My Classic Album: Thurston Moore on Sonic Youth ‘Daydream Nation’
Taking inspiration from the more extreme ends of guitar music, namely early-hardcore, dissonant no-wave, Sonic Youth were the Velvet Underground for the materialistic 1980s.
Laurie Anderson’s Top Five Albums of All Time
American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson discusses drama, silence in music, tape loops and more in her Top 5.
Album Inspirations: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry on ‘Snowflakes Are Dancing’...
Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire and André de Ridder discuss ‘Snowflakes are Dancing’ by Japanese musician Isao Tomita.
My Classic Album: Nitin Sawhney on ‘Beyond Skin’
Nitin Sawhney joins Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy to discuss his Mercury Music Prize nominated album Beyond Skin as part of our 'My Classic Album' series.
[ Past ] Classic Album Sundays presents Laurie Anderson
Date & Time: Monday 15th February 19:30 - 20:30
Horace Panter’s Top Five Albums of All Time
One of The Specials founding members, bassist-turned-artist Horace Panter recently let us into the secrets of his record collection by sharing his top five albums of all time.
Thurston Moore on Sonic Youth ‘Daydream Nation’ at Classic Album Sundays...
Watch the full video as 30 years on from the release of 'Daydream Nation' Thurston Moore joins us to reflect on it's impact for National Album Day at The John Peel Centre For Creative Arts.
Matt Johnson’s Top Five Film Scores
THE THE’s frontman reveals the film music that has inspired him in his own soundtrack work.
Kathy Sledge on ‘Music For Isolation’ at Classic Albums at Home
Kathy Sledge runs us through the music that have been giving her comfort during an emotionally challenging era.