theartsdesk Radio Show 37 - Pete Lawrence of the Big Chill discusses the power of protest music and his new project This Is The Fire

THEARTSDESK RADIO SHOW 37 Talking to cultural activist Pete Lawrence – camp outs, singalongs and saving the world

Talking to cultural activist Pete Lawrence – camp outs, singalongs and saving the world

This edition of Peter Culshaw’s peripatetic radio show features guest Pete Lawrence. Pete is one of the good guys – a positive force in the culture, as he says "my life's work is bringing people together".

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theartsdesk Radio Show 36 - legendary producer Joe Boyd discusses his recent book on global music

THEARTSDESK RADIO SHOW 36 Legendary producer Joe Boyd discusses his recent book on global music

From being producer of Pink Floyd and Nick Drake to running an influential global music label

The latest in Peter Culshaw’s peripatetic radio shows is a conversation with Joe Boyd whose recent tome, published by Faber, is a magisterial sweep through global and popular music called And the Roots of Rhythm Remain

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theartsdesk Radio Show 34 - with post-punk visionary Lu Edmonds

THE ARTS DESK RADIO SHOW 34 Post-punk visionary Lu Edmonds with Peter Culshaw

Two hours' chat and music with Lu Edmonds of The Mekons, PIL, Blabbermouth & The Damned

Welcome to the latest edition of Peter Culshaw’s occasional radio show, which normally has a global music focus. This week’s guest for the entire two hours is the musical cult hero and all-round good bloke Lu Edmonds.

theartsdesk Radio Show 31 - special guest: TV soundtrack maestro Dominik Scherrer

THEARTSDESK RADIO SHOW 31 Special guest Dominik Scherrer, eclectic composer of 'The Serpent'

Special guest Dominik Scherrer, eclectic award-winning composer of The Serpent

Peter Culshaw’s periodic global themed radio show is allowed back in the MusicBox Radio studio with special guest, the distinguished soundtrack composer Dominik Scherrer. Dominik’s latest hit series was The Serpent, the dark tale of Charles Sobhraj, the “Bikini Killer” or “The Serpent” who killed young often lost, idealistic Western travellers mainly in Bangkok in the 1970s, but also elsewhere on the hippy trail east.

theartsdesk Radio Show 28 - Tony Allen tribute with guest Stephen Budd

THEARTSDESK RADIO SHOW 28 Tony Allen tribute with guest Stephen Budd

Homage to the late Afro-beat legend, and interview about him with his friend and African music DJ Stephen Budd

Peter Culshaw’s occasional global radio music show comes blinking into the light after lockdown, as MusicBox radio’s studio In London’s Clerkenwell has tentatively, antiseptically, opened. In the months since March, we have lost numerous kings of rhythm, including, as mentioned in the show, Florian Schneider and Little Richard.