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Liverpool-based US soul singer Jalen Ngonda performs live for Radio 2's Piano Room Month with a sound and style that evokes the golden age of soul.

Liverpool-based US soul singer Jalen Ngonda performs live for Radio 2's Piano Room Month with a sound and style that evokes the golden age of soul.

Jalen recently released his highly rated debut album, Come Around and Love Me for the Daptone label, a decade after first arriving in the UK to study at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. His Piano Room set includes his own compositions If You Don't Want My Love, Illusions and the Beach Boys classic, Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder).

11 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 May 202400:31
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Jalen Ngonda & BBC Concert Orchestra

    If You Don't Want My Love (Radio 2 Piano Room, 13 Feb 2024)

  • Jalen Ngonda & BBC Concert Orchestra

    Illusions (Radio 2 Piano Room, 13 Feb 2024)

  • Jalen Ngonda & BBC Concert Orchestra

    Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Radio 2 Piano Room, 13 Feb 2024)

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Feb 202400:14
    BBC Radio 2
  • Sun 17 Mar 202403:14
    BBC Radio 2
  • Sun 26 May 202400:31
    BBC Radio 2