Veteran BBC broadcaster John Peel has died at the age of 65, while on holiday in Peru. Peel, whose radio career spanned 40 years, was on a working holiday in the city of Cuzco with his wife Sheila when he suffered a heart attack. He was BBC Radio 1's longest-serving DJ and in recent years had also presented Home Truths on Radio 4. Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt said Peel's contribution to modern music and culture was "immeasurable". Read More Here...
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The Peel Sessions have and always will be the standard by which all radio session recordings are measured. I hope they reuse alot of the now deleted sessions. There are some really great 4AD bands that found their place in music history because of John Peel and his radio sessions. The are among the best collections of modern music ever.
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