Music
Cherwell Introducing: Phoebe Blue
Joining me this week is the radiant Phoebe Blue, a 2nd year classicist at Balliol, singer-songwriter, and bassist. Meeting me on a blustery Saturday afternoon outside the Ashmolean, Phoebe...
Men used to go to war – now they DJ
Why are so many people becoming DJs? This recent obsession has taken the world...
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer...
Cherwell Introduces: Menu3
Joining me this week, are four members of Menu3: Nicole 2nd year biochemist/lead singer,...
American Odyssey- The world building of Lana del Rey’s music
"The past decade of Lana del Rey’s music has ventured from the deserts and neon-lights of Las Vegas to the streets of New York, Hollywood, and eventually rural California."
Review: Madlib and Freddie Gibbs – Bandana
Madlib is perhaps hip-hop’s greatest enigma. In a career spanning almost three decades he has studied a variety of genres, masterfully integrating them into...
Review: Arkells at ULU
The Canadian rock band, solo gigging, and why the music community is what makes a night
Let’s talk about… Diner Days
Find Becky's playlist at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QAIzDp2lLpVwjTZab4uov?si=26UzFEgWRCK3ApYlgIWebw
Preview: Lia Mice at Supernormal Festival
Lia Mice is someone important. The experimental pop creator and film score composer combines dreamy vocals, and otherworldly sonics to create a kind of...
Does Taylor need to calm down?
An exploration of Taylor Swift, and the role that musicians should have in politics
Bigmouth Strikes Again: Morrissey’s Provocative Politics
Morrissey has been cancelled. The Guardian asked the Mancunian crooner “what happened” on Twitter after his records were banned from Britain’s oldest record store....
The Timelessness of Vinyl
Why the cracking, authentic sound of a record will always beat digital music
A Tribute to Lewis Capaldi
In defence of the Greggs-serving, sunglasses-wearing, Scottish singer.
If Ever I Stray
Genre devotion in Frank Turner's music - do musicians owe us consistency?
Sensuality In Strauss’ ‘Salome’
"Salome’s kiss is undoubtedly an extreme example, a sensual climax of an obscene kind, but musically important nonetheless, and a moment that illuminates its preceding pages of music."
Frequencies and what they do to you
A primer to the niche field of "sound art"
Being under the spell of Harry Potter
An overview of the outrageous content of the Fangasm podcast
The exploitation of musicians’ emotional struggles
"The general reaction to musicians’ pains is a testament to the humanity of our age."
Morrissey: a musician of excess?
"Why do we call certain people 'excessive,' and allow others to escape from this label?"
A discussion of the controversial front-man of The Smiths.
