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Haisai Ojisan – Hey Old Man!
The story behind the 1970s Okinawan pop hit Haisai Ojisan or ‘Hey Old Man’
23 Mar 2019,·9 mins
Aitch Freestyle
Manchester’s Aitch drops a highly anticipated freestyle for Kenny Allstar.
19 Mar 2019,·7 mins
Germaine Greer presents a profile of eccentric 1970s rock icon Frank Zappa.
07 Oct 2006,·30 mins
Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect song?
08 Aug 2012,·28 mins
BBC New Generation Artists Festive Concert
A musical journey with the dazzling BBC New Generation Artists.
27 Dec 2025,·53 mins
Marking the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child
22 Nov 1979,·45 mins
Tracey McLeod recalls the girl groups of the 1960s.
28 Feb 2008,·30 mins
Shining a light on the earliest female jazz pioneers, who were erased from music history.
16 Sep 2014,·30 mins
Paul Gambaccini meets sound engineers James Lock and Geoff Emerick.
05 Feb 2008,·30 mins
Laura Snapes explores how musicians have defied gender boundaries to create art and music
21 Mar 2017,·30 mins
The BBC Philharmonic returns to Japan for an emotional tour for the first time since 2011.
03 May 2013,·28 mins
Alistair McGowan tells the story of the love letters that composer Erik Satie never sent.
13 Jul 2013,·30 mins
Episode 3
Sara Mohr-Pietsch and conductor Paul Goodwin answer your questions about Baroque music.
26 Mar 2013,·20 mins
2. Doom Metal And Beyond
Maddy Prior, lead singer of Steeleye Span, and her daughter Rose Kemp on musical futures
10 Nov 2015,·30 mins
Meet the modern musicians adapting traditional West African music.
05 Jun 2012,·30 mins
Jazz - George Reed
Mark Goodier and George Reed from 'Jazz Now And Then' talk about jazz
21 Jul 1993,·28 mins
4: Plants and Insects
How are the world’s musicians, sound artists and poets responding to the loss of species?
14 Jul 2020,·28 mins
Looking back at a life in music, on the centenary of his birth
06 Nov 2000,·24 mins
Composer Matthew Herbert takes a critical look at looping and sampling in modern music.
01 Mar 2014,·30 mins
Evelyn Glennie explores the extraordinary story of a new percussion instrument - The Hang.
14 Jul 2015,·30 mins
What happens when a songwriter accidentally copies someone else's song?
27 Jan 2011,·30 mins
Alistair McGowan uncovers the sensational, creative life of the Irish composer John Field.
17 May 2016,·30 mins
Schumann and Beethoven
Mark Lowther explores a piano concerto by Robert Schumann and Beethoven's 7th Symphony
08 Aug 2005,·26 mins
Islington-born Sylvie Simmons talks to Nick Barraclough about her life as a rock writer.
16 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Laura Barton pieces together the true story of Abner Jay, a most unusual musical talent.
20 Jan 2015,·30 mins
Tommy Pearson looks at the impact that Buddy Holly had on the 1950s.
28 Apr 1997,·15 mins
An early sampler, this 1960s musical invention's fans include Paul McCartney.
30 Jun 2006,·28 mins
Ruth Barnes explores the music, life and loves of the singer songwriter Judee Sill
09 Sep 2014,·30 mins
Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
05 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Acoustics expert Trevor Cox goes in search of the best venues for different types of music
22 Sep 2014,·30 mins
