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With Black Francis of the Pixies

Pixies frontman Black Francis, aka Frank Black, continues to get up close and intimate with Mary Anne.

Pixies frontman Black Francis aka Frank Black gets up close and intimate with Mary Anne Hobbs again. Recorded at his hotel room in Manchester, Frank talks about his childhood, his anxieties, and his secrets.
With Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering, Black changed music forever. He is a cryptic, screaming, destructive, surreal frontman. His songs such as 'Where Is My Mind?' and 'Debaser' have won adoring fans, from Kurt Cobain to Thom Yorke.
Mary Anne attempts to get to the bottom of that bottomless soul.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 15 Dec 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • The Dandy Warhols

    Every Day Should Be A Holiday

    • Capitol.
  • The Stepkids

    Sweet Salvation

    • Stones Throw Records.
  • Bat for Lashes

    Laura

    • Parlophone.
  • Metronomy

    I'm Aquarius

    • Because Music.
  • The Supremes

    Early Morning Love

    • Tamla Motown.
  • The Byrds

    Eight Miles High

    • Columbia.
  • Joanna Gruesome

    Tugboat

    • Fortuna Pop!.
  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Everyday People

    • NECTAR.
  • Arctic Monkeys

    One For The Road

  • Dorothy Ashby

    Soul Vibrations

    • Cadet.
  • Suede

    Trash

  • Kurt Vile

    KV Crimes

    • Matador.
  • Cocteau Twins

    Frosty The Snowman

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana.
    • 2.
  • Sunriser

    • Jon Hopkins

      Collider

  • The Source

    You Got The Love (feat. Candi Staton)

    • React.
  • Yuck

    Lose My Breath

    • Virgin EMI.
  • Frank Black on the best of times with The Pixies

  • Pixies

    Here Comes Your Man

  • Lizzo

    Batches & Cookies

    • Totally Gross National Product.
  • Otis Redding

    Merry Christmas, Baby

    • Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'.
    • Stax.
    • 16.
  • Mehliana

    Hungry Ghost

    • Nonesuch Records.
  • Aztec Camera

    Walk Out To Winter

    • Rough Trade.
  • Max茂mo Park

    Our Velocity

    • Warp.
  • HAIM

    Forever

    • Polydor.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque (Light & Gold)

    • Decca.
  • The Smiths

    Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

    • Warner Bros..
  • Frank Black on paying your dues

  • Anna Calvi

    Suddenly

    • Domino Recording Co.
  • Mercury Rev

    Goddess On A Hiway

    • Incredible.
  • New Order

    True Faith

    • Factory.
  • The Flaming Lips

    Peace Sword

    • Bella Union.
  • Burial

    Hiders

    • Hyperdub.
  • OutKast

    Ms Jackson

  • Queens of the Stone Age

    The Vampyre Of Time And Memory

    • ... Like Clockwork.
    • Matador Records.
    • 001.
  • Frank Black on singing in character

  • Paolo Conte

    Max

    • CGD.
  • The Velvet Underground

    I'm Waiting For The Man

    • Global Television.
  • Daughter

    Amsterdam

    • 4 A.D..
  • Lee Hazlewood

    Won't You Tell You Dreams

    • Reprise Records.
  • Daft Punk & Julian Casablancas

    Instant Crush

    • Columbia.
  • Song for Cerys

    • Patti Smith

      We Three Kings

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Dec 2013 07:00