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Did Britain invent the rock band? - plus our new laws about music & Garth Hudson RIP
Episode 722
When we get off of this mountain, you know where we want to go? Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. While surveying the week’s…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Howard Jones has ‘the best job in the world’
Episode 721
We put Howard Jones on the cover of Smash Hits in 1983 billed as ‘the Most Promising New Act’ and, 15 albums and 42 years later, he’s about to set ou…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Andy Fairweather Low’s teenage psychedelic stardom
Episode 720
Another great hero on the podcast! We first heard Andy Fairweather Low with Amen Corner on jukeboxes in the late ‘60s and he’s touring the UK from Fe…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
A 3-part rant about LPs sold as ‘antiques’, TikTok & the shameful AI Michael Parkinson
Episode 719
David feels a rant coming on. Mark lights the blue touchpaper, pulls on a tin hat and retires to a safe distance as they consider …
… the US closure …
1 year ago
The unstoppable Francis Rossi – open the fridge door and he’ll do 30 minutes
Episode 718
Something happens when he walks out under the lights. He can never predict what but he’s programmed to perform. As he has for over 60 years and will …
1 year ago
Graham Nash beat the Beatles in a talent contest
Episode 717
We both first heard Graham Nash just over 60 years ago when the Hollies’ Just One Look was on the BBC’s swinging Light Programme and we’ve followed h…
1 year ago
The Dylan biopic, Sam & Dave and why 2025 is the most important year in our lives.
Episode 716
Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun, it is in fact just two old lags reviewing the current events, which this wee…
1 year ago
Johnnie Walker, pop’s golden year and what’s wrecking rock documentaries.
Episode 715
It’s perishing cold in our frostbitten London HQ but we warmed our toes around a blazing conversational fire and roasted the following chestnuts …
… …
1 year ago
How Dylan and Leonard Cohen punctured the Summer Of Love plus the birth of blockbuster album
Episode 714
Among the walnut shells, wrapping paper, dried tangerine peel and broken toys beneath the Christmas Tree Of News we found a few unopened presents, am…
1 year ago
Why we have enough Christmas hits plus the greatest songs about money
Episode 713
Deck the halls with beers and Stoli! The nutcracker of scrutiny was applied to this week’s noisettes of news and the following discussed over a glass…
1 year ago