Our GRAMMYs special, in which Rob and music production legend Clive Davis discuss the formula for a hit record, signing The Notorious B.I.G., passing on John Mellencamp, a new biopic about Whitney Houston, and the painting of Earth Wind & Fire hanging in the National Portrait Gallery. Plus: Rob and Clive weigh in on the greatest American songwriter.
Mar 2
Keegan Michael-Key: Shrimpshramp Reduction (Re-Release)
This week, we're looking back at Rob's interview with the great Keegan-Michael Key back in 2020! The "Key & Peele" star joins Rob to discuss NFL names, the vocal mannerisms of Danny Glover, Keegan’s role opposite Meryl Streep in the new Ryan Murphy movie Prom and so much more. Ma ... Show More
51m 15s
Feb 19
LeVar Burton: Level of Excellence
LeVar Burton and Rob Lowe have no plans to retire! The legendary actor, writer, and television host returns to the show to discuss the new season of “Trivial Pursuit,” writing his much-anticipated memoir, Rob’s recent rewatch of “Roots,” why LeVar is glad he didn’t land a differe ... Show More
46m 39s
Feb 2022
Jamal Edwards MBE, P.J. O'Rourke (pictured), Romaine Hart OBE, Ronnie Campbell
<p>Matthew Bannister on </p><p>Jamal Edwards, the young music entrepreneur whose YouTube channel supported the careers of grime and rap stars like Dave, Skepta and Stormzy. </p><p>P.J. O’Rourke, the conservative American satirist who applied his barbed wit to reporting from the w ... Show More
28m 6s
Aug 2023
Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha; Joy Ride film and Ann Patchett’s novel Tom Lake reviewed; composer Carl Davis
The South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha talks to Front Row ahead of returning to the Proms this Saturday to sing Strauss’s Four Last Songs with the National Youth Orchestra.Critics Sharlene Teo and Max Liu review Joy Ride, the feature film debut of Adele Lim, who a ... Show More
42m 28s
Sep 2021
Singing is cool again with Sinead Harnett, Grades, Jae Stephens and Monro
Sinead Harnett, Grades, Jae Stephens and Monro discuss why naming songs is the easy part, balancing life and music, the importance of breaking away from music in order to live and gain experiences to write about, and the influence of R&B on their sound.Born in the UK before movin ... Show More
31m 58s
Nov 2023
Bluegrass rocks with Charlie Worsham, Ashley McBryde and Jaren Johnston
Country stars Charlie Worsham, Ashley McBryde and Jaren Johnston combining traditional bluegrass with new sounds in the studio, the importance of being a good songwriter in country music and the differences between live tracking a recording versus piecing it together remotely.Sin ... Show More
27m 58s
Feb 2016
Trumbo, Ma Rainey's Black Botton, Vinyl, Martin Parr at Hepworth Wakefield, When Breath Becomes Air
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's acclaimed career came to a crushing halt in the late 1940s when he and other Hollywood figures were blacklisted for their political beliefs. Starring Bryan Cranston as Trumbo, Jay Roach's film tells the story of the Oscar winning writer's relationship ... Show More
41m 55s
Feb 2023
David Vaughan OBE, Burt Bacharach, Janet Anderson, Eileen Sheridan
<p>Matthew Bannister on</p><p>Professor David Vaughan OBE, who was a leading expert on the effects of climate change on glaciers in the Antarctic.</p><p>Burt Bacharach (pictured), who wrote scores of hit songs including 'I Say A Little Prayer', 'Do You Know The Way To San José' a ... Show More
28m 6s