Lenny Henry on his music career: ‘I had Jeremy Paxman getting down to Sex Machine’

The comedian turned singer on police racism, finding humour in the blues and what he learned from his hero, PrinceHi Lenny! You’ve just put out a blues album, New Millennium Blues. What is it with comedians and the blues (1) ? The blues has been in my life since I was little. My parents had this massive record player in the living room, a “blue spot grand” they called it ... it used up an entire rainforest to make this thing, and it had all these records in it. Some were rock,...

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