The Arts Desk Radio Show 7

THE ARTS DESK RADIO SHOW 7 Peter Culshaw and Joe Muggs discuss the death of Bohemianism, the Olympics and protest music

Peter Culshaw and Joe Muggs discuss the death of Bohemianism, the Olympics and protest music

The seventh radio show from theartsdesk features a wealth of eclectic music, from grime to Bach, while Joe Muggs and Peter Culshaw discuss everything from French café culture of the Fifties to sub-Saharan politics in the Sudan and northern Mali.

Questions that arise include: Is the Bohemian outsider philosophy dead? Have the Olympics helped kill off the old artistic ideal of seeking “derangement of the senses” in favour of clean living? How much hipper is Bradley Wiggins than Paul Weller?

The Arts Desk Radio Show 6

THE ARTS DESK RADIO SHOW 6: Psychedelic hip hop and Colombia in London with Peter Culshaw and Joe Muggs

Psychedelic hip hop and Colombia in London with Peter Culshaw and Joe Muggs

Welcome to another show, in which Joe guides us around some of the weirder, smokier corners of the broad church of hip hop, and discussion returns to how far genre can stretch and where originality can reside in a multi-channel, everything-available-at-once world. We also take a listen to more and less authentic sounds of South America courtesy of a Brit-in-Colombia, a Colombian Brit, and a legend of British underground sounds turning Colombian sounds into house music. There's some neo-psychedelia and neo-folk thrown into the mix for good measure.

The Arts Desk Radio Show 5

Peter Culshaw and Joe Muggs discuss the new Nigerian pop scene, Havana-Croydon dubstep and celebrate Astor Piazzolla

Peter has just come back from Lagos, so the first part of the show is a brief tour d’horizon of the dynamic Nigerian pop scene, featuring Asa, Tiwa Savage, 2Face, Flavour and D’Banj, the “Koko-Master”, who has just had his first UK Top 10 hit with “Oliver Twist”. Also discussed is the musical marriage and messy divorce between Don Jazzy and D’banj, who has signed to Kanye West's label world-wide, as well as the fact that Ye is rumoured to be an Illuminati. Is Nigerian pop about to go global? Quite possibly.

The Arts Desk Radio Show 4

THEARTSDESK RADIO SHOW 4: Peter Culshaw and Joe Muggs play new music and discuss jazz, improvisation and much more besides

Peter Culshaw and Joe Muggs play new music and discuss jazz, improvisation and much more besides

So here it is, our fourth show of new, rare, exclusive and peculiar music - as ever recorded at Red Bull Studios with Brendon Harding ably manning the machines.

The Arts Desk Radio Show 3

THE ARTS DESK RADIO SHOW 3: Joe Muggs and Peter Culshaw discuss music ancient and modern

Joe Muggs and Peter Culshaw discuss music ancient and modern

After a double set of live studio guests in our last show, it's just Joe and Peter this time, and thus a lot more music and discussion. Our intrepid explorers ponder whether there's anything new under the sun, looking at new-sounding folk and old-sounding electronica, angry British hip hop, Swedish jazz-punk, Mexican boutique hotels, murder blues and Crowley-referencing ambient music.