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Suede founding bandmembers explore the stories behind the making of the band’s sophomore album and reflect upon its ...

Björk signed Colleen’s Sugarcubes album when she visited WNYU. Score! I also greatly admire how she has kept her fans on their toes whilst wrapped around her finger. Her solo album Debut didn’t pick ...

Check out this playlist of music based on outgrowths of The Roots’ work and innovation including artists born from The Soulquarians movement, such as Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Common and others that have ...

We were delighted to be joined by Lekan Babalola (Fela Kuti’s political protege) at a Classic Album Sundays event in Birmingham, where host Chris Watkiss was able to ask Lekan about his first hand ...

At the beginning of the ‘70s the Grateful Dead were on a roll, and with this new found momentum the band were back in the studio within months to record a followup to the celebrated Workingman’s Dead ...

This episode of CAS Worldwide looks at Talking Heads Remain In Light. Recorded at Compass Point Studios and produced by Brian Eno the album drew on the influence of artists such as Fela Kuti. The ...

If you’re a fan of Mancunian legends James, you won’t want to miss this! Bandmembers Jim Glennie and Saul Davies tell the story behind their breakthrough album Gold Mother at a special Classic Album ...

Few artists command the respect of Nina Simone, she was the master of vocal versatility. Subtle changes of her voice to suit whatever the music needed from traditional the traditional sounds of jazz ...

By the summer of 1988, the group had released It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, an album that, on the surface, appeared just as militant as its title suggested. But within each of it’s ...

On the latest Classic Album Sundays podcast, we step back to Camp Bestival from a few years ago when Nick Drake’s producer Joe Boyd joined us to discuss Five Leaves Left in length with Colleen.

This album was a seminal epiphany for me. Hearing how Michael Brooke had beautifully framed Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s boundary-crossing and, at times, ethereal voice, greatly influenced how I would ...