Drama broadcast on BBC Radio 4 yesterday afternoon.
“Adapted from the critically acclaimed Kinks album, Ray Davies’ autobiographical drama, co-written with Paul Sirett, tells the story of Ray’s battle for the rights to his songs.”
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Drama broadcast on BBC Radio 4 yesterday afternoon.
“Adapted from the critically acclaimed Kinks album, Ray Davies’ autobiographical drama, co-written with Paul Sirett, tells the story of Ray’s battle for the rights to his songs.”
The excellent series returns today (on air right now). Episodes in series 31 are:
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Some Enchanted Evening Unfinished Sympathy Song To The Siren
MP3 podcast/downloads available after transmission
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008mj7p/broadcasts/upcoming
Kirsty Wark in discussion with Mike Barson, Mark Bedford, Chris Foreman, producer Clive Langer and lead singer Suggs.
Having dropped on Mrs F and Offspring The Elder in town, I raced back to listen to this… and my mother appeared at the door. So I’m off to listen on catchup.
paging @sitheref2409
In the first of the three-part series “Playing Well” Chris Hawkins has an intimate conversation with the band mates of Scott Hutchison, who took his own life in May 2018.
In conversation with Scott’s brother Grant, drummer in Frightened Rabbit, and guitarist Andy Monaghan, Chris discovers more about the anxious child who reframed his family nickname as a band name – and how he channeled a rare lyrical talent, determination and energy into the creation of one of Scotland’s most important and influential rock bands.
Charting the rise of the band and Scott’s intense, occasionally hilarious approach to live performance, Grant frankly addresses the pressures his brother faced – and the structural pressures faced by anyone in the music industry. Charting the exhausting aftermath of suicide, Grant talks about defining Scott as a songwriter, in the hope that the existence of works which appear to presage his death don’t create a misleading impression of Scott’s life.
It’s a moving portrait of a fascinating artist, and an attempt to reclaim Scott’s musical legacy from the inaccurate assumption that the combination of musical celebrity and mental illness can only end in tragedy.
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BBC Radio 4’s series The Voices of… is back.
Alison Goldfrapp last week and Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner yesterday.
All episodes available for download.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08slys1/episodes/downloads
I heard this little gem on a commute yesterday afternoon and thought I’d share it here.
The Afterword is of course not a place to reminisce, but this will resonate closely with many of our teenage backgrounds, particularly the musos among us.
You may need to sign up to BBC iPlayer but it’s worth it to pass a charming 45 minutes.
And yes, Mud were shite.