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Tales from the world's largest archive of music journalism: entertaining interviews with luminaries such as Neil Tennant, Billy Bragg, Pamela Des Barres, Gary Kemp, Vashti Bunyan, Midge Ure, Nick Hornby and Robyn Hitchcock. Thoughtful and informative conversations about all aspects of popular music history, interspersed with clips from exclusive audio interviews that date back to the mid-'60s.
The RBP podcast is hosted by Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle and co-hosted & produced by Jasper Murison-Bowie. We're a proud part of Pantheon — the podcast network for music lovers.
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E178: Ann Powers on Joni Mitchell + Tori Amos +...
Ann Powers joins us to talk about her new Joni Mitchell book, Travelling: On the path of Joni Mitchell
75 min
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E177: Val Wilmer on free jazz + photography + L...
Legendary writer-photographer Val Wilmer joins us to talk about her life and career
86 min
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E176: Simon Day on the Fast Show + Brian Pern +...
We welcome Fast Show legend Simon Day to downtown Hammersmith and ask him about his musical passions
67 min
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E175: Steffan Chirazi on Metallica + Jack Casad...
Steffan Chirazi joins us to talk about his career as a metal/hard rock specialist and his long association with the mighty Metallica
81 min
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E174: Sean O'Hagan on Microdisney + The High Ll...
We welcome revered High Llamas leader Sean O'Hagan to Hammersmith and ask him about his life and times from Microdisney to new album Hey Panda
93 min
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E173: Ira Robbins on Trouser Press + Anglophili...
We welcome Ira Robbins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Trouser Press magazine
56 min
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E172: Alan Light on Vibe + Prince + Taylor Swif...
Alan Light talks about the years he spent at Rolling Stone, Vibe and Spin plus his close encounters with Prince, Taylor Swift and Townes Van Zandt
90 min
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E171: Kimberly Mack on Living Colour + Greg Tat...
Writer and academic Kimberly Mack joins us from Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to discuss the subject of "Black rock"
67 min
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E170: A Tom Hibbert special!! with Mark Ellen a...
We pay tribute to Tom Hibbert, the funniest music journalist who ever lived
78 min
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E169: Penelope Spheeris on filming punk and hea...
We welcome the legendary Penelope Spheeris to talk about her extraordinary life and brilliant career
74 min
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E168: Andy Schwartz on CBGB + New York Rocker +...
Andy Schwartz joins us to reminisce about New York Rocker, the much-missed magazine he edited
64 min
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E167: Barbara Ellen on the NME + Madonna + Spin...
Barbara Ellen talks us through her illustrious writing career from zines to the NME and beyond
71 min
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E166: Daryl Easlea on Slade + Peter Gabriel + S...
The delightful Daryl Easlea joins us for a pre-Xmas special on Slade and the sadly-departed Shane MacGowan
78 min
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E165: Michel Faber on music & sound + Nick Cave...
We welcome acclaimed novelist Michel Faber to RBP's Hammersmith HQ and ask him about his new book Listen
74 min
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E164: Kate Simon on Bob Marley + Sounds + Joni ...
The great Kate Simon joins us to talk about her stellar career and classic portraits
71 min
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E163: Evelyn McDonnell on Joan Didion + The Mot...
We invite Evelyn McDonnell to discuss her new Joan Didion book, along with the Motels, Britney Spears and California's pop history
61 min
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E162: Billy Bragg on forty roaring years + Skif...
The left's very own "national treasure" Billy Bragg joins us to talk about his long and remarkable career
78 min
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E161: Mick Gold on Let It Rock + Pub Rock + Bru...
We ask Mick Gold to return to the mid-'70s to discuss pub rock, Bruce Springsteen and the wonderful Let It Rock magazine.
71 min
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E160: Richard Grabel on Hip Hop + Kool Lady Blu...
Richard Grabel reminisces about his long career as a journalist and music-biz lawyer
65 min
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E159: Vernon Gibbs on Marvin Gaye + Talking Hea...
Vernon Gibbs looks back on his career as a pioneering soul scribe and A&R man
75 min
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E158: Charles Shaar Murray on the NME + John Le...
We welcome NME legend Charles Shaar Murray to reminisce about his career
66 min
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E157: Jim Farber on Glam Rock + Marc Bolan + Si...
Acclaimed New York writer Jim Farber tells us about "growing up gay to a Glam Rock soundtrack"
81 min
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E156: Richard Boon on Buzzcocks + Manchester + ...
We're joined by Richard Boon to talk all things Manchester, from Buzzcocks to the Smiths and beyond
54 min
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E155: Robyn Hitchcock on the Soft Boys + David ...
We invite the inimitable Robyn Hitchcock to reminisce about his heroically nonconformist career
87 min
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E154: Richard Morton Jack on Nick Drake + Steve...
Richard Morton Jack joins us to talk about his monumental new biography of Nick Drake
80 min