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‘I do both the Beyoncé and the Jay-Z parts of Crazy In Love’: Edith Bowman’s honest playlist


The radio presenter belts out Beyoncé at karaoke and is liable to blub to Max Richter, but how did an indie gig in north London change her life?

The first song I fell in love with When I started dating my husband [Editors singer Tom Smith], he would sing Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan as a vocal warmup in the sound check. The song that gets me up in the morning Tristesse by Zaho de Sagazan, the French singer-songwriter who opened the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Edith Bowman presents her new Radio 3 Unwind show Cinematic Soundtracks every, Monday to Saturday, from 5-6pm on BBC Sounds.

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