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Mustn’t grumble! Songs with the essence of Englishness
Episode 889
A milky tea, a jam sponge and this week’s news served on a tin tray with a steam train painted on it points our very English conversation towards the…
3 weeks ago
Neil Tennant revisits songs he’s written since the age of nine
Episode 888
Neil Tennant co-wrote a musical at Primary School and soon decided that “learning other people’s songs was hard work compared with making up your own…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Steve Nieve looks back at Costello, Stiff tours and the magical sound of pianos
Episode 887
At the age of four, Steve Nieve drew pictures of piano keys and pretended to play them. He joined Elvis Costello & the Attractions when he was 19, th…
4 weeks ago
Scores McCartney still wants to settle, Country Joe and the rise of ‘destination gigs’
Episode 886
Watering the scented hedgerows of news to see if any green shoots appear. And they do, in the form of …
… the most effective protest song ever writte…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Shaun & Bez and other Odd Couples we love
Episode 885
Pointing the scanner of inquiry at the baggage carousel of news to see what gets the lights flashing, which this week includes …
… we know what’s mak…
1 month ago
The Kinks’ chaotic ascent mapped out day-by-day is ‘a nirvana for any fan’
Episode 884
A gorgeous and lavish new publication tells the story of the Kinks in the ‘60s via the key events in their unsteady trajectory plus concert bills, le…
1 month ago
How A Hard Day’s Night ripped up the pop movie rulebook
Episode 883
Author and broadcaster Samira Ahmed used to watch A Hard Day’s Night once a week and she’s just written an enthralling account of the shoot and its i…
1 month, 1 week ago
Bob Dylan and the Beatles, a tale of envy, affection and intense rivalry
Episode 882
Bob Dylan and the Beatles watched each other closely. Jim Windolf is fascinated by the parallels in their stories, the obvious moments they influence…
1 month, 1 week ago
Mark Lewisohn and why writing the real Beatles story just got harder
Episode 881
Mark Lewisohn began his Beatles’ trilogy in 2003, the first volume appearing ten years later. He’s hoping the second, Turn On, which covers 1963 to 1…
1 month, 1 week ago
Albums we bought because we liked the title
Episode 880
Spinning sides at the conversational disco to see what fills the dancefloor, which this week includes …
… Jerry Garcia had seven fingers! Brian Jones…
1 month, 1 week ago