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Music Life Episodes

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    The time machine of tradition with Brìghde Chaimbeul, Sam Amidon, Linda Buckley and Rhodri Davies

    Four folk musicians discuss the roles of tradition and place in music

  2. Limitations are limitless, with Caterina Barbieri, Kali Malone, Moritz Von Oswald and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

    Can limitations be a source for creativity?

  3. Everything's a drum with Ane Brun, Amelia Meath and Linden Jay

    Three musicians discuss collaboration, navigating between genres and lyrical inspirations

  4. Don’t overthink it with Bill Ryder-Jones, Anna Calvi and Poppy Hankin

    What was the first piece of music that really affected you?

  5. The algorithm of you with Dot Allison, Andy Bell, Bishi and Charlotte Kemp Muhl

    What role should music play in education?

  6. Technology is sensualΒ with Laura Misch, Suzanne Ciani, Madame Gandhi and Sian O'Gorman

    Four electronic experimenters discuss how they make their music

  7. From indie to pop with Chromeo, La Roux and Empress Of

    Three alternative electro-pop acts discuss how they make their music

  8. Celebrating the vibrato with Joel Shadbolt, Dallas Tamaira, Anna Coddington and Allen Stone

    How do 1970s soul sounds still influence today's musicians?

  9. Music is your medicine with Ana Carla Maza, Lucas Santtana and Eliane Correa

    Three composers discuss the music of Cuba

  10. Your body is an instrument with Zubin Kanga, Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Laura Bowler and Neil Luck

    Zubin Kanga is joined by Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Laura Bowler & Neil Luck.

  11. Music doesn’t stop with Nightmares on Wax, Corinne Bailey Rae, Theo Croker and James Lavelle

    How has the digital age helped and hindered musicians?

  12. The magic of space in time with Galya Bisengalieva, Robert Ames, Actress and Claire M Singer

    How do different instruments affect composition?

  13. Taking your music seriously with Penguin CafΓ©, Johnny Borrell, Douglas Dare and Judi Jackson

    Is it OK for musicians to rehash their previous work?

  14. Everyone wants to be pop with Faizal Mostrixx, Afrorack, Grove and Kaya Byinshii

    How do musicians feel after a live performance?

  15. The melancholy of exile with Siavash Amini, Sarrsew, mHz and Mariam Rezaei

    Four artists with ties to Tehran discuss Iranian experimental music

  16. Breathing through your fingers with Adrian Younge, Lonnie Liston Smith, Jean Carne and Brian Jackson

    Four musicians share anecdotes from their storied careers

  17. The source is the universe with Carlos NiΓ±o, AndrΓ© 3000, Liv.e and Luis PΓ©rez Ixoneztli

    How does spirituality inspire music?

  18. Running out of melodies with Beirut, Blondie's Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields

    Four musicians discuss how cities have influenced their songs

  19. Kids on tour with Charlotte AdigΓ©ry, Bolis Pupul, John Carroll Kirby and Marie Davidson

    Four musicians discuss second albums, having kids and collaborations

  20. Finding new identities with Bloom Twins, Dorofeeva and Jamala

    Four of Ukraine’s finest musicians on creating art in a time of war

  21. Bluegrass rocks with Charlie Worsham, Ashley McBryde and Jaren Johnston

    Three American artists discuss the art of country and bluegrass music

  22. It’s everything but math! with Andrew Bird

    Singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, Meshell Ndegeocello and Juana Molina in conversation

  23. Allowing yourself to be possessed with GAIKA

    GAIKA with Speech Debelle, Lucinda Chua and James Massiah

  24. I'm not switching my flow with MC Yallah, Catu Diosis, Chrisman and Debmaster

    Four members of Uganda's Nyege Nyege collective talk about how they make their music

  25. We are not normal with Anoushka Shankar, Arooj Aftab, Lisa-KaindΓ© Diaz and Nadine Shah

    What does a musican's work give their audience?

  26. Confronting expectations with Steven Wilson, Roland Orzabal, Lucy Rose and Andy Partridge

    Does the world still need new music, and is "retro mania" stopping rock from evolving?

  27. Let the pressure make a diamond with Xefer, Apashe, Kovacs and Raja Kumari

    An international quartet of musicians discuss how they have evolved through songwriting

  28. Idols and clowns with Devendra Banhart, Phil Elverum, Jenny Hval and Bedouine

    What can musicians learn from shows that go wrong?

  29. Natural storytellers with Lea Salonga, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Gerard Salonga and Daniel Edmonds

    Four giants of musical theatre discuss how they make their art

  30. Abducted by aliens with Jeff Mills, Neue Grafik, Prabhu Edouard and Knoel Scott

    Is technology overtaking artists?

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