Hello and welcome to a new year of content and podcasts here on [edit] radio. As is now tradition on the first Tuesday of the new year, the team here have pulled together our favourite tracks of the previous year into a giant playlist for you to enjoy. So using the streaming service of your…
Happy new year new music fans ? As is now the tradition between Christmas and the second week of the New Year we are delighted to share the annual [edit] radio recollection mix – a look back at the best tracks of the year just gone. Just hit shuffle and sit back for more than…
Happy new year from the team at [edit] radio. As has become tradition, on new year’s day our editor Kev Lawson & Guardian Critic Jenessa Williams pull all of their favourite tracks from the year into an extra-long playlist. All you need to do is add the playlist to your favourites and hit shuffle on…
Selected by our founder Kev Lawson and, Guardian journalist, Jenessa Williams, we present this year’s [edit] radio recollection mix – more than 15 hours of new music from 2020 for you to enjoy! After a year in which it’s been easy to feel isolated from the people, places and activities we love, it is our…
“I have a love and it never fades” Sometimes the best way to cope with loss is to create something new. Whether you choose to paint, write, curate memories or do something altogether more personal, finding an artistic outlet in which to explore the death of a loved one is an essential part of grieving…
Played on podcast 519, Love Game by Iris (아이리스) is a disco-funk ballad with a K-pop twist that has become my go-to, feel-good songs of 2020. Sung almost entirely in kawaii-cute Korean, the track uses familiar musical cues – a Nile Rodgers inspired guitars and doe-eyed keys – to remove the language barrier and allowing…
“Bitch I’m a Charva, Grey Goose Parka” 450 by Bad Boy Chiller Crew is a solid gold banger. Released by a bunch of #Lads from Bradford at the tail end of 2019 and played on podcast 515, the exuberant track parties between Dance and Grime like The Streets with Original Pirate Material, but with fewer…
A look at the history of fanzines reveals more about their writers than the music The first time I encountered a real fanzine was at a festival. I hadn’t slept for 24 hours, was covered head to toe in what I hoped was mud and feeling the satisfying effects of a large amount of gin….
Each year since 2015, the team at [edit] radio has pulled together a ‘Recollection Mix’, an extensive playlist of the best music from the past year. With over 12 hours of new music, this time we’ve moved with the times, ditched the MP3’s and put the full playlists across Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube to…
I’d stick around when things are falling down As song titles go, there are few as apt as ‘Sticky’. Succinctly describing the track’s figurative and metaphorical message, it stands as a testament to the artistic focus of Ravyn Lanae. Featuring production by the talented Steve Lacy – the man behind the best of Kendrick Lamar’s…