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How Joni Mitchell joined the boys’ club and why we don’t need a comeback – by Ann Powers
Episode 653
Broadcaster and music writer Ann Powers lives in Nashville and grew up listening to Kate Bush and Blondie. The siren call of Blue sparked a life-long…
1 year, 6 months ago
Twist And Shout? Spiral Scratch? Corey duBrowa celebrates the best and rarest EPs ever made
Episode 652
The first EPs appeared in the late ‘40s and ‘50s (Frank Sinatra, Elvis) hitting a magical sweet spot between the album and the single and they’ve cas…
1 year, 6 months ago
What songs should be longer or shorter?
Episode 651
The rock and roll ballot-box is stuffed with votes and the exit polls suggest how this week’s debate might play out. Along these lines …
… is there s…
1 year, 6 months ago
Dylan Jones – Clegg’s women, Hague’s pints and “the wiring behind celebrity culture”
Episode 650
We’ve known Dylan since the days he was editing i-D, Arena and GQ and he’s been a regular on our podcasts talking about his books on Live Aid, the ‘8…
1 year, 6 months ago
Happy accidents, whooping at gigs and why the album review star system doesn’t work anymore
Episode 649
In which we hoof a few balls round the rock and roll pitch and try to stick some in the net. Extracts from the live match commentary include ….
… “Wh…
1 year, 6 months ago
Pop football chants, Reg ‘Reg’ Snipton sings Joni Mitchell & the tale of John Lennon’s watch
Episode 648
The two-man tandem of curiosity wobbles its way down the rock and roll cyclepath pausing here to admire the view …
… “We’re captive on the carousel o…
1 year, 6 months ago
Only Clare Grogan knows how it feels to burst onstage from a giant birthday cake
Episode 647
Clare Grogan, a regular on our podcasts and rarely off the cover when we were at Smash Hits, is on tour again with Altered Images and playing festiva…
1 year, 7 months ago
The wit and charisma of Kate Bush by Graeme Thomson: going too far makes you what you are
Episode 646
Graeme is an old friend of the podcast. We’ve talked to him in the past about his books on Phil Lynott and John Martyn. ‘Under The Ivy: the Life And …
1 year, 7 months ago
For the love of Françoise Hardy, Ben Sidran and the TV comedy Twenty Twelve
Episode 645
Among the logs tossed on the conversational bonfire this week to combat mid-June’s British winter you’ll find …
… ‘I Managed Van Morrison’ and other f…
1 year, 7 months ago
Stewart Lee knows the rigours of ‘animal costume work’ and why great comedy is about shock
Episode 644
Stewart Lee – beloved writer, columnist and stand-up - was on the podcast in 2022 talking about the first records he bought, immensely funny and fasc…
1 year, 7 months ago