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The Country Show with Bob Harris

Music: Country

The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names

The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names.

The Country Show with Bob Harris: Paul Sexton sits in and Lukas Nelson is in session

Paul Sexton sits in, with Jon Allen in session.

Paul Sexton sits in and Lukas Nelson is in session

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, Paul Sexton sits in and Lukas Nelson is in session

Paul Sexton sits in for Bob. Lukas Nelson is in session.

Lukas Nelson - who you'll have seen in A Star Is Born - joins Paul ahead of his show in Hyde Park to play songs from his new album Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)

Willie Nelson's son Lukas joins Paul in the studio to play songs from his new album "Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)"

 Balancing his work as the front man of Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real — an emergent and vital force in American music — with his regular gig as Neil Young’s band leader and lead guitarist — and of course, the never-ending road alongside his father in Willie Nelson & Family — in song after song, on stage after stage, Lukas has sharpened the edges of his singular sound, one that nods to his influences while also pushing forward into uncharted territory.
  
For a decade, Promise of the Real  played an average of 250 shows all over the world while also serving as Neil Young’s go-to support ensemble. In the past year alone, the quickly rising quintet turned in star-making performances at major festivals including Stagecoach, Newport Folk Festival, New Orleans Jazz Fest and dozens of shows as part of Willie’s traveling Outlaw Music Festival. 

The new album arrives on the heels of Lukas’ high-profile collaboration with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper on 2018’s blockbuster film and soundtrack, A Star is Born. Lukas not only co-wrote and co-produced much of the film’s multi-platinum, Oscar-winning soundtrack, he also worked closely with Cooper in crafting Jackson Maine’s musical persona. In a classic case of art imitating life, Nelson, along with his real-life cohorts in Promise of the Real appear in the movie too, performing as Cooper’s  backing band just as they’ve performed with Young for years. Lukas, Gaga and Cooper recently won the BAFTA Award for Film Music.

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