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
Jan 19
Best of Take 5: Aaron Chen
It's been a stratospheric rise for comedian, Aaron Chen.Getting his start in stand-up, he won a heap of fans starring in Fisk, and his charming stint on Taskmaster.But at the top of his game, he left Australia to start again in New York City.For his Take 5, Aaron shared one song ... Show More
11m 45s
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
46m 58s
Feb 2025
Dance Anthems 256 - [David Penn Guest Mix] - 1st March 2025
<p>Dance Anthems with Sean Maynard is back this week with a Hottest Vibe from Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas. New beats land from Alok & Kylie Minogue, Noizu & Annaca, James Hurr, Azzeca, Morten & David Guetta, Hannah Laing and more! Catch the Vibe Dance Chart ... Show More
1h 49m
May 2023
Arnold Schoenberg: The Man who Changed Music
Captain, We Hit A Schoenberg! Did Arnold Schoenberg break Classical music? Widely considered the greatest composer of the 20th century, Schoenburg’s innovations in ‘atonality’ (a term he detested throughout his life) changed the trajectory of music forever. In this episode, Joann ... Show More
27m 21s
<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
