Notable Podcast
1) Notable: Timber Festival
Stuart and Elizabeth are on their travels again for the last episode before the summer hols, this time heading to the glorious Timber Festival in the National Forest. Elizabeth begins her history of m...Show More
2) Notable: Wendy Carlos& Norman 'Nobby' Pilcher
In the penultimate episode of the series, Elizabeth and Stuart tackle the stories of two very different figures from the illustrious annals of music history. Elizabeth describes how Wendy Carlos shook...Show More
3) Notable: My Boy Lollipop & Basil Kirchin
Another week, another Notable! This time out Stuart and Elizabeth tell two more stories from the annals of musical history, first up the incredible tale of Millie Small and her hugely influential hit ...Show More
4) Notable: Albert Ayler & Cecil Sharp
This week Elizabeth and Stuart tell the stories of two highly influential figures from very different sections of music history. First up is the brilliant saxophonist Albert Ayler, a free jazz pioneer...Show More
5) Notable: The Wicker Man/Johan Johannsson
Elizabeth and Stuart embark on a by-now near legendary one-show tour with their visit to the Hinterlands Film Festival in Skipton, which celebrates films set in non-urban locations. Before a screening...Show More
6) Edgard Varèse - David Bowie & 1984
Stuart prompts a startling confession from Elizabeth through his recounting of the story of David Bowie's obsession with 1984. Before that she delves into the remarkable tale of composer Edgard Varèse...Show More
7) Notable: O Superman/Ken Colyer
This week Stuart and Elizabeth are set to beguile you with stories about arguably the oddest pop record to ever make the charts - Laurie Anderson's 'O Superman' - and one of the most influential thoug...Show More
8) Notable: Wigan Casino/Daphne Oram
Two more tales from the annals of musical history, featuring the nightclub in the ballroom of northern mill town that was voted Billboard's 'Best Disco In The World', and the pioneering genius who did...Show More
9) Notable: Scarbrough Fair/ Stalin
It's highly unlikely that you'll find another podcast bringing together the fraught folk wrangling over the bucolic Scarbrough Fair with the influence of despotic dictator Josef Stalin on music - but ...Show More
10) Notable: Lord of the Rings/Josephine Baker
Having spent lockdown three tirelessly researching some of the best stories from four hundred years of musical history, Elizabeth and Stuart return with Series Two of Notable to share them with you. I...Show More