The First Time With... Series 27 - 3. Santigold

THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 27 - 3. SANTIGOLD (320kbs-m4a/132mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th December 2022

Santigold talks Matt through the pivotal records that have influenced her eclectic sound, which takes in everything from hip hop to punk, new wave to dancehall. Appearing on the scene in 2008 with an album that seemed a blueprint for the genre shifting wave of music what followed, she's spent the last two decades shaping and subverting what pop music is. Not to mention building a list of collaborators that includes David Byrne, Karen O, Mark Ronson, Beastie Boys and Jay-Z.

Hear how an upbringing full of powerful, political music inspired Santi White's passion for the art, and also how time at a quaker school taught her to value her voice. Alongside music from Nina SImone, Fela Kuti, James Brown and Sister Nancy, she also details how the civil rights protests of the last few years have shaped her latest album, Spirituals.

Santigold - Disparate Youth [Atlantic]
James Brown - Soul Power [Ace]
Fela Kuti - Eko Ile [Knitting Factory]
Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) [Philips]
Fishbone - Shakey Ground
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way [Premier]
Res - Golden Boys
Stiffed - It's Unanimous (Ow-Ow!) [Outlook Music]
Santigold, FreQ Nasty & Switch - Creator [Downtown Recordings]
Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes [Atlantic]
Santigold - Lights Out [Atlantic]
Sister Carol - Black Cinderella [New Rounder]
Santigold (feat. Karen O) - Go! [Atlantic]
Santigold (feat. B.C.) - Can't Get Enough Of Myself [Atlantic]
Santigold - My Horror [Little Jerk]
Stiffed - Ain't Got Enough [Outlook Music]