The Music Show

The Music Show

All kinds of music and all kinds of musicians in conversation with Andrew Ford.

Latest Episode

Bleak Squad: a supergroup with DNA from Magic Dirt, the Bad Seeds and Dirty Three; and a striking conversation with percussionist Steven Schick (14.09.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Irish trad-punk for the 21st century with the Mary Wallopers, and music for dark times with Deborah Cheetham-Fraillon 13.09.2025
  • Bold performances in music new and old: Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Havlat 07.09.2025
  • Music teachers on screen, and how to score a film 06.09.2025
  • 80 years since the end of WWII: the Music of Remembrance with Jeremy Eichler 31.08.2025
  • A musical portrait of Guinea-Bissau, and pianist Ana-Maria Vera on surviving as a child prodigy 30.08.2025
  • "I have seen rock and roll's future and its name is Bruce Springsteen": Born To Run at 50 24.08.2025
  • Beyond bluegrass with Molly Tuttle, and harpist Marshall McGuire on bravery and leadership 23.08.2025
  • Liz Pelly on the Spotify machine, and remembering jazz greats Judy Bailey and Sheila Jordan 17.08.2025
  • Leading an orchestra with Jaime Martín and putting words to music with DOBBY and Leah Senior 16.08.2025
  • Gregory Porter on his jazz foundations and Michael Collins on the clarinettist-composer relationship 10.08.2025
  • Jerrah Patston's world in songs, and the music of outback fences and pied butcherbirds 09.08.2025
  • Legacies and laughs: Tom Lehrer and Dame Cleo Laine 03.08.2025
  • Storytelling, beats and soundscapes on Warlpiri Country, and Gordon Kerry's new Requiem 02.08.2025
  • Ozzy Osbourne - the melodic voice of Black Sabbath, and announcing poetry and lyric competition Middle of the Air 27.07.2025
  • Michael Atherton: A lifetime student of music from ancient Egypt, medieval Europe and beyond 26.07.2025
  • Together Alone with Crowded House and talking About Ghosts with Mary Halvorson 20.07.2025
  • Ben Lee on mistakes, longevity and the power of pop music 19.07.2025
  • Midge Ure on punk, pop and Ultravox and Nina Korbe on opera and advocacy 13.07.2025
  • Putting together the pieces of Meredith Monk, and Christine Anu wins the 2025 NAIDOC Creative Talent Award 12.07.2025
  • Listening to Country with composer James Howard, and the Stiff Gins celebrate 25 years 06.07.2025

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