Notable
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Notable: Timber Festival
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart and Elizabeth are on their travels again for the last episode before the summer hols, this time heading to the glorious Timber Festival in the ...
Notable: Wendy Carlos& Norman 'Nobby' Pilcher
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate episode of the series, Elizabeth and Stuart tackle the stories of two very different figures from the illustrious annals of music h...
Notable: My Boy Lollipop & Basil Kirchin
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another week, another Notable! This time out Stuart and Elizabeth tell two more stories from the annals of musical history, first up the incredible ta...
Notable: Albert Ayler & Cecil Sharp
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Elizabeth and Stuart tell the stories of two highly influential figures from very different sections of music history. First up is the brill...
Notable: The Wicker Man/Johan Johannsson
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and Stuart embark on a by-now near legendary one-show tour with their visit to the Hinterlands Film Festival in Skipton, which celebrates fi...
Edgard Varèse - David Bowie & 1984
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart prompts a startling confession from Elizabeth through his recounting of the story of David Bowie's obsession with 1984. Before that she delves ...
Notable: O Superman/Ken Colyer
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Stuart and Elizabeth are set to beguile you with stories about arguably the oddest pop record to ever make the charts - Laurie Anderson's 'O...
Notable: Wigan Casino/Daphne Oram
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two more tales from the annals of musical history, featuring the nightclub in the ballroom of northern mill town that was voted Billboard's 'Best Disc...
Notable: Scarbrough Fair/ Stalin
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's highly unlikely that you'll find another podcast bringing together the fraught folk wrangling over the bucolic Scarbrough Fair with the influence...
Notable: Lord of the Rings/Josephine Baker
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Having spent lockdown three tirelessly researching some of the best stories from four hundred years of musical history, Elizabeth and Stuart return wi...
Notable: I predict a riot - with Stravinsky and Bob Dylan.
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart and Elizabeth are determined to end season one of Notable with a riot - or two in fact. First up is the tale of the notorious opening night of ...
Rochdale, Rock City/Quartet for the End of Time
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Quite the contrast this week. Elizabeth waxes lyrical about the giddy years when her home town of Rochdale punched above its musical weight, partly th...
Turbojugend/Gesualdo
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Elizabeth tells the fabulous tale of the global Turbojugend subculture, centring around the death-punk band Turbonegro and built upon progre...
Elvis in Scotland/Freud's Musical Influence
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart recounts the tale of Elvis Presley's only (or was it?) visit to these Isles, when he landed at Prestwick airport on his way home from serving i...
Batley Varieties Club/Pierre Henry's Liverpool Mass
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and Stuart return with two more tales plundered from music's well-stocked historical attic. First up is Stuart with the incredible story of ...
Is Paul Dead?/The Greatest Year in Jazz
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and Stuart return with two more tales from the hinterlands of musical history. Stuart makes the case for 1959 as the highpoint in jazz thank...
Notable: Christmas Special
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Elizabeth, it's Christmas!""I know, Stuart, it's brilliant!""Yes but we've only had one episode out, we've no business putting out a Christmas Specia...
Notable: Bickershaw and the birth of the Theremin
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Alker and Stuart Maconie invite you to prick up your ears and listen to the first in their new podcast series, 'Notable'. In each episode, t...