I bought more new releases in 2016 than ever before and I am still buying albums released in 2016 today. James Acaster. I know it’s weird. With countless appearances on the BBC show Mock The Week & writer of the book 'Classic Scrapes'. The rest of the year can take a hike but the music was top notch.

James Acaster strongly believes that 2016 was The Greatest Year for Music of All Time. And, to be fair, he puts forward a compelling case. If this sounds random, then know that there’s slightly more to the story. But not James Acaster. Nothing ever feels new forever... except for curly fries. James Acaster: Reset is at Pleasance Courtyard, 7.30pm, Aug 3-28. James Acaster is one of the UK's finest stand up comedians.

Comedian James Acaster was trolled on Twitter and it turned into an epic slanging match. Edinburgh Festival Fringe: the 37 funniest jokes. It’s become something of a project.

Stand-up comedians have to be able to handle a bit of heckling or they simply won’t survive the gigs in a room over a pub, performing to stag parties, someone who wandered in out of the rain and the bar staff. With countless appearances on the BBC show Mock The Week & writer of the book 'Classic Scrapes'. The best approximation of what happened is that he was travelling, he had brought three Zoom mics with him, just walking like he's gonna make some field recordings, and then he went to a village where there's a choir singing in the square, and he went up to them and asked them all if they would record some of his original compositions. Romesh Ranganathan discovers the world's best-selling album of 2016... but more importantly the album that turned James onto pop. 2016 was the best year for music in my lifetime. In his new book, Perfect Sound Whatever, the comedian argues 2016 was the greatest ever year for music.