Level 42 founding members Mike Lindup and Phil Gould take a look back to their worldwide breakthrough LP, 1985’s World ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Paco de Lucia was a huge influence on me as a guitarist and artist as a whole. Besides his superhuman ability to astonish any crowd with his virtuoso technique, he was a phenomenal composer with a ...

Join us on the to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Brit jazz funk outfit with the band's founder. How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl' and turned it into a ...

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 ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter features Level Crossing Records in Mortlake. “I feel like an independent record store is vital for an area because music brings people together. From the ...

“Neil’s a strange energy. He brings a darker edge and a more realistic edge to our music…It did fit, though. Déjà Vu is a pretty fun album.” – Graham Nash, Music Radar There was a time when an ...

Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks stands as an ethereal masterpiece that transcends the boundaries of traditional music. Released in 1968, this seminal album takes listeners on a transformative journey ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Bending Sound Records in Bangor, Northern Ireland. “I think every town needs a record shop. It’s really important that like minded people, ...

Having recorded over 90 solo albums there’s no doubt Rick Wakeman knows what it takes to record a classic. Here, it looks back at some of his favourites ahead of our event with him Rick Wakeman ‘Go ...