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Sofa Session: Jacob Collier

Jacob Collier performs a stripped-back Sofa Session for Jo, live in the studio!

Jacob Collier performs a stripped-back Sofa Session for Jo, live in the studio!

Jacob’s career in music began on YouTube as a teenager, where he first gained attention in 2013 for his videos of elaborate a capella vocal arrangements, leading Quincy Jones to sign him to his management label. Since then, Jacob has released six albums, most recently last year's 'The Light for Days', toured across the world and collaborated with the likes of Coldplay, Hans Zimmer and Stormzy!

The tenth-anniversary edition of Jacob’s debut album In My Room is out on 1 July.

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Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 2.

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1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 24 Jun 202619:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • beabadoobee

    Sun Has Set

    • polydor.

  • Candi Staton

    Nights On Broadway

    • Bee Gees Songbook (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.

  • Fat Dog

    Go Love Urself

  • Tiny Habits

    Anything He Was

    • Mom+Pop Music.

  • The Housemartins

    Flag Day

    • London 0 Hull 4.
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 3.

  • Quincy Jones

    Soul Bossa Nova

    • Mundo Latino (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Devon Again

    this time it's different

    • this time it’s different / snake the drain.
    • Amusement Records/Interscope Records.
    • 1.

  • Joan Armatrading

    Me Myself I

    • The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading.
    • A&M.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    September

    • Greatest Hits Of 1978 (Various Artis.
    • Premier.
    • 3.

  • Jacob Collier

    In My Room (Sofa Session, 24th June 2026)

  • Jacob Collier

    Heaven (Butterflies) (Sofa Session, 24th June 2026)

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Frontiers Records.
    • T1.

  • Jacob Collier

    You Send Me (Sofa Session, 24th June 2026)

  • Jon Hopkins & 7RAYS

    Welcome

    • Music For Psychedelic Therapy.
    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Beth Orton

    Conceived

    • Heavenly.

Broadcast

  • Wed 24 Jun 202619:30
    BBC Radio 2