Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica

This stream was recorded on the day the clocks went back in the UK, but what does that matter? Time doesn't exist! Head on over to YouTube to hear Bernard's songs for the week. In this instalment: This Is Why (Paramore), My Lady Of Mercy (The Last Dinner Party), and Purple Rain (Prince & The Revolution). Join us next week for another charity livestream! Sunday 1st Nov, 8pm UK time. And you can still donate to this week's charity, Save The Children, here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This week's stream was a Chanson Special! For no reason at all. Head on over to YouTube to listen to Magenta & Bernard's songs this week: La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf), My Way (Paul Anka/Frank Sinatra), Ne Me Quitte Pas (Jacques Brel) and Windmills of Your Mind (Michele Legrand). This week, we also donated 50% of the proceeds from our September live show to our chosen charity, Friends Of The Earth! You can still donate to Friends Of The Earth via this week's campaign page, here. And you can join us on the next live stream, on October 25th, here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The leaves are browning, your cosier jumpers are coming out, all your photos look cinematic, and there are a plethora of excellent horror films on Channel 4. It's Spooky Season, and it's time for another.... Charity Livestream! And this week, we are raising money for one of our favourite charities: Oxfam. Head on over to YouTube to hear the songs from this week's livestream: a medley of Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett), Stand By Me (Ben E King) and Please Mr Postman (The Marvelettes/Carpenters), and Magenta herself singing Windmills Of Your Mind (Michel Legrand). Join us next week at the usual time and place for a chanson special! 8pm UK time (3pm ET), on YouTube and all the other less good platforms. And you can still support this week's excellent charity Oxfam on our campaign page here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It’s definitely not a cult! Why do people keep saying that? It’s just another… CHARITY LIVESTREAM with Madame Magenta and Bernard! Songs! Fortunes! Good hangs! Money for good causes! All of that and more (by which we mean, possible cat appearances). This week, M&B are raising money for REACT Disaster Relief, a very interesting charity which Magenta will tell you about. You can also head over to YouTube to hear Bernard's two songs from this live stream - Sour Grapes (Cass Elliot), and Xanadu (ELO and Olivia Newton John). Join us next week for another... CHARITY LIVESTREAM on Sunday 4th October! Here's the ol' YouTube link here And you can still donate to this week's charity campaign, here . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

WATCH the recording of our London Podcast Festival live show on YouTube here! ---- It's been three weeks since the last charity live stream, but M&B are back! And this week, we are raising money for two excellent Palestine charities: Medical Aid For Palestinians (MAP) and Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF). And we're very much not playing any Ed Sheeran. Head over to YouTube to see the full video of this stream, including the songs that have to be cut for the podcast version. This week, M&B sang together twice: Livin' On A Prayer (Bon Jovi) and I Know Him So Well (Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson). You can still donate to this week's two charities on the campaign page here And join us next week for the next live stream, here See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival! AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London. Tap here to buy tickets! ---- On this live stream, we pay tribute to three of our favourite legends - Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Sam Neill. Come join us for chat, music, live fortune telling, and raising money for Save the Children. Head over to YouTube to watch the full version of this, including Bernard's songs! This week: Here You Come Again (Dolly Parton), Professional Pirate (Tim Curry/The Muppets), and Jurassic Park/I Will Always Love You (John Williams/Dolly Parton). You can still donate to Save The Children on this week's charity campaign page, here. Join us for the next live stream on Sunday 20th September, here! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival! AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London. Tap here to buy tickets! ---- We're back with another charity livestream, this week raising money for International Rescue Committee. And, incredibly, all donations made to IRC before the end of August will be tripled ! So a fiver becomes £15! Incredible. Head over to YouTube to hear Bernard's songs - this week: Somebody I Used To Know (Gotye), and Gin-Soaked Boy (The Divine Comedy). You can still donate to IRC on this week's charity campaign page, here. Join us for the next live stream on Sunday 30th August, here! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival! AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London. Tap here to buy tickets! ---- M&B are back for more live shenanigans! Answering your letters, and solving your problems. Email madamemagentauk@gmail.com to have your shit thoroughly sorted out! This week's charity is Action Against Hunger - you can still donate to this week's campaign here! And join us for the next charity live stream on Sunday 16th August, here! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival! AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London. Tap here to buy tickets! ---- It’s time to officially kick off Year 2 of Magenta & Bernard’s charity livestream! Can we beat £10,000 in our second year? Only one way to find out! Join us this week as we show off Bernard’s new super-fancy Angine de Poitrine style loop pedal, answer more listener letters, and raise money for an excellent cause: UNICEF. Head on over to YouTube to hear Bernard's songs from this live stream! This week: This Must Be The Place (Talking Heads), and Escape aka The Pina Colada Song (Rupert Holmes). Join us for next week's stream on Sunday 9th August, here. And you can still donate to this week's charity, here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival! AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London. Tap here to buy tickets! ---- Can you believe it? Magenta & Bernard have been holding weekly charity live streams for a full year! And even more excitingly, we are only £263.83 away from hitting £10,000 raised in that first year. Can we make it in the nick of time? A 2-hour bumper special this week! Head over to the YouTube version of this stream to hear Bernard's songs (which can't be played on the podcast version). In this episode: Birds Of A Feather (Billie Eilish) mixed with Everybody's Talking (Harry Nilsson), followed by Here There & Everywhere (The Beatles), Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell), Hold On (Tom Waits) and Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler). You can still support this week's charity, Medical Aid for Palestinians, by going to this link. And join us for our next YouTube live stream on Sunday August 2nd, here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Attention, fans of the esoteric! Magenta & Bernard are here with a very exciting announcement! AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) will be live at the London Podcast Festival 2026. The show is on Sunday September 6th , 4:30pm , at Kings Place , London (5 minute walk from Kings Cross station). And you can get tickets by tapping this link right here! This is part of an Audio Drama Day, and you'll want to stick around for other live shows by We Fix Space Junk, Camlann, Wooden Overcoats and more. --- How to buy Concessions tickets There are concession rate tickets available for our show, but Kings Place doesn't make the process very clear, so we will guide you through it! Here's what to do. - Create an account on the Kings Place website - Once you've entered your details, go to the tab "Other Preferences" - Here you will find a number of tickboxes. Here you can select any accessibility requirements you require. - Scroll down to the heading "Sign up for our Income Support Scheme". This gives you tickboxes to say whether you receive Disability Benefit, Income Support, Pension Credit, Universal Credit, Job Seekers allowance, or you are a student. - Select the option that fits your circumstances. - Go back to our show listing , and select "Book Tickets" - It will only offer Standard tickets, BUT - at the final checkout stage, you should see your concession discount! So you can now go ahead and buy your ticket. That's it! If you have any problems, please do let us know, and we will help. We can't wait to meet you all there! Laurence & Lindsay / Magenta & Bernard x See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The pandas of the WWF get the M&B treatment! The treatment being: we raise some money for them. Head over to YouTube to hear Bernard's songs this week - Wild Thing (The Troggs) and The Plough (The Divine Comedy). IMPORTANT! The next live stream will be a 2 hour special for our first anniversary of live streaming! But we'll be doing it on a different day, so as not to clash with the World Cup final. So the next stream will be on SATURDAY JULY 25th. You can watch on YouTube here And you can support next week's charity, Medical Aid For Palestinians, here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We're raising money for Greenpeace, and yeah, nah, yeah, this one has a lot of good Aussie accents mate? And we also invented a revolutionary (no pun intended) new air cooling system. Stick around for both of those things. And don't forget, head on over to YouTube to hear the songs that we can't put into the podcasts! In this episode, Bernard played Let's Stay Together (Al Green), Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel) and Teardrop (Massive Attack). Join us next week, when we'll be raising money for the World Wildlife Fund! Watch on YouTube here. And you can still donate to this week's campaign by going to this link here See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It's the final instalment in M&B's Pride Month charity streams, and we're so close to hitting a £700 milestone... will we cross that threshold this episode? (Spoiler: yes, obviously, or we wouldn't have mentioned it). Be sure to head over to YouTube to hear the songs! Cut from this podcast, but featured in the live stream were Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (Queen), Make Me Feel (Janelle Monae) and Life On Mars (David Bowie). Join us next week, when we'll be raising money for Greenpeace. Same time, same place! Watch on YouTube here And if you want to contribute to this week's LGBTQIA+ charities, you can do so here . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It's the second instalment in M&B's series of Pride Month live streams! This week, the funds raised were split evenly between 5 excellent charities: Say It Loud Club, AKT, LGBT Foundation, Trans Lifeline and GiveOut. Don't forget to head on over to the YouTube channel to watch the catch-up video, and see Bernard's songs of the week! In this episode, Bernard played Sigourney Weaver (John Grant), Breaking The Law (Judas Priest) and Imitation Of Life (REM). You can tune in to our next live stream on Sunday 28th June, 8pm UK time (3pm ET), here. And you can still donate to this week's charities, by visiting this link on GiveWheel . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It's the first of our Pride specials! Through the month of June, we'll be raising money for LGBTQIA+ charities. This week, the funds were split evenly between Stonewall, Mermaids, Trans Lifeline and the Elton John AIDS Foundation - all excellent outfits doing excellent work. Don't forget to head on over to the YouTube channel to watch the catch-up video, and see Bernard's songs of the week! In this episode, Bernard played Comme Si (Christine & The Queens), A Little Respect (Erasure) and Hidden Place (Björk). You can tune in to our next live stream on Sunday 14th June, 8pm UK time (3pm ET), here. And you can still donate to this week's charities via the campaign link here . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

After a brief hiatus, M&B are back with more esoteric insights, toe-tapping tunes and rallying cries of rage in this era of late-stage capitalist chaos. Don't forget, you can head to YouTube and watch the catch-up version of these live streams, and you'll get to hear Bernard's songs that get cut from the podcasts! Songs in this episode: Chappell Roan: Hot To Go, Talking Heads: Once In A Lifetime, The Proclaimers: Sunshine On Leith. Join us this coming Sunday for the next stream! 7th June, 8pm UK time (3pm ET). Watch on YouTube here. And you can still support this week's campaign! You can find the link here . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It's another multi-charity special! Plenty of Muppet-talk in this week's stream, along with a pondering on whether Waterworld is a maligned classic, and some distinctly unhelpful spiritual guidance from Jilly Cooper and this week's guest publication, The Medieval Traveller by Norbert Ohler. And of course, we helped raise money for a host of charities: PCRF, Medical Aid For Palestinians, Trans Lifeline and Amnesty International. And you can still donate to the charity of your choice via this week's campaign page. Join us on Sunday 17th May at 8pm UK time (3pm ET) for the next one! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Good Gollum, Miss Mollum! It's another M&B charity live stream, raising money for the PCRF - Palestine Children's Relief Fund. A very body-positive episode this week (with no thanks to our star bibliomancy text, Pandora by Jilly Cooper). Head on over to the YouTube recording of the livestream to hear Bernard play Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell) and Boy Child (Scott Walker), which of course can't be included in the podcast for copyright reasons. But they sounded very nice! Join us on Sunday May 10th for our next multi-charity live stream! And you can still support this week's campaign for the PCRF, here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

On this week's episode of "half-remembered things and dubiously named British foodstuffs", M&B discuss the phenomena of Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Puddings, the Fray Bentos Meaty Pud, the Double Decker, and of course, Mr Brain's Pork F*****s. Join us next week, when M&B promise to eat at least one (1) of those foodstuffs on air! Watch the next stream on Sunday 3rd May, at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), here. We will be raising money for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. Donate to this week's charity campaign, here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .