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Music, chat and Emma Pollock

Mark and Stuart present a feast of great music, plus Emma Pollock shares her First, Last and Everything and chats about her latest solo album, Begging the Night to Take Hold.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

Today Emma Pollock shares her ‘First, Last and Everything’, that’s her first record, the most recent one she's enjoyed and the record that means ‘everything’ to her.

Emma Pollock is a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, and a founding member of The Delgados. The band formed in 1995 in Glasgow with Stewart Henderson, Paul Savage and Alun Woodward. Emma has been a solo artist since 2005 and released four albums of her own, including her latest one. She is also part of a group of Scottish musicians called Hen Hoose Collective with MALKA, Carla J Easton, Inge Thomson, Susan Bear, SHEARS, Frances McKee, AMUNDA, Djana Gabrielle, Jill Lorean, Cariss Crosbie and Ray Aggs. They’ve just released their album ‘The Twelve’.

Also on the show ... long-running feature ‘The Chain’ which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8700 songs.

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Music Played

  • The Delgados

    Everybody Come Down

    • Chemikal Underground Rec.

  • The Charlatans

    Appetite

    • BMG.

  • Goldie & Metalheads

    Inner City Life

    • Electronica.
    • FFRR.
    • 14.

  • The Raybeats

    Calhoun Surf

    • Guitar Beat.
    • PVC/Passport.

  • Ora Cogan

    Honey

    • Hard Hearted Woman.
    • Sacred Bones Records.

  • The S.O.S. Band

    Just Be Good To Me

    • CBS.

  • Nas & DJ Premier

    My Life is Real

    • Mass Appeal.

  • Amy Duncan

    A Cautionary Undertow

    • Greetings From Gartnavel.
    • Last Night From Glasgow.
    • 6.

  • Laura Nyro

    Eli's Comin'

    • Eli and the Thirteenth Confession.
    • Columbia Records.
    • 006.

  • Snooper

    Guard Dog

    • Third Man.

  • Missy Elliott

    Throw It Back

    • Atlantic Records.

  • James Blake

    Death Of Love

    • CMYK.

  • Beck

    Loser (The Biggest Weekend, 25 May 2018)

  • Chalk

    I.D.C.

    • Alter Music.

  • Depeche Mode

    Puppets

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Believe

    • Virgin.

  • Emma Pollock

    Future Tree

    • Begging The Night To Take Hold.
    • Chemikal Underground.

  • Tears for Fears

    Mad World

    • The Hurting.
    • Mercury.

  • Angel Olsen

    Dream Thing

    • Big Time@.
    • Jagjaguwar, Inc..
    • 3.

  • Kate Bush

    How To Be Invisible

    • Aerial.
    • EMI.

  • Jungle

    Good Times

    • Caiola Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Feb 202608:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music