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Supporting Content

• Paul Weller

  Paul Weller talks to John Wilson and a live audience about the last Jam album, The Gift.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Corinne Bailey Rae returns to her second album The Sea and plays tracks from it live.

  

• Ray Davies

  Ray Davies talks to John Wilson about the Kinks albums Lola and Muswell Hillbillies.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Suzanne Vega

  Suzanne Vega talks to John Wilson and a live audience about her album Solitude Standing.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• The Zombies

  Rod Argent, Chris White and Colin Blunstone discuss the Zombies' album Odessey and Oracle.

  

• Brinsley Forde

  Brinsley Forde discusses Aswad's album New Chapter and performs tracks from it live.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• Watch and listen to exclusive live performances from the Mastertapes recordings.

  

• Billy Bragg

  Billy Bragg talks to John Wilson about Talking with the Taxman about Poetry.

  

• We hear about the breakdown of her marriage, substance abuse… and socks

  

• The legendary songwriter's interview with John Wilson is fascinating and very funny.

  

• Mastertapes special: Paul McCartney

  Watch a filmed version of Paul McCartney speaking to John Wilson about his career.

  

  Duration: 45:51

• Watch and listen to exclusive live performances from the Mastertapes recordings.

  

• Re-releasing music documentaries from the Radio 4 Archive.

  

• Paul Weller and The Zombies

  Paul Weller asks what the band make of the recent reappraisal of Odessey and Oracle

  Duration: 1:13

• The Zombies on splitting up and misspellings

  The Zombies on splitting up and their album title's famous misspelling

  Duration: 2:36

• Corinne Bailey Rae's songwriting tips

  Corinne Bailey Rae talks about how she writes songs.

  Duration: 2:21

• Billy Bragg's songwriting tips

  Billy Bragg shares his approach to writing songs.

  Duration: 2:13
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• The Zombies at Maida Vale Studios

• Corinne Bailey Rae at Maida Vale Studios

• Brinsley Forde at Maida Vale Studios

• Paul Weller at Maida Vale Studios
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• Discover more music programmes

  Listen to a selection of programmes about music, musicians, songwriting and recording.

  

• Musicians' Desert Island Discs

  Listen to the Desert Island Discs of famous musicians including Annie Lennox, Morrissey, Paul Weller and Eric Clapton.