Ashley Cooke - February 2025

Megan Moroney's career is going from strength to strength and it's set to get even bigger with the release of her third studio album, 'Cloud 9'. She stops by the studio to tell Baylen what it was like collaborating with Ed Sheeran and Kacey Musgraves, and reflects on how she went ... Show More

Ben Earle sits down with the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash - John Carter Cash - to find out all about the new musical that's heading out on tour in the UK: 'The Ballad Of Johnny And June.' He shares his experiences of growing up with two country music icons as his paren ... Show More

Drew Baldridge sits down with Baylen in London to talk about how it's felt returning to the UK for the first time since his debut at C2C earlier this year. He talks about 'Tough People' and the inspiration behind his latest single, 'Rebel'. He also tells Baylen what it was like p ... Show More

<p>Katie Crutchfield has been making music as Waxahatchee for almost 15 years. In the early days she self-released on cassette, lo-fi indie music that would blossom into Americana around a decade later. That foray, with her acclaimed album Saint Cloud, brought her a whole new aud ... Show More

<p>Katy Steele has always been surrounded by music. </p><p>Her brothers came up with the Sleepy Jackson and Empire of the Sun, and her dad Rick Steele was a legendary blues guitarist around Perth. </p><p>But Katy made her own mark more than 20 years ago, when she burst out as the ... Show More

Nora and Nathan try to figure out whether Tate McRae is so close to stardom on her new album, 'So Close to What.' They talk about the all-star production team behind this album, which included Ryan Tedder and Amy Allen (1:00); some of their favorite songs on this record, includin ... Show More

'Endless Summer Vacation' brought Miley Cyrus her biggest hit and her first Grammy. Nora and Nathan talk about the massive success of "Flowers" and why that song became such a big hit (1:00), songs like "Used To Be Young" and "Violet Chemistry" that might have been overshadowed b ... Show More

Nora and Nathan talk about Sabrina Carpenter pulling double-duty as the host of 'SNL' last week (1:00) and on the other side of the coast, Charli XCX popping up at Lorde's show to perform "Girl, so confusing" (11:28). Then, they talk about the sophomore album from British pop sta ... Show More

High Dive Heart – the married pop duo of Jason Reeves and Nelly Joy – discuss their own songs and Reeves' Colbie Caillat co-write "Bubbly." Caillat had begun writing the song and, says Reeves, "Once a song starts out great, it's not hard to take it home." See acast.com/privacy fo ... Show More

Rob contemplates the art of making an ironic cover song sincere as he enters the dark realm of the 2000s hit TV show, ‘American Idol’. He follows the inevitable success of Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson, who proves with her impossible-to-sing hit song, “Since U Been Gone,” that s ... Show More

Slide into cozy Sunday-morning vibes with Joe and Toby as they dive into Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” from her new album The Art of Loving. They unpack why this track is exploding right now, trace the album’s inspirations (bell hooks’ All About Love and a Mickalene Thomas installat ... Show More

<p>Icelandic singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Laufey has carved out a singular space between jazz bossanova and Gen Z pop sensibility, and she’s back on the couch to talk about her new, third solo LP A Matter of Time. It’s the next chapter in her coming of age, still ... Show More