Sounds Of A City

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Belfast

20210325

20180520 (6M)

Ahead of BBC Music's Biggest Weekend, Colleen Murphy delves into the rich musical history of Belfast and makes a case for Van Morrison's Astral Weeks as the record that provides the all time best musical snapshot of the city. She plays songs from the album, examines its roots, and discusses the influence Belfast had on its making. Guests include Ash's Tim Wheeler, musician David Kitt and Van experts Terri Hooley, Lauren Onkey and Stuart Bailie.

The latest in Colleen Murphy's Sounds of a City series, this time focusing on Belfast.

Exploring the links between classic albums and the cities in which they were created.

Bristol

20160214

20210325 (6M)

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, founder of Classic Album Sundays, turns her attention to Bristol in the fifth episode of 'Sounds of a City'. She argues that 'Blue Lines' by Massive Attack is the album that sounds like Bristol.

Featuring interviews with Robert '3D' Del Naja, Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey, Mark Stewart, James Lavelle, Inkie, Roni Size and more. Colleen delves into how bass culture, graffiti, punk and politics are represented both in Bristol and within the grooves of 'Blue Lines'. She also makes the case for its lasting legacy with musicians in and outside Bristol.

First broadcast in 2016, when the 6 Music Festival came from Bristol and repeated to complement this weekend's festival.

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy argues Blue Lines by Massive Attack is the definitive Bristol album

Exploring the links between classic albums and the cities in which they were created.

Liverpool

20150607

20190329 (6M)
20210324 (6M)

Ahead of the 6 Music Festival, another chance to hear DJ Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy turn her attention across the Peaks to one of the UK's most important musical cities; Liverpool. Focusing on the Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro album, we talk to Julian Cope about how he made the album, why he moved to Liverpool, and why he always travelled to the studio on an invisible horse. Colleen also looks at how Liverpool and Psych are inextricably linked, the importance of Soul Music to the area, how the nightclub Eric's and record shop Probe inspired a scene, and Liverpool's isolation from the rest of the country has helped create a outlook like no other.

Colleen speaks with Shack's Michael Head who grew up surrounded by the influence of the Teardrop Explodes: Holly Johnson, of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, discusses the role of Liverpool's flamboyant gay scene played in the burgeoning post-punk scene: DJ Greg Wilson casts his critical ear over an 80s Liverpool still living under the eclipse of The Beatles: author Mark Cooper share his thoughts on the rivalry between Echo & the Bunnymen and the Teardrops. Colleen also meets Stealing Sheep's Emily Lansley, who is at the vanguard of a younger generation of musicians who embrace Liverpool's psychedelic sound. And if all of that wasn't enough, Zoo Records and KLF founder Bill Drummond shares two of his one minute presentations about the album.

First broadcast in 2015.

DJ Colleen Murphy turns her attention to Liverpool and the Teardrop Explodes' Kilimanjaro

Exploring the links between classic albums and the cities in which they were created.

Martyn Bennett, Bothy Culture

20150816

In this final run of Sounds of a City, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy explores the city of Edinburgh. Having already delved into Sheffield through the eyes of Human League's Travelogue album, Liverpool and The Teardrop Explodes' Kilimanjaro, and Manchester with New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies, we're now heading further north to the capital city of Scotland; a city of science and engineering, home of one of the biggest events in the cultural calendar, and a city with an incredibly varied history stretching back thousands of years...Edinburgh. We're looking at an album that links the old with the new, the traditional with the electronic, and it's Martyn Bennett's Bothy Culture. Released in 1997, Martyn's second album takes Celtic folk, Gaelic, and traditional rhythms and poems, and blended them with the ambient electronica of the day, elements of the rave scene, and drum and bass. Bringing the traditional to an entirely new audience and generation, his can-do attitude meant he had no boundaries with which to compose and record. He unfortunately passed away in 2005 due to cancer, and never quite became the influential artist of scenes he deserved to be. In this documentary, we ask why Martyn is so essential to the fabric of the city, we take a look at why the Edinburgh music scene is so small and insular, and how his indirect influence led to the growth of bands such as Young Fathers, Boards of Canada, Treacherous Orchestra, and even Moby. We talk to the likes of Radio 3's Mary Ann Kennedy on his talents and legacy, members of Shooglenifty who worked with Martyn, friend and composer Greg Lawson, and font-of-knowledge and Celtic Connections artistic director Donald Shaw.

DJ Colleen Murphy delves into Martyn Bennett's second album, Bothy Culture.

Exploring the links between classic albums and the cities in which they were created.

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
Belfast	20210325	20180520 (6M)	Ahead of BBC Music's Biggest Weekend, Colleen Murphy delves into the rich musical history of Belfast and makes a case for Van Morrison's Astral Weeks as the record that provides the all time best musical snapshot of the city. She plays songs from the album, examines its roots, and discusses the influence Belfast had on its making. Guests include Ash's Tim Wheeler, musician David Kitt and Van experts Terri Hooley, Lauren Onkey and Stuart Bailie. The latest in Colleen Murphy's Sounds of a City series, this time focusing on Belfast. Exploring the links between classic albums and the cities in which they were created.
Bristol	20160214	20210325 (6M)	Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, founder of Classic Album Sundays, turns her attention to Bristol in the fifth episode of 'Sounds of a City'. She argues that 'Blue Lines' by Massive Attack is the album that sounds like Bristol. Featuring interviews with Robert '3D' Del Naja, Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey, Mark Stewart, James Lavelle, Inkie, Roni Size and more. Colleen delves into how bass culture, graffiti, punk and politics are represented both in Bristol and within the grooves of 'Blue Lines'. She also makes the case for its lasting legacy with musicians in and outside Bristol. First broadcast in 2016, when the 6 Music Festival came from Bristol and repeated to complement this weekend's festival. Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy argues Blue Lines by Massive Attack is the definitive Bristol album Exploring the links between classic albums and the cities in which they were created.
Liverpool	20150607	20190329 (6M) 20210324 (6M)	Ahead of the 6 Music Festival, another chance to hear DJ Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy turn her attention across the Peaks to one of the UK's most important musical cities; Liverpool. Focusing on the Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro album, we talk to Julian Cope about how he made the album, why he moved to Liverpool, and why he always travelled to the studio on an invisible horse. Colleen also looks at how Liverpool and Psych are inextricably linked, the importance of Soul Music to the area, how the nightclub Eric's and record shop Probe inspired a scene, and Liverpool's isolation from the rest of the country has helped create a outlook like no other. Colleen speaks with Shack's Michael Head who grew up surrounded by the influence of the Teardrop Explodes: Holly Johnson, of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, discusses the role of Liverpool's flamboyant gay scene played in the burgeoning post-punk scene: DJ Greg Wilson casts his critical ear over an 80s Liverpool still living under the eclipse of The Beatles: author Mark Cooper share his thoughts on the rivalry between Echo & the Bunnymen and the Teardrops. Colleen also meets Stealing Sheep's Emily Lansley, who is at the vanguard of a younger generation of musicians who embrace Liverpool's psychedelic sound. And if all of that wasn't enough, Zoo Records and KLF founder Bill Drummond shares two of his one minute presentations about the album. First broadcast in 2015. DJ Colleen Murphy turns her attention to Liverpool and the Teardrop Explodes' Kilimanjaro Exploring the links between classic albums and the cities in which they were created.
Martyn Bennett, Bothy Culture	20150816		In this final run of Sounds of a City, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy explores the city of Edinburgh. Having already delved into Sheffield through the eyes of Human League's Travelogue album, Liverpool and The Teardrop Explodes' Kilimanjaro, and Manchester with New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies, we're now heading further north to the capital city of Scotland; a city of science and engineering, home of one of the biggest events in the cultural calendar, and a city with an incredibly varied history stretching back thousands of years...Edinburgh. We're looking at an album that links the old with the new, the traditional with the electronic, and it's Martyn Bennett's Bothy Culture. Released in 1997, Martyn's second album takes Celtic folk, Gaelic, and traditional rhythms and poems, and blended them with the ambient electronica of the day, elements of the rave scene, and drum and bass. Bringing the traditional to an entirely new audience and generation, his can-do attitude meant he had no boundaries with which to compose and record. He unfortunately passed away in 2005 due to cancer, and never quite became the influential artist of scenes he deserved to be. In this documentary, we ask why Martyn is so essential to the fabric of the city, we take a look at why the Edinburgh music scene is so small and insular, and how his indirect influence led to the growth of bands such as Young Fathers, Boards of Canada, Treacherous Orchestra, and even Moby. We talk to the likes of Radio 3's Mary Ann Kennedy on his talents and legacy, members of Shooglenifty who worked with Martyn, friend and composer Greg Lawson, and font-of-knowledge and Celtic Connections artistic director Donald Shaw. DJ Colleen Murphy delves into Martyn Bennett's second album, Bothy Culture. Exploring the links between classic albums and the cities in which they were created.