Notable
By Notable
Stuart Maconie and Elizabeth Alker meet up to tell each other extra-ordinary tales from 400 years of musical history.
From a murderous 16th Century madrigal composer to Batley Variety Club - Yorkshire's very own Caesar's Palace... and from the espionage-tinted roots of the theremin to the wild weekend that was the Bickershaw pop festival... Notable has the lot. Produced by Geoff Bird, artwork by Rory Clifford.
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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 music festivals not with Monterey or the Isle of W… -
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 the classical world to its well-heeled foundation… -
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 'My Boy Lollipop', which gave Britain its ... -
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 whose influence on John Coltrane alone merits him… -
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 of 'The Wicker Man' at the town's Pl... -
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 and the huge influence he had on musicians inc... -
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 though little-known figures in British mus... -
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 so much to establish electronic musi... -
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 as you'll hear in this new episode, f... -
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. In this first episode, Elizabeth tells the tale of …