On Tuesday, the 2nd of June, join Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor in conversation with Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy for a ...

How Jeff Mangum became inspired by Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl' and turned it into a modern classic. Brownswood head honcho Gilles Peterson digs deep into the cosmos and shares his Top Five ...

“As a music nerd, I just had to follow my heart, and my heart was those beats that were happening in England. And maybe what I’m understanding more and more as I get older, is that music like Kate ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 7 features Monorail Music in Glasgow. “It feels like a very vibrant, happy place. We just want people to leave the shop discovering something new, ...

This week’s episode of Behind The Counter season 7 features VinylFetishes in Manchester. “We create a safe space for our community, chilled out, so you can just come chat with us about music. We don’t ...

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.

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 features JM Records in Exeter. “I quite like the idea of my customers being able to come in here and seeing that I am predominantly pop and not be afraid to ...

This revelation was frustrated by the intractability of Joyce’s estate, which repeatedly refused Bush permission to use the words as her lyrics on ‘The Sensual World’. She was forced to rebuild from ...

Trans-Europe Express is one of the most significant works in the Kraftwerk canon as this is the album in which the art-music hippies began their transformation into electro-pop robots. It’s also the ...

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 ...

The final episode of Behind The Counter season 7 features Carnival Records in Malvern. “I’ve got a personal memory, which is quite a sad one. My dad dies, on the eve of Record Store Day 2017. I was ...