131 - Elliott Smith with Jamie Fisher
Elliott Smith is our focus this week & we are joined by Jamie Fisher whose new book - Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith is out now in the UK & the US. What differentiates...
31 Aug 47min
130 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young with Rolling Stone's David Browne
Our first episode focusing on Crosby, Stills Nash & Young with Rolling Stone’s David Browne.David’s book is out now or on audio if you prefer. David also has a regularly updated substack you can subsc...
24 Aug 52min
129 - Pub Rock, Ian Dury, Joe Strummer, The Sex Pistols, Dr. Feelgood, Nick Lowe & more with Mark Wilkerson
In the early 1970s the music scene is dominated by prog rock concept pieces, synth solos & overblown tours. The societal backdrop in Great Britain is one of labour & coal strikes, riding inflation & u...
17 Aug 47min
128 - Jimi Hendrix with Jimi's roadie Eric Barrett
Our first episode about Jimi Hendrix & we are joined by Jimi’s former roadie Eric Barrett. Eric ran into Mitch Mitchell & Noel Redding, bassist & drummer in The Jimi Hendrix Experience in a club & rec...
10 Aug 43min
127 - Raised On Radio - Power Ballads, Cocaine & Payola: The AOR Glory Years 1976-1986 with Paul Rees
This week we take a deep dive into the AOR scene of the 1980s, re-appraising some often overlooked bands & music. We start with the story of Boston, where an MIT graduate named Tom Scholz spends 7 yea...
3 Aug 51min
126 - Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska with Warren Zanes
Join us for a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska with writer Warren Zanes, author of Deliver Me From Nowhere which was recently made into a Hollywood movie. In late 1981 Bruce Springsteen is ...
27 Jul 1h 4min
125 - Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac with Rachel Brodsky
We are joined by author Rachel Brodsky to talk about the life & career of Stevie Nicks. Rachel’s new book Lessons & Lace is out now. Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix & moved around a lot as a child, f...
20 Jul 51min
124 - Simon Reynolds on Shoegaze, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth, Pavement & more
Simon Reynolds joins us to talk about his new book Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994. Against a backdrop of Margaret Thatcher’s third term in Downing Street &...
13 Jul 59min
