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

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From Stormzy to Björk, from Smokey Robinson to Norah Jones, from Britpop to trip hop, here is the word on how Later… began, evolved and has endured, accompanied by exclusive interviews with some of the show’s regular stars as well as the unique pictorial record of Andre Csillag who photographed the show for over 20 years. This determination not to chase a particular audience or a particular cultural moment has, he argues, helped it to endure over the decades.

Great to talk about these ground-breaking artists in a house dedicated to the legacy of both the great Isle of Wight festivals and Julia Margaret Cameron. This first-hand account, written by the show’s co-creator, music journalist Mark Cooper, tells the story of how the show grew into a musical and TV institution.With Jools Holland this exploration into the last 30 years of an electric mix of great music and artist will surely keep entertained. Written by the show's co-creator and 26-year showrunner, music journalist Mark Cooper, this is the story of how Later… grew into a musical and TV institution. 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. The idea then occurred to him that perhaps it would make sense to put all these different styles of performance in one room and film them. 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.

Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later…’ Nick Cave ‘Later… is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers’ Dave Grohl Dave Grohl and Alicia Keys loved it, Björk treasured it, Ed Sheeran’s life was changed by it, Kano felt at home while Nick Cave was horrified but inspired, and they all kept coming back. It was Mark who had to explain to Jay-Z why he couldn’t just do his numbers and split, who told Seasick Steve why he had to play ‘Dog House Boogie’ on the Hootenanny and persuaded Johnny Cash that he simply had to come in, even when The Man in Black wasn’t feeling well. From Stormzy to Bjoerk, from Smokey Robinson to Norah Jones, from Britpop to trip hop, here is the word on how Later. You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later Nick CaveLater is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers Dave Grohl Dave Grohl and Alicia Keys loved it, Bjoerk treasured it, Ed Sheerans life was changed by it, Kano felt at home while Nick Cave was horrified but inspired, and they all kept coming back.

Cooper, who left the BBC in 2020, sees Later… as part of a BBC tradition of music-making going back to the 1960s and Late Night Line-Up via The Old Grey Whistle Test.