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Adam was a key member in the nascent UK punk scene, before leading a band who eventually made him one of the biggest stars in the world - blending pop tunes with a punk sensibility and an inspired image that was part Byronic hero, part Beau Brummell and part Highwayman.

Matt Everitt speaks frankly to the man once known simply as Stuart Goddard, about the birth of punk, his emergence to become probably the most recognisable and successful major solo pop star of the early 80s, his spectacular and tragic fall from grace, and how he's been tackling Asperger's syndrome to return to the stage and recording studio.

Adam Ant reveals the musical milestones in his life. First broadcast in 2011.

Adam was a key member in the nascent UK punk scene before leading a band who eventually made him one of the biggest stars in the world - blending pop tunes with a punk sensibility and an inspired image that was part Byronic hero, part Beau Brummell and part Highwayman.

Matt Everitt speaks frankly to the man once known simply as Stuart Goddard, about the birth of punk, his emergence to become probably the most recognisable and successful major solo pop star of the early 80s, his spectacular and tragic fall from grace, and how he's been tackling Asperger's syndrome to return to the stage and recording studio.

Another chance to hear Adam Ant discussing the pivotal musical moments of his life.

Adam was a key member in the nascent UK punk scene before leading a band who eventually made him one of the biggest stars in the world - blending pop tunes with a punk sensibility and an inspired image that was part Byronic hero, part Beau Brummell and part Highwayman.

Matt Everitt speaks frankly to the man once known simply as Stuart Goddard, about the birth of punk, his emergence to become probably the most recognisable and successful major solo pop star of the early 80s, his spectacular and tragic fall from grace, and how he's been tackling Asperger's syndrome to return to the stage and recording studio.

Another chance to hear Adam Ant discussing the pivotal musical moments of his life.

The image of Alice Cooper as a cartoon-ish Halloween schlock rocker is one that the 63 year old Vincent Damon Furnier has worked had to establish, but his real musical and cultural impact is often ignored.

His band emerged from the Detroit garage rock scene of the mid 60s alongside the MC5 and Iggy & the Stooges and he can lay claim to helping inspire punk as much as either of those revered acts (it's no coincidence his track Eighteen was sung by Johnny Rotten at his audition for the Sex Pistols). But Alice also helped develop the idea of the rock concert as theatre - employing theatrical imagery and stagecraft way before Bowie picked up the pan stick.

In 2011, Matt Everitt spoke to Alice about his early years, how he developed his showmanship, and the massive international success that followed albums such as Welcome to my Nightmare and School's Out - albums that turned him into a household name. With typical grace and humour, Alice also discusses his battles with alcoholism, his creative rebirth with a cameo in Wayne's World, and his life as a born-again Christian - an interesting contradiction considering the characters he portrays and the battles he's endured with moral crusaders.

And, of course, we talk about his current addiction... golf (he plays six days a week off a handicap of two).

Another chance to hear Alice Cooper sharing his musical milestones with Matt Everitt.

Here Win talks about his band's remarkable journey - A route that starts in the club scene Montreal, Quebec where the band formed in 2001, and stretches across the world, taking in meetings with David Bowie, their first trip to the UK, support slots with U2 and a recent musical reinvention inspired by Win's first trip to Haiti, before ending up on the Pyramid Stage at the biggest festival in the world.

Matt Everitt speaks to Win Butler.

Baaba Maal has followed his music as it travelled the world, spreading word of an energetic, idealistic Africa - from his young travels around West Africa performing songs with mentor Mansour Seck, to the Paris conservatoire where he studied musical theory, and ultimately across the globe.

He has collaborated with John Leckie, Brian Eno, Damon Albarn's Africa Express and Mumford & Sons. He has worked on movie soundtracks for The Last Temptation of Christ and Black Hawk Down and more recently become the voice of Wakanda for the Black Panther films, helping soundtrack composer Ludwig Goransson create the films exhilarating musical soundscape.

Baaba's latest album Being is released at the end of March 2023.

Matt Everitt is joined by the legendary Senegalese musician Baaba Maal.

Ben Folds has always been an unlikely alternative rock hero. His studious, slightly bookish image was certainly at odd with the other bands around when he formed his piano bass and drums trio Ben Folds Five in 1993. More to the point. there weren't really many indie piano bass and drums trios around at that time. And if there were, they didn't rock as hard as Ben Folds Five.

From the off the band was always different, but that's what made them great. They married the piano dynamics and melodies of early Elton John and Randy Newman, with smart lyrics that focused on American life and Ben's personal history. And their musicianship was simply staggering.

Ben talks about his musical heroes, the early days of Ben Folds Five and how he managed to carve a niche for the band, which found fame with their hit song Brick. He also discusses his work with author Nick Hornby, putting his past behind him to reform Ben Folds Five in 2011 and what it's like recording an album with William 'Captain Kirk' Shatner!

Ben Folds discusses his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2013

Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists.

Ahead of Gossip's 6 Music Festival set, Beth joins Matt Everitt to talk First Times.

Bill discusses all aspects of is extraordinary career to date. From guiding the Teardrop Explodes, to writing the definitive manual on getting a number one single, from creating then destroying Stadium Rave with the KLF to his now infamous burning of a million pounds, and onto his current attempts to deconstruct the way we experience and interact with music - and reinvent it in wholly remarkable and original ways.

This interview first broadcast in August 2010.

Bill Drummond talks to Matt Everitt about his remarkable career.

Bill discusses all aspects of is extraordinary career to date. From guiding the Teardrop Explodes, to writing the definitive manual on getting a number one single, from creating then destroying Stadium Rave with the KLF to his now infamous burning of a million pounds, and onto his current attempts to deconstruct the way we experience and interact with music - and reinvent it in wholly remarkable and original ways.

This interview first broadcast in August 2010.

Bill Drummond talks to Matt Everitt about his remarkable career.

Publicly and critically acclaimed, Bjork has 13 Grammy Awards nominations, one Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards to her name, but it's her ability to use her distinct singing voice as an instrument to craft unique melodies that has won her millions of fans over the world.

Bjork talks Matt Everitt through the her remarkable career. She discusses first falling in love with music after being fascinated by the artwork of her parents' collection of Joni Mitchell and Frank Zappa LPs, recording her debut album aged just 11 years old, forming The Sugarcubes, working with her musical peer Thom Yorke and what inspires her to return to the studio and the stage.

First broadcast in September 2011.

Bjork discusses her musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2011.

Publicly and critically acclaimed, Bjork has 13 Grammy Awards nominations, one Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards to her name, but it's her ability to use her distinct singing voice as an instrument to craft unique melodies that has won her millions of fans over the world.

Bjork talks Matt Everitt through the her remarkable career. She discusses first falling in love with music after being fascinated by the artwork of her parents' collection of Joni Mitchell and Frank Zappa LPs, recording her debut album aged just 11 years old, forming The Sugarcubes, working with her musical peer Thom Yorke and what inspires her to return to the studio and the stage.

First broadcast in September 2011.

Bjork discusses her musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2011.

This week's guest is singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, Oscar winner and friend of the Muppets Bret McKenzie,

One half of Flight of the Conchords 'the almost award-winning fourth-most-popular folk duo in New Zealand', his self explanatory solo album Songs Without Jokes is out soon.

Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists.

Blur and Oasis may have ridden the Britpop wave to a place in the popular consciousness, but Suede made it possible. Before Suede, the UK music scene was largely in the grip of post-grunge Americana. It was Brett Anderson's band who wrestled back dominance, trading freely on the glamour of Bowie, the sexual ambiguity of the Smiths and the passion for pop of both.

Suede's Brett Anderson shares the musical milestones of his life. First broadcast in 2011.

From stories of hearing Little Richard through a neighbours window as a young boy, finding his talent for singing in a Scout show, to joining AC/DC in 1980 and flying off to the Bahamas to record what would become one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, he also talks candidly about the difficulties he faced when he lost his hearing and the revelatory new technology that's brought it back.

Picking tracks from the likes of Little Richard and Dan McCafferty along the way, Brian shares the music and memories with the down to earth North East humour that's never left him.

AC/DC's frontman chats to Matt Everitt about the pivotal musical moments that shaped him.

The Scottish-American musician, songwriter and actor burst onto the music scene as the frontman of one of the most exciting bands of the 1990s. With his distinctive vocals, aggressive guitar style and androgynous appearance Brian and the band won over a legion of devoted fans worldwide, including David Bowie who invited them to support him on tour.

Placebo founders Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal had both attended the American International School of Luxembourg, without speaking to each other, as they were part of different social circles. The two met by chance in 1994, in London. At the time, Stefan was taking guitar lessons and was on his way home when he met Molko at South Kensington tube station. Brian, observing that Stefan had a guitar strapped to his back, invited him to watch a gig. On the strength of Molko's performance, Stefan decided that they should start a band.

In October 1995 the band released 'Bruise Pristine' and by 1996 Placebo were signed with Caroline Records. Their debut album, the self-titled Placebo, was released the same year. In 1997 they released 'Nancy Boy' a song which openly discussed sexual allusions, mental health, and drug use. It peaked at number 4 in the UK singles.

Placebo have released seven studio albums, all of which have reached the Top 20 in the UK, and have sold around 11 million records worldwide. In this interview recorded in 2016, and never before aired, Brian talks about his first musical memories, working with Bowie, and the bands that have influenced his career.

The creative force of the Beach Boys, a great American composer and one of popular music's true legends discusses his early influences, his experiments with recording music on a tape machine aged just 16, the huge difficulties he had creating masterpieces such as Good Vibrations and the Beach Boys' great lost album Smile (which was released 44 years after the original recordings) and how drugs influenced his work and then, sadly, forced his withdrawal from music.

While his fragile mental state does make Wilson a sometimes hesitant interviewee, his humour and passion for music still shine through. This interview was first broadcast in October 2011.

Later in the programme Butch reflects on working with The Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana as record producer and life as drummer/co-producer of Garbage.

Matt Everitt talks to Butch Vig about the songs that have shaped his life.

Carl Cox is one of the most celebrated British techno and house DJs of the global dance music scene and has been filling dancefloors since the mid 1980s..

Carl started his working life as a shelf-stacker and a scaffolder in the south London suburbs. Described by Norman Cook as 'the DJs DJ', Carl's phenomenal talents grew out of his love of music and knowledge of Soundsystem culture. From DJ'ing as 'The People's Choice' at unlicensed raves to becoming a global headline main stage artist playing across the world, he has been everything from a recording artist and producer to label owner, radio DJ and broadcaster. Known as 'the three deck wizard' Carl played at the opening night of the legendary 'Shoom', at unlicensed raves, billed as 'The People's Choice', and has many tales to tell.

In his biography 'OH YES! OH YES!', out next month. Carl looks back over a life lived at the heart of the party, from Ibiza to Melbourne. His career in many ways is the story of club culture.

Carl has won the Best International DJ Award three times, the Best Techno DJ Award six times, and the Best Ibiza Club Night, receiving a record 32 consecutive nominations since the awards began in 1998.

The legendary DJ chats in-depth to Matt Everitt about his musical firsts

Chan Marshall aka Cat Power is an artist known for her haunting vocals and emotionally revealing songs, in which is she unafraid to lay her innermost feelings bare.

Having taken on the stage name Cat Power for her first band in 1992, she has since adopted it as a moniker for all her musical projects, which has included collaborations with Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder.

She chats candidly to Matt about her earliest musical influences growing up in Georgia listening to her gran's country and church music, before her sister introduced her to experimental rock at the tender age of 11 - which sparked her long-term love of ‘outsider' music.

She was “discovered ? opening for Liz Phair in 1993 by Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, which led to her first album, ‘Dear Sir' in 1995 and most recently released her 10th album, ‘The Wanderer' in 2018.

In this episode, Cat Power also gives an insight into her own raw, spontaneous approach to her own live shows as an artist, life-changing advice from Jonathan Richman, as well as the reasons for her passion for music from Aretha Franklin, Can, and more.

First broadcast in 2019.

Cat Power shares the key musical moments of her life and career. First broadcast in 2019.

Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists.

Chris was the frontman of Soundgarden, one of the key bands to emerge from the Seattle grunge scene in the early 1990s. Their biggest album, 1994's Superunknown, featured the Grammy Award-winning singles Black Hole Sun and Spoonman. Soundgarden split up in 1997, and Chris went on to form the rock supergroup Audioslave, best known for their hit Cochise. Soundgarden reformed in 2010, and released their sixth studio album King Animal.

Chris died in May 2017.

Presented by Matt Everitt and first broadcast in 2013.

Chris Cornell discusses pivotal moments and songs in 2013. Chris died in May 2017.

Born in Akron, Ohio in 1951, Chrissie became obsessed with rock n roll and the UK music scene and moved to London in 1973. She was part of the crowd that hung out at Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's shop Sex in the Kings Road, Chelsea, which was the breeding ground of the UK punk rock movement.

She formed the Pretenders in 1978, and led them though a run of Top 20 albums and classic singles, keeping the band together despite the tragic deaths of guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and bassist Pete Farndon.

Chrissie discusses the music that influenced her from her earliest days, through to the worldwide success of the Pretenders, and onto the release of Stockholm, the first album made under own name.

Chrissie Hynde shares her musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2014.

As the leader of rap group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav, Chuck D helped create politically and socially conscious hip hop music in the mid-1980s. After hearing demo track 'Public Enemy Number One', fledgling producer Rick Rubin insisted on signing him to his Def Jam label, and Public Enemy went on to release genre-defining, landscape-changing albums such as 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show' in 1987, 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' in 1988, 'Fear of a Black Planet' in 1990, and 'Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black' in 1991.

Chuck D has collaborated with artists such as Janet Jackson, Kool Moe Dee, The Dope Poet Society, Run–D.M.C., Ice Cube, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine, Anthrax, George Clinton, Meat Loaf, Henry Rollins, John Mellencamp, The Go! Team and many others. He also appeared on Sonic Youth's 1990 single 'Kool Thing'.

Alongside his music projects, he continues to be an activist, author, publisher, lecturer, producer and radio presenter, and is the voice of DJ Forth Right MC in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark third album, 'Fear of a Black Planet', Chuck D has recently curated an art exhibition of original visual works inspired by the music, legacy and history of Public Enemy.

In this episode, Matt talks to Chuck D about the first key musical moments in his life and career to date as well as Public Enemy's return to Def Jam and the release of their new album 'What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?

Public Enemy's Chuck D shares his musical milestones, in conversation with Matt Everitt.

As the leader of rap group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav, Chuck D helped create politically and socially conscious hip hop music in the mid-1980s. After hearing demo track 'Public Enemy Number One', fledgling producer Rick Rubin insisted on signing him to his Def Jam label and Public Enemy went on to release genre defining, land-scape changing albums such as 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show' in 1987, 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' in 1988, 'Fear of a Black Planet' in 1990, and 'Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black' in 1991.

Alongside his music projects he continues to be an activist, author, publisher, lecturer, producer, radio presenter, and is the voice of DJ Forth Right MC in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark third album, 'Fear Of A Black Planet', Chuck D has recently curated an art exhibition of original visual works inspired by the music, legacy and history of Public Enemy.

In this episode Matt talks to Chuck D about the first key musical moments in his life and career to date as well as Public Enemy's return to Def Jam and the release of their new album 'What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?

Slipknot have assaulted the senses of audiences around the world with their aggressive musical style, terrifying masks, and chaotic, energetic live shows since the late 90s.

As one of the most successful heavy metal groups of their generation they have claimed six Top 40 singles and four Top 5 albums in the UK, including a Number 1 with ‘Iowa' in 2001, which denied The Strokes' debut album ‘This Is It' of the top spot. Eighteen years later, in 2019, their album ‘We Are Not Your Kind' topped the charts. To date Slipknot have sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

In this interview Matt peels back the mask as Corey talks about his turbulent early life growing up in a trailer in the Mid-West of America, the moment he decided to join the world's most nightmare-inducing band, his battles with addiction, and his deep love for the music of Faith No More, Prince, Public Enemy and Ray Lamontagne.

First broadcast in 2021.

Slipknot's Corey Taylor reveals the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped his life

Born in Hull, Cosey began her art and music career during 1969, appearing in art performances and musical improvisations in and around Hull until 1972.

In 1973, Cosey moved to London and continued working as a performance artist, representing Britain at the 9th Paris Biennale, 1975 and Arte Inglese Oggi, 1976. She also performed in Belgium, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Austria, USA and Canada until 1980.

Throughout the period 1973 - 1980 Cosey was exhibiting, contributing to mail art exhibitions and performing in other group exhibitions around the world. Often working naked in her performances, Cosey went on to investigate self-image within the context of sex magazines and sex films, glamour modelling and striptease acts. Her experiences within these industries during the period 1973 - 1984 were brought into her art work as she explored the many aspects of sex as it is perceived and transacted as commercial product. She placed conventional beauty in a situation where it was subjected to simulated mutilation before a live audience. This provided a visual contrast highlighting and questioning the notion of what is presentable as 'beauty'.

In her infamous exhibition 'Prostitution' at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1976, Cosey Fanni Tutti occupied multiple roles; artist, model, musician, and herself. Music was used in some of Cosey's performances in preference to spoken language, which she considered an obstacle to her visual presentations. She continued to explore the use of sound, scientifically, politically, commercially and as a means of physical pleasure or pain. In 1976, she co-founded the group Throbbing Gristle with Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson and Genesis P-Orridge. They broke the rules of established music and its contextual business practice, ultimately becoming successful with their own record label, Industrial Records. In 1981, Cosey immersed herself in creating music and video with partner Chris Carter under the name Chris & Cosey, most recently performing and recording as Carter Tutti. Their joint musical and video collaborations, some 32 albums, have met with continuing international success.

1994 marked Cosey's re-entry into the art world, since which time her works have been widely exhibited in Museums and Galleries in the UK, USA, Italy, Austria, Germany, Lisbon, Japan, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Sweden.

Cosey's continuing multidisciplinary approach to her work has generated many audio and visual works contributing to a prolific output in the past 15 years alongside her guest lectures, discussion panel appearances and numerous presentations.

In 2000, after studying for five years, Cosey received a Bachelor of Arts, First-Class Honours Degree that was conferred at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England.

Her approach to her work also inspired the one-day event in March 2010 'COSEY COMPLEX' at the ICA, London in which a range of artists, writers and other practitioners were invited to present works inspired by the notion of 'Cosey as Methodology', culminating in a music event 'COSEY CLUB-ICA'.

In 2009 - 2010, Cosey's work was part of the travelling exhibition 'Pop Life: Art in a Material World' at Tate Modern, London. Also in 2010, Cosey performed a solo audio visual piece in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern as part of the Tate Modern 10th birthday celebrations.

Her art practice takes its place alongside her continuing music work with Chris Carter (as CARTER TUTTI) and the re-grouping of Throbbing Gristle and their continuing world-wide performances and recordings. Her work continues to be exhibited internationally, most recently in 'Pop Life' at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada and 'Picture Industry' at Regen Projects summer show in Los Angeles in 2010.

Artist, author, musician, rulebreaker. Cosey Fanni Tutti shares her First Times.

Known for her deadpan singing style and amusing, insightful lyrics, Courtney attracted attention with the release of her debut EP 'I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris' on her own Milk! Records label in 2012. International interest soon followed with the release of her EP The Double EP 'A Sea of Split Peas' in 2013. Her debut album 'Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit' was released in 2015 to widespread acclaim. Lauded at home in Australia, she was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards and International Female Solo Artist at the 2016 Brit Awards. Collaborating with Kurt Vile she released 'Lotta Sea Lice' in 2017, and her second album 'Tell Me How You Really Feel' to further acclaim in 2018.

Much loved by BBC 6 Music listeners with singles such as 'Avant Gardener', 'Kim's Caravan' and 'Nameless, Faceless', the former pizza delivery driver releases her latest single 'Rae Street' from her up-coming third studio album 'Things Take Time, Take Time', which is due for release in November.

Driven to document the undocumented with painstaking, exacting detail, Courtney captures the minutiae and idiosyncrasies of life in all their awkward yet poignant glory with songs that are often acutely personal. Here she opens up to Matt about her musical firsts and influences, while growing up in Sydney, and Hobart in Tasmania.

The witty Australian Alt-Rock musician chats about her musical firsts and her new album

Born in San Francisco in 1964, after submerging herself in the UK post punk scene of the 80s, Courtney became a member of Babes in Toyland and then the leader of Hole, where she cut a defiant figure, making equally powerful music. A year later, she married Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, and the couple seemed enmired in controversy at every turn. Four days after Cobain's suicide in April 1994, Hole released Live Through This, a deeply personal and brilliant album that would break them worldwide and prove the quality of Love's songwriting.

Hole released two more albums before breaking up in 2002, by which time Courtney had taken up acting. Despite her often turbulent life, Courtney is a survivor, who remained outspoken and unbowed.

Courtney Love shares her musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2014.

Recorded at his west London studio, Damon talks through his musical journey, including some of his greatest successes with Blur and Gorillaz, but also some of the more esoteric and little known aspects of his work, including his film soundtrack work with Michael Nyman. Damon also recalls and the impact Terry Hall and (perhaps more surprisingly) Nik Kershaw had on his life.

He remembers the way that his first trip to Africa in 2000, in the wake of Blur's split, re-invigorated his passion for music, his close friendship with Afrobeat drumming legend Tony Allen and his first solo album. The interview reveals a fascinating journey through the life of one of the most innovative, eclectic and successful songwriters in popular music.

As part of Little Simz's Wise Women selection, Damon Albarn talks his musical first times.

Dan is best known as half of the guitar-and-drum garage and blues band the Black Keys. As a producer and musician he's collaborated with the Pretenders, Dangermouse, Lana Del Rey, Ray LaMontagne, A$AP Rocky and Dr John.

He chats to Matt about his earliest musical influences growing up in Ohio, which were bluegrass and country, the impact of his father's staggering vinyl collection and his formative gigging experiences, which varied from the Grateful Dead to Whitney Houston. He also discusses the formation and huge success of the Black Keys, working with Danger Mouse and Dr John, and his passions for JJ Cale, T Rex, the Sonics and Link Wray.

Dan Auerbach talks to Matt Everitt about the key moments of his life and career.

Danger Mouse talks Matt Everitt through the pivotal records that have influenced him.

Born in Detroit, Danny began rapping from an early age. He released his first studio album, The Hybrid, in 2010 and his multiple later albums include XXX (2011), Old (2013), Atrocity Exhibition (2016) and U Know What I'm Sayin' (2019).

Danny is also an actor and starred in the 2018 film White Boy Rick alongside Matthew McConaughey.

Rapper Danny Brown joins Matt to share musical First Times.

American rapper Danny Brown tells Matt how he was always, always going to be a rapper (!), shares the influence his DJ-ing father had on him, and why his albums are like his kids!

The First Time With - sees Matt Everitt present in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists about the pivotal moments and songs that shaped their lives and their careers.

Today, Matt welcomes Northern Irish composer David Holmes to the programme. David worked as a DJ before releasing several solo albums in the late 1990s. He is also the composer of film and television scores, with successes including Out of Sight (1998), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Killing Eve (2018-2019) and The Fall (2013). He has also produced music for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Primal Scream.

DJ and composer David Holmes shares his musical First Times with Matt Everitt.

DJ and composer David Holmes joins Matt to share his First Times, including the influence of acid house, movie director Steven Soderbergh, and how he heads off complacency.

Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists.

Lynch is also a musician, having helped create the music for many of his movies (he wrote the lyrics to the Twin Peaks theme - Falling sung by Julee Cruise) as well as solo albums such as The Big Dream - a record as hypnotic and disturbingly beautiful as his films.

In a rare interview, recorded in 2013, Lynch speaks to Matt Everitt about his formative early musical influences (Chopin and the sound of B36 bombers flying over his childhood home), his passion for Elvis and early rock 'n' roll, directing David Bowie, his love of jazz, how he creates his own unique music and how the imagery and plot of his classic film Blue Velvet was directly inspired by Bobby Vinton's 1963 classic single, which would never sound the same again.

David Lynch discusses his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2013.

On this week's First Time, Matt Everitt speaks to Debbie about Blondie's early career developing alongside CBGBs bands the Ramones, Talking Heads and Television, the pressures that came with the band's enormous fame (and her place as the focal part of that), the management problems that dogged Blondie's history, her strong views on the role of women in rock and her dislike of being called 'an icon'.

First broadcast in 2011.

Blondie's Debbie Harry discusses the musical milestones of her life with Matt Everitt.

DJ Shadow discusses the music he first heard as a child, how a West Coast boy was so attracted by the New York hip hop, beat box, break dance & graffiti scene. He also remembers working with James Lavelle and his releases on Mo' Wax, including his record-breaking Entroducing album, and what it was like going from bedroom DJ to working with world-class artists.

DJ Shadow shares his musical milestones in an interview first broadcast in 2011.

Known as Dr. Creaux, the Night Tripper, among other aliases, the man born Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr in 1941 is best known by the stage name Dr. John and was one of the more remarkable musicians to emerge from America. He provided a link between the rich musical heritage of his beloved New Orleans and the counterculture of the 60s.

As a child he sneaked into recording sessions by the likes of Little Richard at the New Orleans studio where his father worked. He became a leading figure in the 50s New Orleans R&B scene, first as a guitarist then (after one of his fingers was shot off during a fight) a pianist. He played on classic recordings by Professor Longhair, Frankie Ford and Joe Tex.

Mac also recalls how he developed as a songwriter with his 1968 album Gris Gris, a record steeped in the sound of New Orleans and blended with voodoo imagery and psychedelic sonics, which defined his unique sound and mysterious image that partly concealed his personal warmth and charm. He also discusses his work with Sonny and Cher, Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin and playing on the Rolling Stones' Exile On Main St., as well as featuring in the Band's classic film The Last Waltz.

Dr. John also looks back on his breakthrough 1973 hit In the Right Place, working with Spiritualized and his acclaimed album Locked Down, recorded with the Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.

The late Dr. John shares his milestones with Matt Everitt.

The late Dr. John shares his milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2014.

He arrived seemingly fully-formed with his 1977 debut album My Aim Is True, full of passion, anger and poetry - and hasn't stopped moving since.

He's produced albums of sneering post punk, lavish orchestral pop, country and western, easy listening, classical, Tin Pan Alley pop and jazz - and the thread that runs through all this is his songwriting skill.

Elvis talks about the influence of his father (who was a trumpeter with the Joe Loss Orchestra in the 50s and 60s), the recording of his breakthrough debut album and enlisting Chet Baker for Shipbuilding.

He also talks about some of his favourite collaborators, including Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and the Roots.

Elvis Costello shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2013

Emily is co-organiser of the Glastonbury Festival and is the youngest daughter of the festival's founder and organiser Michael Eavis.

Emily chats to Matt about her life growing up in the Glastonbury family, the music that inspired her, and shares her memories of the festival through the years.

First broadcast in 2013.

Emily Eavis, the Glastonbury Festival organiser, shares her musical milestones in 2013.

Erol Alkan has never played by dance music's rules, which might explain how he's lasted so long through changing trends and fickle tastes. Since the halcyon days of 'Trash', his decade long nightclub in London and later, as a resident at Bugged Out, Alkan has long been blending orthodox dance music with unorthodox tastes. Bringing alternative flair to Dj sets, informed by a adolescent diet of psychedelic and indie rock bands, Alkan mixes techno, house and rock music in a way that most other Djs cannot. All of that means these sets are as exciting for techno heads as those on the peripheries of dance music—in other words, Alkan bridges the gap between two musical worlds and shows there doesn't need to be a divide in the first place.

Through his label Phantasy, Alkan champions other artists who are at the forefront of this crossover, including Daniel Avery, and he's been a mentor to many as both a DJ and producer. Radio residencies have included shows for Boiler Room and BBC6 Music, as well as a touring duty taking in some of the worlds most celebrated clubs including fabric, Fuse, Sub Club and Berghain.

Alkan's unique approach to dance music comes from what he calls a 'skewed perspective,' having always been an outsider to the scenes he swims in, with an instinct for occasionally going against the grain: After winning the accolade as 'Dj Of The Year' from Mixmag, he retreated back into the indie world, producing alternative bands rather than predictably touring the nightclub circuit. Alkan is an artist who has always done what feels right to him, stating that that 'the spirit' of his music has been the same since he was a teenager. With feet in both worlds, working on upcoming albums by Daniel Avery and legendary shoegaze band Ride, proving that Alkan is at home with throbbing techno as he is at glacial guitars.

And while Erol Alkan is a renowned producer, he might best be known as a remixer—another way that he effortlessly brings worlds together. His new compilation 'Reworks Volume 1' looks back on over a decade of realigning other artists, including his classic versions of Justice's 'Waters Of Nazareth,' Connan Mockasin's 'Forever Dolphin Love' and Death From Above 1979's 'Romantic Rights,' remixes that have added new perspective and dimensions to the originals, at times perform alchemy, turning rock into dance music on reworks for Franz Ferdinand, Interpol and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and he's just as comfortable taking on fellow dance music producers like Lindstrøm, Daft Punk and Hot Chip, which lead to the classic rework of 'Boy From School'.

DJ, remixer, producer and starter of hugely influential club nights... Erol Alkan is here!

He remembers growing up surrounded by jazz musicians and his love for Louis Armstrong. He also recalls developing a love for the bass guitar, his early rock bands and how important British bands Gang Of Four and Echo & The Bunnymen were to him. He tells Matt about the Chili Peppers' first record and their huge success, and talks about collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn and Thom Yorke.

Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers shares his musical milestones. First broadcast in 2016.

Sometimes the perfect band comes along at the perfect time, a group that captures a moment in your life so well that you'll always have a place in your heart for them. If you were going to gigs or buying records during the 90s, Supergrass may be that band.

Following in the tradition of bands such as the Kinks, Buzzcocks or Madness who had a uniquely British take on pop, Supergrass released five great albums and a list of pretty much flawless singles, which have aged better than many of their peers. Their cartoon-ish image belied some great musicianship and songwriting.

Gaz talks about how digging though his uncle's record box led him to discover his early influences (Elvis, Neil Young, Dinosaur Jnr and the Smiths) and his first band, the Jennifers, who would morph into Supergrass, who were only 15 years old when they signed their record deal (Gaz's mum had to sign his contract for him).

He also looks back at Supergrass' breakthrough with singles such as Caught by the Fuzz, and how he feels about Alright (the song that in many ways defined the band's career), along with what caused their break-up in 2010, and if that reunion will ever happen. But there's also his solo career to cover, including the rather brilliant album Matador.

Gaz Coombes shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2015.

They also discuss Adrian's past as a session guitarist and Geoff's as a drummer, engineer and producer with a deep passion for hip hop and an understanding of sampling, the band's refusal to engage with the traditional music industry, having a bandmate, Beth Gibbons, who never speaks to the media, and the covert, political heart of the group.

Matt Everitt talks to Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley from Portishead.

George Clinton didn't just change the path of popular music, he took it to a far-out cosmic dimension. As the driving force behind legendary 70s bands Parliament and Funkadelic, he revolutionised soul and funk music, leading it into some insanely creative and psychedelic territories. A huge and undeniable impact on artists such as Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Erykah Badu, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and OutKast, his music is as thrilling as ever, and he remains the one of the most sampled men in the history of music.

George talks about his youth in doo-wop bands, working at both Motown and as a songwriter in the legendary Brill Building, and how he took his humble soul band The Parliaments and developed them into a multi-coloured, platinum-selling, virtuoso, psychedelic funk rock collective. George's legendary live shows were ground-breaking, and he also discusses the Mothership, the iconic UFO stage set that would land at Parliament and Funkadelic gigs. He also talks about the serious battle with drug abuse that stunted his career in the 80s and 90s, getting clean and his musical comeback, and his on-going legal crusade to see musicians get recognised and receive royalties for their work being sampled - a battle that has taken him to the federal courts in Washington.

George Clinton shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2015.

George Clinton didn't just change the path of popular music, he took it to a far-out cosmic dimension. As the driving force behind legendary 70s bands Parliament and Funkadelic, he revolutionised soul and funk music, leading it into some insanely creative and psychedelic territories. A huge and undeniable impact on artists such as Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Erykah Badu, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg Dr. Dre and OutKast, his music is as thrilling as ever, and he remains the one of the most sampled men in the history of music.

George talks about his youth in do-wop bands, working at both Motown and as a songwriter in the legendary Brill Building, and how he took his humble soul band the Parliaments and developed them into a multi-coloured, platinum selling, virtuoso, psychedelic funk rock collective. George's legendary live shows were ground-breaking and he also discusses the Mothership, the iconic UFO stage set that would land at Parliament and Funkadelic gigs. He also talks about the serious battle with drug abuse that stunted his career in the 80s and 90s, getting clean and his musical comeback, and on-going legal crusade to see musicians get recognised and receive royalties for their work being sampled - a battle that has taken him to the federal courts in Washington.

Pioneer of electronic music and regarded by many as the Godfather of Disco, Giorgio Moroder is a charming and effortlessly cool producer and songwriter. He talks us through his career, from his earliest bubblegum electropop recordings in the late 60s to the creation of his own studio, Musicland, where he created a remarkable run of records through the 1970s.

Giorgio talks about partnership Donna Summer - an artistic relationship which resulted in Love to Love You Baby and, probably the greatest dance record of all time, I Feel Love. He also guides us through the recording of his iconic film scores such as Midnight Express and Cat People. He worked with David Bowie on the latter.

With typical humour, Giorgio also explains how his career wavered on the 90s (as he busied himself designing sports cars and creating whiskeys) and explains how he came to work with Daft Punk on their world conquering album Random Access Memories, what it was like starting DJing again at 74 and his plans for the future.

Giorgio Moroder shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2014.

Graham chats about meeting Damon, Alex and Dave for the first time and the incredibly chaotic early days of Blur before There's No Other Way made them into popstars.

He discusses his difficulties dealing in with the tabloid attention and fame that followed the success of Parklife, and his own battles overcoming alcohol addiction. He also talks frankly about his clearly painful exit from Blur and his happy reunion with the band.

His fascinating solo career also gets covered, as his music evolves from low-fi garage rock, to jagged punk and from pastoral acoustic folk to upbeat indie pop hit singles.

It's a revealing and honest look at the musical life of Blur's experimental heart and, in the words of Noel Gallagher, 'The greatest guitarist of his generation'.

First broadcast in 2012.

Blur guitarist and solo artist Graham Coxon discusses his key musical moments in 2012.

There's a strong argument that hip hop started at the block parties in the Bronx in New York in the 70s, where lyrical, musical and technical innovation propelled the sound forward with an impetus that changed the world. Joseph Saddler, soon to known as Grandmaster Flash, was there.

Born in Barbados, but moving to NYC, an absolute obsession with music, vinyl and electronics led Flash to experiment with amplifiers and turntable mechanics and techniques, enabling him to open up a whole new world of scratching, cutting, back-spinning and punch phrasing. His skills as a DJ led to the groundbreaking 1981 track The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel, the first time scratching and mixing had appeared on record.

Flash, recalls his journey from bedroom equipment geek to sonic adventurer, covering the early records that shaped his musical aesthetic and the release of The Message. He also talks about his battles with substance abuse, his difficult relationship with the record industry and his feelings about his status as one of the architects of modern music.

Grandmaster Flash shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2014.

In this weeks The first Time, Harvey revels in the hey day of music when he had the pick of the best acts around. He describes how he just saw music as 'entertainment' and the need to give the audience a show and variety. So a Harvey Goldsmith production is never going to be low key and in doing so he established Wembley Stadium as a top music venue. He talks about his relationship with The Who, the aura of Led Zeppelin and of course becoming Jeff Beck's manager.

Harvey has become synonymous with Live Aid and Live8, but he's also been behind many other major rock fundraising galas.

Harvey reveals has also promoted other acts than rock, including Pavarotti and Cirque de Soleil.

has produced and promoted shows with most of the world's major Artists including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain, Bee Gees, Jools Holland and Sting to name but a few.

Matt Everitt talks to impresario, promoter and Live Aid/Live 8 co-founder Harvey Goldsmith

A pianist, composer and band leader, whose seven-decade career began with jazz royalty like Donald Byrd and Miles Davis, before pioneering moves into Jazz, funk, soul and hip hop established him as a touchstone for musicians across the musical spectrum. Hear how an eleven-year-old Herbie got an early taste of success, why an enduring memory of playing with Miles Davis involved hitting a dud note, and how his seminal hit Rock It had an immediate impact on the Break Dancing scene.

Herbie Hancock chats to Matt Everitt about the pivotal moments that shaped his career.

Today, Matt welcomes artist, musician and Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson to the programme. Holly shares his experience of the Liverpool music scene in the 80s, how he coped with being in one of the biggest and perhaps most controversial music outfits on the planet at the time and how 40 years of Frankie will be celebrated in 2024.

Following his time as bassist for the punk band, Big in Japan, Holly Johnson went on to be the lead vocalist for hugely successful Liverpool five-piece, Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Frankie Goes To Hollywood won multiple awards for their songs and albums including Two Tribes, Relax and Welcome to the Pleasuredome and were the second act in history to top the chart with their first three singles. Holly has since had success as a writer, with books including A Bone In My Flute, and as an artist. Frankie reformed last year for a long awaited live performance in Liverpool to celebrate the city hosting Eurovision.

Relax, it's Holly! The Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman shares his First Times with Matt

Holly Johnson, the Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman, shares with Matt his experience of how you cope with being in the biggest and most controversial musical outfit on the planet!

Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists.

Ian's swagger was certainly a big influence on Liam Gallagher and some argue that the band's 1989 album is the greatest debut of all time.

As well as the songs that defined his life, Ian discusses the making of that debut album, the break-up of the band and the breakdown of the relationship with his childhood friend and guitarist John Squire.

Ian also shares his memories of serving a four month prison sentence for air rage and his rebirth as a solo artist.

This programme first broadcast in August 2010.

Ian Brown, frontman of the Stone Roses, shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt.

Since releasing its debut album, ‘Crocodiles' almost 40 years ago, the band has earned a place in guitar music history for forging “grandiose soundscapes out of punk energy and pop poetry ? - a distinctive combination of attitude and sound that has influenced many bands that have followed in The Bunnymen's wake.

In this candid conversation, McCulloch reveals the group's beginnings, including the shambles of their first gig which that turned out to be the making of them, plus the singer's struggle with shyness in those early days that remains to this day, despite outward acts of bravado.

McCulloch also share the early influence of The Fall and Leonard Cohen on their sound, the life-changing impact of first hearing David Bowie and then seeing him perform Ziggy Stardust live (including a fascination with his eyebrows), as well as, of course, a deep recognition of how Liverpool's rich musical heritage has helped shaped the group.

Plus, McCulloch recounts a strange night out with another of his musical heroes, Lou Reed, along with insights into how Echo & The Bunnymen's much-loved songs, like ‘The Killing Moon' and ‘Nothing Lasts Forever', came into existence.

Matt Everitt chats to Ian McCulloch about the key musical moments of his life.

Robbie Robertson's music is woven through American cultural history in remarkable way - and he's rightly seen as something of a creative godhead in the US and his home country of Canada. In this episode of The First Time, Robertson gives a rare interview and discusses his childhood and the influence of his combined Mohawk and Canadian parentage, becoming the precocious guitarist in the Hawks at the dawn of the 60s and his bond with the early rock n roll scene, as it swept across the world.

And happily - for someone who has often distanced himself from his past - Robertson also talks about his time as a key member and songwriter with the Band - one of the greatest groups in music history; responsible for the legendary Songs From Big Pink album and whose authentic, folk and country-influenced music, shifted the psychedelic flamboyance of the late 60s scene into a more soulful direction.

Robertson also recalls the Band backing Bob Dylan on his first electric tour, which caused huge shock waves, even prompting cries of 'Judas' in Europe.

Now a well-respected solo artist, Robertson chats about his role as a music director for Martin Scorsese, a role he's enjoyed since the 80s, working on Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, Casino, The Departed and Shutter Island.

Robbie Robertson shares the musical milestones of his life. First broadcast in 2011.

When acclaimed US band LCD Soundsystem bowed out at Madison Square Garden in 2011, it seemed that the group's founder, singer, songwriter and producer James Murphy had achieved everything he could ever have possibly imagined. Starting off as a child obsessed with sound, doing his time as a drummer in underground New York bands, learning how to engineer sound for live groups, becoming a DJ, remixer and setting up his own label (the acclaimed Death from Above) - all these experiences fed directly into forming LCD in 2001.

James talks about that journey and the music that inspired him to take it, as well as LCD's three-album career and what led him to disband the outfit at the height of their fame and success. He also tackles the myriad of projects that have followed the end of his band, including producing Arcade Fire, remixing David Bowie, launching his own coffee brand and creating a gigantic bespoke 50,000-watt touring sound system called Despacio.

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem talks about the music that shaped his life. From 2014.

The Sleaford Mods frontman talks about his musical Firsts with Matt Everitt.

Jean-Michel Jarre, one of the architects of modern electronic music, a man who's sold over 80 million albums worldwide and has made and broken the world record for highest concert attendance three times - the current record is for his 1997 show in Moscow for an audience of 3.5 million people. But he's also a groundbreaking musician whose work with synthesizers influenced Daft Punk, Air, Massive Attack, Hot Chip, Moby, Bjork and the whole electronica movement.

In an interview recorded at the time of the release of an album (a series of collaborations with the likes of Air, Massive Attack and Laurie Anderson) fittingly called Electronica, Jean talks about his deeply musical early life, when he was exposed to jazz, rock n roll, soul and classical music, as well as studying with electronic and experimental music pioneer Pierre Schaeffer.

Jean-Michel discusses how, along with the likes of Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, he helped define what was possible with the synthesizer, and how he took it to new peaks of popularity with his albums Oxygène (1977) and Equinoxe (1978). He also discusses his enormous outdoor live concerts (featuring his famous laser harp) and the relationship between electronic music and art.

Jean-Michel Jarre shares his musical milestones in music.

Jeff shares memories of growing up in Pittsburgh, surrounded by jazz songbooks and going on vacation with his family to Atlantic City to see The Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Orchestra.

He talks about moving to New York and buying his first ever albums from Colony Records, by Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis; his love of musicals and the influence of Jazz on his acting.

Later in the programme Jeff discusses the success of his band ‘Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra'; working with Miley Cyrus, Gregory Porter, Fiona Apple, Anna Calvi and Sharon Van Etten on the latest record and his love of the American Jazz Pianist Bill Evans.

Matt Everitt talks to Hollywood A-list actor and acclaimed jazz pianist Jeff Goldblum.

He is an enormously respected and loved producer as well as musician. He was a member of Birmingham 60s pop heroes the Move and he masterminded the million-selling Electric Light Orchestra. He's also worked as a producer with the likes of Brian Wilson, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and the Beatles.

Jeff talks about his earliest musical loves and the start of a lifetime obsessed with music production, creating the early ELO records, their world conquering 1977 album Out of the Blue and the recording of Mr. Blue Sky. He also chats about producing the aforementioned musical legends and his role in the most super supergroup of all time the Travelling Wilburys. He also recalls his Hyde Park comeback show in 2014, playing to an audience of 50,000.

Jeff Lynne shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

Matt talks to the Savages frontwoman about the music and events that have shaped her life.

The featured music includes Wonderful World Beautiful People, Vietnam, Wild World and The Harder They Come, as well as tracks from The Rolling Stones, Fats Domino, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon. First broadcast in 2012.

Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff shares his key musical moments with Matt Everitt.

From their formation in 1968 until their spilt in the wake of drummer John Bonham's death in 1980, Led Zeppelin set new parameters for what a rock band could achieve. They remain one of the biggest-selling bands of all time, with generation after generation falling in love with their music. Their tours broke records and created the template for stadium touring that remains to this day,

Jimmy Page was the guiding force behind that band of gifted musicians, and, as well as being recognised as one of the finest guitarists of all time, Jimmy produced the whole of Led Zeppelin's back catalogue, breaking new sonic ground with every one of their nine albums.

From his earliest influences and passion for the bluesmen of the '50s, to his time spent as a busy young session guitarist on the London scene in the early 60s, and onto his masterplan to create the greatest (and heaviest) rock band ever to stalk the earth.

Normally a somewhat reclusive and private figure, Jimmy also discusses Zep's unique musical chemistry, their not entirely undeserved reputation as the most excessive and debauched band ever, their one-off reunion in 2007 and the impact of John Bonham's death on him and his music.

Jimmy Page discusses his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2014.

Joan Armatrading CBE is a pioneering singer-songwriter who is celebrating her 50th year releasing records. We hear about how two prams contributed towards her first guitar, how she worked with some of the best in the business, and what she gets from playing live to an audience.

Matt Everitt talks to legendary singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading about her career.

She talks about her youth shaped by a love of classical, RnB and hardcore bands, plus her early groups including the Dambusters.

Joan also shares stories of working with Lou Reed and Anohni, her relationship with Jeff Buckley, as well as discussing her early music influences including Public Enemy and Neil Young.

Joan Wasser from Joan as Police Woman shares her musical milestones in 2016.

John previously performed at the 6 Music Festival in Liverpool (2019). He has also presented his own shows on the station, including a Festive Takeover in December 2022 and a Loud and Proud special in 2021, as part of 6 Music's season of programmes celebrating LGBTQ+ voices.

Matt Everitt is joined by John Grant, who shares his musical First Times.

The GMF you're ever gonna meet talks to Matt about how his school days were a ‘viper pit', how the Eurythmics' album Touch was contraband, and the joy of headphones.

Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists.

First broadcast in 2010.

Johnny Marr shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2010.

Mancunian maestro Johnny Marr shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. Including his earliest memories, his first fumbled grapplings with the guitar, and meeting Morrissey.

Hear about his early love of heavy metal, the benefits of starting a band in the supportive community of late nineties Reykjavik, and how they used their made-up language – Hopelandic - to deal with success and fame.

Sigur Ros vocalist Jonsi talks to Matt about the music that has shaped his life and work.

Josh Homme is a towering presence in alternative rock - be that as a singer, songwriter, producer, frontman with Queens of the Stone Age or just all round cool guy. Josh talks about his time as a punk-obsessed teenager growing up in the Palm Desert, California and the way 'generator parties' (free gigs in the remote desert powered by generators) and bands such as Black Flag shaped his sound and artistic philosophy.

He also discusses his time with critically acclaimed stoner rock outfit Kyuss, QOTSA's formation in 1996, his relationship with Dave Grohl, the supergroup Them Crooked Vultures (featuring Homme, Grohl and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones) and his work as a producer collaborating with Arctic Monkeys.

Matt Everitt speaks to Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. First broadcast in 2014.

Justin also talks candidly about his struggles with addiction, and how his recovery has led to a renaissance for The Darkness - ready to embark on an arena tour in the New Year.

The Darkness lead singer discusses the pivotal records that made him the artist he is.

Karl Hyde is one half of one of the world's greatest electronic bands. Their lyrics are an essential part of their music, and their anthems can fill a club dancefloor, their albums move the mind as much as the feet. They're also as much of a live spectacle as any rock band.

Karl looks back to the start of his musical history - his early passions growing up in Worcester, his first gigs and influences. He also talks about meeting his future Underworld partner Rick Smith and their search to find a creative identity. He also talks about Underworld's first shows, and how they became the acclaimed outfit they are today - taking in the iconic Born Slippy (which had its roots in Karl's own issues with alcohol abuse), through sound-tracking the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony and their 2016 album Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future.

Karl Hyde of Underworld shares his musical milestones. First broadcast in 2016.

Her musical story began in a strictly jazz-only household before discovering grunge at college and combining this with a passion for RnB. She talks about meeting the Neptunes, which proved to be a pivotal partnership in her multi-genre musical path, and the trials and tribulations of getting a record deal. Kelis recalls her struggles with a music industry that wanted to pigeonhole her and the long running battle she had over the track 'Milkshake', which eventually became a global hit and part of popular culture. She also explains her love for food and how she stepped away from music to focus on this before her eventual comeback with the fittingly entitled album, Food. Featuring music by Betty Carter, The Eurythmics, Nirvana and Roberta Flack.

Kelis shares her musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

There have been few singers more passionate about their band and art than Kevin Rowland. As the leader and driving force behind Dexys, he led the group to success with classic singles such as Geno and Come On Eileen. He was so single-minded that Dexys imploded in 1986, under the weight of his refusal to compromise.

In a revealing interview, Kevin looks back over his life and his triumphs and failures. This in itself is remarkable, as he frequently refuses to discuss Dexys and his past. He also talks about how a passion for music provided an escape from his difficult upbringing in Wolverhampton, falling for Elvis, Bowie, Dylan, Van Morrison and The Sex Pistols, and his deep, almost spiritual, connection with music

Proving that sticking to your guns and never backing down can see you right in the end, Kevin also details how he revived the Dexys name in 2012 for an album and series of live shows that were greeted with an almost religious fervour by fans and critics alike.

Kevin Rowland shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2015.

Kevin Rowland, frontman of Dexys, shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2015.

The My Bloody Valentine frontman shares the pivotal songs that have shaped his life.

Sonic Youth are without doubt one of the most important alternative bands to have emerged from the American post punk landscape. In 1981, when they formed, the musical world was divided into Duran Duran-type pop or upcoming guitars bands like The Cure, REM and Echo & The Bunnymen - Sonic Youth forged a third way as much informed by the avant-garde as by any rock music that had gone before.

And since their inception - bassist, guitarist and singer Kim Gordon was a key element in driving the band forward artistically. She trained as a visual artist, and her drive to experiment with sound helped the band establish themselves as a key influence on indie music - bands like Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine, P J Harvey, Dinosaur Jr and The Flaming Lips all owed a huge debt to Sonic Youth. Also her position as an articulate woman performer in the mostly male underground music scene inspired countless other female performers.

She's also a film and video director, a writer, fashion designer and producer - more to the point, she's just cool.

Here she talks about her unlikely early musical passions (the soundtrack to South Pacific and The Parent Trap) early very dissonant days of Sonic Youth, her passions for Joni Mitchell, Chet Baker and Stan Getz, and her fascination with Karen Carpenter. She also chats about collaboration with Yoko Ono and the dangers of being in the studio with Courtney Love (Gordon produced her album Pretty on the Inside) and how her own artist background and the Warhol-centric New York art scene influenced Sonic Youth during their career.

First broadcast in 2013.

Kim Gordon shares the key musical moments of her life. First broadcast in 2013.

Kim Gordon, former bassist, vocalist and guitarist with Sonic Youth, shares the key musical moments of her life in conversation with Matt Everitt . First broadcast in 2013.

The Followill brothers graduated from being teenage longhairs bashing out Creedence covers in their Nashville family basement to global stars packing out arenas, enjoying number one albums and Grammy awards.

Brothers singer Caleb and drummer Nathan Followill talk about that journey, recalling how they emerged from their strict religious background (their father was a travelling preacher who banned them from listening to secular music) to form a band with their other brother and cousin. Their sometimes surprising influences range from from country and rock to Boys 2 Men and Kenny G's Christmas album.

They also look back on how they coped with their sudden rise to fame in the UK while still teenagers, their battle for recognition in their native US, their triumphant Glastonbury headlining performance, the impact (both positive and negative) of their huge worldwide hit Sex On Fire and the internal pressure that nearly split the band up in 2011, following their poorly-received Come Around Sundown album.

And, of course, they dig into their record boxes to choose amazing music by Ricky Skaggs, Tommy James & the Shondells, the Beach Boys, Tom Petty and the Allman Brothers.

Two members of the Kings of Leon share their musical milestones. First broadcast in 2014.

Metallica are without doubt the biggest heavy rock band in the world - with a staggering 100 million albums sold worldwide and a fanbase that extends beyond the metal world and onto stadiums in nearly every territory of the planet

Lars Ulrich is the spokesman for the group he co-founded in 1980 with singer James Hertfield, and his character and jaw-dropping drumming style have propelled the band through nine albums and helped bring metal into the mainstream.

Here in a rare and characteristically articulate interview he discusses his childhood in his native Denmark, how a career in professional tennis was hijacked by a love of British heavy rock, the early days of Metallica in Los Angeles and the band's evolution from bars to clubs and arenas with the ground breaking Black Album.

He also chats about his passion for Ennio Morricone, Metallica's recent move into movie making with the film Through The Never, as well as his friendship with Noel Gallagher (Lars was once enlisted as an Oasis concert lighting man, after theirs fell ill!) and his huge passion for the music of Arctic Monkeys.

Lars Ulrich of Metallica shares his musical milestones. First broadcast in 2013.

Laurie began studying classical violin at the age of five and later performed with the Chicago Youth Symphony. She left her native Chicago and in 1972 obtained a masters degree in sculpture from Columbia University in New York City.

One of Laurie's early performance art pieces was 'Automotive' for which she orchestrated car horns and in 'Duets on Ice', she wore ice skates frozen in blocks of ice, playing a duet with herself on an altered violin, replacing the bow hair with pre-recorded audiotape and the strings with a tape head. The piece ended as soon as the ice melted. Laurie came to rely on a driving rock beat as a backdrop to many of her word-oriented pieces and she became widely known outside the art world in 1981 with the eight-minute long single 'O Superman', which reached number two in the UK singles chart. The piece was part of a larger multimedia stage work 'United States I-IV' and was included on the album 'Big Science' in 1982.

Laurie has contributed music to films by Wim Wenders and Jonathan Demme, curated the Meltdown Festival at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1997,and became NASA's first artist-in-residence in 2002. Laurie collaborated with the Kronos Quartet on ‘Landfall', inspired by Hurricane Sandy, which won a Grammy Award in 2018.

Beginning in the early 90s, Laurie was in a relationship with musician Lou Reed; they were married from 2008 until his death in 2013.

Laurie Anderson reveal the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped her life and career.

Matt Everitt talks to American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director Laurie Anderson about the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped her life and career.

Lykke's career over the course of five albums has traversed, folk, pop, electronica, R&B and with her latest record, soulful, sonic exploration. Whether collaborating with David Lynch or covering Drake, she brings her own, intensely personal voice to everything she does. In this episode, she talks about her tentative journey into a musical life, how a terrible experience at a New York open mic night became a defining moment, and how her explorations into experimental forms of therapy have informed both her and her latest record.

Matt Everitt chats to Lykke Li about the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped her.

In a wide ranging conversation they talk about their early days growing up in the Welsh town of Blackwood, their first musical influences and breakthrough as a band. They also discuss the issues they have faced including the still unexplained disappearance of their band-mate Richey Edwards in 1995, the creative challenges they have dealt with in their music and notable high points including their meeting with Fidel Castro during their 2001 concert appearance in Cuba.

As well as their own music the programme features a diverse playlist from artists including Black Sabbath, Diana Ross, The Clash and Neil Diamond.

James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers in conversation.

Matt Everitt leads Marianne through a warm, engaging look at a career which has spanned five decades. She has worked with many great musicians including David Bowie and Dr. John, Blur and P J Harvey.

Marianne discusses the music she grew up with - including Chuck Berry and the Everly Brothers - and the way it influenced her solo work. She also covers her forays into country music, her love of jazz, and explains why she received a credit on the Rolling Stones' song Sister Morphine. The singer also talks about her past drug problems and the way that she has now made peace with difficult periods in her life.

First broadcast in May 2011.

Marianne Faithfull talks about the music she grew up with, making her own music, her personal battles and making music today including collaborations with Blur and P J Harvey.

Matt Everitt leads Marianne through a warm, engaging look at a career spanning over five decades. She has worked with many great musicians including David Bowie and Dr. John, and, more recently, Blur and P J Harvey.

Marianne discusses the music she grew up with - including Chuck Berry and The Everly Brothers - and the way it influenced her solo work. She also covers her forays into country music, her love of jazz, and explains why she received a credit on The Rolling Stones' song Sister Morphine. The singer also talks about her past drug problems and the way that she has now made peace with difficult periods in her life.

He recalls early passions (KISS, the Beatles' White Album and Xanadu by Olivia Newton John), how he rebelled against his strict religious education by stealing, selling then re-stealing his schoolmates' albums, and creating the character Marilyn Manson for a fake article while a teenage music journalist.

He also looks back on his career, from shock punk oddball to the rock superstar, who sold 7 million copies of his second album in 1996. Never shy of confronting his reputation, Manson also details his arrest and his experiences as a hate figure for the US media.

Marilyn Manson shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2015.

Martha, the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle, was raised in and influenced by her lauded folk family along with older brother, Rufus Wainwright, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

A firm favourite with BBC 6 Music listeners with singles such as 'Factory', 'Bleeding All Over You' and 'Set The Fire to the Third Bar' with Snow Patrol, Martha returns with a new album 'Love Will Be Reborn' in August. Here she talks about her first musical memories, first single, first gig, her love for the work of Edith Piaf, the experience of collaborating with her musical family, and the inspiration behind the new album, her first since 'Goodnight City' in 2016.

The singer-songwriter chats in-depth about her musical firsts and famous folk family

ABC emerged from the same Sheffield scene that had produced Cabaret Voltaire, the Human League and Heaven 17. Their debut album The Lexicon of Love was released in 1982, was produced by Trevor Horn and topped the album chart.

Martin talks about growing up in Sheffield and his memories of the music scene in the 80s, as well as his own musical influences.

First broadcast in 2012.

Martin Fry, frontman of ABC, shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in 2012.

Massive Attack's 3D shares his musical milestones in conversation with Matt Everitt.

She talks about her earliest experiences signing in church, the Staple Singers distinctive vocal and musical style, but also the racism and violence they faced touring in the late 50s and early 60s, especially in the American South. She also discusses her memories of performing for Martin Luther King; her father Pops was friends with him.

She talks about recording with The Band. The Staple Singers's version of The Weight that closes The Band live film The Last Waltz is regarded as one of the greatest pieces of music ever captured on celluloid. She discusses her more recent output, which has seen her collaborated with Benjamin Brooker and Wilko's Jeff Tweedy, who produced her most recent record If All I Was Was Black.

Michael steered R.E.M. from the cult underground into the mainstream and set a precedent for alternative rock bands, opening the door for the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Radiohead.

Michael talks to Matt about the early songs that shaped his musical outlook (a love of Tammy Wynette, the Beatles and The Parent Trap soundtrack hints at the eclectism that would define his career); his close relationship with Patti Smith (who appeared on the last R.E.M. album Collapse Into Now); his desire to celebrate the concept of the album in a broken market.

First broadcast in April 2011.

Michael Stipe, then of R.E.M., discusses the musical milestones of his life in 2011.

Mick looks back at his and the group's career and influences. He got started during the blues boom in London in the 60s, and achieved huge acclaim with the original Peter Green-led version of the Mac. Mick then presided over an ever-changing line-up that would develop in 1975 into the group that would create landmark albums such as Rumours, Tusk and Tango In the Night.

Mick talks honestly about his experiences helping steer his band through great success as well as tough times, involving drug abuse and breakdown of their relationships to their eventual reunion, He also picks some excellent tunes.

First broadcast in 2013.

Mick Fleetwood shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2013.

Many people consider the Clash the greatest band of all time - they took the spirit and anger of the Sex Pistols and combined it with an idealism and passionate political righteousness that's never been matched. They broke the mould of punk, by finding international success, absorbing a host of different influences and in doing so, producing a collection of great albums in their decade-long career - a collection that includes at least one genuine classic in London Calling.

At the helm of the band were the late great Joe Strummer - and this week's guest on The First Time, Mick Jones.

Mick talks Matt through his years with The Clash - the birth of their gang mentality, their love of musical experimentation and his eventual split from the group (something which clearly still smarts), while also looking back on his early life as a rock 'n' roller (even though his first musical memory was the Coldstream Guards) and the formation of the groundbreaking Big Audio Dynamite, as well as his work as a producer with bands including the Libertines and his experiences as a member of Damon Albarn's supergroup Gorillaz.

First broadcast in 2011.

Mick Jones discusses the musical milestones of his life. First broadcast in 2011.

Moby gives Matt a candid interview crossing his entire career. He explains how he fell in love with music aged 3, why Brian Eno is his God, how the synthesizer and the Sex Pistols shaped his sound, why his multi-million selling album Play was a mistake and how he ended up playing Heroes on the acoustic guitar with David Bowie in his bedroom, and how he found himself playing New Order songs in a London piano bar with New Order, Ian McCulloch, Mick Jones and Bono.

Moby shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2011.

Moby gives Matt a candid interview crossing his entire career. He explains how he fell in love with music aged 3, why Brian Eno is his God, how the synthesizer and the Sex Pistols shaped his sound, why his multi-million selling album Play was a mistake and how he ended up playing Heroes on the acoustic guitar with David Bowie in his bedroom, and how he found himself playing New Order songs in a London piano bar with New Order, Ian McCulloch, Mick Jones and Bono.

Moby shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2011.

Nadine takes a break from the studio with long-time collaborator and producer Ben Hillier as she begins recording her 5th album, following the much-lauded Kitchen Sink (2020) and Holiday Destination (2017).

With signature hit 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin' and the worldwide number one 'Somethin' Stupid' (a duet with her father Frank) she was given the honour of performing the title song for the James Bond film 'You Only Live Twice' in 1967. Nancy and her musical collaborator Lee Hazlewood went on to be became counter-culture icons.

In 2003 Quentin Tarantino brought their music to a new generation by using their cover of Cher's 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)' in the film 'Kill Bill'. And in 2004 the album 'Nancy Sinatra' was released, featuring an impressive mix of musicians influenced by her work including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, U2, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and her former LA next door neighbour Morrissey, with each artist writing a song for Nancy to perform.

In this interview recorded back in 2015, and never before aired, Nancy talks about her childhood, her first steps into the music business and her friendship with Elvis Presley. We also hear what it was like to work with the legendary Frank Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood, and session band The Wrecking Crew.

Nancy Sinatra talks to Matt about the first key musical moments in her life and career

As a musician, composer, DJ and producer Nitin combines worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica, exploring themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality. He has scored for and performed with countless orchestras, and collaborated with and written for a mind-blowing array of luminaries from Sir Paul McCartney to A.R. Rahmen, Brian Eno to Sinead O'Connor and Nelson Mandela to Cirque Du Soliel. He also has an Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award and a CBE to his name.

Raised in Kent by first generation Indian-British parents, as a child Nitin studied piano, classical and flamenco guitar, sitar and tabla. After dropping out of university, he trained as an accountant until leaving his job as a financial controller to pursue a career in music. He moved to London, where he met up with old university friend Sanjeev Bhaskar and together they created the comedy team The Secret Asians. The pair were given a show on BBC Radio, which eventually grew into the award-winning TV sketch show Goodness Gracious Me. Refocusing on music, Nitin's solo career began in 1993, when he released his debut album, Spirit Dance on his own label. In 1999 Nitin released his breakthrough Gold-selling album, Beyond Skin, which gained him a Mercury Music Prize nomination and won him the coveted South Bank Show Award.

Nitin has released 20 albums and scored over sixty films. In this interview recorded in 2019 Nitin recalls his earliest musical memories, playing in a Van Halen tribute band, how he approaches composing film scores and his love of Ennio Morricone, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Joni Mitchell.

Nitin Sawhney reveals the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped his life and career.

Slade formed from various groups in Wolverhampton and Walsall in 1965. It took them until 1971 to have their first hit. This started a consistent run that would include six UK No. 1 singles and three UK No. 1 albums. Noddy quit the band in 1992. Oasis, KISS, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, the Clash and Paul Weller have all paid their respects, even Kurt Cobain was a fan.

Noddy tells the stories behind some of Slade's biggest records, yes, including Merry Xmas Everybody.

Noddy Holder, formerly of Slade, shares his musical milestones. First broadcast in 2015.

He remembers his first exposure to music including Irish acts such as Dermot Hegarty and Big Tom & the Mainliners, and the way football terrace anthems inspired him. Other early influences were The Beatles, The Sex Pistols and The Dammed plus his passion for the 'holy trinity' of The Smiths, Stone Roses and The Jam.

He looks back on the very first Oasis rehearsal 'mind-blowing' and the difficult birth of their debut album Definitely Maybe. He also recalls his visit to Paul McCartney's meditation bubble, what it's like becoming so famous that when you get a haircut it ends up on the front pages of the tabloids, as well as realizing that Oasis had reached the end of the road and his feelings about becoming a solo artist.

Noel Gallagher shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2015.

Norman talks about how his love of the punk ethic of DIY influenced his music making, from its origins with the Housemartins, through to his meteoric rise to superstar DJ Fatboy Slim.

First broadcast in 2012 and repeated ahead of Norman's appearance at Glastonbury this year.

DJ Norman Cook shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2012.

Paul's genre-hopping, award-winning career has seen him work with many of the world's biggest artists from Adele to Florence and The Machine, Rihanna to Maximo Park and Bloc Party to Sir Paul McCartney. He has won ‘Producer of the Year' at the Brit Awards three times, has a clutch of Grammy Awards, and an Oscar for 'Best Original Song' with ‘Skyfall' the theme to the James Bond film released in 2012.

He first came to prominence in 2004 with a quartet of critically acclaimed releases, including two Mercury Music Prize nominations in 'Silent Alarm' by Bloc Party and 'A Certain Trigger' by Maxïmo Park, the bulk of The Futureheads eponymous debut album (including the hit Kate Bush cover 'Hounds Of Love') and 'Capture/Release' by The Rakes, as well as singles by Babyshambles and The Long Blondes. He also wrote and produced tracks for British rapper Kano and Plan B.

In 2007 his production on the number one debut album 'Made of Bricks' by Kate Nash included a writing credit on the hit single 'Foundations' (for which he was nominated for an Ivor Novello songwriters award). In 2008, Epworth produced much of Sam Sparro's eponymous debut album which entered the UK album charts at number 4 and the Primal Scream single, 'Can't Go Back', along with the title track of their recent album Beautiful Future. Epworth also completed production duties on much of the new Bloc Party record 'Intimacy' and co-wrote and produced Friendly Fires track 'Jump In The Pool'.

Early 2009 saw Epworth co-writing and recording Jack Peñate's critically lauded second album 'Everything Is New' including the singles 'Tonight's Today' and 'Be the One'. He also co-wrote and produced tracks for Florence and the Machine's debut album 'Lungs', including the hit single 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' along with the album tracks such as 'Howl' and 'Cosmic Love'. In February 2009 he won best newcomer at the inaugural Music Producers' Guild Awards. Collaborating with Adele on her album '21' in 2010 the pair co-wrote the worldwide number one single 'Rolling in the Deep'. Sir George Martin's ex tea boy was now one of the most in-demand producers on the planet, and went on to work with Coldplay, The Horrors, U2, James Bay, Jorja Smith and London Grammar, to name a few.

In September last year Paul released his own debut album 'Voyager', a concept album about space inspired by science fiction films. Voyager includes collaborations with Ishmael, Vince Staples, Ty Dolla Sign, Kool Keith and Lianne La Havas.

Record producer Paul Epworth chats in-depth about his award-winning, genre-hopping career

Paul Simon remains one of the most acclaimed and popular songwriters of all time. His first recording was released in 1958, but these days he rarely puts his craft under the spotlight and often avoids discussing his extraordinary back catalogue. However, in this special edition of The First Time, recorded in the lead-up to the release of his acclaimed album Stranger to Stranger, Paul discusses the songs (both his own and those by his heroes) that changed his life.

Paul remembers a childhood obsessed with 'baseball, girls and rock 'n' roll', first meeting with Art Garfunkel, his time in the UK as part of the burgeoning and inspiring ealy '60s folk scene and the stories behind the writing and recording of some of Simon & Garfunkel's biggest songs.

He also discusses his approach to songwriting, the impact the phenomenal global and cultural success of his album Graceland had, and the making of the Stranger to Stranger album.

Paul Simon shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

Perry talks about his early life in New York, the musical community and inspiration he found in 80s LA and how he dealt with the much-reported excesses that his lifestyle bred.

The Jane's Addiction frontman chats to Matt Everitt about the music that matters to him.

Pete talks about meeting Roger Daltrey for the first time, his love of early swing, how Stevie Wonder was considered for the role of Tommy, and wild years of drugs and destruction while touring with the Who.

First broadcast in 2012.

Pete Townshend, the Who's guitarist and songwriter, shares his musical milestones.

Every so often a visionary musical artist manages to steer their path into the mainstream and change the way people regard rock stars, and then use their influence to help widen popular culture. Peter Gabriel is one of those musicians.

In an rare in-depth interview Peter talks about the remarkable path his career has taken. Starting off with his earliest musical influences, he chats about his time with much-loved 70s prog rockers Genesis, with whom he introduced new levels of theatricality into the rock world, his own idiosyncratic solo career, from it's avant-garde beginnings through to his world-conquering So album, which included huge groundbreaking hits such as Sledgehammer.

He also chats with typical passion and surprising self-deprecation about launching the Womad festival, his championing of world music and his work as renowned political campaigner.

Peter Gabriel talks to Matt Everitt about the key musical moments of his life.

With music from Air, D'Angelo, Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Phoenix, the band also reveal how the spirit of their late great friend, producer Philippe Zdar, infused their latest album, 'Alpha Zulu'.

Thomas & Christian from Phoenix talk Matt through the pivotal songs that have shaped them.

First broadcast in 2013.

Movie director Quentin Tarantino shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in 2013.

Matt talks to Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of REM about key first moments in the band.

Ray Davies is arguably one of the greatest songwriters that England has ever produced. His catalogue of songs helped define whole eras of British cultural life, and the legendary songs he recorded with the Kinks reflected, celebrated and critiqued the concept of Englishness in a way that no pop band had ever done before.

Ray discusses a childhood dominated by a love of Mississippi blues, the difficult relationship with his brother - Kinks guitarist Dave, and the infighting which caused the band to be banned from the US. This led to Ray focusing on the idea of Britishness and inspired some of his finest work.

Ray also discusses the writing of proto-rock anthem You Really Got Me, the controversial (at the time) cross dressing epic Lola and, quite possibly, one of the greatest pop songs ever written - Waterloo Sunset.

First broadcast in April 2011.

Ray Davies shares the musical milestones of his life. First broadcast in April 2011.

Ricky shares stories from his youth, about going to a record store for the first time and the impact it had on him. He talks of his first musical loves, including Roxy Music, Cat Stevens and Simon & Garfunkel, and how The Old Grey Whistle Test was so important to him. And of course he tells of seeing Bowie for the first time.

He also discusses his short-lived new Romantic band Seona Dancing and their ultimate demise, plus his belief - as a director - in the genuine power of music. He shares his passion for Radiohead and discusses David Brent's soon-to-be legendary band Foregone Conclusion.... and reveals David Brent's favourite chord!

First broadcast in 2016.

Ricky Gervais shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

Ringo discusses his remarkable career - from the early days when his family inspired him to pick up the drumsticks, the influence of Radio Luxembourg and his very first performance with the Beatles; to Beatlemania, conquering the world and how the band's slow and painful break-up felt to an insider.

Ringo also discusses life after the Beatles, his solo career and his All-Starr Band in an interview first heard in September 2011.

Ringo Starr discusses his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2011.

Ringo talks Matt Everitt through his remarkable career - from the early days when his family inspired him to pick up the drumsticks, the influence of Radio Luxembourg and his very first performance with The Beatles; to Beatlemania, conquering the world and how the band's slow and painful break-up felt to an insider.

Ringo also discusses life after The Beatles, his solo career and his All-Starr Band in an interview first heard in September 2011.

Matt Everitt discusses musical milestones with Ringo Starr. First broadcast in 2011.

They discuss the fall out of that experience, but also his acclaimed collaboration with Alison Krauss and his band the Sensational Space Shifters.

First broadcast in 2017.

Robert shares the musical milestones of his life. First broadcast in 2017.

Rod talks to Matt Everitt about his early musical passions - witnessing the earliest years of rock n roll. his obsessions with folk, soul, R&B and the emerging London blues boom that gave him his first job as a singer.

He also remembers his time with the Jeff Beck Group, and of course his memories of the Faces, which he describes as 'A love affair between all of us'.

First broadcast in 2013.

Rod Stewart shares the musical milestones that shaped his life and career.

Roger remembers the band's formative years as impoverished Hendrix obsessives, scratching around west London, the recording of their masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody, being mistaken for a black American funk band when they released Another One Bites the Dust, their Live Aid performance, their precious talent (all four members have written Top 10 hits) and how he and the rest of the band dealt with the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991.

Queen's Roger Taylor discusses the musical milestones of his life.

Roger Waters is a singer, songwriter and composer, who was a founder member of Pink Floyd, one of the most acclaimed and beloved British bands of all time. He helped lead the group in the creation of some of the best, biggest-selling and most ambitious albums in popular music history. He's also made his mark as a solo artist and currently holds the record for the highest grossing tour for a solo musician ever.

Roger remembers a youth obsessed with blues, jazz and R&B, and his early songwriting influences such as Hoagy Carmichael, Bob Dylan and John Lennon. He looks back at his relationship with his childhood friend Syd Barrett, who would join the Pink Floyd in 65. He recalls the post-Syd Floyd, the creation of Dark Side of the Moon and his uneasy relationship with the fame that followed. Roger also focuses on The Wall - the 1979 concept album inspired by that relationship -- and how he revisited the album in 2010 for his epic record breaking Roger Waters: The Wall tour, which also inspired a live album and a feature movie. He also talks about his famously acrimonious split from Pink Floyd, and, more positively, his new material.

Roger Waters shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

Hear about Ronnie's key musical moments, including his being captivated by the R&B explosion in London in the 60s, and his passion for Duke Ellington and Blues Incorporated.

Ronnie also gives in insight into his first band The Birds, working with Jeff Beck and the Faces, and his musical relationship with David Bowie.

And he reveals what it's really like being in The Rolling Stones, along with news of their next album, and gives his take on having one of the greatest rock star haircuts of all time.

Matt Everitt interviews Ronnie Wood about his life and career.

Since his emergence in the mid-60s, Roy Harper has been regarded as an icon of British music - not for having huge success, but for his beautiful, poetic lyrics and his unique guitar playing.

With the likes of Bert Jansch and Davey Graham, Roy helped forge the British folk scene. In 1971 he recorded his classic Stormcock album, combining folk, jazz and rock in a way that's still inspiring people today.

Roy recalls his rebellious youth and obsession with skiffle that led to the folk clubs of Soho, his friendships with Jansch and a young Paul Simon, recording Stormcock, and his collaborations with Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin wrote a track called Hats Off To Harper.

He also details the story behind his classic When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease, the song that John Peel played when he announced on air that his friend and long-serving producer John Walters had died. Walters had been planning to play it at Peel's funeral.

Roy also talks frankly about his own personal battles with the music industry, the financial problems in the 80s that left him homeless, He discusses his remarkable comeback, which culminated with Man And Myth (his first studio album in 13 years) and how it feels to be cited as major influence by the likes of Johnny Marr, Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom.

Roy Harper shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2013.

They discuss the realities of being born into folk music royalty (he's the son of Loudon Wainwright III and the late Kate McGarrigle) and a childhood totally surrounded my music. Rufus declares a love of 80s chart pop, and a passion for Nina Simone, Maria Callas and Judy Garland.

Rufus also talks about his own work, including the making of his acclaimed 1998 debut album, his experiences playing the New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall and how his intense relationship with his parents has affected his work.

Rufus Wainwright shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2017.

Hear how an upbringing full of powerful, political music inspired Santi White's passion for the art, and also how time at a quaker school taught her to value her voice. Alongside music from Nina SImone, Fela Kuti, James Brown and Sister Nancy, she also details how the civil rights protests of the last few years have shaped her latest album, Spirituals.

Santigold talks Matt through the pivotal records that have influenced her eclectic sound.

Shabaka is one of the leading figures in the UK Jazz scene, but with a portfolio that stretches far from that singluar definition. Whether performing in The Comet Is Coming or Sons of Kemet, guesting with Sun Ra Arkestra or Floating Points, or recording his own solo material – his adaptability, musicality and incredible presence have made him one of the most sought after musicians in studios or on stages across the globe. Find out how Shabaka's early life in Barbados, with a backdrop of Soca and 2pac, influenced his musical journey, how time in Birmingham Big Bands equipped him with the necessary chops for life as a Jazz musician, and after hundreds of shows a year, what his top tips are for staying in one piece on the road.

The Comet Is Coming saxophonist & composer shares his pivotal musical firsts.

Matt asks about Shaun's earliest musical passions - the Beatles, Bowie, and Buzzcocks and about his first meeting with Tony Wilson, who would help steer Shaun's band Happy Monday's to great success.

They discuss the creation of the albums that spawned songs like Step On, Hallelujah, Loose Fit and 24 Hour Party People (and talk about that movie) and his triumphant return with Black Grape.

Shaun also discusses his battles with drug abuse and how accepting his role as a national treasure has breathed new life into both the Mondays and the newly reformed Black Grape.

Shaun Ryder shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2017.

Duran Duran met at art school in Birmingham in 1978 and became one of the most successful bands of the 80s, going on to sell 80 million records worldwide.

Simon remembers the band's wild party days, living with their sex symbol status, battling with the press about their pretty boy image and celebrates his enduring marriage to Yasmin.

First broadcast in 2012.

Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon discusses his musical milestones. First broadcast in 2012.

She also talks about her issues with mental health, how, when she tore up the photo of the pope on US television, she was wearing the dress Sade wore at Live Aid and living with success after Nothing Compares 2 U became a hit.

First broadcast in 2012.

Another chance to hear Sinead O'Connor discussing her musical milestones in 2012.

Another chance to hear Sinéad O'Connor discussing her key musical moments with Matt Everitt.

He's sold more than 250 million records worldwide, holds the record for the biggest selling single of all time and is the third most successful artist in the history of the American charts, just behind Elvis Presley and the Beatles.

In an interview recorded as he prepared to release his 33rd studio album Wonderful Crazy Night, he looks back at his early ragtime influences and how that grew to become an obsession with playing piano and listening to albums. He also talks us through some of the remarkable musical moments in his life - such performing with John Lennon at his last ever show and staging Nina Simone's final concert. He also discusses how music helped him through his battle with drug addiction, his appetite for new music and his obsessive love for Blur, John Grant and New Order and whether he'll ever play the Glastonbury Festival.

Sir Elton John shares his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

Slash talks about his youth in Stoke-on-Trent; how he fell in love with the sound of his signature Gibson Les Paul guitar; the early days of Guns N' Roses; what the debauched LA rock scene on the Sunset Strip was really like; and reflects on how a gang of punk rock kids with a seeming lack of morality became the biggest band in the world.

He also chats about the pressures of fame; the excess that accompanied Guns N' Roses' legendary two and half year long Use Your Illusion tour (still one of the biggest concert tours in history); his own long battles with drugs and drink; and his successful reinvention as a much-loved solo artist.

First broadcast in 2012.

Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash discusses his key musical moments. First broadcast in 2012.

Even amongst the ranks of the greatest songwriters of all time, few can claim to have genuinely changed the world. Smokey Robinson can, both as a member of The Miracles and a solo artist. He's sung, written and produced some of the greatest songs of all time - including I Second That Emotion, Tears of a Clown and The Tracks of My Tears. As vice president at Motown for nearly thirty years, he shaped the style and sound of the label and helped the racial integration of popular music by achieving huge crossover success.

Smokey discusses his early life and formative musical influences, meeting Motown founder Berry Gordy, and the enormous worldwide success that followed. He also discusses the challenges he faced in the segregated music industry of the time and tells the stories behind some of his best loved songs.

He also talks openly about the problems he faced in the mid-80s (both professionally and his own battle with drugs) and his creative rebirth - providing an incredible insight into the man Bob Dylan called 'America's greatest living poet'.

Smokey Robinson discusses his musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2013.

Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa chats with Matt Everitt.

The two discuss his famous Glastonbury performance on the festival's Pyramid Stage in 2019, what success looks like to Stormzy and what a typical day in his studio is like.

MOBO, Brit and Ivor Novello award winning rapper Stormzy has released three studio albums, Gang Signs & Prayer (2017), Heavy Is the Head (2019), and This Is What I Mean (2022) and has funded the 'Stormzy Scholarship for Black UK Students' scholarship at the University of Cambridge.

Stormzy joins Matt Everitt to share his musical First Times in this revealing interview.

Stormzy tells Matt about THAT Glastonbury performance, what success looks like to him, and what a typical day in the Stormzy studio is like.

Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists.

Belle and Sebastian were formed in Glasgow in 1994 by Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David, both of whom had enrolled at Stow College's Beatbox programme for unemployed musicians. Together, with music professor Alan Rankine (formerly of The Associates), they recorded some demos, which were picked up by the college's Music Business course that produces and releases one single each year on the college's label, Electric Honey. As the band had a number of songs already and the label was extremely impressed with the demos, Belle and Sebastian were allowed to record a full-length album 'Tigermilk', which was recorded mostly live over three days. The warm reception the album received inspired Murdoch and David to turn the band into a full-time project, recruiting Stevie Jackson (guitar and vocals), Isobel Campbell (cello/vocals), Chris Geddes (keys) and Richard Colburn (drums) to fill out the group. They signed with Jeepster in 1996 and recorded their second album 'If You're Feeling Sinister' to critical acclaim. By 1999 the band was awarded with Best Newcomer (for their third album) at the BRIT Awards, upsetting better-known acts such as Steps and 5ive.

In this episode, recorded back in 2013 and never before aired, Stuart talks about the song that haunted him after his first heartbreak, head banging at his first gig at Ayr Pavillion, and his many influences including The Smiths and The Stone Roses. He also talks about the band's early days in Glasgow, cracking America, and working with production legend Trevor Horn. Stuart also talks to Matt about living with chronic fatigue syndrome and his Dad's honest appraisals of his songs.

Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch talks about the first key musical moments in his life

Beck is one of the most versatile and inquisitive musical minds to emerge from the US underground. He grew up listening to folk, classic rock, punk and hip hop in Los Angeles and busking around the underground anti-folk scene in New York. This journey led to him creating albums that have encompassed blues, slacker rock, lush Americana, Prince-style soul funk, psychedelia and pop.

In the 90s, when he first found fame, he was regarded as a postmodern pop star for his skill in playfully blending the past and present, but now, nearly 25 years later, it's obvious he was just a great songwriter looking to see what styles worked best for his music.

Matt Everitt talks to Beck Hansen about the first key musical moments in his career.

John talks to Matt about his early years growing up in Wales and borrowing records from the local library, the messy days of the first Velvet Underground gigs, how Nico inspired his desire to become a producer and leave the band, why he reformed the band back in 1993, working with the Stooges and his love of the Beach Boys and Pharell Williams.

First broadcast in 2012.

Velvet Underground founding member John Cale shares musical firsts. First broadcast 2012.

Pete talks about meeting Roger Daltrey for the first time, his love of early swing, how Stevie Wonder was considered for the role of Tommy, and wild years of drugs and destruction while touring with the Who.

First broadcast in 2012.

Pete Townshend, the Who's guitarist and songwriter, shares his musical milestones.

Pete Townshend, the Who's legendary guitarist and songwriter, shares the musical milestones of his life with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2012.

Thomas's music choices include Charlie Chaplin, Paul Williams, and Stevie Wonder amongst others.

Matt Everitt has a rare, exclusive interview with one half of Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter.

He is undoubtedly one of the most influential guitarists in alternative music. Along with his band Sonic Youth, he pioneered the noise rock sound, taking the hardcore punk ethos and DIY ethic and creating a new sound and musical style. He is renowned for his unconventional approach to the guitar, using unorthodox tunings and unusual tools to prepare his instruments. The band developed a cult status over thirty years career, and many of their albums are regarded as classics. Since their split in 2011, Thurston has continued to write and record.

He discusses his earliest musical passions, the first record he owned and his first guitar. He also recalls the first Sonic Youth gig and key influences John Coltrane and Patti Smith. He talks about end of Sonic Youth and their 'hiatus' and his status as an avant garde master of the guitar.

Thurston Moore shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2017.

The Charlatans' Tim Burgess talks about his career in one of the UK's best loved bands.

In this episode, first broadcast in 2019, the musician, actor, activist and one-time Rage Against the Machine guitarist and lyricist reveals what it was like being in the 90-00s rap metal band that set out to become the “political Led Zeppelin ?, known for its power fusion of metal riffs, hip hop and impassioned lyrics.

Tom also gives an insight into the music and social environment that shaped his early life, his unique guitar playing, and when he first discovered that rock music could provide a real platform for protest.

He also talks about the formation Rage Against The Machine, the internal dynamic that eventually led to the band splitting up, as well as his relationship with the late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, with whom he formed Audiodlave in 2001.

Plus Tom gives the lowdown on channelling his passion for protest into supergroups, such as Prophets of Rage, featuring members of RATM, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill, along with news about this latest project, The Atlas Underground.

Tom Morello shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2019.

Matt Everitt talks to legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen who passed away in April 2020.

It's hard to underestimate Visconti's impact on the evolution of ground-breaking music, having worked his sonic magic on not only Bowie's records but for artists as diverse as T Rex, Badfinger, Iggy Pop, Thin Lizzie, Rick Wakeman, The Boomtown Rats, Adam Ant, Ralph McTell, The Moody Blues, Sparks, Morrissey, Kaiser Chiefs, The Good, The Bad & The Queen (and many, many more).

In this candid chat, Visconti reveals – with the help of many a colourful anecdote - his musical upbringing in New York, his first band (and its terrible name), what drew him to producing, and how that career grew and grew. And hasn't stopped – including reuniting with Bowie for his final two albums, The Next Day and Blackstar.

Listen out for tales of a mischievous Mick Jagger trying to sabotage Bowie's recording of The Lodger – the third in the Berlin trilogy. Plus Visconti transports us to the earlier scenes of creating Low and Heroes in the German city, revealing some of the secrets of how he and Bowie recorded those records, such as the singer's very last-minute approach to writing lyrics.

Other insights include Visconti's unusually friendly working relationship with Morrissey (despite reaching an impasse about meat eating). Also find out about Marc Bolan's unusual music-making techniques on a budget (it involves pliers), and what Visconti thinks about Nirvana's cover of The Man Who Sold the World.

And, of course, the super-producer reveals what it was like working on Bowie's final two albums – and how the latter, Blackstar, nearly became a full-on jazz record.

Matt Everitt chats to Tony Visconti about the key musical moments of his life.

In this in-depth interview Toots, one of the founding figures of reggae music, talks about the remarkable path his career has taken. Starting off with his earliest experiences of singing at church and in school in Jamaica, to making his own guitar and meeting other musicians in Kingston.

Toots recalls his time working in a barber shop, and has colourful tales of supporting the Who, winning a Grammy for Best Reggae Album and the band's 50th anniversary tour. First broadcast in 2018

Toots' Hibbert shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2018.

The American singer-songwriter and pianist, who has sold over 12 million albums worldwide, talks about her early musical influences, her love of Joni Mitchell and classical music. She also remembers being allowed to see Elton John for the first time, aged 11; her relationship with her father who was a minister and the way she dealt with the pressures of fame. She also reveals what, and who, inspires her to make music.

Tori Amos shares her musical milestones in conversation with Matt Everitt in 2012.

The American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has led the industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails since 1988.

He's also ventured into the world of soundtracks with fellow composer Atticus Ross, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Score for their soundtrack to The Social Network.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails shares his musical milestones. First broadcast in 2013.

Coyne was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and formed the band in 1983 with brother Mark and Michael Ivins.

They've since released thirteen studio albums and their incendiary live shows are the stuff of legend, Wayne normally making his entrance onstage inside a bubble and floating across the audience.

Wayne talks about his musical childhood and youth growing up in Oklahoma, his seminal experience seeing The Who in 77, finding fame with The Flaming Lips, and the battles with drugs that the band has had to deal with, alongside his philosophies about psychedelics, his love of (and working with) Yoko Ono, the genius of Pink Floyd and his ideas about the inclusive nature of music.

Another chance to hear Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips discussing his key musical moments.

In this emotional First Time with... Matt Everitt chats to the influential musician, reflecting on his death and why he has chosen not to receive any chemotherapy.

He looks back fondly at a life in music - growing up in Canvey Island, his band's influence on the roots of the British punk scene, and playing with Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

Wilko discusses the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped his life and career.

After this programme was first broadcast in 2013, Wilko underwent a pioneering nine hour procedure to remove the tumour.

Wilko Johnson discusses his musical milestones in an interview recorded in 2013.

Considering that his career spans six decades, and accounts for over 200m record sales, nothing should surprise you when it comes to William Orbit. But this might: not so long ago the Grammy Award-winning producer behind multi-platinum records for U2, Blur, Madonna, All Saints and countless others, signed up for an online tutorial in how to produce music. 'Pro Tools For Beginners', he laughs. - œNow, I'm an ace on Pro Tools, but a few things puzzled me about the new version, so I signed up for a course. Episode one was basically: what is Pro Tools? What is sound? What is a computer? I was finding out for the first time what some of these 'mystery buttons' did. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. - €?

After a period of inactivity we'll come to later, William Orbit was ready to make new music: - œI felt as on fire as I last did in about 1996. - €? The result is 'The Painter', an album that's unmistakably the work of one of pop's most distinctive musicians, but one that turns exciting new corners too. Accordingly, it features old collaborators like Beth Orton and Katie Melua, as well as new friends like Georgia, Polly Scattergood and Lido Pimienta. - œI'm so incredibly happy with it, - €? he beams. - œThe last year has been the most creative time I can think of. New toys, new collaborators, new relationships; there are tracks on this album that are up there with my best. - €?

The bigger picture begins in 1971 when, aged 14, William discovered his uncle's tape recorder. - œIt seemed like the most incredible thing in the whole world, - €? he remembers, - œthat you could take a sound - ¦ and retain it. - €? This was the start of a lifelong obsession with sound. Leaving school at 16 he took on numerous and varied jobs - ` from night shift at the Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam to the civil service. But one thought never left him. - œWhat I knew is that I wanted to be creative, - €? he remembers. - œI just didn't know how. It burned me up. - €?

By the late 70s Orbit was the rent-free resident of a caretaker's cottage in an abandoned Victorian school whose gas and electric had been left on. ( - œI was quite a seasoned squatter when it came to changing locks and putting in toilets. - €?) The second hand shop next door, run by two chaps called Giuseppe and Raymondo, was piled high with musical equipment. The rest writes itself: Orbit formed a band (Torch Song), made music, and got rejected by labels until, one day, he didn't: There was a call from Miles Copeland of IRS Records. - œIt felt like a turning point. I thought: - ˜If I'm smart about it, I'm never going to have to leave this wonderful place of being paid to make music.' - €? One pivotal moment was witnessing Rusty Egan play a Torch Song single in a DJ set. - œ - ˜We've arrived, I thought. We hadn't actually arrived, but it was a start. - €?

Specifically, it was the start of a career in which Orbit became one of the world's most successful producers, for the likes of Blur, Madonna, All Saints, P!nk, Beth Orton, U2 and Robbie Williams. A career that also includes the launch of legendary dance label Guerilla, numerous solo releases such as the 'Strange Cargo' series and the landmark new-classical album 'Pieces In A Modern Style', and the journey from underground electronica to primetime Top Of The Pops, through projects like 90s band Bass-o-Matic and before that as the producer of comedian. Harry Enfield's single 'Loadsamoney (Doin' Up The House)' which rather improbably became Orbit's first hit record. (Both TOTP appearances are on YouTube, each quite extraordinary for rather different reasons.)

William's latest album 'The Painter' is out now.

Artist, producer, songwriter, Grammy award winner, maverick. William Orbit is here!

Yoko talks recalls the first time she became aware of music and other key moments in her life and career, most notably when she first met John Lennon. Already an established avant garde artist, she had a profound effect on John Lennon's experimental and psychedelic work throughout the late 60s, both in the Beatles and later in collaboration with Yoko in the Plastic Ono Band.

Yoko Ono shares her musical milestones in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

A Brit award-winning artist, Laura has released seven albums to date, her first being 'Alas, I Cannot Swim' in 2008 and her most recent 'Song For Our Daughter' was released in April 2020 during the first lockdown. She has been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2020, respectively.

In this interview Laura talks about her musical influences, from Bob Dylan to Joni Mitchell, Blake Mills to Dolly Parton and Captain Beefheart to Tom Waits.

BBC 6 Music celebrates its love of live music with a virtual festival this year including a brand-new performance from Laura. Also performing exclusively for 6 Music are Michael Kiwanuka, Bicep, Black Country New Road, Poppy Ajudha, Working Men's Club, Dry Cleaning, Nubya Garcia, and Shame. These sets from the virtual event will be available in full to watch on iPlayer and to listen to in BBC Sounds.

Laura Marling reveals the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped her life and career.