Radio
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Focus On: Chuck Berry
Before rock ’n’ roll became rock ’n’ roll, there was Chuck Berry. This week’s edition explores 14 tracks that show you why
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STR x TECHFUI: Tamara Q
A vinyl-first label meets a Kuwaiti DJ bridging classical and electronic music
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Sneaker Talk, Episode 3: The Billion-Dollar Bubble
From Yeezy to Nike Mag: how hype, limited drops and resale made sneakers a billion-dollar business
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Focus On: Khaleeji Cassette Era
Long before playlists and algorithms, Khaleeji music travelled the Gulf on cassette tapes — this Focus On takes us back
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Sneaker Talk Episode 2: When Did Ugly Sneakers Become Cool?
From dad shoes to toe sneakers: how strange footwear became fashion — and why taste keeps changing
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Focus On: Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen, from the final chapters back to the beginning
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Meet Sneaker Talk: The Podcast Exploring the Culture Behind the Shoes
Eight episodes on how sneakers became cultural symbols, status objects and very serious business
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Focus On: Dream Pop
A quick guide to the genre that makes everything feel softer, hazier and slightly more cinematic
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MENA Local Heroes: Listen Now To the Fifth Edition By Karen Beyrouty
A visual, nostalgic and slightly romantic playlist for old souls, dreamers and people who feel too much
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David Harks: Amity Agora, Blush Response
Music exploring where machines end and human feeling begins
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STR x TECHFUI: Wareika
TECHFUI and Wareika take the long way to the dance floor
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Under the Influence: Charlie Parker
How Charlie Parker changed jazz far beyond his own saxophone
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Focus On: Weezer
No Buddy Holly, no Island in the Sun — just the stranger, messier story of Weezer
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Focus On: Jean-Michel Jarre
From a Paris flat to million-strong crowds: four decades of Jean-Michel Jarre’s electronic universe
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Hidden Sounds Of the Pearl Divers
How did pearl diving shape the sound of Fidjeri, and what can these communal sea songs tell us about life at sea?
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Focus On: Mule Musiq
Meet Mule Musiq, Tokyo’s genre-defying independent label
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MENA Local Heroes: Listen Now To Made In the Emirates Vol. II
The fourth STR x Apple Music playlist celebrates the UAE’s electronic underground, curated by Shadi Megallaa
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Under the Influence: Kate Bush
The artists who took a piece of Kate Bush's imagination and turned it into something entirely their own
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Focus on: Ballet
More than Swan Lake: 15 ballet scores that changed classical music forever
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Focus On: Yusuf / Cat Stevens
One artist. Two names. Three defining chapters. Here is the soundtrack to an extraordinary life