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Liverpool singer and songwriter Ni Maxine talks about her influences and musical roots in a Take 5 interview. Plus, tracks from Jimmy Heath, Kurt Elling and Rachael & Vilray.

Liverpool singer and songwriter Ni Maxine talks about her influences and musical roots in a Take 5 interview.

Ni's new EP Mother's Arms is out now, and she begins a UK tour at the end of April, with dates in Liverpool, Margate, London and Brighton.

Plus, tracks from Jimmy Heath, Kurt Elling and Rachael & Vilray.

Produced by Folded Wing for BBC Radio 2.

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Music Played

  • Rachael & Vilray

    Is It Jim?

    • I Love a Love Song!.
    • Nonesuch Records.

  • Jimmy Heath Orchestra

    Old Fashioned Fun

    • Really Big!.
    • Riverside Records.

  • Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth For Christ Choir

    It's Me O Lord

    • Like a Ship (Without a Sail).
    • Numero Group.

  • Rob Araujo

    Smoke Signals

    • Smoke Signals.
    • Self-released.

  • Zak Irvine

    Haze (BBC Introducing)

    • BBC Introducing.

  • Stanley Cowell

    Travelin' Man

    • Regeneration.
    • Strata-East.

  • Ni Maxine

    Not For Me

    • Not For Me.
    • Self-released.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Lazy

    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook.
    • Verve Records.

  • Kokoroko

    Those Good Times

    • Could We Be More.
    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • anaiis

    Moonlight

    • darkness at play.
    • Dream Sequence Recordings.

  • Ni Maxine

    Time

    • Time.
    • Self-released.

  • Shankar Jaikishan

    Jazz Style (Malkauns)

    • Raga Jazz Style.
    • EMI / Odeon.

  • Kurt Elling & the WDR Big Band

    They Speak No Evil

    • For Lou (Live).
    • WDR.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday21:00
    BBC Radio 2