The Magnetic Fields
Quickies with Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields
William Dart looks at Quickies, the latest release from The Magnetic Fields, highlighting the deliciously manipulative songcraft of Stephin Merritt. Video, Audio
Left-overs and Left-behinds
For his penultimate show of the year, William Dart pulls together a few tracks that had to be left out of his previous programmes. Featuring Randy Newman, Neil Finn, Andrew Bird, Fiona Apple, Lol… Audio
Stephin Merritt's 50 Song Memoir
American songwriter Stephin Merritt, who often works under the band name The Magnetic Fields, has released a five-disc set called 50 Song Memoir - a song for each year of his life. William Dart gives… Audio
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields
Renowned as much for his prolific and genre-bending output as for being a curmudgeonly recluse, Stephin Merritt's career hit a high point when, in the year two thousand, his group The Magnetic Fields… Audio