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Kandace Springs guests

Exciting soul star Kandace Springs guests, singing live and picking favourite songs.

Exciting new soul star Kandace Springs guests, singing live and picking favourite songs

The 27-year-old, Nashville-based singer, songwriter and pianist counts such stylists as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Roberta Flack and Norah Jones as her heroes, but as evidenced by her sparkling full-length Blue Note Records debut, Soul Eyes, Springs mimics none of them. Instead Springs allows her comely alto to become a conduit that touches upon soul, jazz and pop while transforming those aforementioned influences into a personalized sound that reveals itself effortlessly. "The artists who have inspired me the most all sang so naturally," Springs says. "That helped me find my own sound.".

57 minutes

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Mon 21 Nov 2016 23:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Will Bradley & Freddie Slack

    Down The Road A-Piece

    • Down The Road A-Piece.
    • Fantastic Voyage.
    • 6.

  • Bobby “Blue” Bland

    Lost Lover Blues

    • Bobby Blue Bland-The 3B Blues Boy.
    • Ace.
    • 4.

  • Jo Stafford

    As You Desire Me

    • Mid Century Minx.
    • Cherry Red Records/ Croydon Municiple.
    • 20.

  • Roberta Flack

    Do What You Gotta Do

    • Chapter Two.
    • Atlantic.
    • 2.

  • Jay Abbott

    La Tanya

    • Sweet n Salty Popcorn.
    • Croydon/Municipal.
    • 1.

  • Corinne Bailey Rae

    Bluebird

    • The Art Of McCartney.
    • Shorditch Music PLC.
    • 8.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Yeild Not To Temptation

    • The Queen Of Soul.
    • Not Now.
    • 15.

  • Kandace Springs

    Talk To Me

    • Soul Eyes.
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.

  • Barbra Streisand

    If You Go Away (Ne Me Quittez Pas)

  • Duke Ellington

    In A Mellow Tone

    Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 16.

  • Kandace Springs with Jools Holland & Band

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

  • Kandace Springs

    Place To Hide

    • Soul Eyes.
    • Blue Note.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Nov 2016 23:00
    BBC Radio 2