The Hang with Gregory Porter

Blue Note President and Producer Don Was shares soulful stories at Gregory’s home in Bakersfield, California about being The Rolling Stones go-to guy and bucking music trends with Bonnie Raitt. As friends and work colleagues, Don and Gregory go deep on the majesty and mystery that comes with creating music, and how it can pull you through the darkest days. 

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Hamilton’s Giles Terera settles in for a conversation that winds back to his start in British theatre acting alongside Sophie Okonedo, to the effect of portraying Sammy Davis. Jr on stage before becoming Aaron Burr in the UK original cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical epic. Over a quintessentially British gin-and-tonic at London’s Hotel Café Royal, Gregory and Giles shoot the breeze about their complex cultural history and how it’s shaped the performers they are today.

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Singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum hangs out with Gregory at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival as the friends reminisce about late-night jam sessions and finding your true voice in the music biz. They mull over how and when success strikes, and why it's sometimes better to let imperfections shine.

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BAFTA-winning film director Amma Asante hangs with Gregory at London's Café Royal. They compare experiences of being in mixed-race relationships: "the stares", "the judgement" and worse. The conversation also takes in slavery and bereavement. But ultimately, it's the optimism of love that wins.

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Singer and Independence Day actor Charlotte Gainsbourg invites Gregory to LA's legendary Chateau Marmont hotel. They pull up chairs poolside and discuss Glastonbury vs Coachella, movies vs music, mixed-race relationships, and the huge influence of her father Serge.  

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Sweet dreams are made of this... Annie Lennox invites Gregory to her mountaintop retreat in Spain, where the two explore what it means to be an outsider. Soul music looms large in both of their childhoods, connecting 1950s Scotland and 1980s California. Annie reveals how Gregory’s song Hey Laura moves her to tears, before singing a stunning version of her own.

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Sweet dreams are made of this... Annie Lennox invites Gregory to her mountaintop retreat in Spain, where the two explore what it means to be an outsider. Soul music looms large in both of their childhoods, connecting 1950s Scotland and 1980s California. Annie reveals how Gregory’s song Hey Laura moves her to tears, before singing a stunning version of her own.

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Gregory hangs on LA's Sunset Strip with jazz and hip hop giant Kamasi Washington. They bond over growing up black in LA, learning to perform in church and a love of Biggie Smalls. And when it comes to dealing with criticism, envy and hate? They agree that the only answer is love. 

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Gregory hangs on LA's Sunset Strip with jazz and hip hop giant Kamasi Washington. They bond over growing up black in LA, learning to perform in church and a love of Biggie Smalls. And when it comes to dealing with criticism, envy and hate? They agree that the only answer is love. 

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For his very first podcast, Gregory sits down with Jeff Goldblum, star of The Fly, Jurassic Park and countless other movie classics. Jeff's also doing pretty well as a musician in his own right these days, but it turns out Gregory had a hand in this new career move. And talking of hands, things get kind of steamy when Jeff notices Gregory's fine fingernails...

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