These are the interviews from the most recent editions of the weekly national radio broadcast of In The Studio .

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Pink Floyd- Endless River 10th Anniversary- David Gilmour, Nick Mason

Interviews with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Nick Mason about "The Endless River" for the fascinating back story of a "final " musical statement, 1994's "The Division Bell", which was never intended to be the superstar progressive rock band's last word but which nevertheless became that when Pink Floyd keyboard player Rick Wright died in 2008.
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Led Zeppelin II @55- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant

Led Zeppelin II interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant In the Studio.
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Damn the Torpedoes 45th Anniversary

Tom Petty archival interview for “Damn the Torpedoes ” In the Studio
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Fleetwood Mac- Tusk @45- Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham

Imagine an entire season of the tv "reality series" show Survivor if it had been filmed in a locked down recording studio instead of a remote island, and with guitars instead of spears, and you have the story of Fleetwood Mac's 1979 double opus "Tusk".
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The Police- Reggatta de Blanc @45- Sting, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers

"Outlandos d'Amour'  has a certain grotesque, naïve charm about it," Sting offers in this interview about the second album by The Police, "but 'Reggatta de Blanc'  is infinitely a better record." Both the critics and the rock audience agreed, garnering two #1 hits in the UK with "Walking on the Moon" and "Message in a Bottle", plus topping the album sales chart there with "Reggatta de Blanc".
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Foreigner- Rock Hall- Mick Jones, Lou Gramm 9-30

Patiently awaiting the recognition of the Rock and Roll Hall  of Fame for the decades of music he and his band have created, Foreigner founder/guitarist/songwriter Mick Jones has endured far more than double vision. Jones experienced both heart…
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R.E.M.- Monster 30th- Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills

REM interview with Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills for “Monster”
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Cheap Trick- Dream Police 45th- Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander

we find out from my guests Cheap Trick lead singer Robin Zander and guitarist/songwriter Rick Nielsen that the band had actually interrupted recording their fourth studio album, "Dream Police", in order to do that first Japanese tour in 1978. Several hits would eventually come from "Dream Police", including "Voices","It's the Way of the World", and the title song, but those would have to wait while Cheap Trick scuttled all plans while they learned to surf the tsunami of success from the unexpected live album.