The Standard Issue podcast is a magazine for ears, founded by Sarah Millican, made by women for women, and covering everything women are interested in – so, y’know… everything.
Join one of the greatest British photographers of our time, Sir Don McCullin, in conversation with multi-award winning foreign correspondent Fergal Keane OBE.
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Now a shining light on the nu-folk scene, O’Neill is ‘one of Ireland’s most original young singer songwriters’ (Guardian). Her distinctive voice – part Cavan growl, part lament – is ‘utterly unique (and) simply can’t be ignored’ (fROOTS).
Global Pillage is a comedy panel show podcast all about idiom, culture, customs and norms. Hosted by Deborah Frances-White – host of The Guilty Feminist Podcast.
The flutes of Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen, the guitar of Ed Boyd and the bodhran of John Joe Kelly weave and spin traditionally rooted tunes into the breathtaking sound of the groundbreaking band Flook.
Soprano and composer Héloïse Werner performs her beguiling solo opera exploring language and identity, The Other Side Of The Sea, written in collaboration with poet Octavia Bright, visual artist Jessie Rodger and director Emily Burns.
Knightmare Live is the critically-acclaimed stage adaption of the cult television show Knightmare, a colourful mixture of comedy, improvisation, gaming and nostalgia.
Canadian musicians and celebrated instrument makers Pharis & Jason Romero sing vibrant duets, write deadly songs, play handmade banjos and love old acoustic guitars.
The Venus Unwrapped series includes just 100 of the 6,000 known historical female composers, we explore the background of the series with a group of exciting speakers.
In this fascinating programme, Stile Antico shines a light on an often-neglected repertoire, bringing to life women from the Renaissance through song.
Jazz Re:freshed present two exciting upcoming talents. Sarah Tandy is an inspiring bandleader and keyboard player, while Rosie Turton’s Quintet blends the sound of trombone, violin and electronics over a bed of interlocking grooves and soundscapes.
The LCMS’s second concert in the Venus Unwrapped series, with the ESO and Kenneth Woods, celebrates not only women in music, but also Czech music and the solo piano.
One of Shetland’s finest and most accomplished modern-day fiddlers, Jenna Reid is joined by long-time accompanist Harris Playfair, and the genre-defying string ensemble Mr McFall’s Chamber.
Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust celebrates its 50th Anniversary with Michael Chant and Howard Skempton’s String Quartets.
Blurring the lines between life and art, Sylvia Plath took her personal experiences and wove them into the very fabric of her poetry.
Baltic Crossing combine their affinity for old dance music and respect for each other’s rich musical traditions to bring a new, youthful energy to the folk music of Europe.
The New York-based drummer and composer continually grapples with the interaction between sound and environment, transforming physical and virtual spaces through his performances, recordings, and installations.
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A special evening with music by two ground-breaking contemporary composers, Nikki Yeoh and Zoe Rahman.
Through study with masters from vocal traditions the world over, the eight-voice ensemble continually expands its vocabulary of singing techniques and forges a new repertoire without borders.
Red Priest return to their roots with a programme of Baroque classics, arranged and performed with the quartet’s trademark energy.
One of the rare women in the neoclassical world, Alexandra Stréliski creates music that enthralls listeners, filling their minds with rich, cinematic images.
Cryptic, in association with Night School Records, presents multi-instrumentalist and singer, Ela Orleans, in an intimate audio-visual staging of her new album, Movies for Ears – a richly textured retrospective of her songs spanning a decade of recordings.
In this spoof interview show, David Reed interviews professional comedians about a career they never had.
What does the brain sound like? Neuroscientist and composer Cliff Kerr explores what happens when performers become composers by translating their brain activity in real time into musical scores.