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 favourite albums here: classicalbumsundays.com

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Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Gary Crosby OBE on Charles Mingus ‘The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady’

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: classicalbumsundays.com

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Grace Jones ‘Slave to the Rhythm’

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

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Jarvis Cocker on Pulp ‘Different Class’

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 off the heels of a Pitchfork ‘Best New Music’ honour and a Rolling Stone ‘Album of the Month’ mention. The New York Times described ‘SOURCE’ as “a life’s worth of experiences into an hour-long listen.’ Read more about your favourite albums here: classicalbumsundays.com/

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Nubya Garcia on Wayne Shorter ‘The Soothsayer’

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/

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Kae Tempest on Roots Manuva ‘Brand New Second Hand’

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 heavy-hitters including Massive Attack’s Blue Lines, Portishead’s Dummy and Tricky’s Maxinquaye. The LP fused together a cornucopia of sound: “It was all the things that turned me on: reggae, soul, and through sampling and digging, hip hop was the backbone,” Evelyn said of the samples on Smoker’s Delight in Joe Muggs’ book Bass, Mids, Tops. Read more about your favourite albums here: classicalbumsundays.com 

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Nightmares On Wax ‘Smokers Delight’

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.

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Joe Boyd on Fairport Convention ‘Liege & Lief’

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 Podcast: Emma-Jean Thackray on The Beach Boys ‘Pet Sounds’

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 

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Steve Mason on PiL’s ‘Metal Box’

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 more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: The Avalanches 'Since I Left You'

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 Elgar Room. Rea more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: KT Tunstall on ‘Eye to the Telescope’

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/

Classic Album Sundays: Moses Boyd on Miles Davis ‘Nefertiti’

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/

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: The Wailers’ ‘Burnin’ with Don Letts

“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 lyrics spontaneously and joyfully came into focus the musician knew exactly how he wanted the song to sound, envisaging a kaleidoscopic mix of piano, vibraphone, and synthesiser that would evoke the psychedelic pleasures of peak summertime. The result was a song that remains one of the archetypal summer anthems. Everybody Loves The Sunshine deserves its spot at the very top of his achievements and is a testament to his easy-going innovations. Four decades later we can still feel its heat.” Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

CAS Worldwide: Roy Ayers 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine'

Classic Album Sundays is the world’s favourite album listening event and we remind you why you love music. Founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy hosts radio shows for the BBC, Worldwide FM and other radio platforms and is a journalist, a world renown DJ and one of the leading authorities on the vinyl revival.

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