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Martha Wainwright - ‘never nervous, always ballsy’ and onstage from the age of eight
Episode 767
Martha Wainwright is a key member of the Wainwright/McGarrigle clan, all of them big favourites of ours. She’s currently on her 20th anniversary tour…
1 year ago
Budgie of Siouxsie And The Banshees started out in nightclub cabaret acts, aged 13
Episode 766
Small boy begins breeding budgerigars in Liverpool, makes enough to buy a drum kit and becomes the power behind Big In Japan, the Slits, the Creature…
1 year ago
Books rock stars want you to read, sacked drummers and how Dylan spent his birthday
Episode 765
The two-man pedalo of enquiry sets out on the Bank Holiday boating lake of news pausing to consider …
… Florence Welch, Dua Lipa and the rise of th…
1 year ago
Dylan Jones bangs the drum for 1975, an explosion of talent and creativity
Episode 764
Dylan Jones – writer, former editor of i-D, Arena and GQ - was 15 in 1975 and dressed like Jimmy McCulloch of Wings (“a lot of denim and silk scarves…
1 year ago
The great lost Beach Boys SMiLE album – David Leaf unravels rock’s Holy Grail
Episode 763
The Beach Boys’ SMiLE was abandoned by Brian Wilson in 1967 and eventually performed at an emotional gathering of the faithful in London 37 years lat…
1 year, 1 month ago
The best songs written in seconds, Lennon’s legs and Springsteen’s chimes of freedom.
Episode 762
Slapping the beanburger of news on the sizzling grill of scrutiny and served with relish by Alex Gold and Mark Ellen (David’s in Spain with his bucke…
1 year, 1 month ago
Dennis Greaves, Nine Below Zero – old-school R&B, police and thieves and the agony of white clogs
Episode 761
Dennis Greaves took a week off from Nine Below Zero in 1980 but otherwise kept his nose firmly applied to the grindstone. They broke up in 1983 when …
1 year, 1 month ago
Peter Capaldi’s life in a teenage Glasgow punk band and a public apology to the Cocteau Twins
Episode 760
Peter Capaldi – aka Malcolm Tucker, Dr Who, the universal screen delight and an Oscar-winning film director – was the singer in the punk band the Dre…
1 year, 1 month ago
Alan Parsons – from the rooftop of Savile Row to Pink Floyd, Steve Harley and some singing pigs
Episode 759
The teenage Alan Parsons was hired as a tape op by EMI and worked with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Steve Harley, orchestras, comedians, Pinky And Perky …
1 year, 1 month ago
Mom Rock v Dad Rock, the Oasis rumour mill and Kanye West’s devious dentist.
Episode 758
Perched outside the Vatican Of News awaiting puffs of white smoke, which this week arrive in the following fashion …
… Brandi Carlile’s Mothership We…
1 year, 1 month ago