Join Mandy and Nicola for a special in depth celebration of the life and work of Shirley Collins as she talks of life, love, disappointment and her latest folk revival at the age of 82. … [Read more...]

On the September edition of ELS Mandy Morton and Nicola Upson feature two full-length interviews with British Country Music stars Ward Thomas and American trailblazers The Indigo Girls … [Read more...]

It's an all star line up on this month's Eclectic Light Show as Mandy and Nicola feature interviews with some of the headliners from the Cambridge Folk Festival including The Indigo Girls, Shirley Collins, Jon Boden and Wildwood Kin, plus reviews and back stage gossip. … [Read more...]

This month we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Hank Marvin, Andy Summers and the official Beatle biographer Hunter Davies share their memories on the impact the album had back in 1967. And Clannad's Moya Brennan talks about her new solo album inspired by the loss of her father and the forming of her own close … [Read more...]

Sherlock star Amanda Abbington talks to Mandy about her death in Sherlock, her character Miss Mardle in Mr Selfridge and the role she'd like to play next. Internationally renowned Suffolk artist Maggi Hambling talks to Nicola about painting dead people, her famous scollop by the North Sea and Syd Barrett as a young artist. And we feature more … [Read more...]

Linda Bassett talks to Mandy about her roles in Call the Midwife, Calendar Girls and Larkrise to Candleford, world music star Loreena McKennitt muses over touring and looks back on her Book of Secrets album in an exclusive interview for the programme and Nicola previews some of the artists set to play the Cambridge Folk Festival this summer … [Read more...]

This month's show features an exclusive interview with The Police guitarist Andy Summers as he talks about the highs and lows of being part of one of pop's super bands. … [Read more...]