How does the 'singer's singer' approach a cover of Bob Dylan or Billie Holiday? "They're just songs, now" she says. And the story of how a chance finding of tapes at a design school in Ahmedabad, India changed what we know about the history of electronic music.

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Folge vom 02.01.2021Bettye LaVette and the history of electronica in India
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Folge vom 27.12.2020Mighty Mavis Staples and Radiohead's Ed O'BrienMavis Staples continues to release acclaimed albums of protest soul music in her 80s, and a guitarist in one of the world's biggest bands puts out a solo record.
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Folge vom 26.12.2020The Fab One Two Three Four and Grace under fire and pandemicCraig Brown's fresh and thorough look at the Beatles and the incidental characters that make up their story. And three's not a crowd on the album Seasons by Candelo based trio The New Graces.
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Folge vom 20.12.2020Beethoven at 250 — the late worksFollowing his early and "heroic" periods we delve into the late works of one of the greatest and most influential composers, Ludwig van Beethoven, born 250 years ago this month.