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Music Weekly: Bird on a Wire director Tony Palmer

Welcome listeners. This week, Music Weekly ventures into slightly different waters for an extended interview with acclaimed director Tony Palmer. Palmer is responsible for some of the finest music documentaries ever made, and his latest has been a very long time coming. In 1972, Palmer followed Leonard Cohen on tour to record the singer-songwriter's life on the road, but a convoluted series of events conspired to keep the film from being released – until now.

Palmer talks Rosie Swash through the extraordinary series of events that led to the film finally seeing the light of day 38 years later, and the panel discuss their favourite music documentaries of all time.

This week on Singles Club Tim Jonze joins Rosie and Alexis Petridis to discuss Crystal Castles' Not In Love, featuring Robert Smith, Gatekeeper's Chain and Lykke Li's Get Some.

That's your lot. We will be delighted, as always, to hear your thoughts. You can find us on Twitter and Facebook. Until next time, enjoy!

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