Suede founding bandmembers explore the stories behind the making of the band’s sophomore album and reflect upon its ...

Each month our Classic Album Sundays Patreon Members gather from all corners of the globe to explore, discuss and listen to ...

The band and its members wove themselves into the fabric of downtown music. Brian Eno produced demos while the band were being courted by Island Records although this failed to result in a signing.

With former Syracuse University colleague and intellectual Sterling Morrison and the quiet younger sister of a friend Moe Tucker solidifying the line-up, the Velvet Underground secured a residency at ...

Eddy Grant has long been on the Classic Album Sundays list of legends and it was a true honour to host an evening with not only an amazing artist, but also an entrepreneur, a family man and a ...

The story behind one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time that spawned the cross-over hit "Take Five". How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl' and turned it into ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter features Thorne Records in Edinburgh. “A record shop should be the centre of any community they’re in. It should be a safe space, somewhere that’s inclusive ...

If you’re a fan of Mancunian legends James, you won’t want to miss this! Bandmembers Jim Glennie and Saul Davies tell the story behind their breakthrough album Gold Mother at a special Classic Album ...

Join Classic Album Sundays founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy and Supertramp producer Ken Scott to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Crime of the Century in the Elgar Room on Monday 26th February 2024 at ...

How did an album about mental illness, mortality and the need for human empathy become one of the most classic, iconic albums of all time staying on the US Billboard Charts for 741 weeks (14 years)?

This album was a seminal epiphany for me. Hearing how Michael Brooke had beautifully framed Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s boundary-crossing and, at times, ethereal voice, greatly influenced how I would ...

In 1964, John was living with the harpist, pianist and his second wife Alice in the suburbs of Long Island where they were raising their children. They didn’t socialise much with the outside world and ...