Pink Floyd's Rebirth: A Momentary Lapse of Re...

On October 18th, 1968, the Beatles gathered at Abbey Road Studios and found themselves under a very different kind of spotlight than usual, because London police conducted a drug raid on John Lennon and Yoko Ono's flat on this day, leading to Lennon's arrest for cannabis possessi ...  Show more

October 17th holds a sweet spot in music history thanks to Stevie Wonder, who on this day in 1972 released the album Talking Book, a record that basically rewired what pop and soul music could sound like. Stevie was only twenty two years old, already a veteran performer who had g ...  Show more

Pink Floyd is one of the greatest and most successful bands of all time, and that is due mostly to the lyrics and ideas of Roger Waters and the guitar-playing and musical acumen of David Gilmour. Together, they guided the band through masterworks like "Dark Side Of The Moon" and ...  Show more

For the 100th episode of Strong Songs, Kirk takes a deep dive into one of the most famous concept albums ever recorded. 

Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" is an instantly recognizable, widely discussed album, played and replayed to the point that it's easy to forg ...

Radiohead have been one of rock’s most exciting bands for decades, but many fans had mixed feelings about 2011’s The King of Limbs. Is their first album in five years a return to form? Rolling Stone’s Nathan Brackett, Brian Hiatt and Andy Greene go deep on the gorgeous A Moon Sha ...  Show more

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Gilmour grew up in Cambridge, where his father was a senior lecturer in zoology and his mother was also a lecturer and film editor. He was educated at a private school, in the hope that he would shine academically, b ...  Show more