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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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E230: Simon Reynolds on shoegaze + dream pop + ...
Acclaimed author Simon Reynolds joins us in Hammersmith to discuss his latest book, Still in a Dream
70 min
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E229: Funk special with Lloyd Bradley + Betty D...
We welcome Lloyd Bradley to discuss his monumental new tome Funk Is Its Own Reward
75 min
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E228: Maureen O'Grady on Rave + Pet Sounds + M...
Maureen O'Grady joins to discuss her days at Rave magazine and her friendships with the stars of the swinging '60s
82 min
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E227: An LGBTQ special with Barry Walters + a G...
74 min
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E226: A Liverpool special with Penny Kiley and ...
We're joined by not one but two very special guests to talk about one of the great music cities
73 min
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E225: Adele Bertei on New York's No Wave scene
66 min
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E224: Jimmy McDonough on Neil Young + Gary Stew...
The very entertaining Jimmy McDonough joins us to discuss his career as "the king of the crazy biographers"
64 min
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E223: AOR Special with Paul Rees + Boston audi...
Paul Rees joins us to discuss his riveting new book Raised on Radio: Power Ballads, Cocaine & Payola
63 min
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E222: Jeff Walker & Kim Gottlieb on Tom Waits +...
We're joined by husband-and-wife tag team Jeff Walker and Kim Gottlieb(-Walker) to talk about their lives in music
77 min
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E221: Phast Phreddie Patterson on the world's b...
Fred Patterson on his work at the ARChive of Contemporary Music, plus his own magazine Back Door Man and his band Thee Precisions.
62 min
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E220: Bob Stanley on Saint Etienne + Connie Fra...
Bob Stanley talks about his career as a writer and member of the beloved Saint Etienne
67 min
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E219: Thurston Moore on free jazz + Sonic Youth...
Sonic Youth legend Thurston Moore joins us to discuss his new book Now Jazz Now
86 min
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E218: James Brown on Sounds + NME + Loaded + th...
We're joined by former NME star and founder of "lads' mag" progenitor loaded James Brown
98 min
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E217: Susan Compo & Derek Ridgers on punks, got...
We welcome not one but two wonderful guests to RBP Towers: Susan Compo and Derek Ridgers
78 min
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E216: Pete Paphides on ABBA + Stevie Wonder + B...
We're joined by Pete Paphides, former rock critic for the London Times and author of 2020's acclaimed memoir Broken Greek
90 min
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E215: Simon Price on Melody Maker + Manics + Ra...
Melody Maker legend Simon Price joins us for a discussion of his career
90 min
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E214: Lisa Verrico on Vox + Oasis + Billie Eili...
The highly entertaining Lisa Verrico joins us to talk about her career from Vox to the Times
79 min
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E213: Michael A. Gonzales on TLC + The Source +...
The great R&B/hip hop writer Michael A. Gonzales joins us online from Baltimore to look back on his long career
75 min
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E212: Greil Marcus on Mystery Train + Sex Pisto...
We ask one of the greatest music writers of the rock and roll era to talk about his book Mystery Train
69 min
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This Episode Goes 2 11: A Spinal Tap special wi...
Special "bonus" episode discussing timeless rock mockumentary This is Spinal Tap and its breathlessly-awaited sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues...
33 min
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E210: Alexis Petridis on Acid House + The Guard...
We're joined by Alexis Petridis, The Guardian's head rock and pop critic
73 min
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E209: David Nathan on Dionne Warwick + the Bee ...
We invite David Nathan to look back on his illustrious 60 years as "the British Ambassador of Soul"
78 min
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E208: Byron Coley on Beefheart + Lydia Lunch + ...
We're joined by Byron Coley, champion of all things weird and non-mainstream
83 min
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E207: Val Mabbs on Record Mirror + Jimi Hendri...
Val Mabbs talks to us about writing for Record Mirror in the late '60s and early '70s
84 min
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E206: John Niven on rock fiction + Bobby "Blue"...
Novelist and screenwriter John Niven joins us to talk about his career and his acclaimed books
72 min