Jane Weaver: Pop Goes The Weaver

As ‘Blade Runner 2049’ hits cinema screens, the news that the film’s soundtrack composer Jóhann Jóhannsson has been replaced at the 11th hour by Hans Zimmer comes with a sense of déjà vu. Like a time warping Philip K Dick short story, didn’t all this happen before? It certainly did…

The landscape of the north-west of England is at once rolling green hills and stark man-made skyline. Hailing from Widnes, Baltic Fleet draws Inspiration from these surroundings to create a different kind of escapism

Still going strong after four decades, A Certain Ratio modestly put their longevity down to lack of fame. Their new album, ‘ACR Loco’, which fuses many of their influences throughout those years, says otherwise

With the album ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’, Sparks sound as essential as ever. What keeps them going after all these years? We talk Adam and Eve, Stravinsky, The Gettysburg Address and lawnmowers…

It was the year that the Taito Corporation in Tokyo released its ‘Space Invaders’ arcade game. It was the year that Douglas Adams’ ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4. And it was the year that the punk rock revolution opened the way for some of the most innovative and exciting music ever.

Suzanne Ciani is now one of the world’s most respected electronic music composers. It’s been one hell of a battle to get there, though