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Radiohead’s second album The Bends was released on the 13th March, 1995 and exactly 30 years later to the day producer John Leckie joined Classic Album Sundays founder, radio host and DJ Colleen ...
Daft Punk has played both sides of the field— while their debut album Homework challenged the limits of French underground house and techno and is linked with their human identities, Discovery ...
Michael Jackson's 'Off the Wall' is a game-changing masterpiece that showcased his evolution as an artist. Released in 1979, it seamlessly blended pop, R&B, and disco, setting the stage for his iconic ...
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 ...
From my first listen to The Sugarcubes’ debut album Life’s Too Good at my college radio station WNYU, I have been fascinated by Björk. Her strikingly powerful voice that is able to leap from a howl to ...
The Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement winning producer, composer, and musician reveals his all time favourites.
Vespertine, however, would mark a turn away from what its creator described as the “macho” energy fuelling this progression, choosing instead to paint a detailed picture of femininity through both its ...
Why is Billie Holiday still considered as one of the greatest jazz voices of all time? Throughout her career and during the decades after her death, she has inspired some of the best vocalists of our ...
When Michale began working on 'Off The Wall' there were rumours about the demise of the Jackson 5. 'Destiny' would be the last time that the brothers would enjoy Michael’s undivided attention.
Morrissey struggled with people of power in many ways, mostly because he desired to hold a position of high influence himself. When the singles leading up to The Queen Is Dead, ‘Shakespeare’s Sister’, ...
This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Off the Record in Milton Keynes. “Off the Record is a charity shop and it raises funds for Willen Hospice which is a local charity that is ...