Jo Whiley

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Jo treats listeners to her favourite album tracks and musical gems rarely heard on Radio 2

Jo treats listeners to her favourite album tracks and some musical gems rarely heard on Radio 2

Jo Whiley: Sofa Session: David Gray

Sofa Session: David Gray

BBC Radio 2 - Jo Whiley, Sofa Session: David Gray

David Gray joins Jo for a Sofa Session. 

Skellig is David's new album, which embarks on a sparser, communal soundscape than the shimmering electronics of 2019’s Gold In A Brass Age. The album takes its name from a formation of precipitous rocky islands off the coast of Co. Kerry, the most westerly point in Ireland. Ravaged by the Atlantic, the seemingly uninhabitable location of Skellig Michael became an unlikely site of pilgrimage in 600AD for a group of monks, who believed that leading such a merciful existence, they would leave the distraction of the human realm to be ultimately closer to God. Inspired by the story, David acknowledged his own desire to be free of 'all the endless human noise' of modern life, and created this album.

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