Songs in the Key of...

For this episode we're taking a world tour through the British Isles, Romania, Sweden and Brazil. Our guide for this hour's worth of globe trotting is Vicky Price. So please fasten your seatbelts, secure all baggage underneath your seat or in the overhead compartments ad make sure the table trays are in the upright position for take-off...

Now is the month of maying, When merry lads are playing.. So let's celebrate with a podcast themed around folk music. This podcast has it all: 70s rock bands performing ancient songs about the murder of one Mr Barleycorn, angry singing and songwriting about commercialisation of modern Britain and fast and furious tunes to accompany gothically tinged Morris dancing.

Things have been a bit slow on the podcast front of late, but here, at last, is another episode to get your lugholes round. This episode features another ten songs themed around things I've been listening to of late. Be warned...it does get a bit gloomy!

Another podcast...another guest. This time, the rather marvellous Roy Smith joins Stephen Morris to talk about some of the songs that have been buzzing around his brain of late. Expect weird and wonderful electrickery, 60s pop perfection and THE BEST COVER OF A NIRVANA SONG YOU WILL EVER HEAR!

On 2 January 2022, Chris Broderick, who had entertained, amused and provoked with his writing of all disciplines, passed away. Over the course of his life he’d amassed a large collection of songs, stories and plays, all filled with his on unique linguistic flair and his sheer love of humanity in al its warts and all glory. Towards the end of his life, he entered a flurry of creative activity, not...

If you need a little diversion from (a) The Winter of Discontent Mk. II and (b) the onslaught of yuletide merriment, behold, I bring glad tidings of Songs in the Key of...Nothing in Particular . Here, you will find not a single reference to Christmas. But you will find a list of ten songs that have been keeping me occupied of late. And perhaps they'll keep you occupied too. Once you've finished li...

Welcome to episode 60 of Songs in the Key of... To celebrate this diamond jubilee of an episode join Stephen Morris as he chats with guest Jeremy Simon about his adventures in the band Dylan Trees and the music that is getting him going at the moment. Once you're done, don't forget to head over to Spotify to hear all his song choices in glorious, magnificent fullness.

Forgive me. It's been far too long since my last podcast. But here, just for you, is a brand spanking new instalment with an admittedly chilled and introspective vibe to it. So sit back and enjoy. But before you do that - maybe you should pop the kettle on... Don't forget. Once you've listened to the podcast, head over to Spotify to hear the songs in full on the playlist created especially for thi...

September is the month of returning to school. In honour of the occasion, here's a "Songs in the Key of..." episode devoted to school subjects. Well, kind of. Each song on this episode features the name of a school subject in its title. Yup. Search far enough through the history of pop music and you will find songs mentioning the words "Chemistry", "Geography" and "Mathematics". Just don't forget...

What links a Roma jazz guitarist, an electro-duo, a 12-piece indie pop act and a bunch of Irish doom and gloom merchants? Very little. Probably. Apart from the fact that they all appear - alongside six other bands and artists - on this edition of Songs in the Key of. Enjoy.

Iceland is home to around 366,000 and - it would seem - just as many bands and artists. There's a thriving music community at the top of the world and this podcast celebrates just ten of them. There's a wide range of styles, as ever, from gloomy indie to trance via Kate Bush inspired songwriting and gentle sounding acoustic-ery with devestating lyrics. Welcome, then, to Songs in the Key of...the T...

It's been a fair old while since we had a Songs in the Key of... without any particular theme - just a bunch of songs. So it's about time we did one. Only, somehow, a theme has kind of emerged - with references to peace, love and understanding coming in at all angles. There's plenty to get your teeth into with ten tunes picked covering genres from folk rock to trance via indie-...

It occasionally crosses my mind that some of the music I feature on this " Songs in the Key of" podcast can't be described as songs at all. I do like me a good instrumental. And as you are a decent, well-rounded, rational human being, so, no doubt, do you. And so, to celebrate the existence of the instrumental track in our collective lives, let me bring you ten songs in the key of...not songs.

Despite the generally held view that sequels are never as good as the original movie (with the possible exception of Paddington 2 ), this new episode of Songs in the Key of... forms a second instalment of cinematically themed musings. This time round, there's music from cult documentaries with minimalist soundtracks, British gangster flicks and American Rom-Coms.

I recently got my hands on the album La Planète Sauvage by Stealing Sheep and the Radiophonic Workshop. After I'd finished marvelling at the electronic delights, it got me thinking that it's probably about time I did a podcast about songs from bands and artists from Liverpool. There's a rich selection to choose from: 60s Merseybeat, 80s indie, synthetic sounds of all hues. And so here, for your li...

It's about time for another podcast, isn't it? No theme in particular this time round - just a bunch of rather wonderful tunes that have been buzzing round my brain of late. There's English punk, Scottish psychedelia and Welsh guitar noodling. It's all good wholesome fun.

Hello! Welcome to another episode of "Songs in the Key of...". For this episode I've picked another ten songs that have been keeping my ears busy of late. And, as usual, it's a pretty diverse mix from folk to indie via a classic musical and French Electro Swing. Well, obviously. Enjoy.

On 2 January 2022 Chris Broderick – singer, writer, playwright – and all round self-confessed complicated human passed away. Chris was a big souled human being – always seeking to make sense of the big old messy world in which we live. Almost everything he created conveyed – in some way - a deep yearning – through stories either tragic and comic – and sometime both – to understand and celebrate th...

But it wasn't all that bad, was it. I mean, there was some pretty fantastic music to emerge over the course of the year - as this podcast will show. Joining me for the episode are some previous guests armed with a song from the year that's been a particular favourite for them. So sit back and enjoy. Happy New Year! Don't forget to head over to the Spotify playlist after listening to this to hear a...

As a fine man from Walsall once said, "It's Christmas!!!" So about time we had a Christmassy episode to tuck into. In this one, I chat with Rachel Lowrie, my wife, about five of her favourite Christmas songs. And I share five of mine with her. As the title suggests, there are four other Christmas episodes in the archive. So if you like what you hear on this episode have a scroll through the episod...

Television may, according to The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, be the drug of the nation, but its also the source a some fantastic theme tunes - as this episode of Songs in the Key of... is about to demonstrate. All genres are covered, both in types of TV show (comedy, drama, factual) and styles of music (jangly indie pop, gospel-blues-hiphop, prog-rock). So why don't you switch off your televi...

Joe Maddox is the frontman of Continental Lovers - a band steeped in a huge, huge love of all things glam, punk and good old fashioned rock and roll. Listen to this podcast to find out more about his life in music and some of the songs that have been rattling round his brain of late. Once you're done, don't forget to head over to Spotify to hear his song choices in glorious fullness.

Here's a little parlour game for you. Count up to whatever number you like using song titles. This episode of "Songs in the Key of..." takes on that challenge, counting from one to ten. On the way, we encounter the usual wide array of genres and themes: 70s pub rock, experimental electronica, streambait pop and 90s indie. Hey, I've even thrown in a bit of ska for good measure. Because I like you.

A few episodes back we had an episode about albums released in the year David Hepworth considers to be the annus mirabilis of music: 1971. That, coincidentally, was the year in which the music journalist turned 21. So it got me thinking: might the music released in the year I turned 21 be significant enough to put together an argument that actually 2001 was the best year for music ever? Listen to...

Welcome to another "Songs in the Key of..." - this time with guest Singer-Songwriter MG Boulter. Over the course of just over an hour we chat about his latest, Southend themed album, Clifftown along with ten songs that have been rattling around his head of late. All of them, perfectly splendid. You're going to enjoy this one.