Drowned in Sound
Mapping the future: exploring how culture, politics, and the climate crisis are reshaping music. From AI and activism to festival futures and the collapse of local scenes, we treat music as an ecosystem, not just entertainment. Guests include artists, changemakers, and organisers reimagining what music can be. Subscribe and join the conversation. Hosted by Sean Adams, founder of Drowned in Sound.
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Wednesday Nov 11, 2015
Wednesday Nov 11, 2015
Mercury Music Prize 2015 judges John Kennedy from Radio X and Kate Mossman from New Statesman/BBC Four, join DiS editor Sean Adams and podcast co-host Danielle Perry from Absolute Radio to discuss this year's Mercury nominees and what this year's 12 albums say about the current state of music plus we ponder what makes a truly great album?
The winner of this year's Mercury Prize will be revealed live on the BBC on Friday 20th Nov
The 2015 Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ in association with BBC Music were announced on Friday 16 October. The 2015 Albums of the Year are:Aphex Twin 'Syro'Benjamin Clementine 'At Least For Now'C Duncan 'Architect'Eska 'Eska'Florence + The Machine 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'Gaz Coombes 'Matador' Ghostpoet 'Shedding Skin'Jamie xx 'In Colour'Róisín Murphy 'Hairless Toys'Slaves 'Are You Satisfied?'SOAK 'Before We Forgot How To Dream' Wolf Alice 'My Love Is Cool'
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Toby L who founded music website, concert promoter and TV show Rockfeedback, as well as the Transgressive label (home to releases by Foals, The Antlers, Regina Spektor, Alvvays, Songhoy Blues and many more) chats about the past decade and a half with our hosts Absolute radio's Danielle Perry and Drowned in Sound (which also turned 15 this week) founder Sean Adams.