Music

A spoken word concept album linking space and music.

01 Sep 2015,·30 mins

Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.

12 Dec 2011,·30 mins

Professor John Butt explores the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach.

10 Apr 2017,·30 mins

Izzat Majeed could have retired quietly, but he formed a Pakistani jazz ensemble instead.

31 Mar 2015,·30 mins

Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign Hip Hop

23 Feb 2017,·30 mins

Jazz composer Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past.

04 Dec 2007,·30 mins

Trevor Cox finds out how recording and copying music compromises the original quality.

07 Jan 2016,·28 mins

The story of Poland's Syrena Records, a label that defined a nation.

12 Jan 2016,·30 mins

The poet Ian McMillan on what really happened when Stockhausen came to Huddersfield.

19 Nov 2015,·30 mins

Finance guru Alvin Hall charts the rise of rap music entrepreneur Jay-Z.

08 May 2007,·30 mins

Lucie Skeaping hears music written for Pepys, played for the first time since his death.

04 Apr 2017,·30 mins

Alan Bennett and musicians young and old consider the orchestral heritage of Yorkshire.

15 Sep 2015,·30 mins

Jolyon Jenkins reports on "Spiral Tribe", the 90s free party sound system, still raving.

22 Oct 2015,·30 mins

Bluegrass in the Cotswolds at the Sore Fingers Summer School

02 Jun 2011,·30 mins

Neil Brand explores Hammer's modernist soundtracks, and explains how scary music works.

31 Oct 2022,·28 mins

Schoenberg's 12-tone system redefined music. So why are his works rarely performed?

03 Sep 2024,·28 mins