Category: 91Èȱ¬
FOUR
Date: 10.09.2004
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91Èȱ¬
FOUR, 1 October 2004, 9.00pm
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91Èȱ¬ FOUR Sessions features a special concert by British
rock goddess PJ Harvey.
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The set includes Dress, The Letter, Big Exit, Harder,
Meet Ze Monsta and her new single Shame.
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The session was recorded at the 18th century grade one
listed church LSO St Luke's in London on Tuesday 24 August in front
of an intimate crowd.
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Polly Jean Harvey was brought up in Yeovil on a sheep
farm and having learnt to play the saxophone and guitar as a child started
playing in bands as a teenager.
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She formed PJ Harvey in 1991 with Steve Vaughn and Robert
Ellis and they released their debut album Dry in 1992 and Rid Of Me
in 1993.
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The trio parted company before the album To Bring You
My Love which she recorded as a solo artist.
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Since then she has recorded a further three acclaimed
albums picking up the prestigious Mercury Music Prize along the way
for her album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea in 2001.
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Polly has also collaborated with Nick Cave in a duet
on his Murder Ballads album and Josh Homme from Queens Of The Stone
Age on his side project The Dessert Sessions.
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She released her latest solo album Uh Huh Her this summer,
played Glastonbury and has just completed a three week British tour.
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Producer/Alison Howe, Director/ Phil Heyes
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