Listen back to this week’s show here (scroll down for individual interviews and session videos):
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This week’s show featured a triple bill of live sessions as I was joined in the studio by a trio of singer-songwriter ladies (l-r): Meryl & A Bit of Yellow, Lilac Sheer and Kata Hay, just ahead of their UK tour together.
Kata Hay grew up in Oklahoma before moving to her current base of Tennessee. She has been singing on stage since the tender age of two and won her first talent competition aged just five – and it’s fair to say she hasn’t looked back since. Kata has just released a compilation of old and new material on iTunes to tie in with the UK tour, which sees her headlining shows in London, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff and Colchester – for the full list and to hear more from Kata, head to www.katahay.com.
Meryl & A Bit of Yellow, aka Dutch singer Merel van der Wielen, is joining Kata on the tour and Meryl also treated us to a few tracks on the show. She has recently released her debut EP, Chance, which can be previewed and ordered from her website www.merylandabitofyellow.nl.
Finally it was the turn of the other third of the tour, Lilac Sheer, who originally hails from Israel but is now based in London. She has just released a new single, Love is Always Free, which is taken from her album A Different Country which will be released later in the year, but you can hear a few tracks from it now at her website www.lilacsheer.com.
Sleater-Kinney – Jumpers www.sleater-kinney.com
Hadleigh Ford – Eye of the Needle www.hadleighford.com
Stealing Sheep – Genevieve www.stealingsheep.co.uk
Nick & the Sun Machine – Ask Me For My Name www.nickandthesunmachine.co.uk
The MBG – Fields https://thembg.bandcamp.com
Jamie Lenman – Pretty Please www.jamielenman.com
Lazy Habits (featuring Miss Baby Sol) – Memory Banks www.lazyhabits.co.uk
Soul Coughing – 16 Horses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Coughing
Kata Hay – Cannibals (Real World)
LIVE IN THE STUDIO
Kata Hay – Smoke When I Drink (live in session)
Kata Hay – Robbie’s Song (live in session)
Brandi Carlile – The Story
Meryl & A Bit of Yellow – Chance
Meryl & A Bit of Yellow – Time to Persevere (live in session)
Joni Mitchell – Little Green
Meryl & A Bit of Yellow – Before Sunrise (live in session)
Meryl & A Bit of Yellow – Like a Kid (live in session)
Lilac Sheer – Mother Earth
Lilac Sheer – Love is Always Free (live in session)
Lilac Sheer – Queen of Hollywood (live in session)
Lilac Sheer – Today of All Days (live in session)
Jewel – Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Kata Hay – Cannibals (Real World) (live in session)
