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Adam & the Ants, pop stardom and Marco Pirroni’s brief spell in the spotlight
Episode 938
Marco Pirroni’s moment in the sun was big, lucrative but incredibly short. It was under a year from Adam & the Ants’ first hit to their last and imme…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Specials are no more! Horace Panter remembers days when it was ‘like walking on air’
Episode 937
The Specials have officially disbanded, bowing out with a swansong album recorded in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral in 2019. Horace Panter looks bac…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Indie the new Good Old Days? And why are there no British country stars?
Episode 936
As this week’s news hurtles over the net, we sort the aces from the double-faults. The final score …
… Madonna, Shakira, Chris Martin and World Cup …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Kevin Rowland, the new Dexys and what he's learnt from life
Episode 935
We first saw Kevin in ‘77 wearing jodhpurs onstage with his art-punk band the Killjoys! He’s formed a new version of Dexys, made an album, starts a t…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Great rock feuds of Manchester, TV comedy & the man who invented the pop song
Episode 934
This week’s penalty shoot-out of news sorts the surefire hits from the over-the-bar misses. That final score again …
… what Morrissey’s only gone and…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Joan Armatrading, Tom Robinson and the great music meltdown of Summer ‘76
Episode 933
The blistering heat of 1976 burnt various things onto the memory – standpipes, strikes, Entebbe, ‘Confessions’ movies, Jeremy Thorpe – but most of al…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Prefab Sprout - a tale of mystery, eccentricity and pop’s most famous motorbike
Episode 932
Nige Tassell fell in love with the literary allusions of Prefab Sprout when at school and his new book ‘Truly Gifted Kids’ tells their unique and ins…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Madonna smoking, the first indie PM and have we just witnessed the nadir of pop?!
Episode 931
Tapping the barometer of news to see what’s blistering or stormy, which this week includes …
… “The Man can’t bust our music!”: the crimes and misdem…
3 months ago
Gary Numan’s reality check – ‘I’m essentially a guy who wears make-up for a living’
Episode 930
Seven hundred fans have contributed to ‘Gary Numan: A People’s History’, a lavishly published compendium of memories of discovering, hearing and watc…
3 months ago
David Gray’s priceless memories of lessons learned the hard way
Episode 929
David Gray went through the roof with his White Ladder album in 2000 and he’s toured and recorded ever since, ending this summer’s loop at Latitude. …
3 months ago