Bastille’s Dan Smith stars in first episode of new Independent podcast, Good Vibrations

Dan Smith of British pop band Bastille chats with music editor Roisin O’Connor for The Independent’s new music podcast series Roisin O’Connor’s Good Vibrations.

In the pilot episode, Smith talks about his new album & (Ampersand). Inspired in part by some of his favourite artists, from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Simon & Garfunkel, Joan Baez and Laura Marling, it delves into the myths and histories surrounding figures such as Eve, Emily Dickinson, Marie Curie, Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen.

Roisin O’Connor’s Good Vibrations will be arriving with more episodes soon; sign up to the Hear This Now newsletter to hear the latest.