On 2 January 2022, Chris Broderick, who had entertained, amused and provoked with his writing of all disciplines, passed away. Over the course of his life he’d amassed a large collection of songs, stories and plays, all filled with his on unique linguistic flair and his sheer love of humanity in al its warts and all glory.Towards the end of his life, he entered a flurry of creative activity, not realising he would not be able to see the completion of these final projects. This interview with his collaborator, Stuart Turner, explores the final musical adventures of Chris Broderick.This podcast is also available as a video on the Reviewage Youtube channel.

If you need a little diversion from (a) The Winter of Discontent Mk. II and (b) the onslaught of yuletide merriment, behold, I bring glad tidings of Songs in the Key of...Nothing in Particular.Here, you will find not a single reference to Christmas. But you will find a list of ten songs that have been keeping me occupied of late. And perhaps they'll keep you occupied too.Once you've finished listening to this, make sure you head over to Spotify to hear all the songs in their glorious and most complete fullness.

Welcome to episode 60 of Songs in the Key of...To celebrate this diamond jubilee of an episode join Stephen Morris as he chats with guest Jeremy Simon about his adventures in the band Dylan Trees and the music that is getting him going at the moment.Once you're done, don't forget to head over to Spotify to hear all his song choices in glorious, magnificent fullness.

Forgive me. It's been far too long since my last podcast.But here, just for you, is a brand spanking new instalment with an admittedly chilled and introspective vibe to it.So sit back and enjoy. But before you do that - maybe you should pop the kettle on...Don't forget. Once you've listened to the podcast, head over to Spotify to hear the songs in full on the playlist created especially for this very episode.

September is the month of returning to school.In honour of the occasion, here's a "Songs in the Key of..." episode devoted to school subjects.Well, kind of. Each song on this episode features the name of a school subject in its title. Yup. Search far enough through the history of pop music and you will find songs mentioning the words "Chemistry", "Geography" and "Mathematics".Just don't forget to show your working.

What links a Roma jazz guitarist, an electro-duo, a 12-piece indie pop act and a bunch of Irish doom and gloom merchants?Very little. Probably. Apart from the fact that they all appear - alongside six other bands and artists - on this edition of Songs in the Key of.Enjoy.

Iceland is home to around 366,000 and - it would seem - just as many bands and artists. There's a thriving music community at the top of the world and this podcast celebrates just ten of them. There's a wide range of styles, as ever, from gloomy indie to trance via Kate Bush inspired songwriting and gentle sounding acoustic-ery with devestating lyrics.Welcome, then, to Songs in the Key of...the Top of the World.Once you're done, head over to Spotify to hear the songs in full on the playlist to accompany this episode. Find out more at reviewage.net.

It's been a fair old while since we had a Songs in the Key of... without any particular theme - just a bunch of songs. So it's about time we did one.Only, somehow, a theme has kind of emerged - with references to peace, love and understanding coming in at all angles.There's plenty to get your teeth into with ten tunes picked covering genres from folk rock to trance via indie-psyche and jazz infused minimalism. So, you know...the usual.Don't forget to head over to Spotify to hear the playlist for this episode, featuring all the songs in full.If you're a singer/songwriter, are in a band or promote music, let me know if there's anything you think might sound good on the show. You can chat to me on Twitter using @reviewage.

It occasionally crosses my mind that some of the music I feature on this "Songs in the Key of" podcast can't be described as songs at all. I do like me a good instrumental. And as you are a decent, well-rounded, rational human being, so, no doubt, do you.And so, to celebrate the existence of the instrumental track in our collective lives, let me bring you ten songs in the key of...not songs.

Despite the generally held view that sequels are never as good as the original movie (with the possible exception of Paddington 2), this new episode of Songs in the Key of... forms a second instalment of cinematically themed musings.This time round, there's music from cult documentaries with minimalist soundtracks, British gangster flicks and American Rom-Coms.