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Latest Episodes
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Film critics Karen Krizanovich and Tim Robey join Tom Edwards in the studio to discuss the new ‘Star Wars’ prequel, ‘Solo’. After a bumpy production process is it plain-sailing for the latest instalment of this intergalactic franchise?
The Sessions at Midori House: Sam Evian
American psych rock musician Sam Evian plays from his new album ‘You, Forever’ and explains the analogue process of making the album in a house in upstate New York.
Courtney Barnett
This week we discuss ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’, the new album by Australian indie singer Courtney Barnett. Robert Bound sits down with music journalist Liv Siddall and Will Hodgkinson, chief rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’, to give it a spin and unpick its influences.
The Sessions at Midori House: Leah Dou
Musician Leah Dou may be the daughter of Chinese musical royalty (mum is popstar Faye Wong and Dad is producer and musician Dou Wei) but she’s carving her own path in the music industry, with two albums and a film soundtrack under her belt at the age of 21. Dou…
Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art
Robert Bound heads down to the Tate Modern for its new show ‘Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art’, where he meets curator Simon Baker and artist Barbara Kasten. Back in the studio he’s joined by Kathlene Fox-Davies and Francesca Gavin to discuss the show and photography…
The Sessions at Midori House: Halo Maud
French psych-pop musician Halo Maud performs from her debut album ‘Je Suis Une Île’.
‘Arrested Development’ remix: ‘Fateful Consequences’
Should a bad TV season get a second chance? The makers of ‘Arrested Development’ have remixed and rereleased their fourth season and Robert Bound takes a look at it with the critics Karen Krizanovich and Toby Earle. Plus, they review new TV series ‘Patrick Melrose’ and ‘Safe’.
The Sessions at Midori House: Low Island
This week we welcome half of Oxford pop quartet Low Island into the studio, who play from their latest EP and tell us how they’re rethinking live shows.
Chess
We hit the West End for a new production of ‘Chess’ the Cold War era musical by Tim Rice and Abba’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Robert Bound is joined by Matt Wolf, theatre critic for the ‘International New York Times’, and Nancy Durrant, commissioning editor for ‘The Times Arts’,…
The Sessions at Midori House: HC McEntire
HC McEntire tells us about her complicated relationship with the American South and a meeting with Riot Grrrl Kathleen Hanna that led to the release of McEntire’s debut solo album ‘Lionheart’.
