23 Festive Special: David Holmes on Rememberings
Musician, producer, and composer, David Holmes, is our final festive Songbook guest this week. He joins Jude to discuss the late, great Siné...
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22 Festive Special: Tracey Thorn on 'The Importance of Music to Girls'
Iconic musician Tracey Thorn is this week's festive Songbook guest, joining Jude to talk about Lavinia Greenlaw's vivid and engaging 2017 me...
21 Festive Special: Mat Osman on 'A Year With Swollen Appendices'
Musician and author Mat Osman is Jude's guest on the first of our three festive special Songbook episodes and the Suede bassist stopped by t...
20 Benjamin Myers on 'Head On/Repossessed'
Award-winning author Benjamin Myers is the final guest of series 2 of Songbook, and he chats to Jude about Julian Cope's extraordinary doubl...
19 Laura Barton on 'A Little Devil In America'
Renowned music journalist and broadcaster Laura Barton joins to chat about A Little Devil In America, Hanif Abdurraqib's brilliant essay col...
18 Paul Du Noyer on 'Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: Pop from the Beginning'
This week's Songbook guest, music journalist and author Paul Du Noyer, has interviewed some of the most famous musicians of all time, includ...
17 Lias Saoudi on 'Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story'
Fat White Family front man and White Rabbit author Lias Saoudi is this week's Songbook guest, chatting to Jude about Nick Tosches' extraordi...
16 Emma Warren on 'All Crews'
Music journalist and author Emma Warren joins Jude on this week's episode of Songbook to discuss Brian Belle-Fortune's in-depth, self-publis...
15 Jeffrey Boakye on 'The Rap Year Book'
Author, broadcaster and educator Jeffrey Boakye is this week's Songbook guest, joining Jude to discuss Shea Serrano's acclaimed rap history...
14 Cosey Fanni Tutti on 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'
Groundbreaking musician, performance artist, and writer Cosey Fanni Tutti joins Jude on this week's episode of Songbook to delve in to Daphn...
13 Bob Stanley on 'The House That George Built'
Saint Etienne musician and music journalist Bob Stanley appears on this week's Songbook to discuss The House That George Built, Wilfrid Shee...
12 Danyel Smith on 'I, Tina'
American author, journalist and editor Danyel Smith drops by to discuss I, Tina: My Life Story, the 1986 autobiography of the inimitable Tin...
11 Miki Berenyi on 'Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.'
Musician, writer, and former Lush front-woman Miki Berenyi chats to Jude about Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, B...
10 Vashti Bunyan on 'Faithfull: An Autobiography'
The shy but free spirit who never played by anyone else’s rules, Vashti Bunyan brings her own unique take and experiences to this fascinatin...
09 Adelle Stripe on 'Nico, Songs They Never Play On The Radio'
Writer and White Rabbit author Adelle Stripe joins Jude to chat about the 1999 book by James Young called Nico, Songs They Never Play on the...
08 Geoff Lloyd on 'The Lyrics' by Paul McCartney
Podcaster supremo and (importantly for this episode) Beatles obsessive Geoff Lloyd joins Jude for a Songbook deep dive. Getting together to...
07 Zakia Sewell on 'The Folk'
NTS breakfast show presenter, DJ and writer Zakia Sewell gets together with Jude to chat about her choice of book for this week's episode -...
06 Kate Molleson on 'Bessie Smith'
Writer and BBC Radio 3 presenter Kate Molleson joins Jude to talk about the book Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay. As well as digging into the lif...
05 Lloyd Bradley on 'Music: A Subversive History'
Author and journalist Lloyd Bradley joins Jude to discuss Ted Gioia’s book Music: A Subversive History. A wonderful conversation that takes...
04 Ian Rankin on 'Touching from a Distance'
The crimewriting legend that brought us Inspector Rebus and ardent music lover Ian Rankin joins Jude to discuss another incredible book abou...