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Guitar, Drum and Bass
An exploration of the contribution of key instruments to modern popular music.
Guitar, Drum and Bass Episodes
Series 1: 1. On Drums... Stewart Copeland!
Stewart Copeland explores the drums as the founding instrument of popular modern music. Beats that travelled from Africa via New Orleans and across the world are the consistent ...
03-02-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. On Bass... Tina Weymouth!
Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club celebrates the extraordinary contribution of bass to popular music, tracing its progress from street-corner doo-wop and the overl ...
29-10-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. On Guitar... Lenny Kaye!
Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith’s guitarist, explains how the quest for new guitar sounds has driven the history of popular music, from Les Paul’s first guitar to Bo Diddley ...
04-06-2021
BBC 4