Live Lounge

The Live Lounge is a segment of "The Jo Whiley Show", on the British radio station BBC Radio 1. Hosted by Jo Whiley, 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 one studios where some of the performances are broadcast from. Not all of the broadcasts are performed from this room however, due to it's size, and many are done from the BBC Maida Vale studios. The original songs are often from a completely different genre to that which the performer originates, and offer a new perspective on the original songs. Jamie Cullum's cover of Pharrell'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". The album "Radio 1's Live Lounge" was released on 16 October 2006 and reached #1 in the UK Compilation Chart. [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/tracks/B000F2C8O4 Live Lounge Album details] ] A follow-up, "Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 2", was released a little over a year later on 22 October 2007. [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/tracks/B000VCUX5E Live Lounge: 2 Album details] ]

Performances

:"For a list of all the covers performed on the Live Lounge, see List of Live Lounge covers."

ee also

*"Radio 1's Live Lounge"
*"Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 2"

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/livelounge/ Live Lounge]
* [http://www.myspace.com/liveloungethealbum Official Live Lounge Albums MySpace]