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Dave Pegg, Fairport’s “longest-serving member” (fnarr!) looks back at hippie chaos and old heroes
Episode 749
Dave Pegg joined Fairport Convention 56 years ago and fully deserves some sort of medal. They’re playing their 49th Cropredy in August and touring th…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Withering reviews of famous albums, Jaws versus Jeeves and the genius of Blondie’s Clem Burke
Episode 748
Boldly pursuing tariff-free trade in rock and roll news, nostalgia, gossip and old hokum since 2007 and, this week, featuring …
… the romantic allure…
1 year ago
Why Sparks’ Russell Mael preferred British acts to the ‘faux honesty’ of Laurel Canyon
Episode 747
Sparks are touring – playing dates in the UK and Ireland in June and July – and with a new (and 28th) album, Mad!. Russell Mael looks back at the fir…
1 year ago
Seven ‘lost’ Springsteen albums, romance in sitcoms and the age of spectacle
Episode 746
The runners and riders in the rock and roll steeplechase first past the post this week include …
… how Ed Sheeran protects himself against song theft…
1 year ago
Ed Tudor Pole – singer, actor, serial showman – saw the pop and punk wars as ‘pure theatre’.
Episode 745
Ed Tudor Pole entered punk rock from stage school and always felt he was playing a part. After being hired to act in the Great Rock’N’Roll Swindle, h…
1 year ago
AI’s Word In Your Ear theme tune (!!), the four stages of showbiz & taking kids to concerts
Episode 744
Scanning the rock and roll ether with our patent heat-seeking Ripple-Detector®️ to see what rings the bell. Which this week includes …
… how reformed…
1 year ago
Hearing 45 year-old records you’d never played & the least likely-looking person to become a rock star
Episode 743
The super-trouper of scrutiny scans this week’s events and lands upon …
… the man who’s played on 21,000 records.
… how Joni Mitchell is still stirri…
1 year ago
What Kate Mossman discovered about rock’s elder statesmen
Episode 742
Kate’s an old pal from our days at Word magazine. She was on the staff for six years before heading off to the New Statesman and has just put out a c…
1 year ago
How John Harris and his son found a life-changing connection through music
Episode 741
John Harris is an old pal from our days in the music press. You might remember him from Sounds, the NME and Select (which he edited) and he’s been on…
1 year ago
Mike Rutherford looks back at 60 years onstage and the art of cheap rock theatre
Episode 740
This one starts with memories of Genesis at Farnborough Tech in 1972 – Batwings? Fox heads? - looks back at school bands and the early ‘70s and ends …
1 year ago