Classic Album Sundays

The Kooks’ Luke Prichard and Hugh Harris join Classic Album Sundays’ Tina Edwards to celebrate 15 years of their debut album ‘Inside In/Inside Out’. Read more about your favourite albums here: classicalbumsundays.com

Celebrated jazz musician Gary Crosby OBE was a founding member of the group Jazz Warriors in the 80s and was awarded an OBE in 2009 for Services to Music, and in 2018 became the first jazz musician to be awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music. Here, he digs deep into one of the albums that influenced his career the most, Charles Mingus’  The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady. Read more about your favou...

Slave to the Rhythm  is an audio biography of Grace Jones produced by Trevor Horn, it’s a sonic treat along the lines of Yes’s  90125  or Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s first album. The music ranges from slick R&B runaway grooves to striking audio montages, interrupted occasionally by conversation about Jones’s life. Serious ear candy. Read more about your favourite albums here: classicalbumsunda...

The John Peel Archive and Classic Album Sundays teamed up to present an immersive album experience that Pulp and Peel fans will forever remember. CAS founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy spoke with special guest Jarvis Cocker about John Peel’s influence, Pulp’s Peel sessions and their classic album ‘Different Class’. Read more about your favourite albums here: classicalbumsundays.com

Multi award winning saxophonist and compose Nubya Garcia joins Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy for a deep dive into Wayne Shorter ‘The Soothsayer’. Her debut album, ‘SOURCE’, released August 2020 under the iconic label Concord Jazz, has been received with wide critical acclaim. Following her album release, the London-based jazz player debuted on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, coming...

Spoken word performer, poet and recording artist Kae Tempest reveals the impact Roots Manuva’s  Brand New Second Hand  has had on their own work in a compelling interview with Raj Chaudhuri that will inspire viewers to give the album a spin themselves. Read more about your favourite albums here: classicalbumsundays.com/

Celebrate 25 years of  Smokers Delight   with Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy and special guest George Evelyn of Nightmares on Wax. They will discuss his musical roots and the evolution of Nightmares on Wax alongside playing some of the samples Evelyn excavated from some of his most cherished LPs. Nightmares on Wax’ sophomore LP was a defining moment of ’90s trip hop and downtempo sound along with other he...

This album was voted as the greatest folk album ever by the listeners of BBC Radio 2 back in 2006, press play and enjoy producer Joe Boyd reliving the making of the album with Colleen at Camp Bestival. Read more about your favourite albums here: classicalbumsundays.com.

Yorkshire-raised, London-based jazz musician Emma-Jean Thackray joins Classic Album Sunday’s Tina Edwards as part of our ‘My Classic Album’ series for a look back at The Beach Boys ‘Pet Sounds’. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy and Steve Mason discuss one of his favourite albums: Public Image Ltd’s second album ‘Metal Box’ at Camp Bestival. Steve even shared a great tip on how to use the ‘Metal Box’ as a tin for making shortbread! Read more about your favourite albums here: www.classicalbumsundays.com

Consider for a moment the unnerving prospect of creating a follow-up to one of the most passionately celebrated debut albums of the 21st century. This was the daunting task facing Australian band The Avalanches in the wake of their thrilling and technically fascinating masterpiece released to near universal acclaim in November 2000. Hear the full story behind the album in our latest podcast. Read...

KT Tunstall’s debut album was the album that just kept on giving. It spawned five singles including her biggest hit ‘Suddenly I See’, and was nominated for several awards including a Mercury Prize and two Grammy awards and won her an Ivor Novello. Listen as KT takes a look back at the album that transformed her career and life with Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy at our session at the Royal Albert Hall’s E...

Mercury Prize nominated Moses Boyd joins Classic Album Sundays’ Raj Chaudhuri to discuss one of the albums that has influenced his career, Miles Davis’ Nefertiti’. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Our latest Classic Album Sundays Podcast focuses on The Wailers,  Burnin’ , featuring guest British film director, DJ and musician Don Letts. Tune in to hear Don’s memories of meeting Bob and helping introduce him to the punk sounds of London in the late seventies. Rea more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

“It was while recording at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios in New York City on a beautifully hot and sunny day that Roy Ayers would stumble upon the song that arguably defines his career. As the phrase “everybody loves the sunshine” lodged itself in his mind he began to explore and construct vibrant imagery, picturing “bees and things and flowers” as they floated across his mind. As the lyric...

Dave Davies from The Kinks takes a look back to the release of 1968’s  The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society  at Classic Album Sundays at The John Peel Centre For Creative Arts. The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society wasn’t initially a success upon its release, coming along at a time when Jimi Hendrix’s  Electric Ladyland , Led Zeppelin’s debut, and the Rolling Stones’...

Legendary Trident Studios and Abbey Road engineer and producer Kent Scott joins Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy in the latest instalment of our ‘My Classic Album’ series to discuss David Bowie’s ‘Hunky Dory’ album that Ken co-produced with Bowie. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Recent OBE nominee Skin joins Classic Album Sundays founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy to discuss the inspirational Nina Simone and Etta James – their lives, legacies, music and their many Montreux Jazz Festival live performances. The podcast begins with a short chat with the CEO of Montreux Jazz Festival, Mathieu Jaton who tells us why these two legends are so important to the legacy of the festival....

Following the horrific events of September 11th, 2001, New York was a scarred city that was determined to move on and rebuild. Members of Interpol had watched the scene unfold from the rooftops of their buildings and through the surreal spectacle of 24 hour news coverage. A strange atmosphere had taken over the city: unusually high levels of mutual kindness between strangers gave way to a new sens...

Sister Sledge join Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy at Kings Place as part of the ‘Venus Unwrapped’ series to discuss their iconic  We Are Family  album. We Are Family  is one of the most iconic dance albums of all time and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Its title track is an enduring classic that has resounded at key life moments with people from all backgrounds. Debbie Sledge and Kim Sledg...

Here’s another edition of This Woman’s Work, a series of stories from Classic Album Sundays where we highlight classic albums by female musicians, women who continue to influence the world of pop culture and inspire others. This time, we’re looking at the debut album of a band that seems to have landed here from some groovy planet. Four decades ago, the B-52s arrived on the Athens, Georgia, party...

Classic Album Sundays presents The Guardian’s John Harris giving us his personal story behind Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ at Camp Bestival. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

This episode of CAS Worldwide looks at Talking Heads  Remain In Light . Recorded at Compass Point Studios and produced by Brian Eno the album drew on the influence of artists such as Fela Kuti. The album also pushed to dispel notions of the band as a mere vehicle for frontman and songwriter David Byrne. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

We were honoured to be joined by Jazzie B OBE at The British Library to look back on Soul II Soul ‘Club Classics Vol. One’ as part of National Album Day 2019. Jazzie B revolutionised black British music when he founded the band Soul II Soul. Their debut 1989 album became an international phenomenon; its blend of soul, reggae and funk landing perfectly amid the exploding house music culture of that...

From what is arguably one of the most arresting opening lines on a debut album, to the mournful romanticism of its final track, Patti Smith’s  Horses  is one of the most significant records in American music history. Just like the gritty downtown New York scene from which it sprang,  Horses  is marked by a sense of urgency and liberation. In this instalment of “This Woman’s Work,” Classic Album Su...