hmv Presents: My Inspiration

In the first episode of our new season we talk to La Roux's Elly Jackson about her new album Supervision and why she's such a big fan of guitarist, writer and producer Nile Rodgers.

With their new album Hotspot in stores now, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have curated an in-store display for hmv featuring some of their favourite albums, films and books, and we spoke to them about the reasons behind their choices.

In the final episode of Season 2 we talk to singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin about her love of Beck, his influence on her own music, and why she still gets excited to see who's doing the John Lewis Christmas ad...

We talk to actor and musician Jamie Campbell Bower about why the music of Bob Dylan has been such a huge influence on his life.

In this week's episode we talk to dream pop duo Oh Wonder about why they connected over a love of the music of Ben Gibbard and his band Death Cab for Cutie.

This week we talk to singer-songwriter Jack Peñate about his return to action after 10 years away, and why his discovery of Arthur Russell has changed the way he thinks about making music.

In this week's episode we talk to Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional about how he discovered the music of Robert Smith and his band The Cure, and why they've been such a huge influence on his own music.

In this week's episode we talk to actor Luke Evans as he prepares to launch a new career as singer with his first album At Last, and he tells us why Roberta Flack has been such a big influence on his life and work.

In this week's episode we talk to Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth about his enduring love of Glenn Danzig and his influence on his own work.

Actress and writer Jillian Bell gives us a rundown of her new film Brittany Runs a Marathon and tells us all about her love of fellow actor Tim Curry.

Avengers: Endgame screenwriter Christopher Markus opens up about his love of singer-songwriter Alex Chilton and gives us a rundown of his career, from its beginnings as frontman of The Box Tops, through his years in power-pop pioneers Big Star, to his weird and wonderful solo career.

In the first episode of Season 2 we talk to rapper and TV presenter Big Narstie about what he learned from Grime pioneer Major Ace

hmv Presents: My Inspiration returns this week and in Season 2 we'll be talking to rapper Big Narstie, Avengers: Endgame screenwriter Christopher Markus, Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth and many more!

Frank Turner gives us a deep-dive into his obsession with John K. Samson and his band The Weakerthans.

Singer-songwriter Lucy Rose explains why Joni Mitchell has been such an important influence on her work.