On Thursday, the 19th June, Classic Album Sundays founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy will be joined by 808’s State’s Graham ...

“There was this whole glam thing going on so I just put myself in that head. Its not like I had to go very far to do it. I have about a thousand selves running around. Its easy.” – Lou Reed We all ...

‘They start relying on you to hand them that next bit of excitement.’ – Kimberley Dunne, co-owner of Transmission Records in Margate. Behind The Counter is a 12-part video series that tells the ...

“If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.” – Billie Holiday Why is Billie Holiday still considered as one of the greatest jazz voices of all time? Throughout her ...

For this month’s Album Club we will be joined by Kevin May and David McElroy, the authors behind the forthcoming book Halo: The Story Behind Depeche Mode’s Classic Album Violator. They will relay the ...

Record producer and engineer Ken Scott has worked with some of the greatest musical icons. He began his career at EMI Recording Studios (known as Abbey Road) and worked the mixing desk for the The ...

The songs Erykah Badu had written for her second album, Mama’s Gun, signified a major thematic development in her music and an increasingly self-assured outlook in her personal life. Around midway ...

After a two successful studio albums with Rough Trade Records, the then-leading record label of indie rock in Great Britain, fans and critics alike saw The Smiths to be at the top of their game in ...

English folk-punk hero Frank Turner relays his love of metal ahead of his CAS presentation of Iron Maiden at this year’s Sonisphere. How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young ...

Ed Harcourt co-wrote and played on the Faithfull’s 20th studio album which she described as her most honest album.

Discover the artists who continue the traditions of Joni Mitchell's confessional style. How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl' and turned it into a modern classic.