Episode 128: ‘The Queen of Rave’ Rozalla on her hit singles, touring with Michael Jackson, raves & more
Rozalla joins me for episode 128! We spoke about her early life in Zambia & Zimbabwe, her early music career, moving to England after being discovered by Chris Sargent, meeting ‘The Band Of Gypsies’ p...
11 Aug 202543min
Episode 127: Nigel Clark of Dodgy on their success in the 90’s, Britpop, a new album & more
Nigel Clark of Dodgy joins me for episode 127! We spoke about Nigel’s early life in Worcestershire, how he got into music, meeting drummer Matthew, moving down to London with Matthew to pursue a music...
6 Aug 20251h 6min
Episode 126: Tameko Star of Livin’ Joy on Don’t Stop Movin’, 90’s house music, the FAKE Livin’ Joy & more
Livin’ Joy’s Tameko Star joins me for episode 126! We spoke about Tameko first singing at an early age, how she started working with Livin’ Joy, the success of their hit ‘Don’t Stop Moving’ , songwrit...
22 Jul 202534min
Episode 125: John Lennon’s sister Julia Baird on her relationship with John, their mother Julia, Yoko Ono & more
John Lennon’s sister Julia Baird joins me for episode 125! We spoke out her book ‘Imagine This’ and that she wrote it to put the story straight about her mother Julia & John’s childhood after how they...
17 Jul 20251h 34min
Episode 124: Northern Soul pioneer Richard Searling on Wigan Casino, Tainted Love, Joy Division & more
Northern Soul DJ & pioneer Richard Searling joins me for episode 124! We spoke about how he got into Motown & Soul music, collecting records, going to America to find records, finding Gloria Jones’ ‘T...
14 Jul 20251h
Episode 123: Mark Day of Happy Mondays on the rise and implosion of the band, Step On, Glastonbury & more
Happy Mondays guitarist Mark Day joins me for episode 123 of the podcast! We spoke about his childhood and early musical influences, how & why he started playing the guitar, meeting Shaun & Paul Ryder...
10 Jul 20251h 4min
Episode 122: Oasis’ 90’s drug dealer Simon Mason on the band, addiction & recovery, Hightown Pirates & more
Simon Mason joins me for episode 122! We spoke about his tough childhood, how music and football was his saviour, meeting Oasis & his memories of his time hanging out with the band, Britpop, his drug ...
7 Jul 20251h 35min
Episode 121: Legendary Hacienda DJ Jon Dasilva on his HOT nights residency, mentoring Sasha, New Order & more
DJ Jon Dasilva joins me for episode 121! We spoke about Jon’s early life and musical influences, how he started DJing, getting his residency at the Hacienda, HOT nights, the fall of the Hacienda, 1988...
3 Jul 202558min
