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On Thursday, the 19th June, Classic Album Sundays founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy will be joined by 808’s State’s Graham ...
World Machine is the album in which Level 42 transitioned from a straight up jazz-funk outfit into a funky pop band and reached number 3 on the UK Album Charts. The album featured a few singles ...
Libby Cudmore, author of 'The Big Rewind', unearths a forgotten classic that would be the perfect soundtrack to setting sail into the sunset. How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of ...
Watch the full video as 30 years on from the release of 'Daydream Nation' Thurston Moore joins us to reflect on it's impact for National Album Day at The John Peel Centre For Creative Arts. The ...
Each month our Classic Album Sundays Patreon Members gather from all corners of the globe to explore, discuss and listen to our Album of the Month online. In honour of Stevie Wonder’s 75th birthday in ...
In advance of the meeting, Colleen will send out a ‘Musical Lead-Up Playlist’ of 10 songs – music that will set the tone for the deep album listening featuring Prince’s inspirations and other bands in ...
How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl' and turned it into a modern classic. Brownswood head honcho Gilles Peterson digs deep into the cosmos and shares his Top Five ...
"We wanted to create a record buying experience that wasn't just about the music itself but everything that surrounded the music." "I think every town needs a record shop. It's really important that ...
Kieran Howells presents the second instalment of Modern Classics with the debut album by Watford's finest punk rockers Gallows and their inexorable celebration of emotion. How Jeff Mangum became ...
The story behind the album credited with helping launch punk that fused music, poetry, art and theatre in mid-Seventies downtown Manhattan. “It is not addressed to white people - it does not put you ...
“We just wanted it to feel like a space people could come in and enjoy and it not be dark and dingy and dusty and messy... you’re not sifting through loads of stuff that nobody really wants.” Joe ...
Mercury Prize nominated Moses Boyd joins Raj Chaudhuri to discuss one of the albums that has influenced his career, Miles Davis' 'Nefertiti'. How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of ...