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R贸is铆n Murphy, a two-time star of the 6 Music Festival, shares her musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2016

R贸is铆n Murphy, a two-time star of the 6 Music Festival, shares her musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

R贸is铆n tells of her upbringing in a small town in Ireland amongst a very musical family that knew how to party. When she was 12, she moved to Manchester, and she talks of how this opened her eyes. From there she moved to Sheffield, and this is where she really started to find her own identity and crowd, mainly through her love of alternative music. She realised she didn't have to be part of the mainstream and try to fit in, instead she could, in her words, 'fit out'. In Sheffield, she met DJ Parrot, who has remained a key influence and producer in her musical career. This was when she discovered dance music, which became central to her musical career.

She recalls how her old band Moloko fell into place one step at a time and how that pretty much encapsulates the band's career. She goes on to talk about meeting Matthew Herbert, who produced her first solo album, and what an enormous help he was to her at that time.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 7 Jul 2022 01:00

Music Played

  • Moloko

    The Time Is Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Echo.
  • Frank Sinatra

    Strangers In The Night

    • Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Years.
    • Reprise.
  • Blondie

    The Tide Is High

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • The Beatles

    Ticket to ride

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 009.
  • Julie Covington

    Don't Cry For Me Argentina

    • Andrew Lloyd Webber - Premiere Coll'n.
    • Really Useful Records / Universal.
  • Queen

    Another One Bites The Dust

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 3.
  • Sonic Youth

    Kool Thing

    • Geffen.
  • The All Seeing I

    Beat Goes On

    • FFRR.
  • The Stone Roses

    I Wanna Be Adored

    • Silvertone.
  • En Vogue

    My Lovin

    • MY LOVIN.
    • EastWest.
  • Young MC

    Bust A Move

    • My Name Is Earl O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Shout Factory.
    • 5.
  • Moloko

    Fun For Me

    • POLYGRAM TV.
  • Moloko

    Sing It Back

    • Echo Records.
  • R贸is铆n Murphy

    Exploitation

    • PLAY IT AGAIN SAM.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Mar 2016 13:00
  • Wed 21 Feb 2018 01:00
  • Tue 3 Mar 2020 01:00
  • Tue 16 Jun 2020 01:00
  • Tue 22 Dec 2020 03:00
  • Tue 3 Aug 2021 03:00
  • Tue 8 Feb 2022 03:00
  • Thu 7 Jul 2022 01:00