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My Life in Five Songs

Lorraine McIntosh

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Episode 2 of 4, My Life in Five Songs, Series 1

Duration: 30 minutes

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Lorraine McIntosh is a singer, actress and now a composer. As female vocalist with Deacon Blue she enjoyed the success that comes when a band sells over 6 million records. Equally at home in front of a camera Lorraine's appeared in films and on TV and she's now turned her hand to writing songs. In conversation with Phil Cunningham she reveals the 5 songs that are really special to her.

  • Lorraine McIntosh and Phil Cunningham

    Lorraine McIntosh and Phil Cunningham

    The programme opens with the song Cover from the Sky from the Deacon Blue album The Greatest Hits.
    Lorraine chooses the following 5 songs


    1: My Resistance is Low by Hoagy Carmichael

    2: Second Hand News by Fleetwood Mac

    3: Country Fair by Van Morrison

    4: Meeting Across the River by Bruce Springsteen

    5: Oh My God, Charlie Darwin by The Low Anthem.

    Phil also plays the title track from the McIntosh Ross album The Great Lakes.

    mcintoshross.com

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