# Sleeve Notes — The Listening Salon — Circle & Star

> A landmark album played start to finish — discussion, then a deep listen. The music tier of Circle & Star's Notes Season.

Five salons in 2026, £22 each: Radiohead · Kid A (18 Aug) · Joni Mitchell · Blue (1 Sep) · Jeff Buckley · Grace (6 Oct) · Nick Drake · Pink Moon (3 Nov) · John Martyn · Solid Air (8 Dec).
Hosted by Jonathan Wingate. Side A: the discussion. Side B: the record, heard whole.

Live guests joining Side A: Kid A (18 Aug) — a specially invited pianist takes one track to the piano, exploring and interrupting it. Blue (1 Sep) — Neal Whitmore (Sigue Sigue Sputnik; Marc Almond) on Appalachian dulcimer, the instrument four of the album's songs were written on. Grace (6 Oct) — Betty Lou sings Lilac Wine, a 2026 reading of the 1950 song Jeff Buckley made his own.

This microsite is part of Circle & Star — the 55-seat theatre at 28 Heath Street, Hampstead, London NW3, produced by Wonder Room. For the full brief on the theatre — the room, the whole programme, the team — read https://circleandstar.com/llms-full.txt (concise version: https://circleandstar.com/llms.txt).

- Circle & Star — https://circleandstar.com
- What's On — https://circleandstar.com/schedule/
- This page — https://sleevenotes.circleandstar.live

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