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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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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
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E153: Lloyd Bradley on Black London + Tina Turn...
We ask Lloyd Bradley about his career as a journalist and as the author of Bass Culture and Sounds Like London
87 min
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E152: Cliff Jones on Gay Dad + Brian Jones + Pa...
Cliff Jones joins us to talk about his shape-shifting career in music, plus Paul Simon and Brian Jones
83 min
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E151: Sylvia Patterson on Smash Hits + George M...
We ask Sylvia Patterson all about a writer's life lost in music from Smash Hits to the NME and beyond
55 min
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E150: Edwin Pouncey & Sandy Robertson on rock a...
Sandy Robertson and Edwin (Savage Pencil) Pouncey join us to talk about their careers and shared fascination with the occult
69 min
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E149: Andy Beckett on Pop & Politics + The Beat...
Author and Guardian journalist Andy Beckett joins us to discuss politics and pop from the late '70s to the present day
77 min
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E148: Rob Dickins on Warner Bros. + Leon Russel...
We welcome music-industry legend Rob Dickins to tell us about his pop life at Warner Bros.
87 min
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E147: Ellen Sander on rock life in the sixties ...
Ellen Sander joins us to discuss her classic 1973 book Trips: Rock Life in the Sixties
56 min
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E146: Fred Goodman on Rock Films + D.A. Penneba...
The exemplary Fred Goodman joins us to talk about music movies
69 min
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E145: Gary Kemp on Spandau Ballet + Pink Floyd ...
The excellent Gary Kemp joins us at RBP's Hammersmith HQ to talk about Spandau Ballet, the New Romantics and Pink Floyd
90 min
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E144: Pamela Des Barres on the GTOs + Peter Ash...
The truly legendary Pamela Des Barres reminisces about the all-girl GTOs, Frank Zappa, Lowell George and more
56 min