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Special guests and Guardian contributors lift the lid on untold stories from music’s back pages
  • ate Hutchinson and Anna Meredith at the NTS Studio in Dalston

    The Guardian Radio Hour with Anna Meredith - listen to the show

    In the last of our live radio series, classical composer turned sculptural producer Anne Meredith discusses the importance of shape in song and how she’s gone from making scores for the proms to bangers for the club
  • Vinyl Tap record shop, Huddersfield

    Ben Beaumont-Thomas on the ultimate crate-digging labels - the Guardian Radio Hour podcast

    The Guardian’s Ben Beaumont-Thomas plays some of the best tracks from the new slew of crate-digging labels
  • Kate Hutchinson and Ben Beaumont-Thomas at the NTS Studio in Dalston

    The Guardian Radio Hour with Ben Beaumont-Thomas - Listen to the show

    In the latest edition of our live radio shows on NTS, Kate Hutchinson and Ben Beaumont-Thomas teamed up for a primer on the crate-digging labels mining the past for new sounds
  • Stewart Lee, Stand Up Comedian, in London, Britain - 05 Mar 2009<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Susannah Ireland / Rex Features (873509b)
Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee, Stand Up Comedian, in London, Britain - 05 Mar 2009

    Stewart Lee on standup comedy and music – the Guardian Radio Hour podcast

    Stewart Lee joins us for a cruise through the alternative comedy scene in the 80s and the bands that helped soundtrack it
  • Stewart Lee and Kate Hutchinson live at NTS radio

    The Guardian Radio Hour with Stewart Lee - listen to the show

    Comedian and Observer columnist Stewart Lee was our special guest on London radio station NTS, talking to Kate Hutchinson about the connection between standup and punk
  • Tortoise Drummer John McEntire. Photo by snapshot-photography/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

    John McEntire on Chicago's music scene - The Guardian Radio Hour podcast

    Super producer John McEntire from Tortoise gives us a snapshot of Chicago’s alternative music scene through the ages from Howlin’ Wolf to Jim O’Rourke
  • John McEntire with Ben Beaumont-Thomas at the NTS Studio in Dalston

    The Guardian Radio Hour with John McEntire of Tortoise – listen to the show

    The Tortoise drummer and producer for hire joins us to wander through the music of Chicago, from psych curios to Sun Ra and Jim O’Rourke
  • Richard Dawson

    Richard Dawson on the naked voice – the Guardian Radio Hour podcast

    Leftfield folk singer Richard Dawson takes us on a trip through the outer fringes of unaccompanied singing
  • Richard Dawson with Kate Hutchinson at the NTS Studio

    The Guardian Radio Hour with Richard Dawson - listen to the show

    The cult Geordie avant-folk musician is the sixth guest in our radio series on east London station NTS, with a distinctly leftfield playlist dedicated to unaccompanied singing
  • Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family.  Photo by Gaelle Beri/Redferns

    Fat White Family on outsider ballads - the Guardian Radio Hour podcast

    Soap dodgers Saul and Lias from Fat White Family play us an hour of their favourite weird and woozy outsider ballads
  • NTS Fatwhites

    The Guardian Radio Hour with Fat White Family - listen to the show

    The latest in our 10-week live radio series on east London station NTS saw ramshackle rockers Fat White Family explore their love of outsider ballads
  • Musician Matthew Herbert. Photographed in/around his studio in Whitstable. 
Photo by Linda Nylind. 7/8/2015.

    Matthew Herbert on rhythm – the Guardian Radio Hour podcast

    Electronic musician Matthew Herbert talks about the pivotal records that helped him understand rhythm
  • Matthew Herbert and The Guardian's Kate Hutchinson

    The Guardian Radio Hour with Matthew Herbert - hear the show

    The experimental composer was our special guest on our new radio series on east London station NTS, with a show that explores rhythm in music
  • Teenage Cancer Trust concert - London<br>Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream on stage during their Teenage Cancer Trust gig, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday March 21, 2013. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

    Bobby Gillespie on cheating songs – the Guardian Radio Hour podcast

    The frontman from Primal Scream hauls a bag of his favourite infidelity themed records down to the NTS studios for our latest live radio show
  • Bobby Gillespie and Kate Hutchinson at the NTS Studio in Dalston

    The Guardian Radio Hour with Bobby Gillespie - hear the show

  • Mud -Les Gray, glam rock star - for obits
Credit: Dave Ellis / Redferns
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    Alexis Petridis on glam rock - the Guardian Radio Hour podcast

  • Alexis Petridis and Kate Hutchinson at the NTS studio in Dalston

    The Guardian Radio Hour with Alexis Petridis on glam rock – hear the show

  • US singer Neneh Cherry performs during the 47th Heineken Jazzaldia on July 23, 2012 in the Northern Spanish city of San Sebastian. AFP PHOTO / Rafa Rivas        (Photo credit should read RAFA RIVAS/AFP/GettyImages)

    Neneh Cherry on jazz and rebellion - the Guardian Radio Hour podcast

  • Neneh Cherry and Kate Hutchinson

    Neneh Cherry launches The Guardian Radio Hour series – hear the show

    On our first live show on NTS radio in London, guest Neneh Cherry explored her love of rebellious jazz music
  • The Guardian NTS Artwork

    The Guardian launches new live radio show The Guardian Radio Hour

    Neneh Cherry, Stewart Lee, Matthew Herbert and Bat For Lashes to join the Guardian’s 10-week culture show on experimental digital station NTS Radio
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