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Al Murray and James Holland talk the ending of the war in 1945 and the afterlife of The Beatles
Episode 755
In which comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland talk about their new book Victory ’45 and our twin national obsessions, the Second World War …
1 year, 1 month ago
Derek Shulman – when Simon Dupree and Gentle Giant were “the darlings of the English Mafia”
Episode 754
Derek Shulman was at the heart of two great transformations – Simon Dupree & the Big Sound switching to psychedelia, and then sensing the prog-rock t…
1 year, 1 month ago
The entertaining fictions of Max Romeo and Robert Smith and tech that actually works!
Episode 753
While Mark Ellen is hanging out with the other old ruins in Athens, David Hepworth and Alex Gold compare and contrast the organisation of the London …
1 year, 1 month ago
Moon Zappa remembers life with her father Frank. ‘Pagan absurdists’ aren’t great parents
Episode 752
Moon Zappa grew up in what appeared, on the outside, to be an enviably free-wheeling and creative household in Laurel Canyon. On the inside, not so m…
1 year, 1 month ago
Daryl Hall - ‘60s soul session work, the right shoes and a barge trip with Bob Dylan
Episode 751
We like to think of Daryl Hall as a kindred spirit, his home-recorded Live At Daryl’s House series with its magnificent roster of guests now racking …
1 year, 1 month ago
Rock star pilots, sacking Zak Starkey and bold pioneers of the psychedelic moustache
Episode 750
The chocolate Easter bunny of rock and roll news in highly nutritious and digestible fragments, such as …
… the Who’s very public sacking of Zak Sta…
1 year, 1 month ago
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…
1 year, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago