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E165: Michel Faber on music & sound + Nick Cave + Captain Beefheart
November 20, 2023

We welcome acclaimed novelist Michel Faber to RBP's Hammersmith HQ and ask him about his new book Listen

E164: Kate Simon on Bob Marley + Sounds + Joni Mitchell
November 06, 2023

The great Kate Simon joins us to talk about her stellar career and classic portraits

E163: Evelyn McDonnell on Joan Didion + The Motels + Carla Bley R.I.P.
October 23, 2023

We invite Evelyn McDonnell to discuss her new Joan Didion book, along with the Motels, Britney Spears and California's pop history

E162: Billy Bragg on forty roaring years + Skiffle + Woody Guthrie
October 09, 2023

The left's very own "national treasure" Billy Bragg joins us to talk about his long and remarkable career

E161: Mick Gold on Let It Rock + Pub Rock + Bruce Springsteen + Jann Wenner
September 25, 2023

We ask Mick Gold to return to the mid-'70s to discuss pub rock, Bruce Springsteen and the wonderful Let It Rock magazine.

E160: Richard Grabel on Hip Hop + Kool Lady Blue + Beastie Boys
September 11, 2023

Richard Grabel reminisces about his long career as a journalist and music-biz lawyer

E159: Vernon Gibbs on Marvin Gaye + Talking Heads + A&R at Arista
August 29, 2023

Vernon Gibbs looks back on his career as a pioneering soul scribe and A&R man

E158: Charles Shaar Murray on the NME + John Lee Hooker + Robbie Robertson
August 14, 2023

We welcome NME legend Charles Shaar Murray to reminisce about his career

E157: Jim Farber on Glam Rock + Marc Bolan + Sinéad O'Connor
July 31, 2023

Acclaimed New York writer Jim Farber tells us about "growing up gay to a Glam Rock soundtrack"

E156: Richard Boon on Buzzcocks + Manchester + Morrissey audio
July 17, 2023

We're joined by Richard Boon to talk all things Manchester, from Buzzcocks to the Smiths and beyond