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

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Completing the line-up, Jools chats to Madness frontman Suggs about the band’s first new album in seven years called Theatre of the Absurd presents C’est La Vie. It sees Madness reunited, re-energised and reinvigorated, resulting in their most harmonious recording experience to date. Cooper co-created Later… with director Janet Fraser Crook, whose idea it was to film the show in the round, itself something of a revolution in studio craft. “Ultimately, TV is what you do with it. It’s a tool – the studio, the cameras, the lights. What really matters is what you want to say with them… 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.

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Reading the book, one learns right away that Cooper is a man who has lived his life immersed in music. He is equally at home writing about Johnny Cash as he is about Jay-Z or a more left-field performer such as Oumou Sangaré, the Grammy-award winning Malian singer and composer.

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. 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. Now, after leaving his job as head of music television, BBC Studios, where he led BBC TV’s coverage of Glastonbury and executive produced more than 250 music documentaries, Cooper has written a book, Later… with Jools Holland: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem. It takes us behind the screen from the beginnings of Later… as a segment in BBC Two’s arts and media showcase The Late Show, to its latest incarnation, which is recorded in its new home at Alexandra Palace.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. To what, then, does Cooper ascribe Later’s longevity? “The secret of the show is its aesthetic. It found – and finds – a way to bring out the best in musicians on TV. 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: Brand new artist Olivia Dean, who grew up in East London, makes her TV debut on the show with her song Dive, taken from her forthcoming album Messy. She also joins Jools at the piano to discuss her favourite Carole King tune. 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.”

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”.

Behind the scenes at Later... with Jools Holland 25 at the Royal Albert Hall

Making their debut, Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations are a group led by the prolific and revered producer, who has worked with the likes of Adele, Amy Winehouse and Jessie Ware and previously fronted The Invisible (nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2009). His latest critically-acclaimed album I Came From Love sees him collaborate with the likes of Grace Jones, Kwabs and ESKA, who performs with him tonight.