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91Èȱ¬ 6 Music's Cerys Matthews joins Jane Garvey at the presenters mic for a special programme dedicated to women in music.

Cerys has her own weekly show on Sunday mornings on 91Èȱ¬ 6 Music from 10am until 1pm

Nancy Sinatra has been described as the quintessential sixties chick, famed for hits like These Boots Were Made For Walking, and Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down), duets like Some Velvet Morning and Summer Wine, with producer and singer Lee Hazlewood, and Something Stupid, with her father Frank Sinatra. She joins Jane and Cerys to reflect on her music career, and on the influence of these two big men in her life – Lee Hazlewood and her father Frank.

2015 marks the centenary year of the birth of Frank Sinatra, which will be marked by an official celebratory show, Sinatra At The London Palladium, taking place from July to October this year

Cerys and Jane speak to Pauline Black of The Selecter - known as the ‘Queen Of Ska’, as the only woman in the 70s/80s movement dominated by men, and who has ‘spent a lifetime taking a sledgehammer to race and gender barriers.’ She talks about making music and changing attitudes in the multicultural world of 2-tone, after growing up adopted and black in a white family, and the importance to her of music with a message.

The Selecter’s new album Subculture is out on 15 June

Black by Design: A 2-Tone Memoir by Pauline Black is published by Serpent's Tail

After years as a singer songwriter Amy Wadge had her greatest musical success when she turned her hand to writing for others and found herself working with a young Ed Sheeran. She joins Jane and Cerys to talk about how she came to write last year’s smash hit Thinking Out Loud, which went to number one six months ago, and holds chart history for being in the top 20 for a massive 19 weeks beforehand. The single is on Ed's album X (pronounced multiply), which has sold around 6 million copies worldwide, was top streamed album last year, and won a Brit Award and two Grammy nominations.

Thinking Out Loud is on Ed Sheeran’s album X (pronounced multiply) which is out on Atlantic

Fresh from playing the 6 Music Festival in her native North East, and gearing up to play the Latitude festival this summer, singer, songwriter and musician Nadine Shah joins Cerys and Jane to perform her track Stealing Cars live in the studio. She also describes how she’s tackled serious issues like mental health in her songwriting, and the influence of her Pakistani background.

Nadine Shah’s second album, Fast Food, is out now on Apollo, and you can also catch her on 91Èȱ¬ 6 Music from 7pm on Tuesday 6 May

With summer approaching, we look ahead to summer festivals, and talk to two hugely prominent women in the world of music festivals. What’s it like to run such massive events – not just in the summer, but year round too? Jane and Cerys – who has her own festival in Wales – speak to Emily Eavis of Glastonbury, and to the founder of the Green Man festival, Fiona Stewart.
Glastonbury is 24-28 June and Green Man is 20-23 August