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Huw Stephens sits in and is joined by Novelist

Huw Stephens sits in for Mary Anne Hobbs, and 2018 Mercury Prize nominee Novelist is his guest!

Huw Stephens sits in for Mary Anne Hobbs, and grime MC and producer Novelist is his guest!

Huw chats to the rapper about his Mercury Prize nominated album 'Novelist Guy', the influence of 80's cop films on his sound, and the importance of his parents' support throughout his career.

Novelist has previously received a MOBO nomination for his role as part of The Square Crew (Best Grime Act) and was named on the 麻豆官网首页入口 Sound of 2015 longlist. His 2018 album was produced in his bedroom and released on his own label 'Mmmyeh Records'.

Other 2018 Mercury Prize nominees include Arctic Monkeys, Everything Everything, Everything Is Recorded, Florence + The Machine, Jorja Smith, King Krule, Lily Allen, Nadine Shah, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Sons of Kemet and Wolf Alice.

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Last on

Sun 29 Jul 2018 07:00

Music Played

  • Nirvana

    Come As You Are

    • Geffen.
  • Jon Hopkins

    Everything Connected

    • DOMINO RECORD CO LTD.
  • Gwenifer Raymond

    Sometimes There's Blood

    • Tompkins Square.
  • Hannah Peel

    Tenderly

    • My Own Pleasure.
  • Hollie Cook

    Stay Alive (The Biggest Weekend 2018)

  • Cosha

    Do You Wanna Dance

    • Columbia.
  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • Columbia.
  • IDLES

    Danny Nedelko

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.
  • Cornershop

    Good to Be on the Road Back Home Again

    • Luaka Bop 鈥.
  • Another Sky

    Avalanche

  • Animal Collective

    Brother Sport

    • Merriweather Post Pavillion.
    • Domino Recording Co Ltd.
    • 11.
  • David Byrne

    Gasoline And Dirty Sheets

    • Nonesuch.
  • Ramones

    Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

    • Virgin.
  • Pip Blom

    Pussycat

    • NICE SWAN RECORDS.
  • Odetta Hartman

    Sweet Teeth

    • Memphis Industries.
  • The Specials

    A Message To You, Rudy (feat. Rico Rodriguez)

  • BC Camplight

    I'm Desperate

    • Bella Union.
  • Underworld & Iggy Pop

    Get Your Shirt

    • Caroline International.
  • The xx

    VCR

    • CD SINGLE.
    • YOUNG TURKS.
    • 1.
  • Little Dragon

    Ritual Union

    • Peacefrog.
  • St. Vincent

    Fast Slow Disco

    • Caroline International/Loma Vista.
  • Kate Bush

    Cloudbusting

    • EMI.
  • The Fernweh

    Next Time Around

    • Skeleton Key Records.
  • Desmond Dekker & The Aces

    Israelites

  • Gently Tender

    2 Chords Good

    • Big Score Records.
  • The Cure

    Just Like Heaven

    • The Cure - Galore.
    • Fiction.
  • Interpol

    The Rover

    • Matador Records.
  • Radiohead

    Maquiladora

    • The Bends.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 19.
  • Novelist chats to Huw Stephens

    • Novelist

      Start

      • XL Recordings.
    • Dizzee Rascal

      Stop Dat

      • XL Recordings.
  • Missy Elliott

    Get Ur Freak On

    • Elektra.
  • Dream Wife

    Kids

    • Lucky Number.
  • Orbital

    P.H.U.K.

    • ACP Recordings.
  • Real Estate

    It's Real

    • DOMINO.
  • LUMP

    Late To The Flight

    • Dead Oceans.
  • Geraint Jarman

    Addewidion

    • ANKSTMUSIK.
  • William Onyeabor

    Fantastic Man

    • World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor?.
    • Luaka Bop.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Jul 2018 07:00