Neneh Cherry

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Swedish-born singer Neneh Cherry’s four-decade-long career has ricocheted between a number of genres including hip-hop, jazz, and trip-hop. Her first single in 1988, “Buffalo Stance,” cemented her standing as a no-nonsense Black feminist voice in contemporary urban music. This year Neneh released her sixth album, “The Versions.” It’s a collection of cover songs of some of Cherry’s biggest hits, and is performed exclusively by female artists including Robyn, Sia, and Neneh’s daughter Tyson.

On today’s episode Bruce Headlam talks to Neneh Cherry about her bohemian upbringing in Sweden, New York and London with stepdad Don Cherry, the famous jazz trumpet player. Neneh also recalls how she first met The Slits, the legendary all-girl punk group. And why despite scoring her first big hit with a cheeky rap verse, she never considered herself a real MC.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, today we are welcoming the Swedish born singer, Nana Cherry, to the show.
0:15.9	Nana's 4-decade long career has ricocheted between a number of genres including hip-hop,
0:21.0	jazz, trip-hop, and punk.
0:23.6	Her first single in 88 Buffalo Stance cemented her standing as a no-nonsense black feminist
0:28.6	voice and contemporary urban music.
0:31.3	Cherry was living in London when her debut album, Raleigh Sushi, was released.
0:35.2	At the time, she was collaborating with genre-defining 90s electro-dance acts like Soda Soul
0:40.3	and Massive Attack. This year, Nana released her sixth album, The Versions.
0:44.8	It's a collection of cover songs of summer Cherry's biggest hits and is performed exclusively
0:49.9	by female artists including Robin, Sia, and Nana's daughter, Tyson.
0:54.8	On today's episode, Bruce Ellem talks to Nana Cherry about her bohemian upbringing in Sweden,
0:59.6	New York, and London with step-dad Don Cherry, the famous jazz trumpedist.
1:05.1	Nana also recalls how she first met the legendary All-Girl punk group, The Slits.
1:10.0	And why despite scoring her first big hit with a cheeky rap verse, she never considered herself
1:15.9	a real MC.
1:17.2	This is Broken Record, Liner Notes for the Digital Age. I'm Justin Richmond.
1:24.4	Here's Bruce Ellem with Nana Cherry.
1:27.1	So we're here to talk about the new album, which is The Versions.
1:30.8	Yes.
1:31.5	Which is your first in four or five years, right?
1:34.4	Yeah, and it's a kind of new style of album because I'm not really on it.
1:38.7	So, which has been kind of an incredible experience.
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