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The Art of Longevity Season 4, Episode 3: Norah Jones
Season 4 Episode 3
After her fourth album The Fall in 2009 proved to be a departure from the well known blend of blues-jazz-country-pop, Norah Jones received a fan lett…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Art of Longevity Season 4, Episode 2: Belle and Sebastian, with Stuart Murdoch
Season 4 Episode 2
If all music artists of longevity have a good book in them, then Belle and Sebastian are more bookish than most - something that’s always been presen…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Art of Longevity Season 4, Episode 1: Teenage Fanclub
Season 4 Episode 1
When Teenage Fanclub formed in 1989, times were unusual in music, and not in a good way. It was pre-grunge, pre-Britpop and the charts were still in …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Art of Longevity Season 3, Episode 7: Steve Mason
Steve Mason first made his name as one quarter (and the frontman of) the Beta Band, one of the most critically lauded acts of the late 1990s. They mi…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Art of Longevity Season 3, Episode 6: The Wombats
Season 3 Episode 6
The Wombats have defied all UK press scepticism (and cynicism) to become one of the country’s biggest indie pop bands. Big streaming audiences, huge …
4 years, 3 months ago
The Art of Longevity Season 3, Episode 5: Sea Power, with Yan
In a warm and whimsical conversation with Yan (Scott Wilkinson) of Sea Power, I learned to appreciate just what this unique band has achieved. With t…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Art of Longevity Season 3, Episode 4: Tears For Fears
From the earliest beginnings of 1983’s The Hurting to the band’s huge 1985 LP Songs From The Big Chair, Tears For Fears songs captured sadness, ambit…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Art of Longevity Season 3, Episode 3: Spoon, with Britt Daniel
Season 3 Episode 3
After the release of a ‘best of’ collection Everything Hits at Once in 2019, Spoon are back at long last with brand new material - the album Lucifer …
4 years, 4 months ago
The Art of Longevity Season 3, Episode 2: Feeder
Season 3 Episode 2
When it comes to longevity, Feeder keeps coming back around, and the guitar-rock scene is all the better for it. It was back in January 2001 that “Bu…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Art of Longevity Season 3, Episode 1: Suzanne Vega
Season 3 Episode 1
When Suzanne Vega played a short residency at New York’s exclusive, super high-end Cafe Carlisle in 2019 (for the second time in her career) she want…
4 years, 6 months ago