425. Ken Womack on his book about Beatles road manager Mal Evans, 'Living the Beatles Legend' (2023)
Apr 18, 2024
TW: Suicide
Today, celebrated author Ken Womack joins me to unpack his
extraordinary new definitive biography of Beatles road manager Mal
Evans, 'Living the Beatles Legend'. Ken talks about the incredible
access given to him by the Evans family, including Mal's
unpublished memoirs and diaries, the digital warehouse he...
Apr 10, 2024
Today we bring you a (if you can believe it) new perspective on the Beatles story, as Dierdre Kelly joins me to discuss her fascinating book 'Fashioning The Beatles: The Looks That Shook The World', in which she unpacks the journey of the Fab Four's style across their careers, how they influenced and were influenced...
Apr 8, 2024
Today I'm joined by songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and
co-founder of The Lumineers, Jeremiah Fraites, to wax rhapsodic on
Radiohead's iconic 1997 album 'OK Computer'.
We talk about Jeremiah's journey from hating to loving Radiohead as
a teenager, the album's diverse but coherent sound, the album's
sonic easter eggs,...
Mar 27, 2024
Today I'm joined by Ed Nash, bassist of UK indie heroes Bombay
Bicycle Club, down the line from North London to chat about Kurt
Vile's modern classic 2011 album, 'Smoke Ring for My Halo'.
Ed talks about discovering the album on tour in Australia, how it
became the soundtrack of BBC's breakthrough period, listening
to...
Mar 20, 2024
We kick off our tenth anniversary year with ARIA-winner Mia
Dyson, who joins me to talk about the soundtrack of the iconic
Talking Heads concert film 'Stop Making Sense'.
We talk about wearing out VHS tapes in the pre-streaming era, the
contrast between the band's musical eccentricity and austere
aesthetic, why the film...