Musical

A spider infestation turns into a musical performance, the pianist Glenn Gould unpicks the magic of Petula Clark's Downtown and Patrick Haggerty talks about Lavender Country, which has come to be known as the first gay country music album. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about music and musicians. Lavender Country Featuring Patrick Haggerty Produced by Thomas Curry, Lauren Eisen and Sofie Strøbeck Downtown Featuring Glenn Gould Produced by Alan Hall Spiders! The Musical Produced by Phil Smith Image Credit: Matthew Wilson Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.