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Isolation Station

with Sophie Masson

Interview

Questions & Answers

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  1. What is your name?
    1. Sophie Masson
  2. What do you do, for a job or hobby?
    1. I was a project manager 3 weeks ago, now I'm just Sophie who likes music and who is looking for a new beginning.
  3. What have you started doing since lockdown that you didn't do before?
    1. I've been writing and playing music a bit more and focussing on anything that takes more than 20 minutes.
  4. What piece of advice can you give others in lockdown?
    1. Be kind to yourself and don't be hard on yourself.
  5. Tell me about the song from when you were 18 years old.
    1. Otherwise by Morcheeba, I had it on a compliation CD when I was in Switzerland and would listen to it every lunchtime.
  6. Tell me about the song from when you were a child that you still listen to.
    1. My dad would listen to lost of English music, whereas my mother would only listen to French music. He loved Eric Clapton especially Layla.
  7. Tell me about the act/artist you've discovered in the past 12 months.
    1. Donny Hathaway Jealous Guy, I've know the John Lennon version for many years, but I love this.
  8. Tell me about a live track that stands out for you, may be from a gig you were at or a gig you wish you were at.
    1. Candy by Paulo Nutini at Glastonbury, when I watch this it's like I'm there.
  9. Out of the 10 tracks in your playlist, which 1 track do you really hope people listen too and why?
    1. So Still by Lou Doillon
  10. Can you recommend a book that you love but you think others have not read.
    1. Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen.
  11. What are you looking forward to doing most when lockdown is over?
    1. Travelling and going back to Europe.

Tracklist

  1. Jelaous Guy (live) (1972) - Donny Hathaway
  2. Siempre Me Quedara - Bebe
  3. Layla (Unplugged 1992) - Eric Clapton
  4. Candy (Glastonbury Festival, 27th June 2014) - Paulo Nutini
  5. Otherwise - Morcheeba
  6. Manitoumani - -M-, Toumani Diabete, Sidiki Disbaté, Fatoumata Diawara
  7. So Still - Lou Doillon
  8. I'm Waiting for the Man - The Velvet Underground
  9. Jolene - Dolly Parton
  10. Master Blaster (Jammin) - Stevie Wonder

Playlist YouTube

Playlist Spotify

Candy (Glastonbury Festival, 27th June 2014) - Paulo Nutini is not on Spotify so I added the Studio version.