

57 minutes

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Mon 12 May 2014 23:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOLLAND, JOOLS & HIS RHYTHM SECTION

    JOOLS SIG TUNE

  • Amos Milburn

    CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE

    • CRESCENT CITY NEW ORLEANS.
    • EMI.
    • EMI-7243 5 275722.

  • Earl Hines

    DEEP FOREST

    • The Earl: Original Recordings 1928-1941.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.-120581.

  • Peggy Lee

    BIRMINGHAM JAIL

    • Miss Wonderful.
    • Proper Records.
    • 1529.

  • Cécile McLorin Salvant

    St Louis Gal

    • WOMAN CHILD.
    • MACK AVENUE RECORDS.
    • MAC 1072.

  • Lester Williams

    I Can't Lose

    • Jumping The Shuffle Blues - Drive It Home The Golden Years of Shuffle Blues.
    • Fantastic Voyage.
    • FVTD087.

  • The Skatalites

    CHRISTINE KEELER

    • FOUNDATION SKA.
    • HEARTBEAT.
    • HB-185.

  • Ray Charles

    Midnight

    • Greatest Country And Western Hits.
    • Dunhill Compact Classic.
    • DZ-5040.

  • Suzanne Vega

    Fools Complaint

    • Tales From The Realm of The Queen of Pentacles.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • CookCD600.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Suzanne

    • The Essential Leonard Cohen.
    • Columbia.
    • 4979952-NA.

  • Paul Simon

    AMERICAN TUNE

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 9362-45408-2.

  • Suzanne Vega with Gerry Leonard, Jools Holland and band

    A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

  • Suzanne Vega

    DON'T UNCORK WHAT YOU CAN'T CONTAIN

    • Tales from the Realm of the Queens of Pentacles.
    • NA.
    • NA.

Suzanne Vega and gang

Suzanne Vega and gang

Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, (Biography Magazine) Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar....More Info

 

 

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 May 2014 23:00
    BBC Radio 2