The Beach Boys & Brian Wilson with Peter Doggett
The story of the Beach Boys begins in Hawthorne, California in the late 1950s as the band come together led by Brian Wilson, originally as The Pendletones & Dennis Wilson suggests they focus on surfin...
6 Des 202549min
Confessions of a Groupie with Pamela Des Barres
Join us to discuss a music book classic ‘I’m With The Band - Confessions of a Groupie’ with Pamela Des Barres. Pamela’s first touchstone in music was the Beatles & she became on obsessive Beatlemaniac...
29 Nov 202546min
91 - Pink Floyd with Mark Blake
Join us & writer Mark Blake to hear about the formation & early years of Pink Floyd - from their beginnings in Cambridge, ultimately relocating to London where the band gets going. Syd Barrett's songw...
22 Nov 202553min
90 - Ride with Steve Queralt (Oxford)
This week we are joined by Ride bassist Steve Queralt to discuss his new album Swallow - which is out now on Sonic Cathedral featuring contributions from Emma Anderson (Lush) & Verity Susman (Memorial...
15 Nov 202553min
89 - Live 8 with Paul Vallely
This week we travel back 20 years to 2005 with writer Paul Vallely to hear about Live 8, the G8 summit, Bob Geldof & Bono & more. So it starts in 1997 with the landslide general election win for Tony ...
8 Nov 20251h 18min
88 - R.E.M. Twin Tone Records, Big Star & more with Peter Jesperson
We are joined by Peter Jesperson as he tells us about his time spent with R.E.M. & his role in Twin Tone Records in the twin cities of Minneapolis/St.Paul. We also squeeze in a couple of stories about...
1 Nov 20251h 7min
The Wild Swans, Liverpool, Eric's, the Bunnymen & more with Paul Simpson
This week we get to talk about one of the best music books of recent years Revolutionary Spirit by Paul Simpson. Paul was born in Liverpool but grew up in Lancashire alongside future members of Echo &...
25 Okt 20251h 10min
Donovan - The 60s, Bob Dylan, The Beatles & more
It is truly a pleasure to welcome Donovan to Music Maps - a true legend of the 60s. His book The Hurdy Gurdy Man is available on Penguin.We start with his early life in Glasgow in the 1950s & the fami...
18 Okt 202552min
