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  4. 19/07/2009

19/07/2009

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Last broadcast on Mon, 20 Jul 2009, 00:00 on BBC Radio 2.

Synopsis

Janice presents a comprehensive roundup of all the action at this weekend's Latitude Festival in Suffolk, featuring interviews, live tracks from the main stage and intimate acoustic performances recorded especially for the show. Includes interviews with Sir Peter Blake, Ed Byrne, Scott Matthews and Noah & The Whale and intimate acoustic performances recorded specially for the show from The Gaslight Anthem, Thomas Dybdahl and The Rumble Strips.

Actor David Morrissey goes backstage chatting to the likes of Vivienne Westwood, John Simm, Sean Lock, Mark Billingham, Joe Penhall and Shane Meadows while weatherman Alex Deakin keeps an audio diary of his first ever festival experience.

Hear highlights of Eg White's Great British Songbook Masterclass, where he composed a song with the help of festival goers at Latitude. Eg is an award-winning songwriter and producer, who wrote such hits as Adele's Chasing Pavements, Warwick Avenue by Duffy and Leave Right Now for Will Young.

There's also the pick of live performances from the main stage with music from Grace Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Pretenders, Lisa Hannigan, Doves, White Lies and Regina Spektor.

Janice and Eg White at Latitude

Janice hosted a Great British Songbook Masterclass at Latitude, with special guest Eg White, the man behind hits for the likes of Adele, Duffy and Will Young.

Click the play button above to see what Eg and the audience came up with when they attempted to write a song together.

Tracklist

  1. The Pretenders The PretendersDon't Get Me Wrong

    live at Latitude
  2. Little Boots Little BootsRemedy

  3. Soft Cell Soft CellSay Hello, Wave Goodbye

  4. The Panics The PanicsDon't Fight It

  5. Thomas Dybdahl Thomas DybdahlFrom Grace

    acoustic version
  6. Finley Quaye Finley QuayeDice

  7. Eg White Eg WhiteGreat British Songbook Masterclass

  8. Regina Spektor Regina SpektorFidelity

    live at Latitude
  9. The Beatles The BeatlesLucy In The Sky With Diamonds

  10. Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop BoysSuburbia

    live at Latitude
  11. Nell Bryden Nell BrydenWhat Does It Take?

  12. Noah and the Whale Noah and the WhaleBlue Skies

  13. White Lies White LiesDeath

    live at Latitude
  14. Bo Diddley Bo DiddleyBo Diddley

  15. The Gaslight Anthem The Gaslight AnthemThe 59 Sound

    acoustic version
  16. Radio 2's Record Of The Week

    1. Daniel Merriweather Daniel MerriweatherImpossible

  17. Nelly Furtado Nelly FurtadoManeater

  18. Doves DovesKingdom Of Rust

    live at Latitude
  19. The Low Anthem The Low AnthemTo Ohio

  20. Grace Jones Grace JonesWilliams Blood

    live at Latitude
  21. The Equals The EqualsBaby Come Back

  22. The Rumble Strips The Rumble StripsHappy Hell

    acoustic version
  23. Chuck Berry Chuck BerryTutti Fruiti

  24. Lisa Hannigan Lisa HanniganI Don't Know

    live at Latitude
  25. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsDie Lazarus Die

    live at Latitude

Broadcast

  1. Mon 20 Jul 2009
    00:00

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