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Rickie Lee Jones promotes "thumping good read"!
Episode 385
Forty-two years after her meteoric ascent, Rickie Lee Jones has put out a memoir, 'Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of a Troubadour'. And this we stron…
4 years, 8 months ago
Does every act have a gimmick?
Episode 384
In which we're joined by old pal Kate Mossman who's had a colourful encounter with Tom Jones, we look at the legal battle for Nirvana's logo and the …
4 years, 8 months ago
The eternal battles between Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf
Episode 383
In which we shake down the Bat Out Of Hell saga and Morrissey v the Simpsons, wonder what happened to the Bay City Rollers billions, explore Richard …
4 years, 8 months ago
On Jagger's ropey new single and what made the Stones a dance band
Episode 382
A world-put-to-rights-special that tells the story of the man who hid in a crate on a three-day flight with only a book of Beatles song lyrics for en…
4 years, 9 months ago
Tessa Norton and Bob Stanley on the folklore of the Fall
Episode 381
Tessa and Bob are lifelong Mark E Smith devotees and have just published 'Excavate: the Wonderful And Frightening World of The Fall', a collection of…
4 years, 9 months ago
Original gangs that are still together
Episode 380
In which David delivers a tremulous rant about the curse of the two-minutes' silence at sport events, we note the Duke of Edinburgh's Beatles connect…
4 years, 9 months ago
What pop music will still be around in 200 years' time?
Episode 379
In which we applaud Paul Simon's light-fingered songwriting skills, delight in the fake Roxy Music rejection letter, trace the origins of rock's blac…
4 years, 9 months ago
"It ain’t 'alf been a gas this time!"
Episode 378
In which we play theatrical moments from great live albums - Humble Pie, ELP, the Stones, James Brown, Sinatra & Count Basie, Free, the Who, the Allm…
4 years, 9 months ago
A 1971 Special on Nick Drake and Led Zeppelin at the Nottingham Boat Club
Episode 377
In which we're joined by old pal Trevor Dann who was one of the 200 people sitting on the floor of the Nottingham Boat Club 50 years ago hearing the …
4 years, 9 months ago
The enduring magic of the mixtape
Episode 376
In which we relive the joys of cassette mixtape pop snobbery, discover a rock star's mum who was a WW2 secret agent, name the best songs about mother…
4 years, 10 months ago