FT Life of a Song

By Financial Times

Each month FT music critics and contributors discuss the story of a song, from its origins and early recordings through cover versions good and bad. Formerly called FT Arts.

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December 23, 2014 Cover story: the golden age of Esquire
Between 1962 and 1972, the magazine set new standards for its industry – and in doing so created the perfect collectible, says Peter Aspden
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7min
December 19, 2014 A new short story for the holidays
'Ambition', by the award-winning author Helen Simpson, is read by Christopher Villiers.
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39min
December 19, 2014 2014 Comeback Special: Peter Aspden on ‘Elvis at the O2’
The London venue’s exhibition of Presley memorabilia is curious mix of the banal and the resplendent – and none the worse for that, says the FT’s arts writer
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December 12, 2014 Loan goal: Peter Aspden on the Elgin Marbles
In lending one of its Parthenon sculptures to Russia, the British Museum has provoked Greece and exposed the hollowness of so-called ‘cultural diplomacy’
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December 05, 2014 Past masters: Peter Aspden on Terry Riley and Joni Mitchell
Here today, washed-up tomorrow: that’s supposed to be the career trajectory for musicians in the pop age. But, as two recent projects show, great artists will always find ways to keep their signature work fresh and relevant
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November 28, 2014 Kitchen-sink commandments: ‘Decalogue’, 25 years on
By focusing on the personal rather than the political, Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski created a quietly subversive masterpiece, Peter Aspden says
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November 21, 2014 Hitting the arts jackpot
20 years after the launch of the National Lottery, Jan Dalley celebrates how it has become the most successful form of cultural crowd-funding ever
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November 14, 2014 Revolution for sale: Peter Aspden on Nike and The Beatles
How a legal dispute over the use of a John Lennon song in a sneaker advert paved the way for today’s cultural mash-ups – and put paid to the notion of artists “selling out”
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November 07, 2014 Beginnings and endings: Taylor Swift and Sylvie Guillem
As pop star Swift, 24, takes a stand against Spotify and dancer Guillem, 49, announces her retirement, Peter Aspden reflects on two very different divas
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October 31, 2014 Show us what you’ve got
Galleries display only a fraction of the works in their collections. Art historian Bendor Grosvenor says it’s time they faced down their conservation departments and liberated their hidden masterpieces
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8min

FAQs about FT Life of a Song:

How many episodes does FT Life of a Song have?

The podcast currently has 296 episodes available.