This week’s featured artist on Teenage Kicks is British singer Alison Moyet, who is known for your remarkably beautiful, powerful, bluesy contralto voice. Moyet — who was born to a French father and English mother — came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo (known as Yaz in the U.S. and Canada), but has since mainly worked as a solo artist.

Her worldwide album sales have reached a certified 23 million, with more than two million singles sold. All nine of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the top 30 of the U.K. Albums Chart, with two of them reaching number one. She has also achieved nine top 30 singles and six top 10 hits on the U.K. Singles Chart. Her most recent album, her ninth, Other, was released on June 16, 2017.

Also this week, we’ll hear music by XTC, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Buzzcocks, Bauhaus, R.E.M. and much more.

Program playlist, hour 1

Program playlist, hour 2

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