We’re winding out 2024 with a beautiful Take 5.
Jamie xx is one of my favourite producers, so it’s really special to cap off what’s been a big year, with the man himself. Looking back the last couple of years, the final Take 5 has been really reflective. Caroline Polachek was poetic at the end of a huge 2023, and he year before Jon Hopkins gifted us a tran ... Show More
Apr 30
Emma Louise Takes 5 with before and after
In the fifteen years since Emma Louise wowed us with her debut single 'Jungle', she’s shown all sides of herself, singing her story with vulnerability and reflection.Last year, Emma released the collaborative album Dumb with producer Flume. But it’s been 8 years since her last so ... Show More
39m 42s
Apr 23
Billy Corgan's songs that make him feel good
35 years ago, we met a band called Smashing Pumpkins. Rising in the wave of American grunge, the Chicago band were led by the iconic voice of Billy Corgan and would rise and rise like all their contemporaries, over the coming years. If you know anything about music history, you k ... Show More
31m 13s
Feb 2021
Pourquoi Otis Redding n’a jamais écouté la chanson « Sittin’on the Dock of the Bay » alors que c’est lui qui la chante ?
La grande histoire de la musique on la connaît à peu près, la petite beaucoup moins : Thierry Paret nous conte de fabuleuses histoires musicales à dormir debout pour petits et grands. « Je le trouvais fantastique, bien supérieur à James Brown et Wilson Pickett. Et puis très jeun ... Show More
9m 27s
Nov 2023
Love That Album - Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs"
We tend to think more of the guitar as a rock and roll instrument, but Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Fats Domino were a big part of the early sound of rock and roll. While there are plenty of great rock piano players, that lead guy or gal mostly tends to be playing a six-st ... Show More
1h 57m
Jun 2021
Richard Thompson, "Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975" (Algonquin Books, 2021)
Richard Thompson's Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 (Algonquin Books, 2021) gives fans of his music a tale as rollicking and entertaining as the reels and ballads he recorded with the band Fairport Convention. Fairport Convention was one of the central bands ... Show More
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<p>Following her highly acclaimed debut album, a programme of Offenbach coloratura arias, for Alpha Classics – <em>Gramophone</em>'s current Label of the Year – <strong>Jodie Devos</strong> turns to the English language for 'And Love Said …'.</p> <p>James Jolly caught up with her ... Show More
