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The Beach Boys’ story gets more tangled by the minute
Episode 842
“All bands are sad stories,” Peter Doggett points out, but is there a more woven, moving and, at times, farcical tale than that of the Beach Boys? It…
2 months ago
What makes a rock star a ‘ledge’ & the daft rituals of the ‘70s disco
Episode 841
Five decades of rock and roll with none of the names redacted. In the despatches this week …
… Kevin Rowland? Adam Ant? Toyah? Morrissey? Which Smash…
2 months ago
Rock’s fascination with the Third Reich exposed by Daniel Rachel
Episode 840
Musicians have flirted with Nazi imagery since the ‘60s, lampooning its theatre, absorbing its style, exploiting its shock value, even promoting its …
2 months ago
Paul Weller – ‘gloriously chippy’ – as seen by friends, family, fans and collaborators
Episode 839
Dan Jennings’ podcast ‘Desperately Seeking Paul’ is so successful he’s used 250 of the interviews in a best-selling oral history. ‘Dancing Through Th…
2 months, 1 week ago
Did rave kill dancing in couples? Stars seen in strange places?
Episode 838
Marking our dance card at the rock and roll hop this week you’ll find …
… And Then He Kissed Me, I Saw Her Standing There, Springsteen’s All The Way …
2 months, 1 week ago
David Bowie and why we need him more than ever. Paul Morley looks back in wonder
Episode 837
David Bowie’s significance just keeps expanding and the look and sound of him never age. Paul Morley has been gripped from the start and his new book…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
‘Bob Dylan is my father’ - and why Sam Sussman is convinced it’s true.
Episode 836
Sam Sussman’s mother Fran had a year-long love affair with Dylan when he was working on Blood on the Tracks – she’s mentioned in Tangled Up In Blue –…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey had a ‘manifesto for success’. Here’s how it worked
Episode 835
Tom Bailey’s been based in New Zealand for the last 30 years, making records, DJing and avoiding British winters. He tours the UK in 2026 playing the…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Cowbells, maracas, gongs, castanets – classic percussion parts demonstrated!
Episode 834
The raw ingredients of this week’s news gently diced, simmered and served as a nutritious broth. And flavoured with the following …
… why Lily Allen’…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Smiths’ Mike Joyce on triumph, gladioli & Morrissey when he was still ‘Steve’
Episode 833
Morrissey and Marr both wrote memoirs but Mike Joyce hasn’t read either, preferring to publish ‘The Drums’, his version of one of the great success s…
2 months, 2 weeks ago