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Tony Visconti

Huw welcomes legendary producer Tony Visconti to 6 Music ahead of Bowie Forever Day this Friday.

Ahead of Bowie Forever Day, Huw Stephens welcomes legendary producer Tony Visconti to 6 Music for a special show celebrating the life, music and enduring influence of David Bowie.

Visconti, Bowie’s long-time collaborator and producer on era-defining albums including Heroes, Low and Blackstar, joins Huw to share personal stories from the studio, insights into Bowie’s creative process, and reflections on what made him such a singular artist. Expect untold stories and music inspired by Bowie’s fearless innovation, as 6 Music builds towards a full day of celebration this Friday.

We'll also have another quiz from Huw's Music Quiz Generator, giving one of you the opportunity to win a Music Sounds Better With Huw pinbadge. And Australian band Radio Free Alice are today's guests in Huw Are You.

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Music Played

  • Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

    Bad Reputation

    • Mercury.

  • The Lemonheads

    Mrs. Robinson

    • Atlantic.

  • Nas & DJ Premier

    My Life is Real

    • Mass Appeal.

  • Santigold

    Lights Out

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Blood Sisters

    Ring My Bell

    • Hustle!.
    • Soul Jazz Records.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)

    • Vertigo.

  • Mount Palomar

    Little Fractures (feat. Pip Blom)

    • Nice Swan Electronic.

  • Joy Orbison

    flight fm

    • XL Records.

  • Mary J. Blige

    Real Love

    • What's The 411?.
    • Uptown.
    • 3.

  • Dijon

    HIGHER!

    • R&R Digital.

  • Melody’s Echo Chamber

    The House That Doesn't Exist

    • Domino.

  • Flume

    Holdin On

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Tyler Ballgame

    Matter of Taste

    • Rough Trade.

  • Ohio Players

    Love Rollercoaster

    • Mercury.

  • Pixies

    Here Comes Your Man

    • 4 A.D..

  • Sparks

    The Number One Song In Heaven

    • The Best Of.
    • Island.
    • 10.

  • Kosheen

    Hide U

    • Alle 40 Goed - 90's.
    • Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV.
    • 9.

  • Corinne Bailey Rae

    New York Transit Queen

    • Thirty Tigers.

  • Wolf Alice

    White Horses

    • Columbia.

  • Blackstreet

    No Diggity (feat. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen)

    • MCA.

  • Sleaford Mods

    No Touch (feat. Sue Tompkins)

    • Rough Trade.

  • Regina Spektor

    Us

    • TRANSGRESSIVE RECORDS.

  • Oklou

    blade bird

    • True Panther.

  • Radio Free Alice

    Rule 31

    • Double Drummer.

  • Tony Bontana

    Battered Chips

    • Everything Is Perfect Records.

  • Heavenly

    Excuse Me

  • David Bowie

    The Width of a Circle (2015 Remaster)

    • Five Years (1969 - 1973).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 1.

  • Richard Hell & Voidoids

    Blank Generation

    • Polygram TV.

  • The Last Dinner Party

    Count The Ways

    • Island.

  • Girl Scout

    Operator

  • Olan Monk

    10 Days

    • AD93.

  • Steve Lacy

    Hate CD

    • Apollo XXI.
    • 3qtr/AWAL.

  • Anna von Hausswolff

    Aging Young Women (feat. Ethel Cain)

    • YEAR0001.

  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre

    Anemone

    • Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request.
    • Tangible.
    • 010.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday16:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music