Mark Coles Music
Knowledge. Passion. Expertise.
About Mark Coles
"The guy whose report started all the fuss over there" - WHITE STRIPES 2001
"Who could not cherish Mark Coles ? An amiable vividness, an entirely unique radio steel - as thin and magic as water" NEW STATESMAN September 2010 Who is Mark Coles ? He's an award-winning broadcaster with 25 years' experience at the BBC.
He's done the serious stuff, presenting Radio 4's "Today" - the BBC's flagship breakfast news programme alongside political heavyweights John Humphrys, Jim Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
Before that, he did danger zones - working as a reporter covering conflict in Somalia (Sony Reporter Of The Year, Bronze, 1993), Kosovo, Iran, India and other regions.
In 1997, alarmed at how dangerous the world was becoming, he hung up his flak-jacket to become the programme's arts correspondent. Much safer. Since then, he's interviewed just about every music star going from Nina Simone and Led Zeppelin to the elusive Tom Waits, Neil Young, Sonny Rollins, Van Morrison, Brian Eno and James Brown. His interview on the Today programme with America's The White Stripes in 2001 helped propel them to global prominence
Other big name interviewees include John Updike, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Woody Allen, Morgan Freeman, Spike Lee, Roger Moore and Tony Curtis.
He's done world leaders and politicians too - John Major, Al Gore and Margaret Thatcher... though he accidentally left the "pause" button on while talking to her.
Of late, he's been presenting for the BBC World Service: a daily global arts and entertainment programme called "The Strand" and a world music programme, "World Of Music", formerly presented by the late great Charlie Gillett. Both have a global reach of 42 million people and are re-broadcast on public radio stations across the US.
You can watch a video here
Now, he's branched out on his own. In the summer of 2011, he began a new venture Mark Coles Music producing music programmes and music features for radio around the world. His first show "The Shed: A Whole New World Of Music" is already on air in Switzerland www.worldradio.ch and on this website. Episodes have also been broadcast in the US.
He continues to do regular music features and reviews for a variety of BBC programmes including BBC radio 4's Today programme.
Now, he's branched out on his own. In the summer of 2011, he began a new venture Mark Coles Music producing music programmes and music features for radio around the world. His first show "The Shed: A Whole New World Of Music" is already on air in Switzerland www.worldradio.ch and on this website. Episodes have also been broadcast in the US.
He continues to do regular music features and reviews for a variety of BBC programmes including BBC radio 4's Today programme.
Check out the new programme "The Shed: A Whole New WORLD OF MUSIC" on the next page...........
CONTACT : markcolesmusic@yahoo.com
