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Genuinely rotten albums by brilliant artists plus the band that started cancel culture
Episode 513
Sauntering in carefree, conversational mode down the rock and roll bridleway this week, pausing briefly to lean against a tree and tootle upon a mout…
2 years, 10 months ago
For the love of Wayne Shorter & David Lindley - and are U2 really U2 without Larry Mullen?
Episode 512
Things in the crosshairs this week include …
… why it took 34 years to get De La Soul on a streaming service.
… Radio 2’s ham-fisted handling of the …
2 years, 10 months ago
Is Karen Carpenter pop music’s saddest story?
Episode 511
Karen Carpenter died 40 years ago at the age of 32, a life mapped out in a new biography by Lucy O’Brien called Lead Sister. It’s a chilling, caution…
2 years, 10 months ago
Was the pop boom of 1996-2006 a comedy or a tragedy?
Episode 510
The teenage Michael Cragg was obsessed with the “glorious shiny ludicrous pop” of the period that began with the Spice Girls, included Hear’Say, Five…
2 years, 10 months ago
What the Beatles said about the Stones plus the most expensive live music in London
Episode 509
This week’s crackling logs on the conversational fire include …
… the attractively unchanging sound of Joe Henry’s 15 albums (the man PRs still sell …
2 years, 10 months ago
Was Chuck Berry the strangest man in the history of rock?
Episode 508
Of all the figures who built rock and roll back in the 1950s, Chuck Berry was arguably the most influential and certainly the strangest. In a new bio…
2 years, 10 months ago
Word Down Your Way: 15 minutes with Mark Everett – E from Eels - about shows he's seen and played
Episode 507
Eels are touring the UK in March/April and E talks here about what he’s learnt about live performance from being onstage or in the audience. And this…
2 years, 10 months ago
What’s the best age to be and when are we at our most stupid?
Episode 506
Given the once-over this week in vigorous pursuit of edification and amusement …
… should a Fawlty Towers sequel be illegal?
… over-refreshed audienc…
2 years, 10 months ago
Burt Bacharach, Waters v Gilmour and how to save the BRITS
Episode 505
The dazzling super-trouper of gentle enquiry is trained this week upon:-
… Sam Smith’s inflatable suit.
… “TV kills everything”.
… What do producers …
2 years, 11 months ago
15 minutes with Midge Ure about shows he's seen and played
Episode 504
Midge Ure starts a UK tour in April (with Band Electronica) and talks here about bands that left an impression and what he’s learnt about live perfor…
2 years, 11 months ago