“The music is within your head, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at the piano. I just go within.” – Alice Coltrane Alice Coltrane did not have the far-reaching impact of her ...

It’s a safe bet to assume you haven’t heard many albums that weave robots, kung-fu and a young Japanese woman into their central theme. To be frank, it’s a concept that just shouldn’t work. But in the ...

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 ...

Classic Album Sundays tells the stories behind the albums that have shaped our culture and in some cases, our lives. The A-Side: We are the world's most popular and respected album listening event ...

Recent OBE nominee Skin joins Classic Album Sundays founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy to discuss the inspirational Nina Simone and Etta James – their lives, legacies, music and their many Montreux Jazz ...

In this edition of ‘This Woman’s Work’, Classic Albums host Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy discusses Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love with singer Julia Holter and Outkast’s Big Boi. Released in September 1985, ...

For this month’s Album Club we will be joined by Kevin May and David McElroy, the authors behind the forthcoming book Halo: The Story Behind Depeche Mode’s Classic Album Violator. They will relay the ...

‘My Classic Album’ is a series of free-to-view artist interview streams created with support from the Arts Council England Cultural Recovery Fund. We interview some of England’s most exciting ...

“I would go to bed every night and have dreams about having a time machine and somehow I’d have the ability to move through time and space freely, and save Anne Frank. Do you think that’s embarrassing ...

This week’s episode features Fingerprints in California. “I think independent record shops are important to communities because I think in many cases they’re kind of the cultural epicentre, whether it ...

If you’ve played a reasonable number of video games over the past forty years then chances are you’re already aware of the melodic prowess of Japanese composers: be it the pastoral serenity of Koji ...

It was while recording at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios in New York City on a beautifully hot and sunny day that Roy Ayers would stumble upon the song that arguably defines his career. As the ...