Film aficionado James Hillhouse takes us through his choice of the ten maverick soundtracks which changed the movie rules for good.

Here's a link to a Spotify playlist you can put on while the episode is playing: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0t4H136MSakdexG78CO8Ip?si=b34ada315bfd4072

Join James and me to find out the reasons behind his choices.

Spotify. All the music, all of the time. That's got to be a good thing, right? Not everyone agrees. Join us for a discussion on the rights and wrongs of the world's most popular streaming platform.

A discussion on the Band Aid and Live Aid phenomena. They save thousands of lives in Ethiopia. So, case closed? As ever, it’s far more complex than that. Despite the best of intentions, we ask did Live Aid in the end do more harm than good.

Curious about jazz and blues but don't know where to begin? Join aficionado Tony Bishop, legendary jazz and blues singer and harmonica player on the London circuit, who will give you a whirlwind expert briefing to hold down your end of the coffee machine conversation.

What did The Kinks ever do for us?

The Beatles invented pop music as we know it and The Stones were the bad boys. But, like a middle child in the family struggling to fill a role, where does that leave The Kinks?

Comments under Youtube videos of songs from the 70s and 80s have a grim consistency. "Back when music was music" is the gist.

Walk down any high street in the world and you'll see someone wearing that t-shirt. The one with the wavy lines.

50 years ago the NME ran a Best Albums Of All Time poll. There were 3 female artists on it and zero female-only bands.

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