The First Time With... Series 34 - 2. Ezra Furman

THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 34 - 2. EZRA FURMAN (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th August 2025

6 Music's Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with artists. Today it's one of the most distinctive and original songwriters around, Ezra Furman.

Ezra reveals a love of Monty Python from hearing the albums as a child, the joy of being asked to soundtrack the TV series Sex Education, and how the UK saved Ezra’s music career... soundtracked by Green Day, Lou Reed, and Alex Walton.

Produced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Ezra Furman - Grand Mal [Bella Union]
Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London [Now]
Paul Simon - Graceland [Warner Bros]
Monty Python - Eric The Half A Bee [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Dion - Runaround Sue [Sequel]
Green Day - Burnout [Reprise]
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons - I Wanna Be A Sheep [Minty Fresh]
The Velvet Underground - Heroin [Universal]
Ezra Furman - My Zero [Bar/None]
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam [Philips]
Ezra Furman - I'm Coming Clean [Bella Union]
Ezra Furman - Sudden Storm [Bella Union]
Ezra Furman - Submission [Bella Union]
Alex Walton - I Need The Angel [Youth Against Satan]