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Laura Snapes explores how musicians have defied gender boundaries to create art and music
21 Mar 2017,·30 mins
Paul Gambaccini meets sound engineers James Lock and Geoff Emerick.
05 Feb 2008,·30 mins
The extraordinary story of how classic Irish folk songs were saved from extinction.
08 May 2012,·57 mins
Shining a light on the earliest female jazz pioneers, who were erased from music history.
16 Sep 2014,·30 mins
Tracey McLeod recalls the girl groups of the 1960s.
28 Feb 2008,·30 mins
AVA Live 2023
All the action from Ireland's biggest dance festival.
02 Jun 2023,·295 mins
Marking the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child
22 Nov 1979,·45 mins
Join Malachi Cush and friends at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh.
24 Dec 2024,·55 mins
The life of Louis Armstrong as told through his archive of tape recordings.
12 Dec 1998,·60 mins
Under a full moon and the Northern Lights, Richard Coles hears the Ice Music of Norway.
08 Feb 2011,·30 mins
Part Four
The latest developments of Latin American music in USA and what the future holds for it
09 Dec 1993,·29 mins
Neil Brand explores Hammer's modernist soundtracks, and explains how scary music works.
31 Oct 2022,·28 mins
BBC New Generation Artists Festive Concert
A musical journey with the dazzling BBC New Generation Artists.
27 Dec 2025,·53 mins
Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect song?
08 Aug 2012,·28 mins
Germaine Greer presents a profile of eccentric 1970s rock icon Frank Zappa.
07 Oct 2006,·30 mins
Aitch Freestyle
Manchester’s Aitch drops a highly anticipated freestyle for Kenny Allstar.
19 Mar 2019,·7 mins
Haisai Ojisan – Hey Old Man!
The story behind the 1970s Okinawan pop hit Haisai Ojisan or ‘Hey Old Man’
23 Mar 2019,·9 mins
6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny meets the scientists investigating why songs get stuck in our head
22 Oct 2012,·30 mins
The surprising and touching story of how Richard Strauss' marriage inspired his music.
21 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Philip Sweeney finds out about the pioneering composer of African Sanctus David Fanshawe.
04 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Can there be too many cellists? How Jacqueline du Pré created a surfeit of cellists!
27 Aug 2015,·30 mins
At a time of change and turmoil in the Middle East, what is happening inside Israel?
06 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Why do older people take up instruments and put themselves through music exams?
10 Jan 2017,·30 mins
Episode 4
Stephen Johnson explores how Antony Hopkins's broadcasts about music influenced him.
14 Aug 2014,·20 mins
Miranda Sawyer looks at one of music's most distinctive artists Siouxsie and the Banshees.
16 Oct 2012,·30 mins
In the 1970s the composer Philip Glass drove a taxi around Manhattan to make ends meet.
18 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Stephen Evans talks to producer Rick Rubin about his work with the legendary Johnny Cash.
31 Jul 2007,·30 mins
Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor discuss latest Bollywood release Shaandaar
22 mins
Jim Carey celebrates the ice cream van with enthusiasts Francis Rossi and Johnny Vegas.
30 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Tayo Popoola explores Nigeria's enduring love of Jim Reeves and country and western music.
07 Nov 2017,·49 mins
