Dionne Warwick | An Icon at the Royal Albert Hall
What happens when one of the greatest voices in popular music takes to the stage at the age of 85?In this episode, I look back on an unforgettable evening at the Royal Albert Hall, where I had the pri...
6 Juli 29min
Quantum Jump | More Than Just The Lone Ranger?
Did one hit hide a truly remarkable band?For many people, Quantum Jump begin and end with The Lone Ranger—a quirky hit that briefly lit up the charts in the late 1970s. But behind that unlikely succes...
29 Juni 13min
Furniture | Pop Visionaries or Lost Classics?
Furniture were one of the most distinctive British bands of the 1980s, combining literate songwriting, sophisticated arrangements and an unmistakable sense of style. Despite critical acclaim and a loy...
21 Juni 23min
Scritti Politti | Was Green Gartside Pop's Great Outsider?
Was Green Gartside Pop's Great Outsider?In this episode of Low Noise, we explore the remarkable story of Scritti Politti and their elusive frontman Green Gartside. Emerging from the politically charge...
15 Juni 21min
Hendrix at Woodstock | Was This His Defining Moment?
What makes a performance become more than just a concert?In August 1969, as the Woodstock festival drew to a close, Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the stage in front of a much smaller crowd than the one th...
8 Juni 37min
Rickie Lee Jones at the Barbican | Is the Duchess of Coolsville Still Cool?
This week I went to see Rickie Lee Jones at the Barbican in London. It wasn’t a concert in the usual sense. It felt more like being invited into somebody’s world for a couple of hours, a world built f...
1 Juni 17min
Electronic – Getting Away With It | Melancholy in Designer Clothes
Why does Getting Away With It still sound so impossibly sophisticated? In this episode of Low Noise, we explore the debut single by Electronic, the collaboration between Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr (a...
25 Maj 15min
Baz Luhrmann – EPiC | Elvis in Hypercolour
What keeps Elvis Presley alive in the cultural imagination decades after his death?In this episode we explore EPiC, Baz Luhrmann’s visually dense documentary meditation on Elvis Presley and the machin...
18 Maj 25min
