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Hello,

welcome to this week's Sunday chops in which we're passing over the reins to journalist Hazel Davis.

Hazel was beyond goody about chatting with singer, songwriter, author, broadcaster,

and indisputable champion of unusual sounds on the radio,

Keris Matthews. And rightly so, I interviewed Keris back in my metro days and she was a proper delight.

If anything, she's only got more so so and she talks to our Hazel about why she's not a nurse,

the lost opportunities of the pub, chat, poetry off pints, growing up singing, the problem with

being a loose cannon for your own amusement and why you should always always make time to poo.

Oh and about her new collaborative album We are from the Sun in which 10 poets read to shape shifting arrangements from

Kerris and Hidden Orchestra. It is a gorgeous lyrical album well worth your time

as is this interview. My name is Hazel Davis and I am talking to Curtis Matthews who's a presenter, singer,

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