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A Guardian podcast of the week. (Formally Back to BritPop)
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Oct 9, 2021
Oct 9, 2021
38 min
On this episode it was a great privilege to be joined by Astrid Williamson.
Astrid talks about her musical influences, forming Goya Dress and writing and recording her solo albums.
Listen to Astrid's music here:
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Sep 24, 2021
Sep 24, 2021
46 min
It was an absolute pleasure to be joined by Jim Bob for this episode.
Jim talks about his musical influences, how Carter were formed and the writing / recording process for his solo material especially his latest album 'Who do we hate now'.
Here's a link to Jim Bob's website.
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Sep 17, 2021
Sep 17, 2021
40 min
Delighted to be joined by Darren Hayman on this episode. Darren talks about his formative years and what inspired him to become a musician. We discuss Hefner and his current musical projects including his new album and the re-release of more classic Hefner LPs on vinyl.
Click the link below to listen all of Darren's current releases:
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Sep 11, 2021
Sep 11, 2021
28 min
This week I'm joined by Jim McCulloch. Jim talks about all of his musical projects over the years from The BMX Bandits, The Soup Dragons, Superstar and Snow Goose. He also talks about what it was like to write and record his first solo album.
Links to all Jim's recordings can be found below:
https://linktr.ee/jimmcculloch
violetterecords.com/artist/jim-mcculloch
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Sep 4, 2021
Sep 4, 2021
32 min
This episode Nick Jones of Heavy Stereo joins me to talk about the 25th anniversary and re-issue of their debut album Déjà Voodoo.
Nick talks about signing to Creation, recording the album, his musical influences and loads more.
You can pre-order the album which is released on the 17th September via the link below:
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Aug 28, 2021
Aug 28, 2021
40 min
On this episode it was my great pleasure to speak to Chris Helme. Chris talks about his time in the Sea Horses, song writing, collaborations over the years and lots more.
The link to Chris's web page is below for details on his live shows and information on his solo material and upcoming album.
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Aug 19, 2021
Aug 19, 2021
41 min
This episode I'm joined by Wesley Doyle from power pop quartet Pimlico.
Wesley gives a fascinating insight into what it was like to be part of the Britpop scene in the 90's, his early musical influences, getting signed and loads more!
I really enjoyed chatting to Wesley and appreciate him giving up his time for the pod.
follow Wesley and Pimlico on twitter here;
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Aug 6, 2021
Aug 6, 2021
43 min
On this episode, indie legend Miles Hunt joins me to talk about his musical influences, The Wonder Stuff, collaborations, life in lock down, writing new material and future projects.
Thank you Miles for an amazing interview!
Keep updated with all Miles and The Wonder Stuff's future gigs and releases.
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Jul 30, 2021
Jul 30, 2021
36 min
Richard J Parfitt joins me this episode to talk about the mighty 60 Ft. Dolls.
We discuss his musical influences, early music memories, forming the band and his songwriting and teaching career.
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Jul 24, 2021
Jul 24, 2021
38 min
Welcome to season 3!
We kick off episode 1 with Billy Reeves. Billy talks us through his musical career to date which includes forming Theaudience with Sophie Ellis-Bextor in 96, Yours in 2000 and his new project The Helicopter of the Holy Ghost which features Mark Morris and Crayola Lectern. It is an amazing story and Billy gives a fascinating insight to how the new album 'Afters' was put together.
Listen to the singles below:
My other podcast - The Movie Bunker website is below;