John Wilson talks with musicians about a career-defining album, and a live audience also puts questions. Featuring exclusive live performances.
Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, Coraine Bailey Rae responds to questions from the audience about the inspiration behind her 2010 album, 'The Sea'. With John Wilson at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios in London. Corinne, together with pianist Steve Brown, performs acoustic live versions of some of the songs discussed. Producer: Paul Kobrak. First broadcast on Radio 4 in December 2012.
Coraine Bailey Rae talks about the inspiration behind her 2010 album, 'The Sea'. Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side. Both editions feature exclusive live performances of songs from the album. In this one (The A side), John Wilson takes Grammy-award-winning Corinne Bailey Rae back to the release...
Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, Ray Davies responds to questions from the audience about the inspiration behind two classic Kinks albums, 'Lola' and 'Muswell Hillbillies'. With John Wilson at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios in London. Ray performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the albums, both of which were released more than forty years ago. Producer: Paul Kobrak. First broadcast on Radio 4 in December 2012.
Ray Davies talks about the inspiration behind two classic Kinks albums, 'Lola' and 'Muswell Hillbillies'. Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side. Both editions feature exclusive live performances of songs from the two albums. In this one (The A side), John Wilson takes Ray back to the early 1970s a...
Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, now the audience get to ask Brinsley Forde their questions about the inspiration behind Aswad's 1981 album 'New Chapter'. With John Wilson at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios in London. Brinsley performs live versions of some of the tracks from the album which was released more than three decades ago. Producer: Emma Kingsley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.
Brinsley Forde talks about the inspiration behind Aswad's 1981 album 'New Chapter'. Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side. Both editions feature exclusive live performances. In this one (The A side), John Wilson asks Brinsley about the album in question. More than 30 years since its release, Brins...
Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, now the audience get to ask Paul Weller the questions about The Gift, the Jam's final album. He also performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the album which was released 30 years ago. With John Wilson. Complete versions of the songs performed in the programme (and others) can be heard on the 'Mastertapes' pages on BBC Radio 4's website, where all the programmes of the series can also be downloaded and other musical goodi...
Paul Weller talks about 'The Gift', the Jam's final album. Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side. In this one (The A side), John Wilson asks Paul about the album in question, and then, in the accompanying B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances. 3...
Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, now the audience get to ask Suzanne Vega the questions about her platinum-selling Solitude Standing. We hear how the sound of the album changed from her previous album, as Suzanne decided to bring out the drums and give the sound an edge. Suzanne describes writing the song "Gypsy" for a boy she met at summer camp and how the two of them got back in touch when he realised the song was about him. And we hear how Suzanne has written a follow-...
Suzanne Vega discuss her platinum-selling Solitude Standing. Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side. In this one (The A side), John Wilson asks Suzanne about the album in question, and then, in the accompanying B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performanc...
John Wilson launches a major new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Programme 1, Side B. 'Talking With The Taxman About Poetry' - Having discussed the making of his self-proclaimed 'difficult' third album (in the A-side of the programme), Billy Bragg responds to questions from the audience. He considers the state of protest songs today, reveals ...
John Wilson's series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Programme 1, A-side. 'Talking With The Taxman About Poetry' - Billy Bragg reveals how the self-proclaimed 'difficult' third album was written and created with a guitar he bought when he was out shopping for swimming trunks (he claims he still swims naked as a result)... he explains how a film abou...
