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This podcast contains strong language.

This is Blood and the Traction.

Today I've assembled a together four guests who've never met before,

but will represent themselves via the music they listen to,

and the experiences it has brought them.

At the end of an all, one person will be left standing,

sparks my fly, or we my crashing burn,

but that is the unpredictable beauty of Blood on the Tracks.

First, hailing from West Palm Beach, Florida,

sounds like I'm about to introduce a boxer,

a singer and a musician who did rock, then became the first female winner of the voice,

and then went on to top the country charts,

and she only turns 30 this summer.

Cassidy Pope is here. Hi, Cassidy.

Hi. That's a great intro.

Do you ever think you'd be stuck in a basement somewhere in London with four strangers?

No.

I didn't, but this is a good version of that.

Yeah, exactly. It's not like a bad dream.

And from a Pope to a genuine son of a preacher, man,

one of Northern Ireland's most original important artists of my lifetime,

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