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Bob Marley in London, Chappell Roan’s outburst & records that sound best in the dark
Episode 725
Direct from the Government Yard in Trenchtown where, over cornmeal porridge by a log wood fire, the events of the week are gently appraised, among th…
1 year, 4 months ago
The rise of David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars through the eyes of Woody Woodmansey
Episode 724
The teenage Woody Woodmansey was offered the job of under-foreman in the Vertex spectacle factory in Hull but then got a call from Bowie inviting him…
1 year, 4 months ago
So Long, Marianne Faithfull plus the Shipping Forecast as read by Nick Cave
Episode 723
In a courageous stand against AI technology, a pair of old lags communing via two cocoa tins and a piece of string attempt to put the rock and roll w…
1 year, 4 months ago
Did Britain invent the rock band? - plus our new laws about music & Garth Hudson RIP
Episode 722
When we get off of this mountain, you know where we want to go? Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. While surveying the week’s…
1 year, 4 months ago
Howard Jones has ‘the best job in the world’
Episode 721
We put Howard Jones on the cover of Smash Hits in 1983 billed as ‘the Most Promising New Act’ and, 15 albums and 42 years later, he’s about to set ou…
1 year, 4 months ago
Andy Fairweather Low’s teenage psychedelic stardom
Episode 720
Another great hero on the podcast! We first heard Andy Fairweather Low with Amen Corner on jukeboxes in the late ‘60s and he’s touring the UK from Fe…
1 year, 4 months ago
A 3-part rant about LPs sold as ‘antiques’, TikTok & the shameful AI Michael Parkinson
Episode 719
David feels a rant coming on. Mark lights the blue touchpaper, pulls on a tin hat and retires to a safe distance as they consider …
… the US closure …
1 year, 4 months ago
The unstoppable Francis Rossi – open the fridge door and he’ll do 30 minutes
Episode 718
Something happens when he walks out under the lights. He can never predict what but he’s programmed to perform. As he has for over 60 years and will …
1 year, 4 months ago
Graham Nash beat the Beatles in a talent contest
Episode 717
We both first heard Graham Nash just over 60 years ago when the Hollies’ Just One Look was on the BBC’s swinging Light Programme and we’ve followed h…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Dylan biopic, Sam & Dave and why 2025 is the most important year in our lives.
Episode 716
Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun, it is in fact just two old lags reviewing the current events, which this wee…
1 year, 5 months ago