Nicki plays The Greatest Record Ever Made … But Rarely Played, dips into The Chappers Collection to feature an artist she has worked with in the past and asks journalist Sophie Harris to take our minds off the news in Nicki’s Escape Club. Listen to the full shows on iPlayer: Nature Escape Club Musicals Escape Read more about BBC Radio 2: Nicki Chapman[…]
Front Row Jonathan Coe on his novel Middle England, which has won the Costa Novel Award 2019. Plus Selena Gomez’s album Rare reviewed by Sophie Harris. Listen to the whole episode on iPlayer, here
My commercial reel includes spots for Clinique, Vodafone, Mitsubishi, Pukka, the Guardian, Yakult and Sanex, plus corporate and documentary clips. My voice age is 25-35, and my tone is fresh, light and confident; I can easily move from cool and ethereal to bright and smiley, educated and trustworthy. You can find my full Spotlight profile Read more about Commercial Voice Reel[…]
Listen on Acast, here On this week’s pop culture perusal fest… Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ extraordinary new album Ghosteen leaves our panel floored and yet somehow elated. How did he turn unimaginable personal pain into something so beautiful? Esquire magazine deputy editor Johnny Davis and Mojo/Times writer Sophie Harris join Andrew and Siân Read more about Bigmouth[…]
Journalist Sophie Harris goes small and goes swift as she remembers the magic of the BBC’s The Box of Delights. Part One of two. Listen on Apple Podcasts, here.
WNYC Soundcheck, Guest HostMay 2011 Over 25 years and eight albums, the Beastie Boys have celebrated their hometown with brash shoutouts – and subtle inside jokes. Today: Guest host Sophie Harris of Time Out New York examines how the hip hop trio’s newest album once again pays tribute to New York. Plus: British electronic composer James Read more about Hosting WNYC Soundcheck: A Beastie Homage[…]
WNYC Soundcheck, Guest host Nov, 2010 The new Kanye West album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” was officially released on Monday. Many music critics have already deemed it the best album of 2010. Guest host Sophie Harris talks with Ryan Dombal of the music review site Pitchfork, which gave “Fantasy” a rare perfect 10 out Read more about Hosting WNYC Soundcheck: The Power of 10[…]
WNYC Soundcheck, Guest host Nov 2010 Da Capo Press has anthologized the best essays about music every year since 2000. Today on Soundcheck: a look through the 2010 edition as guest host Sophie Harris of Time Out New York talks with contributors. Plus: Electronic musician Matthew Dear visits a dark place on his latest album Read more about Hosting WNYC Soundcheck: Best Music Writing[…]
WNYC Soundcheck, guest appearanceSept 2010 Soundcheck talked with jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins last week about his memorable (and uncredited) performance on the Rolling Stones song “Waiting on a Friend.” But the sax blows hot and cold in pop music. For every “Walk on the Wild Side,” there’s a “You Belong to the City” lurking around Read more about WNYC guest: Smackdown, The Sax[…]