Jorja Smith performs at Glastonbury festival 2019. CREDIT: Jim Dyson/Getty Images
Jorja Smith is hosting a new BBC Radio 3 show that aims to soothe listeners and provide escape through music.
The singer’s programme, titled ‘Tearjerker’, is a 12-part series that launched its first two episodes on Saturday night (January 16). The first one-hour part is described as “string-inspired music that just catches you”, and the second is a collection of Smith’s favourite piano pieces. You can listen to the series on BBC Sounds.
Episode one “focuses on Jorja’s favourite string-inspired music, including tracks from Kano, Laura Mvula and Sade. She says they are tracks that make her feel ‘safe’, where ‘silky vocals’ take her to new, more comforting places”.