Subscribe as a CAS Patreon Member to join us for our monthly online Album Club. How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl' and turned it into a modern classic. Brownswood ...

In April 2024, Eddy Grant joined Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy for a Classic Album Sundays session at the British Library to take a look back at his long and varied journey through music. The Guyana-born ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Bending Sound Records in Bangor, Northern Ireland. “I think every town needs a record shop. It’s really important that like minded people, ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Thirteen Records in Dundee, Scotland. “I always really wanted to own my own record store, it was always my kind of dream. As soon as we knew ...

“The most original band I’ve seen in New York. They’ve got it.” – David Bowie after seeing Television play at Club 82 “Television will wipe out the media.” – Patti Smith Photo by Godlis Television are ...

Ed Harcourt co-wrote and played on the Faithfull’s 20th studio album which she described as her most honest album. Badarou's 1984 solo LP features club classic ‘Chief Inspector’ and ‘Mambo’ sampled by ...

“I just wanted to cram everything into a record that these people had ignored which left me everything.” – Lou Reed to Joe Smith for blankonblank The era of the late Sixties usually brings to mind the ...

Eddy Grant has long been on the Classic Album Sundays list of legends and it was a true honour to host an evening with not only an amazing artist, but also an entrepreneur, a family man and a ...

Ken will share the stories behind the album followed by a vinyl replay on a hi-fi system provided by world-renowned British audio brand KEF. Since 1961, KEF have created remarkable award-winning ...

How did an album about mental illness, mortality and the need for human empathy become one of the most classic, iconic albums of all time staying on the US Billboard Charts for 741 weeks (14 years)?

Paco de Lucia was a huge influence on me as a guitarist and artist as a whole. Besides his superhuman ability to astonish any crowd with his virtuoso technique, he was a phenomenal composer with a ...

The songs Erykah Badu had written for her second album, Mama’s Gun, signified a major thematic development in her music and an increasingly self-assured outlook in her personal life. Around midway ...