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Live Aid remembered – from inside and out – on its 40th birthday
Episode 783
A 40th anniversary special with two of its presenters (Hepworth and Ellen) and old pal and TV critic Boyd Hilton who watched on the day aged 18 (“you…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull and 58 years of one-legged live performance
Episode 782
Ian Anderson is touring again in 2026 and talks to us here about tweed stage-wear, an audience of four, his teenage heroes and the first shows he eve…
1 year ago
Album sleeves the modern world would ban & the best song titles and opening lines
Episode 781
It’s Happy Hour in the Rock and Roll Lounge of News and we’re working our way through anything over 40 per cent proof. Which means ice, a slice and ……
1 year ago
Bobby Bluebell’s thriving third act, ‘80s Glasgow and the gift that keeps on giving
Episode 780
Bobby Bluebell remembers the “cuddly duffle-coat friendship” of Glasgow bands in the early ‘80s and the Bluebells’ second act rebooted by the Volkswa…
1 year ago
Dubmaster Dennis Bovell has had 50 fun-filled years making magical records
Episode 779
Dennis Bovell has worked his dub magic on everyone from Janet Kaye to the Slits, the Pop Group, Jarvis Cocker and Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood – and …
1 year ago
Rick Wakeman once signed a contract guaranteeing he’d wear “at least one cape onstage”
Episode 778
Rick Wakeman was onstage from the age of five and looks back with us here on a life of live performance – jazz and blues bands, the Strawbs, Yes – an…
1 year ago
10cc’s I’m Not In Love is still weird & wonderful! - plus Kneecap & Carol Kaye
Episode 777
Chasing the shade and applying Factor 50 in the wilting heat of this week’s rock and roll news turns the conversation to …
… Kneecap v the Prime Mini…
1 year ago
When Peter Hooton, the Farm & Eric Cantona played Clash songs in an amphitheatre
Episode 776
The Farm are touring again this summer and have just made their first album for 31 years (with the same-line-up). This sparky and wide-ranging conver…
1 year ago
Carol Decker of T’Pau and the ocean-going world of the 80s package tour
Episode 775
Carol Decker - another Smash Hits cover star on the podcast! T’Pau are playing dates this summer and autumn and she talks here – hilariously - about …
1 year ago
The magnificent Sly Stone & Brian Wilson and the curse of our expectations
Episode 774
As the great Warren Zevon said, ‘Enjoy every sandwich’. The two-man canoe navigates this week’s rock and roll rivulet which sadly entails reflections…
1 year ago