The Art of Longevity

About The Art of Longevity

Uniquely honest conversations with famous and renowned musicians. We talk about how these artists have navigated the mangle of the music industry to keep on making great music and winning new fans after decades of highs and lows. We dive into past, present and future and discuss business, fandom, creation and collaboration. What defines success in today's music business? From the artist's point of view. The Guardian: “Making a hit record is tough, but maintaining success is another skill entirely. Music industry executive Keith Jopling explores how bands have kept the creative flame alive in this incisive series”.

Publisher

The Song Sommelier

Category

music · music · music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

7 Aug 2019

Latest episode

3 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

97 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Jul 2026

   The Art of Longevity Season 13, Episode 7: Jesca Hoop

   Jesca Hoop describes her new record as "a vote of confidence...an investment in myself as an artist and authority over my vocation and life's path." Asked to unpack that, she goes straight to the unsettling fear beneath creating anew each time in the album cycle: starting a new chapter with "no songs, perhaps no solution for a release," just a blank slate with a big question mark in the middle. In the end, "It was just the decision that the candle was worth the wick." Hoop is now seven ...

2. 

   13 Jun 2026

   The Art of Longevity Season 13, Episode 6: Kurt Vile

   I caught up with Kurt for the Art of Longevity at his home in the leafy, trail-threaded neighbourhood of Mount Airy ("there's like one coffee shop, one grocery store kind of thing"), where, if you're a local dad with a creative streak and a guilty conscience, you too might one day hand him something strange and wonderful. Philadelphia's Been Good To Me is Kurt’s tenth album, and it arrives draped in the city's 250th anniversary of independence, although Kurt would like you to know that ...

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   29 May 2026

   The Art of Longevity Season 13, Episode 5: Broken Social Scene

   There’s a point in every long music career where survival becomes more interesting than success. Not survival in the purely commercial sense. Not chart positions, algorithmic reach or streaming milestones. But survival of identity. Survival of friendship. Survival of purpose. The good stuff that can easily get buried away in the cut & thrust of a fickle business like music. That’s where Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene finds himself now, nearly 25 years after the collective first e...

Who has been a guest on The Art of Longevity

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Estelle Fanta Swaray
• Skye Edwards
• Ross Godfrey
• Matt Berninger

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

57 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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