Jules Buckley guest presents BBC Radio 3’s Classical Fix podcast
Grammy award-winning conductor and composer Jules Buckley stands in for Clemmie Burton-Hill to guest present BBC Radio 3’s Classical Fix podcast, as part of the BBC Proms 2020.
Published: 20 July 2020
Classical Fix is something I’m super honoured to be involved in while standing in for and continuing the great work of Clemmie Burton-Hill. I look forward to conversing with my guests about this incredible world, let’s go!
Opening up classical music to a host of star-studded guests including Mercury nominated singer-songwriter Nadine Shah, South London soul singer Poppy Ajudha, French musician and Savages front-woman Jehnny Beth and Manchester based composer, producer and DJ Afrodeutsche.
Jules Buckley says: "Classical Fix is something I’m super honoured to be involved in while standing in for and continuing the great work of Clemmie Burton-Hill. I look forward to conversing with my guests about this incredible world, let’s go!"
Classical Fix is an award-winning podcast aimed at opening up the world of classical music to anyone who fancies giving it a go. The first of four music-loving special guests to experience Jules’ bespoke classical playlist is North-East singer and musician Nadine Shah, whose highly-acclaimed new album Kitchen Sink explores her own experience of life as a 30-something woman. Episode one will be available from Monday 20 July on BBC Sounds.
The next guest in the series is Poppy Ajudha, a 20 year old British singer and former BBC Music Introducing artist who meshes jazz and R’n’B with soul and electronic music and counts Barack Obama as a fan of her music.
The third guest in the series is French musician, singer-songwriter and Savages front woman, Jehnny Beth. She recently released her debut solo album To Love Is To Live and has also collaborated with artists such as Trentemøller, Julian Casablancas, The xx and Gorillaz.
The fourth guest in the series is artist, composer, producer and DJ Afrodeutsche. Based in Manchester and born in the UK with family from Ghana, Russia and Germany, her background has informed the mixture of influences within her richly textured productions which include classical solo piano, techno, house and electro music. Her debut album Break Before Make was released in 2018.
Jules Buckley has earned himself a reputation as a 'pioneering genre alchemist', having worked with everyone from the likes of Arctic Monkeys to Quincy Jones and Stormzy. Closely linked to BBC Symphony Orchestra, Heritage Orchestra and Metropole Orkest, over the past nine years he has been responsible for some of the most ground-breaking BBC Proms and is part of the BBC’s upcoming 2020 Proms season, more information here.
Classical Fix is a BBC Audio Radio 3 production. Listen to the first episode with Nadine Shah.
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