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2025 highlights: Katy Perry in space, the Coldplay concert affair, The Salt Path, Labubus…

38 mins • S1, E12

2025 highlights: Katy Perry in space, the Coldplay concert affair, The Salt Path, Labubus…
Xavier Greenwood
Spotify rapped: results don’t reflect the music we like

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Spotify rapped: results don’t reflect the music we like
Vanessa Thorpe
‘It’s like finding myself again’: Julian Lloyd Webber picks up his cello after 10 years

Sat 6 Dec 2025

‘It’s like finding myself again’: Julian Lloyd Webber picks up his cello after 10 years
What Spotify Wrapped 2025 tells us about the streaming industry

7 mins • S1, E1249

What Spotify Wrapped 2025 tells us about the streaming industry
Spotify Wrapped 2025 and how to have good sex on film

40 mins • S1, E11

Spotify Wrapped 2025 and how to have good sex on film
Killian Fox
Arinzè Kene: ‘The film My Father’s Shadow had me in tears’

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Arinzè Kene: ‘The film My Father’s Shadow had me in tears’
Finn Blythe
The place where music history is made

Sun 23 Nov 2025

The place where music history is made
Matthew Bishop
Ticket touting ban may backfire

Sun 23 Nov 2025

Ticket touting ban may backfire
Killian Fox
Maggi Hambling: ‘I was warned to drink only one but I had three and a half’

Fri 21 Nov 2025

Maggi Hambling: ‘I was warned to drink only one but I had three and a half’
The Michael Jackson fan dilemma

9 mins • S1, E1239

The Michael Jackson fan dilemma
The Michael Jackson movie controversy & Christmas advert wars

37 mins • S1, E9

The Michael Jackson movie controversy & Christmas advert wars
Evan Moffitt
Please release me: pop’s brightest stars learn to take fans by surprise

Sun 16 Nov 2025

Please release me: pop’s brightest stars learn to take fans by surprise
Dmitry Sitkovetsky
A week in Baku: music, memory and football

Sat 15 Nov 2025

A week in Baku: music, memory and football
Patrick Kidd
Gilson Lavis, Squeeze drummer and reformed wild man

Sat 15 Nov 2025

Gilson Lavis, Squeeze drummer and reformed wild man
Killian Fox
Harold Offeh: ‘There was a visceral reaction to Lauren Halsey’s art’

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Harold Offeh: ‘There was a visceral reaction to Lauren Halsey’s art’
Notes on… The Celebrity Traitors finale, Billie Eilish & RIP MTV

33 mins • S1, E7

Notes on… The Celebrity Traitors finale, Billie Eilish & RIP MTV
Notes on… Lily Allen’s breakup album and Claudia Winkleman & Tess Daly exiting Strictly

36 mins • S1, E6

Notes on… Lily Allen’s breakup album and Claudia Winkleman & Tess Daly exiting Strictly
Kitty Empire
How Ringo Starr made the Beatles

Wed 22 Oct 2025

How Ringo Starr made the Beatles
Sean O’Hagan
Tangled up in Bob Dylan

Sat 18 Oct 2025

Tangled up in Bob Dylan
Kitty Empire
Patti Smith in her prime

Thu 16 Oct 2025

Patti Smith in her prime
Luke Turner
Cosey Fanni Tutti reveals all

Wed 15 Oct 2025

Cosey Fanni Tutti reveals all
Reviews: The Necks, Cheikh Lô, Jay Som, Charles Lloyd

Sun 12 Oct 2025

Reviews: The Necks, Cheikh Lô, Jay Som, Charles Lloyd
Thomas Graham
Mexico sings against the drug cartels – but popular culture just isn’t listening

Sat 11 Oct 2025

Mexico sings against the drug cartels – but popular culture just isn’t listening
Jude Rogers
Evan Dando’s chaotic, narcotic life

Sat 11 Oct 2025

Evan Dando’s chaotic, narcotic life
Notes on… Taylor Swift versus Charli XCX and the death of clubbing

42 mins • S1, E3

Notes on… Taylor Swift versus Charli XCX and the death of clubbing
Barbara Ellen
Max Martin & Shellback, superstar producers

Sun 5 Oct 2025

Max Martin & Shellback, superstar producers
Geese, Richard Ashcroft, Marta, Jacob Collier

Fri 3 Oct 2025

Geese, Richard Ashcroft, Marta, Jacob Collier
Fiona Maddocks
Movers and Shakers at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

Fri 3 Oct 2025

Movers and Shakers at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Has JADE broken the girl group curse?

8 mins • S1, E1198

Has JADE broken the girl group curse?
Notes on… JADE breaking the girl group curse and our true crime problem

35 mins • S1, E1

Notes on… JADE breaking the girl group curse and our true crime problem
Barbara Ellen
I smile only if I feel like it – and so should Victoria Beckham

Sun 21 Sept 2025

I smile only if I feel like it – and so should Victoria Beckham
Lewis Huxley
The great Manic Street Preachers songbook

Thu 11 Sept 2025

The great Manic Street Preachers songbook
Barbara Ellen
Oasis shocker: no fights, no chaos. Critics, don’t look back in anger

Sun 24 Aug 2025

Oasis shocker: no fights, no chaos. Critics, don’t look back in anger
Eva Wiseman
Know thyself: the lyrical power of Self Esteem

Sun 24 Aug 2025

Know thyself: the lyrical power of Self Esteem
Brett Anderson
Feeling lonely? Try getting sweaty at a gig

Tue 12 Aug 2025

Feeling lonely? Try getting sweaty at a gig
Hayley Myers
‘I’m not just a musician – I’m a huge fan of music’

Sun 10 Aug 2025

‘I’m not just a musician – I’m a huge fan of music’
Olivia Ovenden
The rumours are true: Stereophonic’s debt to Fleetwood Mac

Thu 7 Aug 2025

The rumours are true: Stereophonic’s debt to Fleetwood Mac
Killian Fox
Cat Cohen’s cultural highlights

Sat 2 Aug 2025

Cat Cohen’s cultural highlights
Arifa Akbar
What I learned from returning to my teen clubbing days

Fri 25 Jul 2025

What I learned from returning to my teen clubbing days
Barbara Ellen
Video killed the radio star, but who killed the pop video?

Sun 20 Jul 2025

Video killed the radio star, but who killed the pop video?
Xavier Greenwood
I sobbed along to Oasis at Heaton Park. Why? It’s complicated...

Fri 18 Jul 2025

I sobbed along to Oasis at Heaton Park. Why? It’s complicated...
Claire Mc Que
Bad Bunny puts Puerto Rico on the map

Fri 11 Jul 2025

Bad Bunny puts Puerto Rico on the map
Rebecca Nicholson
‘Blessings and challenges – it’s the same life force’

Thu 10 Jul 2025

‘Blessings and challenges – it’s the same life force’
Kitty Empire
Oasis back together and giving people what they want

Sat 5 Jul 2025

Oasis back together and giving people what they want
What happened in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial?

9 mins • S1, E1140

What happened in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial?
James Tapper
Diary of a 55-year-old festival goer

Tue 1 Jul 2025

Diary of a 55-year-old festival goer
Fergal Kinney
The 1975, Charli XCX and the headline act in the age of streaming

Mon 30 Jun 2025

The 1975, Charli XCX and the headline act in the age of streaming
Miranda Sawyer
Having a Bad Glasto? That’s even harder than getting in

Sat 28 Jun 2025

Having a Bad Glasto? That’s even harder than getting in
Luke Turner
Idealistic city Glastonbury is a microcosm of British life

Sat 28 Jun 2025

Idealistic city Glastonbury is a microcosm of British life
David Mitchell
The real Glasto rebels? Me and Jacob Rees-Mogg

Fri 27 Jun 2025

The real Glasto rebels? Me and Jacob Rees-Mogg
Sean O’Hagan
Marley and me: ‘I had initiative – and Bob sensed that’

Fri 27 Jun 2025

Marley and me: ‘I had initiative – and Bob sensed that’
Fergal Kinney
Scroll with it: the next generation of Oasis fans

Sat 21 Jun 2025

Scroll with it: the next generation of Oasis fans
Patrick Kidd
Alfred Brendel, virtuoso pianist, composer and comic poet

Sat 21 Jun 2025

Alfred Brendel, virtuoso pianist, composer and comic poet
Kitty Empire
What’s the story? Three new Oasis books focus on the war and the glory

Sat 21 Jun 2025

What’s the story? Three new Oasis books focus on the war and the glory
Thomas Beller
Where were you while we were getting high? A night with Oasis

Sat 21 Jun 2025

Where were you while we were getting high? A night with Oasis
Killian Fox
Loyle Carner: ‘Glastonbury is a big deal for us’

Fri 20 Jun 2025

Loyle Carner: ‘Glastonbury is a big deal for us’
The highs and lows of meeting my musical hero Brian Wilson

Sun 15 Jun 2025

The highs and lows of meeting my musical hero Brian Wilson
Michaela Makusha
Relax, Sabrina Carpenter’s album cover is just savvy publicity

Sat 14 Jun 2025

Relax, Sabrina Carpenter’s album cover is just savvy publicity
Sean O’Hagan
From the archive: Brian Wilson on his legacy

Fri 13 Jun 2025

From the archive: Brian Wilson on his legacy

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