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Dave Balfe remembers the Teardrops, Blur and a very big house in the country
Episode 923
Dave Balfe was a key player in late ‘70s Liverpool, joined Big In Japan and the Teardrop Explodes, co-founded Zoo Records and, later, Food who signed…
19 hours ago
Star Ratings - do we love/hate/need them? Five-star debate here! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Episode 922
Star Ratings are now ubiquitous and inescapable and it’s not just music, films and books. Everything we encounter tends to be rated which colours our…
1 day, 20 hours ago
Brian Epstein & the Beatles - what he did and what he hid
Episode 921
Philip Norman has written books about the Beatles – and John, Paul and George - and now turns the spotlight on the man who launched them and the extr…
3 days, 22 hours ago
Are we nearing Beatles Overload? plus the rock star with the most children (41!)
Episode 920
When the pedalo of perusal cruised the lagoon of news this week, it paused to inspect the following ...
… the particular magic of the late-night DJ
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4 days, 21 hours ago
The glorious story of Funk from James Brown to Off The Wall
Episode 919
Old friend of the podcast Lloyd Bradley wrote Bass Culture, the defining account of reggae, and he’s now turned his attention to funk, from its deepe…
1 week, 2 days ago
Leo Sayer has met everyone – rock legends, sport superstars, future presidents …
Episode 918
Leo Sayer burst onto national telly in 1973 dressed as a Pierrot with the Show Must Go On launching a 50-year career in colourful company – songwrite…
1 week, 3 days ago
Songs about sweltering heat, Willie Nelson’s braids and is vinyl now ‘luxury goods’?
Episode 917
Chasing the shade and slapping the Sunscreen on this week’s overheated news, we pour a tinkling drink and reflect upon the following …
… British peop…
1 week, 4 days ago
How Daniel Lanois made those adventurous records with Dylan, U2 and Willie Nelson
Episode 916
Daniel Lanois built a studio in his basement in Quebec and began producing local acts when a teenager. Through work with Brian Eno, he went on to rec…
2 weeks ago
Siouxsie, Nico, Cocteaus, Shangri-Las, Bobbie Gentry … a celebration of the sound of Goth!
Episode 915
Cathi Unsworth was a teenage Goth, enthralled as much by Joy Division and the Banshees as by the Brontës, Bram Stoker and Aubrey Beardsley. We loved …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Blondie and Clem Burke remembered by devoted pal Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go’s
Episode 914
Clem Burke joined Blondie in 1975. He started writing his memoir 20 years ago and just managed to finish it before he died in 2025, encouraged and as…
2 weeks, 2 days ago