Later ... With Jools Holland: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem

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My podcast guest on Episode 144 has a completely unique story from music journalist in the time of The Jam to co-creator of a music TV show that has featured Paul Weller more than any other artist.

By contrast, Later’s approach is based on appealing to “the musically curious” and building its aesthetic on “taste”. This determination not to chase a particular audience or a particular cultural moment has, he argues, helped it to endure over the decades. In some ways, it’s more BBC than the BBC. As Jools says in the forward to the book, Later… informs, educates and entertains. Those values are at the heart of Later…. The show brings out the best in musicians, where they feel they’ve escaped… the genre they started in. American musicians feel this particularly. Lastly three-piece PVA whose sound is described as being “made from a formula of acid, disco, blistering synths, the release of the dancefloor and queer-coded sprechgesang post-punk”.From 1st July 2021, VAT will be applicable to those EU countries where VAT is applied to books - this additional charge will be collected by Fed Ex (or the Royal Mail) at the time of delivery. Shipments to the USA & Canada:

Plus, three artists make their Later… debut. The first is the chart-topping, award winning singer-songwriter Tom Walker, who performs a couple of songs, including his latest single, Burn. Burn is taken from Tom’s upcoming second album, due to be released in 2024, which follows his 2019 breakthrough that featured the global hit Leave A Light On. After working as a music journalist from the late 1970s, Cooper joined The Late Show as the programme’s music researcher in 1990. “ The Late Show was perhaps a fantastic playground, if that isn’t too light a word. It was an opportunity for a generation of young TV producers to learn their skills and have their say,” he recalls. “Ultimately, TV is what you do with it.” As a Foo Fighters fan, I found chapter 12 rather poignant. The book was being finished off in May 2022 (as you find out in the very last part), and it did make me pause for a moment to read the mention of "the late Taylor Hawkins", then shortly afterwards to see his signature printed alongside (most of) his bandmates beneath the piece written by Dave Grohl. It does explain that the autographs at the end of artist testimonies are taken from the show's guest book, but that did put a lump in my throat. That and seeing him and Dave sat next to each other in the photo of the 25th anniversary line-up, with Taylor looking a bit like he's sitting for a school photo, hands neatly on his knees, even as he's distracted, looking off to the side. Bless him.As a single-shot proposition, with things shot from the inside out, that really bonds that crew. They all love the music, but they’ve also learnt to do something in a very clever but simple way. It’s quite hard.” What, then, does the future hold for Later…? The consumption of music has changed radically since 1992. Recognising this, the BBC makes Later… clips available online. Viewers can watch episode one of Later…with Jools Holland on BBC iPlayer, which featured performances from The 1975, Self Esteem, Victoria Canal and Ural Thomas.