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Latest Episodes
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’.
‘Dirty Computer’ by Janelle Monáe
Robert Bound gives the new Janelle Monáe record a spin with writer Candice Carty-Williams and broadcaster and DJ Georgie Rogers. Will the combination of politics and pop on Monáe’s third album propel her into superstardom?
The Sessions at Midori House: Beth Rowley
Ten years ago Beth Rowley was signed to a major label and had a critically acclaimed top-10 album, but she wasn’t happy with the way the music industry had moulded her and so she walked away. Now she’s back with a self-released record called ‘Gota Fría’, which she plays from…
‘Property’ by Lionel Shriver
How important is it to discuss the author when you are reviewing a book? Robert Bound is joined in the studio by Katie Law, deputy literary editor for ‘The Evening Standard’, and John Mitchinson, publisher at Unbound, to review ‘Property’ – a new collection of stories by Lionel Shriver, answer…
The Sessions at Midori House: mixtape
We relive some of the great performances from the Sessions’ archives. Music by Bill Ryder-Jones, Jamie Woon, Sunflower Bean and Jaakko Eino Kalevi.
