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Moon Zappa remembers life with her father Frank. ‘Pagan absurdists’ aren’t great parents
Episode 752
Moon Zappa grew up in what appeared, on the outside, to be an enviably free-wheeling and creative household in Laurel Canyon. On the inside, not so m…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Daryl Hall - ‘60s soul session work, the right shoes and a barge trip with Bob Dylan
Episode 751
We like to think of Daryl Hall as a kindred spirit, his home-recorded Live At Daryl’s House series with its magnificent roster of guests now racking …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Rock star pilots, sacking Zak Starkey and bold pioneers of the psychedelic moustache
Episode 750
The chocolate Easter bunny of rock and roll news in highly nutritious and digestible fragments, such as …
… the Who’s very public sacking of Zak Sta…
9 months ago
Dave Pegg, Fairport’s “longest-serving member” (fnarr!) looks back at hippie chaos and old heroes
Episode 749
Dave Pegg joined Fairport Convention 56 years ago and fully deserves some sort of medal. They’re playing their 49th Cropredy in August and touring th…
9 months ago
Withering reviews of famous albums, Jaws versus Jeeves and the genius of Blondie’s Clem Burke
Episode 748
Boldly pursuing tariff-free trade in rock and roll news, nostalgia, gossip and old hokum since 2007 and, this week, featuring …
… the romantic allure…
9 months ago
Why Sparks’ Russell Mael preferred British acts to the ‘faux honesty’ of Laurel Canyon
Episode 747
Sparks are touring – playing dates in the UK and Ireland in June and July – and with a new (and 28th) album, Mad!. Russell Mael looks back at the fir…
9 months, 1 week ago
Seven ‘lost’ Springsteen albums, romance in sitcoms and the age of spectacle
Episode 746
The runners and riders in the rock and roll steeplechase first past the post this week include …
… how Ed Sheeran protects himself against song theft…
9 months, 1 week ago
Ed Tudor Pole – singer, actor, serial showman – saw the pop and punk wars as ‘pure theatre’.
Episode 745
Ed Tudor Pole entered punk rock from stage school and always felt he was playing a part. After being hired to act in the Great Rock’N’Roll Swindle, h…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
AI’s Word In Your Ear theme tune (!!), the four stages of showbiz & taking kids to concerts
Episode 744
Scanning the rock and roll ether with our patent heat-seeking Ripple-Detector®️ to see what rings the bell. Which this week includes …
… how reformed…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Hearing 45 year-old records you’d never played & the least likely-looking person to become a rock star
Episode 743
The super-trouper of scrutiny scans this week’s events and lands upon …
… the man who’s played on 21,000 records.
… how Joni Mitchell is still stirri…
9 months, 3 weeks ago