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The Skids, Big Country and the unsettling story of Stuart Adamson
Episode 878
Stuart Adamson co-founded the Skids and Big Country but was profoundly ill-suited to the spoils of his success. Author Scott Rowley unpacks his passa…
7 months ago
There are only three Rock National Treasures – and we name them!
Episode 877
Our ‘big air’ manoeuvres on the rock and roll ski jump this week land the following tricks …
… why don’t we re-use old protest songs instead of writi…
7 months, 1 week ago
Keith & Chuck, Bowie & Tina, Frank & Elvis and what we learnt from rock’s joint ventures
Episode 876
Some shared stages. Some made records and films together. Some had love affairs. Matt Thorne is fascinated by stars’ collaborations and what they rev…
7 months, 1 week ago
Boston, Def Leppard, bad hair & the golden age of rock radio
Episode 875
Paul Rees fell in love with AOR when it began with Boston in 1976, the polished, ramped-up hits that were briefly the music of the American heartland…
7 months, 1 week ago
Was Bad Bunny at the Superbowl the greatest show ever staged?
Episode 874
After 40 days of relentless rain, you need our little ray of sunshine. And here we all are! Sitting in the rock’n’roll rainbow this week you’ll find …
7 months, 1 week ago
Andy Bown remembers the Herd, Judas Jump and 47 years in Status Quo
Episode 873
Andy Bown found the 20 year-old recordings of “a deep-space love story” he’d written with the sci-fi author Russell Hoban and he’s just reworked and …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
How the album survived and why it satisfies the soul!
Episode 872
The album has had 25 years of being hammered by other formats – Napster, iTunes, Spotify, TikTok – and not only survived but thrived. For Keith Jopli…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Racy pulp paperbacks, teenage Joni and the BRIT School versus the age of the amateurs
Episode 871
Unredacted exchanges about the rock and roll underworld this week highlight the following …
… real or made-up stars’ kids’ names: Speck Wildhorse? Bl…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
David Bowie and the triumph, mystery and struggle of his third act
Episode 870
Bowie’s early years have been scrutinised repeatedly but people tend to speed through the last act, from the early ‘90s to his death in 2016. Alexand…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Days with Bowie, Prince, the Stones, Hendrix & the Clash by David Sinclair
Episode 869
David Sinclair was a long-running rock critic for the Times, Rolling Stone and many others and now makes records himself. He looks back here at some …
7 months, 3 weeks ago