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Peter Hammill, Van Der Graaf Generator and what makes them unique
Episode 856
Peter Hammill has spent nearly six decades building the most devoted following imaginable – Bowie, Peter Gabriel and Mark E Smith among them. ‘Rock A…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Do all panned albums end up loved? And what’s the most significant record sleeve?
Episode 855
Deck the halls with cheese and Bolly! … and a dish of the usual rock and roll distraction which this week throws the following logs on the fire …
… t…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Paul Kelly – ‘national treasure!’ - and the song that took 30 years
Episode 854
Beloved Australian songwriter Paul Kelly has just turned 70 – “it sounds Biblical, threescore years and ten.” He looks back here at the road he took …
6 months ago
Lucinda Williams is fighting on every front
Episode 853
Lucinda Williams was a teenage activist singing We Shall Overcome at protest marches and she’s taken up the cudgels again on her new album World’s Go…
6 months ago
Beastie Boys, Frankie, teds, punks, raves - ‘moral panics’ remembered!
Episode 852
Shock, horror, public outcry and moments of moral turpitude plus with the usual news, rants and old hokum, which this week alights upon …
… why Gene …
6 months ago
Punk Rock recalled by Chris Sullivan - can music STILL be outrageous?
Episode 851
What’s the word ‘punk’ come to mean 50 years later? It’s been adopted by the very people it sought to unsettle. Chris Sullivan – DJ, club runner, lec…
6 months, 1 week ago
UK Subs’ Charlie Harper (81) has served 50 years in the punk wars. Give this man a medal!
Episode 850
UK Subs formed in 1976 when Charlie Harper was 32. They’ve had over 80 members, some of whom he can’t remember. They never split up and are touring i…
6 months, 1 week ago
Fairytale of New York's full story & the imperishable genius of Steve Cropper
Episode 849
The boys of the NYPD choir are still singing Galway Bay, so pour yourself a measure of the Rare Old Mountain Dew and warm your toes on the following …
6 months, 1 week ago
The Beatles versus Capitol Records and ‘the greatest marketing hype in history’
Episode 848
In 1963, Capitol Records considered the Beatles “a band who looked and sounded weird with an odd name and no leader” and refused to release their rec…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Undertones are 50! And no-one’s more amazed than Damian O’Neill
Episode 847
Glorious news! The Undertones, dependable symbols of eternal youth, are setting out on a 50th anniversary tour in 2026, still playing Teenage Kicks a…
6 months, 2 weeks ago