Join us on the to celebrate the 25th anniversary of an album that blended live musicianship with beat-driven sensibilities that felt ahead of their time. How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne ...

As the 1980s drew to a close, hip hop had reached a pivotal moment. Whilst a potential for empowerment in mainstream rap had so far remained largely un-tapped, in favour of escapist music built for ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Off the Record in Milton Keynes. “Off the Record is a charity shop and it raises funds for Willen Hospice which is a local charity that is ...

Life in Queensbridge, NY, was always going to be the beating heart of Illmatic. Although still in his late teens, Nas had already experienced more than his fair share of traumatic, life-changing ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Capsule Records in Brighton. “A record shop just ends up being a kind of hub for creative people to coalesce around. They come in on a ...

On the latest Classic Album Sundays podcast, we step back to Camp Bestival from a few years ago when Nick Drake’s producer Joe Boyd joined us to discuss Five Leaves Left in length with Colleen.

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Lucky’s Record Bar in Redruth, Cornwall. “You’re getting something different coming into a shop, talking to someone, hearing something new; ...

In this interview, Classic Album Sundays founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy will be joined by Incognito band leader Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick to celebrate the 30 th anniversary of 100° and Rising. The ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 6 features Phoenix Sounds in Devon. “This shop is the only one really around here, so it’s all about community. People come in, we know everyone by ...

Paco de Lucia was a huge influence on me as a guitarist and artist as a whole. Besides his superhuman ability to astonish any crowd with his virtuoso technique, he was a phenomenal composer with a ...

Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks stands as an ethereal masterpiece that transcends the boundaries of traditional music. Released in 1968, this seminal album takes listeners on a transformative journey ...

My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless is a myth inside and out; this is not a record that is meant to be completely understood. Loveless is MBV frontman Kevin Shield’s magnum opus, the most iconic shoegaze ...