Live Lounge
The Live Lounge is a segment on the British radio station BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. Originally hosted by Jo Whiley on her mid-morning radio show and then by Fearne Cotton from 2009 until 2015. It is now hosted by Clara Amfo, she has been the host since May 2015. it exhibits well-known artists usually performing one song of their own and one by another artist, in an acoustic format. The 'Live Lounge' itself is also a physical room in the Radio 1 studios, from where some of the performances are broadcast; however, due to its size, many are done from the BBC Maida Vale Studios. Since 2009, Trevor Nelson has hosted Live Lounges on his BBC Radio 1Xtra show.[1]
The songs chosen as cover versions are often a completely different genre to that which the artist usually performs, and offer a new perspective on the original. Jamie Cullum's cover of Pharrell Williams's "Frontin'" led to Cullum being signed to Pharrell's label Star Trak when played to him at a later visit to The Jo Whiley Show, and was added to his 2003 album Twentysomething.
Performances and albums
- For a list of all the covers performed on the Live Lounge, see List of Live Lounge cover versions.
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Volume 1 |
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1[3] | — | ||||||||||
Volume 2 |
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1[5] | — | ||||||||||
Volume 3 |
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2[6] | — | ||||||||||
Volume 4 |
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1[7] | — | ||||||||||
Volume 5 |
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1[8] | — | ||||||||||
The Best Of | 2[10] | — | |||||||||||
Volume 6 | 1[12] | — | |||||||||||
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2012 | 1[14] | — | |||||||||||
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2013 | 1[16] | — | |||||||||||
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2014 | 1 | — | |||||||||||
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released |
Live Lounge Features
Over the years of Live Lounge, various Radio 1 features have involved this segment, these include:
- Live Lounge Tour
- Ultimate Live Lounge
- Live Lounge of 2010
- A-Z of the Live Lounge
- List of Live Lounge cover versions
References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/livelounge/a-z/
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- ↑ Live Lounge: 2 Album details
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External links
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