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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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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
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E205: Tony Cummings on soul music + The Sound o...
The great soul scribe Tony Cummings joins us to discuss the subject of his classic 1975 book The Sound of Philadelphia.
82 min
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E204: Chris Bohn in Europe + Sly Stone & Brian ...
We're joined in our Hammersmith lair by the highly respected Chris Bohn, known better these days by his alias Biba Kopf
97 min
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E203: Jonathan Gould on Talking Heads + Otis Re...
We're joined by acclaimed author and sometime drummer Jonathan Gould
94 min
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E202: Paul Gambaccini on the radio + Rolling St...
We ask Paul Gambaccini about his 50+ years as one of Britain's best-loved broadcasters
64 min
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E201: Bob Merlis on Warner Bros. + Little Feat ...
79 min
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E200: Celebrating 200 episodes of the Rock's Ba...
We celebrate the last four years with clips from twelve of the best 100 shows we've recorded in that time
81 min
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E199: Phil Sutcliffe on Sounds + Gang of Four +...
Veteran music scribe Phil Sutcliffe joins us to discuss his years on Sounds, Q and MOJO
75 min
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E198: Havelock Nelson on Hip Hop + Missy Elliot...
We're joined all the way from Harlem in New York City by venerable hip hop writer Havelock Nelson
69 min
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E197: Siân Pattenden on Select + the Bangles + ...
We're joined in person by the delightful Siân Pattenden, author of the Agatha Bilke and Magical Peppers children's book series
76 min
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E196: Daniel Wolff & Danny Alexander on Dave Ma...
Our guests reflect on Dave Marsh's powerful writing, his impassioned politics and his career from Creem and Rolling Stone to the Rock & Roll (subsequently Rock & Rap) Confidential newsletter
75 min
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E195: Danny Goldberg on Led Zeppelin + Nirvana ...
Music-biz legend Danny Goldberg joins us to discuss Led Zeppelin, Kurt Cobain and Gil Scott-Heron
78 min
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E194: Gene Sculatti on San Francisco + the Band...
Gene Sculatti talks us through his career from Crawdaddy! magazine to the Atomic Cocktail radio show
57 min