Rock's Backpages
By Barney Hoskyns, Mark Pringle, Jasper Murison-Bowie
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Tales from the world's largest archive of music journalism: entertaining interviews with luminaries such as Neil Tennant, Billy Bragg, Pamela Des Barres, Gary Kemp, Vashti Bunyan, Midge Ure, Nick Hornby and Robyn Hitchcock. Thoughtful and informative conversations about all aspects of popular music history, interspersed with clips from exclusive audio interviews that date back to the mid-'60s.
The RBP podcast is hosted by Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle and co-hosted & produced by Jasper Murison-Bowie. We're a proud part of Pantheon — the podcast network for music lovers.
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E175: Steffan Chirazi on Metallica + Jack Casady audio + John Sinclair
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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E174: Sean O'Hagan on Microdisney + The High Llamas + The Beach Boys
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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E173: Ira Robbins on Trouser Press + Anglophilia + Nick Lowe audio
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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E172: Alan Light on Vibe + Prince + Taylor Swift + Townes Van Zandt
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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E171: Kimberly Mack on Living Colour + Greg Tate + The Black Rock Coalition
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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E170: A Tom Hibbert special!! with Mark Ellen and Sylvia Patterson
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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E169: Penelope Spheeris on filming punk and heavy metal + Wayne's World
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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E168: Andy Schwartz on CBGB + New York Rocker + Mink DeVille
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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E167: Barbara Ellen on the NME + Madonna + Spinal Tap
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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E166: Daryl Easlea on Slade + Peter Gabriel + Shane MacGowan R.I.P.
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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E165: Michel Faber on music & sound + Nick Cave + Captain Beefheart
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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E164: Kate Simon on Bob Marley + Sounds + Joni Mitchell
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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E163: Evelyn McDonnell on Joan Didion + The Motels + Carla Bley R.I.P.
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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E162: Billy Bragg on forty roaring years + Skiffle + Woody Guthrie
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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E161: Mick Gold on Let It Rock + Pub Rock + Bruce Springsteen + Jann Wenner
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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E160: Richard Grabel on Hip Hop + Kool Lady Blue + Beastie Boys
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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E159: Vernon Gibbs on Marvin Gaye + Talking Heads + A&R at Arista
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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E158: Charles Shaar Murray on the NME + John Lee Hooker + Robbie Robertson
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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E157: Jim Farber on Glam Rock + Marc Bolan + Sinéad O'Connor
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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E156: Richard Boon on Buzzcocks + Manchester + Morrissey audio
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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E155: Robyn Hitchcock on the Soft Boys + David Blue + Mick Farren
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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E154: Richard Morton Jack on Nick Drake + Steve Marriott + Flashback magazine
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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E153: Lloyd Bradley on Black London + Tina Turner + Steve Barrow audio
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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E152: Cliff Jones on Gay Dad + Brian Jones + Paul Simon audio
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May 22, 2023 |
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E151: Sylvia Patterson on Smash Hits + George Michael audio
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May 08, 2023 |
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E150: Edwin Pouncey & Sandy Robertson on rock and the occult + Andrew Lauder
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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E149: Andy Beckett on Pop & Politics + The Beat + Everything But The Girl
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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E148: Rob Dickins on Warner Bros. + Leon Russell + Wayne Shorter
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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E147: Ellen Sander on rock life in the sixties + Robert Palmer audio
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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E146: Fred Goodman on Rock Films + D.A. Pennebaker + Burt Bacharach
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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E145: Gary Kemp on Spandau Ballet + Pink Floyd + David Crosby R.I.P.
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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E144: Pamela Des Barres on the GTOs + Peter Asher audio + Jeff Beck R.I.P.
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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E143: Nick Hornby on Prince (& Dickens) + Boz Scaggs audio interview
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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E142: Paul Gorman on the rise and fall of the music press + Time Out's Tony Elliott
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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E141: RJ Smith on Chuck Berry + Ice-T + Black L.A. + Wilko Johnson
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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E140: Holly Gleason on Women in Country + Guy Clark + Taylor Swift
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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E139: Billy James on Bob Dylan + Columbia Records + Laurel Canyon
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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E138: Kid Congo Powers on the Cramps + the Gun Club + Brian Eno audio
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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E137: Luke Haines & Peter Buck on R.E.M. + The Auteurs + Pharoah Sanders
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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E136: Richard Goldstein on 60s pop writing + The Shangri-Las + Shadow Morton
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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E135: Chris Blackwell on Island from Millie to U2 + Bunny Wailer
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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E134: Wayne Robins on Steely Dan + Donald Fagen + Denny Dias
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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E133: Jason King on Queen + Sylvester + Boy George + Beyoncé
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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E132: Steven Daly on Orange Juice + Suede + Sugar Hill + Lizzo
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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E131: Robert Gordon on Memphis + Stax + ZZ Top + Robert Johnson
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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E130: Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton on DJ history + Dom Phillips + Elvis
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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E129: Deborah Frost on heavy metal + Blue Öyster Cult + Grace Jones + Foals
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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E128: Robert Greenfield on the Rolling Stones + Jerry Jeff Walker
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May 30, 2022 |
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E127: Chris Roberts on Radiohead + Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
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May 16, 2022 |
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E126: Robert Duncan & Jaan Uhelszki on Lester Bangs + Creem + Suicide
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May 02, 2022 |
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E125: Vashti Bunyan on Wayward + Nick Drake + Joe Boyd audio
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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E124: Devon Powers on The Village Voice + Red Hot Chili Peppers + White Stripes audio
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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E123: Joe Carducci on SST Records + Henry Rollins + Paul Nelson
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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E122: David Dalton on The Beach Boys + The Beatles + Charles Manson
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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E121: Peter Guralnick on Blues + Southern Soul + Jerry Wexler
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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E120: Kate Mossman on Joni Mitchell + Lou Reed + Morrissey & Marr
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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E119: Michael Simmons on country punk + '60s counterculture + Van Dyke Parks
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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E118: Pete Wingfield on Soul + Lee Dorsey + Dexys + Mel Brooks
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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E117: Holly George Warren on Janis Joplin + The Monkees + Michael Nesmith
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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E116: Norman Jopling on Record Mirror + Rhythm & Blues + Rolling Stones
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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E115: Davitt Sigerson on disco + Bootsy Collins + Mick Rock R.I.P.
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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E114: Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith + Nuggets + Led Zep IV
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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E113: Michael Zilkha on ZE Records + John Cale + The Velvet Underground
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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E112: Paul Morley on Manchester + Tony Wilson + New Order + Faust
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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E111: Miles Marshall Lewis on Kendrick Lamar + Wynton Marsalis + Bob Marley
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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E110: Jaan Uhelszki onstage with KISS + Buena Vista Social Club + Lindsey Buckingham
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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E109: Simon Reynolds on Melody Maker + Saint Etienne + Heaven 17 + Lee 'Scratch' Perry
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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E108: Richard Williams on Laura Nyro + Beach Boys audio interviews
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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E107: David Bates on making hits + Julian Cope audio + Dusty Hill R.I.P.
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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E106: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike on Nico + Jackson Browne + Britney Spears
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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E105: Nelson George on the Death of R&B + Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis audio
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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E104: Vivien Goldman's Punky Reggae Party + 'Launderette' + Joe Strummer audio
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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E103: David Kamp on Rock Snobbery + 1971 + Sly Stone + Doors audio
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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E102: Carol Cooper on New York Sounds + Stax Records + Eddy Grant audio
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May 31, 2021 |
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E101: Marshall Crenshaw on Buddy Holly + Tom Wilson + Lloyd Price
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May 17, 2021 |
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E100: Celebrating 100 episodes + The Black Keys + Donald Fagen audio
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May 10, 2021 |
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E99: David Quantick on Pop Eating Itself + Teenage Fanclub + Marianne Faithfull
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May 03, 2021 |
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E98: Chris Welch on Melody Maker + Fairport Convention + DMX R.I.P.
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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E97: Joel Selvin on Early '60s L.A. + Jack Nitzsche + Malcolm Cecil R.I.P.
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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E96: Adele Bertei on Labelle + Peter Laughner + August Darnell
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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E95: Tony Russell on old-time country music + Phil Everly audio + Bunny Wailer R.I.P.
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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E94: Caroline Boucher on Zappa + Beefheart + Alice Cooper + Yes
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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E93: Nick Kent on the NME + Iggy Pop audio + SOPHIE R.I.P.
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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E92: Nick Coleman on Voices + Phil Spector + Miles Copeland
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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E91: John Simon on Janis Joplin + The Band + Van Morrison + Lillian Roxon
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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E90: John Harris on Britpop + McCartney audio + Charley Pride
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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E89: Kandia Crazy Horse on Southern Rock + Little Richard
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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E88: Mark Cooper on Neil Young + Jools Holland + Steve Van Zandt
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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E87: Jez Butterworth on the Band + Dolly Parton + Perry Farrell
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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E86: Loraine Alterman on Detroit + Stevie Wonder + Elvis Costello
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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E85: Midge Ure on New Romantics + Van Halen + Mariah Carey audio
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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E84: Jude Rogers on Adele + Prince + Sonic Youth audio
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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E83: Stewart Lee on Robert Lloyd + Robert Wyatt + Ronald "Khalis" Bell
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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E82: Vicki Wickham on Ready Steady Go + Dusty Springfield + Labelle + Morrissey
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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E81: Alan McGee on Creation Records + Primal Scream + Oasis vs. Blur
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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E80: Mary Harron on New York Punk + Tom Verlaine audio + Peter Green R.I.P.
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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E79: Loyd Grossman, Rock Critic + Brian May audio + (Dixie) Chicks
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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E78: Sheryl Garratt on rave culture + Terry Farley audio + the Streets
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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E77: Geoff Travis on Rough Trade + Scritti Politti's Green Gartside
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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E76: Gil Scott-Heron + Nina Simone + Public Enemy
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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E75: Jonh Ingham's Grand Punk Railroad + John Peel audio + Lady Gaga
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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E74: Chris Blackwell's Island Records + Sparks + Remembering Phil May
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May 25, 2020 |
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E73: James Fox on Keith Richards + Little Richard + Betty Wright + Pete Seeger
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May 18, 2020 |
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E72: Simon Witter on Kraftwerk + Rick Nelson audio + Lisa Verrico
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May 11, 2020 |
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E71: Jill Furmanovsky on Photography + Errol Brown audio interview
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May 04, 2020 |
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E70: The Who Live at Leeds + KRLA Beat + Ron Sexsmith audio
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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E69: Martin Colyer on Greil Marcus + Lucinda Williams + Rufus Wainwright
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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E68: Paul Gorman on Malcolm McLaren + R.I.P. Bill Withers & Hal Wilner
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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E67: Warren Zevon + Miles Davis' Bitches Brew + Dusty Springfield
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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E66: Remembering Charlie Gillett + Johnnie Allan audio
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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E65: Michael Watts on Melody Maker + Swamp Dogg + Cramps audio
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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E64: The Meters + Joanna Newsom + Buzzy Linhart audio interview
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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E63: Neil Tennant on Smash Hits + Pet Shop Boys + Andy Weatherall
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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E62: Bryan Ferry + Prog Rock + John Prine audio interview
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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E61: Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy on David Mancuso and Lydia Lunch
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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E60: Dorian Lynskey on Daft Punk, Can Audio Interview ... and Brexit
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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E59: Laura Barton on Road Trips + Sam Cooke + Isobel Campbell
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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E58: James Blood Ulmer + Joan Baez audio + Chris Bourke
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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E57: Aretha's Amazing Grace + Mark Ronson audio + Tom Cox
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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E56: Kris Needs on The Clash + Zigzag magazine + Politics & Pop
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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E55: David Toop on art and sound + Arthur Russell + Joe Smith R.I.P.
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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E54: Barbara Charone on The Who + Keef Richards + Chelsea FC
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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E53: John Fogerty audio + Peter Guralnick + Céline Dion
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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E52: Gene Clark + Mick Hucknall + Mick Brown on Spector & Soul
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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E51: Bonnie Raitt + The Pop Group + Caroline Sullivan on the Bay City Rollers
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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E50: Snoop Dogg + Motörhead + Nick Tosches tribute
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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E49: INXS' Michael Hutchence + Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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E48: Ginger Baker audio + Elbow with David Hepworth
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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E47: Loleatta Holloway audio + Robert Hunter R.I.P. + Phil Symes
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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E46: The Beatles' Abbey Road + Blondie audio with Mat Snow
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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E45: Madonna audio interview + Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight'
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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E44: Simon Witter on Cameo, Zapp & House + Robbie Robertson audio
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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E43: The Story of Electronic Music + Slade + Status Quo with David Stubbs
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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E42: Dusty Springfield + Alicia Keys + Taylor Swift with Lucy O'Brien
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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E41: Easy Rider + Arthur Lee with Richard Williams
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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E40: Ian Penman on Prince + Charlie Parker + ZZ Top audio
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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E39: Tammy Faye Starlite does Marianne Faithfull + Miles & more
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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E38: Woodstock '69 + Shirley Collins + Mark Anthony Neal
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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E37: Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb and The Wichita Lineman with Dylan Jones
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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E36: KLF + Echo & the Bunnymen + Julian Cope with Mick Houghton
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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E35: P. Funk Special + Hal David audio with Lloyd Bradley and Tom Vickers
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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E34: Amy Linden on Amy Winehouse + Kanye West + Nico + Bobby Womack
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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E33: L.A. Special with Chris Campion + Elliot Roberts audio + Little Feat
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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E32: Go-go in D.C. + Anita Ward audio + Felix Dennis and the Oz Trial
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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E31: Bernard Fowler's Life in Music + Dr. John audio + Andy Gill R.I.P.
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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E30: Dawn James on The Beatles + Roky Erickson R.I.P. + Neil Young audio
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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E29: Rickie Lee Jones + Harry Doherty + Rory Gallagher audio
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May 31, 2019 |
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E28: Danny Fields on the Stooges + the Ramones + George Clinton audio
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May 24, 2019 |
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E27: Bruce Springsteen + Elton John + The Beatles + Stevie Wonder with Bob Spitz
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May 10, 2019 |
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E26: Mavis Staples + Bob Stanley/Saint Etienne + The B-52s audio
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May 03, 2019 |
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E25: Jordan's Story + Goth + Bay City Rollers with Cathi Unsworth
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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E24: Al Green + Anita Pallenberg audio + Thundercat
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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E23: Todd Rundgren audio + Orange Juice + Danny Goldberg
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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E22: Joy Division special + Dizzee Rascal audio with Jon Savage
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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E21: Tribute to Scott Walker + Jimi Hendrix + ABC with Keith Altham
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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E20: Van Morrison + Pink Floyd + Steve Earle with Tony Stewart
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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E19: Morrissey + Minnie Riperton + Madonna with James Medd
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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E18: The Prodigy's Keith Flint R.I.P. + Jayne County audio interview
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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E17: Remembering Mark Hollis + Dead Kennedys Audio + Mark Leviton
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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E16: Curtis Mayfield + Sigue Sigue Sputnik + History of RBP with Martin Colyer
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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E15: Radiohead, Gladys Knight and Daft Punk
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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E14: KRS-One + Avril Lavigne + Alex Harvey with Michele Kirsch
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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E13: Sid Vicious does it his way + Bobbie Gentry's Delta Sweete
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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E12: Big Star + Prefab Sprout with special guest Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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E11: The Specials + Dave Laing + Juliana Hatfield
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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E10: Earth, Wind & Fire + 1960s–80s music press with special guest Mark Sinker
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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E9: The Absurdities of Bros + Kenny Rogers audio + Oz Rock
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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E8: Keith Richards on drug busts + Mick Jagger in Performance
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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E7: Be-Bop Deluxe + Wu-Tang Clan + David Bowie
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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E6: Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry + the birth of Americana + NYC in the 70s
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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E5: Led Zeppelin + Kate Bush with special guest John Mendelssohn
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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E4: Etta James talks in 1978 + Marc Bolan + Willie Nelson
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Nov 23, 2018 |
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E3: Exclusive Sex Pistols interview + Chic + David Hepworth
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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E2: Massive Attack + Rosanne Cash + the night Johnny Thunders died
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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E1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan
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Nov 02, 2018 |