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Blur’s thrilling early years in words and pictures by Dave Rowntree
Episode 958
Dave Rowntree had a camera with him as Blur took off in the early ‘90s and his book ‘No-One You Know’ distils the thrill of a band in ascent – backst…
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Natalie Merchant returns playing ‘Mother Goose as an 18th Century feminist’
Episode 957
Natalie Merchant joined 10,000 Maniacs when she was 17, had a long and successful solo career and then began teaching children in New York State. Rea…
1 month ago
The Proclaimers know the exquisite delight of your songs being sung in football stadiums
Episode 956
The Proclaimers have only had a handful of hits but they’re songs that have kept expanding for nearly 40 years. And the World Cup was a reminder of h…
1 month ago
What are the great singles that have entered our bloodstream? “Nobody hums an album!”
Episode 955
The original rock podcast - now in its 20th year! – knocks the week’s news across the conversational net. Amid the top-spin, rallies and double-fault…
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Martin Simpson’s 60 years on the folk circuit ‘making people cry for a living’
Episode 954
Martin Simpson got backstage when he was 15 and met Jimmy Reed and Big Joe Williams and it changed his life forever. He’s been on the folk circuit ev…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Shadows and the chequered tale of the first British rock’n’roll band
Episode 953
The Shadows were the strongest brand in British pop, adored and widely imitated. When they went out of fashion, no-one wanted them to change. Bob Sta…
1 month, 1 week ago
Stiff Records’ 50th birthday! – the farcical magnificent record label and why we adored it
Episode 952
Stuff, nonsense, the white heat of debate and yesterday’s news today! Which this week involves …
… which of these didn’t host a TV chat show – Ian Bo…
1 month, 1 week ago
Elliott Smith, his life, his afterlife and the friends who believed in him
Episode 951
A sense of melancholy hangs over the music of songwriters whose lives were tragically short – Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Eva Cassidy, Judee Sill - and…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How Kylie became the whole world’s sweetheart
Episode 950
Michael Cragg’s devotion to all things Kylie once led him to Melbourne in search of the actual carousel horse she rode in a pop video. He got a tatto…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sandy Denny’s life and luminous talent celebrated by Linda Thompson
Episode 949
‘Sandy Denny: A People’s History’ has just been published, memories from fellow musicians, old friends, producers, writers, fans and admirers. Linda …
1 month, 2 weeks ago