115 - John Altman on Monty Python, Prince, Muddy Waters, Amy Winehouse & more
AltmanJohn’s Uncles Sid Phillips & Wolf Phillips were big band conductors at the London Palladium so John grew up around the likes of Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong & Jack Benny.At a you...
10 Mai 39min
114 - Gang Of Four with Jon King (Leeds)
Jon King joins us to talk about the early years & formation of the Gang of Four - formed at Leeds University while Jon studied art. Jon was born in South London but moved to a village near Sevenoaks i...
3 Mai 59min
113 - Paul McCartney in the 70s & the end of The Beatles with Tom Doyle
Take a deep dive with us into the end of the Beatles, Paul McCartney in the 70s, Wings Over America, Mary Had a Little Lamb, feuding with John Lennon & more with writer Tom Doyle whose McCartney biogr...
26 Apr 50min
112 - Melissa Auf Der Maur on Hole, Smashing Pumpkins & more (Montreal)
This week we welcome Melissa Auf der Maur to hear about her new book Even The Good Girls Cry - out now on Atlantic Books. Our starting point is Montreal as Melissa recounts growing up listening to The...
19 Apr 49min
111 - Nirvana with Everett True (Olympia, Washington)
Join us for our first episode on one of the seminal bands of the 90s - Nirvana with legendary music writer Everett True. His book Nirvana - The True Story is out now. Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic mee...
12 Apr 45min
110 - 50 Years of The Undertones with Damian O'Neill Undertones (Derry)
This week we celebrate 50 years of The Undertones with guitar player Damian O’Neill. Damien kept diaries during the early years of the band & reads extracts for us throughout & he tells us about joini...
4 Apr 44min
109 - The Ramones with Everett True (Forest Hills, New York)
This week we travel to Forest Hills, Queens, New York to trace the origins of the legendary punk band The Ramones. While Joey Ramone is actually the only Ramone born in Forest Hills, it is this conver...
28 Mar 44min
108 - Music Maps LIVE with Amy Rigby & Kathy Valentine
This week we bring you a very special conversation between singer/songwriter Amy Rigby & Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go’s) to mark the publication of Amy’s brand new book Girl To Country. Amy Rigby has es...
21 Mar 40min
