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Danny Thompson’s bass adventures, Dylan’s women, TV satire and great sleeve art.
Episode 819
News, rants, theories, stories and assorted old hokum which this week stumbles into …
… Kate Bush, Thunderbirds, Tim Buckley, the Blind Boys of Alaba…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Thea Gilmore on Joan Baez, Jake Thackray and Dave Pegg’s dog starting her career
Episode 818
We’ve always liked Thea Gilmore who once crossed America with Joan Baez in a pre-Election campaign tour and has released 21 albums (“I’ve got musical…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
How pioneer tape-rat Roger Armstrong found vintage America a whole new audience
Episode 817
Roger Armstrong co-founded the legendary Rock On record shop and was running the Chiswick label long before the punk rock explosion of independents, …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Van and Fairport make the perfect send-off, Robert Redford & the best-looking rock stars
Episode 816
On the menu at the rock and roll state banquet …
… Into the Mystic, Meet On The Ledge, In My Life, Tom Waits’ Take It With Me and other perfect songs…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
John Prine, Elvis Costello and a jukebox on fire
Episode 815
Novelist and journalist Tom Piazza struck up a friendship with the irreplaceable John Prine in the last years of his life. This relationship, which b…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Alex's star-studded week in Hollywood
Episode 814
Having disposed of the surprising history of pop stars who posed for Playboy, discussing whether the universe really needs another album called "Play…
7 months ago
Peter Hammill on Bowie, other superfans & 47 albums of ‘self-sabotage and chaos’.
Episode 813
Peter Hammill, adored by Bowie, Mark E Smith and many others, co-founded Van Der Graaf Generator when he was 19. And he’s made 47 albums since, power…
7 months ago
Talking Heads, where they came from and where they went - with Jonathan Gould
Episode 812
Has there ever been a group like Talking Heads? Jonathan Gould’s Burning Down The House explores their affluent background, the root of their ambitio…
7 months ago
Freddie Mercury has a daughter’ – and Lesley-Ann Jones can prove it
Episode 811
Freddie Mercury had an affair with a close friend’s wife and, in 1977, became a father. He’s now a grandfather. That’s the foundation of a new book ‘…
7 months ago
Oasis in 2026, the Troggs and what Morrissey’s only gone and done now!
Episode 810
All the leaves are brown and the sky’s a bit unruly but mellow fruitfulness abounds in this week’s pick of the rock and roll news. Add to basket …
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7 months, 1 week ago