Julia Davis and Mercedes Grower
Comedian Julia Davis and actor-director Mercedes Grower chat to Mark and Stuart about the music they have written together.
Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast
Today’s guests are comedian Julia Davis and actor-director Mercedes Grower. Julia began her screen career in television sketch show 'Big Train', has starred in TV comedies including 'Gavin & Stacey' and 'I'm Alan Partridge' and films including 'Love Actually' as well as writing and starring in the acclaimed 91Èȱ¬ dark comedy series 'Nighty Night.' Mercedes Grower has had several film and television acting roles including Guy Ritchie's Revolver and made her directing debut with the dark comedy film ‘Brakes,’ which also starred Julia.
When Julia and Mercedes were guests on the Radcliffe & Maconie show back in 2018 talking about Brakes, they revealed to Stuart that they had written music for the film under the band-name Sybil. Now, as they release the song from the film as a single, they chat to Mark and Stuart about writing music together.
Also on the show... catch up on the best music and entertainment stories of the past week in ‘This Week In Music’.
Plus... regular features 'The Chain' - our world-famous list of over 8000 interconnected songs - and 'Sampled Underfoot' which explores the samples used in some of our favourite tracks.
With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started.
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Dobie Gray
The In Crowd
- Originals 2 (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Iraina Mancini
Deep End
- Iraina Mancini.
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The Cure
Primary
- Fiction.
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Leafcutter John
Pillar
- Yes! Come Parade With Us.
- Border Community.
- 3.
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Wyndow
Two Strong Legs
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Brittany Howard
Stay High
- Columbia Records.
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Leon Vynehall
Mothra
- Ninja Tune.
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The Beloved
The Sun Rising
- East West Records.
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Steely Dan
Peg
- MCA.
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De La Soul
Eye Know
- Big Life.
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Ed Dowie
Red Stone
- The Obvious I.
- Needle Mythology.
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Django Django
Storm
- Storm.
- BECAUSE MUSIC.
- 1.
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Minnie Riperton
Les Fleurs
- Distinctive.
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Lava La Rue
Magpie
- Marathon Artists.
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PJ Harvey
A Place Called 91Èȱ¬
- Island.
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Hawkwind
Down Through The Night
- Doremi Fasol Latido.
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Stubborn Heart
Against The Tide
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Anchorsong
Expo
- Tru Thoughts.
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Simple Minds
Theme For Great Cities
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NewDad
Slowly
- Fair Youth.
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Happy Mondays
W.F.L.
- LONDON.
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Laura Mvula
Green Garden
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The Umlauts
Boiler Suits & Combat Boots
- PRAH Recordings.
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Daft Punk
Lose Yourself to Dance
- columbia.
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HAIM
3AM (feat. Thundercat)
- Polydor.
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Blondie
Picture This
- Chrysalis.
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Mogwai
The Sun Smells Too Loud
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Jon Hopkins & Kelly Lee Owens
Luminous Spaces
- Domino.
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Nubya Garcia
The Message Continues (Mark de Clive-Lowe Remix)
- CONCORD JAZZ.
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Orbital
Chime
- Warner.
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Sybil
Lonelylife
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Du Blonde
I'm Glad That We Broke Up (feat. Ezra Furman)
- DAEMON.
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Doves
The Cedar Room
- HEAVENLY.
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Funkadelic
I Wanna Know If It's Good To You
- WESTBOUND.
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- Sat 17 Apr 2021 07:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 6 Music