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A Guardian podcast of the week. (Formally Back to BritPop)
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Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
On the episode I'm joined by Alex White one half of Brighton's The Electric Soft Parade.
Alex provides an insight into the bands early influences, their rise to fame and their writing and recording process.
As always, thank you so much for your support!
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Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Hey All! On this episode I had a great chat with Mike Heaton of Embrace.
Mike talks about the writing and recording of their upcoming new album 'How to be a person like other people' which is released at the end of the month and the upcoming tour.
Mike also shares his musical influences and hair metal days!
Details of the album and upcoming tour can be found here;
As always, thank you so much for your support!
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Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Welcome back! on this episode I have a fascinating chat with Paul Laird whose new book The Birth and Impact of Britpop explores this musical phenomenon in a refreshing and personal way.
Paul marries his encyclopedic knowledge of music with some very frank, introspective observations and anecdotes.
If you are a lover of the era and books on the well known, and not so well known artists that inhabited it, then you really should check it out.
Here is a link to the book below;
The-Birth-and-Impact-of-Britpop-Mis-Shapes-Scenesters-and-Insatiable-Ones-Hardback
As always, thank you so much for your support!
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Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
This episode I'm joined by David Gedge of The Wedding Present.
David talks to me about his musical influences, his song writing process, the continuation of the Sea Monsters 30th anniversary tour and lots more.
Really enjoyed this one, links to the website are below.
As always, thank you so much for your support!
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Friday Apr 01, 2022
Friday Apr 01, 2022
This episode Michele Stodart joins me to talk about her early musical influences, how she approaches song writing, collaborations and lots more. Really enjoyed this one. Please do check out Michele's solo work. Links to her patreon and socials are below!
www.patreon.com/michelestodart
www.facebook.com/MicheleStodart
As always, thank you so much for your support!
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Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Absolutely delighted to be joined by one of the UK's finest song writers Tom McRae.
Tom talks about his writing process, collaborations, how he approaches a new album and loads more.
So honored to speak to Tom who was incredibly generous. New material and Tour on the horizon!
As always, thank you so much for your support!
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Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Hello! Unfortunately this is not a regular episode but an update to inform you all that its becoming increasingly difficult if not impossible to release episodes on a weekly / regular basis. As you know I’m not part of any network and without sponsorship it’s becoming really hard to secure guests and share their stories with you as regularly as I have been doing over the last two years or so.
I have some potential guests lined up these will be put out on a completely ad hoc basis.
Doing this podcast over the last couple of years has been an absolute blast and your support has been amazing.
If you have any ideas or suggestions of artists that you would like me to reach out to I'll see what I can do, get in touch on a social media, drop me a DM or send me an email.
Thank you again for all your support see you soon.
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Saturday Mar 05, 2022
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
On this episode Charlotte Cooper of The Subways joins me to talk about writing and recording their new album, early influences, the legacy of Rock and Roll Queen and loads more!
Keep up to date with the new album release and tour dates here:
As always, thank you so much for your support!
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Saturday Feb 26, 2022
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
On this episode I am delighted to be joined by Charley Stone. Charley has worked with many bands over the years and we talk about her time with Salad, Gay Dad and Sleeper. We also talk about Charley's musical influences and solo writing and recording process. Links are below!
As always, thank you so much for your support!
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Saturday Feb 26, 2022
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
This episode I'm delighted to be joined by Gale Paridjanian from Turin Brakes.
Gales joins to talk about the writing and recording process of his debut solo album HIFILOFI SCIFIWIFI. We also talk a bit about Turin Brakes and future releases!
Make sure to check out Gale's album as its ace... Links below!
As always, thank you so much for your support!
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