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If the England Squad were a rock band which would they be?
Episode 395
In which we shake down the piping hot topics du jour, among them ... the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury, the genius of Miles Copeland's management m…
4 years, 7 months ago
DJ Princess Diana
Episode 394
In this week's pod we explore whether Apple's new spatial audio is actually worth it, ponder urgent listener questions such as "is pop music all abou…
4 years, 7 months ago
Joni Mitchell's golden month remembered
Episode 393
This week's burning hot topics include .... the 50th birthday of Joni Mitchell's 'Blue’. Songs about the joy of spending "a bankroll big enough to ch…
4 years, 7 months ago
Favourite critics and pop star stamps
Episode 392
In which we salute some much-loved writers (Clive James on Rod Stewart: "he was hopping about like a bifurcated marrow"), investigate the Friends Reu…
4 years, 7 months ago
Bernie Marsden on the blues boom, "mailbox money", UFO and Whitesnake
Episode 391
Bernie's memoir - 'Where's My Guitar?' - is just out in paperback and this highly entertaining encounter with the old rock and roll trouper features …
4 years, 7 months ago
The Bob Dylan million dollar 80th birthday bash
Episode 390
In which three old lags who've been following Dylan most of their lives - David Hepworth, Sid Griffin and Mark Ellen - offload a passionate personal …
4 years, 7 months ago
Richard Thompson on Fairport and Sandy Denny's "Gustav Mahler emotional see-saw"
Episode 389
In which the beloved entertainer talks about his memoir 'Beeswing: Fairport, Folk and Finding My Voice 1967-1975', a rich and circuitous ramble that …
4 years, 8 months ago
Burglary and bluebeat in a brilliant new Madness documentary
Episode 388
In which we look at the light-fingered early lives of Camden's Magnificent Seven and the soundtrack of the Pursuit of Love, note the collapse of the …
4 years, 8 months ago
Joel Selvin on "a sylvan moment in Hollywood history"
Episode 387
The great Joel Selvin has just published 'Hollywood Eden: Electric Guitars, Fast Cars and the Myth of the California Paradise', a thumping account of…
4 years, 8 months ago
Bob Marley RIP (who died 40 years ago on May 11)
Episode 386
In which we remember the Wailers' London shows and what made them unique, salute the fond but sceptical rock photographs of our old friend Ken Sharp,…
4 years, 8 months ago