The British Masters

It’s Liam’s turn for the British Masters treatment as he tells journalist John Doran about nights out with Maradona, Steve Coogan and John McEnroe as well as his debut solo album ‘As You Were’ in this seminal interview from 2017.

John meets The Reggae Connoisseur, David Rodigan. They discuss how he fell in love with Jamaican music, how he realised smoking weed wasn’t for him and the time a member of the crowd liked his DJ set so much they let off a gunshot.

In John's own words, "Cosey's work has continually innovated, challenged and outraged since the start of the 1970s, Whether as a member of the transgressive art collective Coum Transmissions or the boundary destroying industrial group Throbbing Gristle, or as an electronic musical with her partner Chris Carter. Since the 70's, her work has brought her into direct conflict with the police, the tabloid press, the British government, the music industry and the art establishment, and despite this, she remains to this day a uniquely progressive artist."

To celebrate the 6th birthday of The British Masters John chats to Brett Anderson from Suede live at The Rio Cinema in London.

In this episode, John sits down with former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft ahead of the release of his fourth solo album 'These People’. Ashcroft discusses fatherhood, what he misses about the North and Bitter Sweet Symphony.

Viv Albertine is unique in several ways. As one of the founding members of The Slits, she ruptured rock music's linear progression, effecting a genuine and shocking break with what had come before. The Slits combined dub-reggae, free jazz, early hip-hop, funk and punk into a unique new sound. Viv Albertine has recently delivered a shocking and brilliantly-written autobiography called Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. John sat down with her to talk about all of this and more.

John Doran sits down with electronic music pioneer Goldie.In John’s own words, “Goldie overcame a trouble-filled childhood and young adulthood to revolutionise UK dance music, not once but several times over as one of the most prominent innovators in drum and bass. I’m speaking to him today about his return to making music, hanging out with David Bowie and his belief in reincarnation."

Mr Albarn of Blur, Gorillaz and The Good The Bad and the Queen fame sits down with John for a natterIn John’s own words "...One of the most famous and hard working faces in the contemporary musical landscape, Damon Albarn. Rising to prominence as the frontman of the world bestriding Blur, he has since become known for his seemingly never ending supply of side projects and collaborations, Gorillaz being the most globally renowned. I'm talking to him today in his West London studio about the release of the new album by The Good, The Bad and The Queen."