The Peel Sessions began when John realised he had to play by more rules than he was used to at pirate radio when he joined the BBC in 1967. John's show had to air a large amount of non-recorded music.

Listen to BBC sessions of “Silly Girl” and “Salvador Dali’s Garden Party” from Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out - Radio Sessions ...

A THEATRE with the community at its heart has launched a winter fundraising appeal. Wigton's John Peel Theatre, which dates back to 1885, is hoping to raise funds to help cover additional expenses and ...

Bill Callahan’s December 2001 radio session for John Peel, broadcast on BBC Radio 1, is being given a standalone release via Drag City. The studio performance happened while Callahan was still ...

Sophisticated Boom Boom, the all-woman post-punk outfit who blazed a trail through the Scottish 80s music scene, landing three John Peel sessions, supporting the likes of Echo and the Bunnymen ...

After John Peel's death in 2004, his family organised for an expert to catalogue the DJ's sprawling record collection. Following a week of trawling through more than 120,000 albums, 12 inches and ...