The Arts Hour – Queen of Pop Madonna (listen now) BBC Sounds

On The Arts Hour this week, Madonna is back with her new album Madame X. She explains the Portuguese influences on it and why reinvention is in her blood. Actor Tom Hanks on the highs and lows of playing the beloved character of Woody from Toy Story for over twenty years. The British poet rapper Kate Tempest reveals what it was like working with the legendary Def Jam co-founder and producer Rick Rubin, and Cornelia Funke describes taking Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth from the big screen to the pages of her new novel. Actor Will Poulter on Ari Aster’s new horror film – Midsommar – while Haitian superstar DJ Michael Brun goes back to his roots for his debut album. Nikki Bedi’s guests in the studio are Trinidadian jazz musician Etienne Charles, who talks about his Carnival inspired new music, and the film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh.

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