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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

Further podcasts by Mark Pringle, Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie

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E144: Pamela Des Barres on the GTOs + Peter Asher audio + Jeff Beck R.I.P. from 2023-01-16T18:00

In this episode we welcome the truly legendary Pamela Des Barres, all the way from her native San Fernando Valley, and invite her to reminisce about the all-girl GTOs, Frank Zappa, Lowell George......

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E144: Pamela Des Barres on the GTOs + Peter Asher audio + Jeff Beck R.I.P. from 2023-01-16T18:00

In this episode we welcome the truly legendary Pamela Des Barres, all the way from her native San Fernando Valley, and invite her to reminisce about the all-girl GTOs, Frank Zappa, Lowell George......

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E89: Kandia Crazy Horse on Southern Rock + Little Richard from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, we talk to the splendid Kandia Crazy Horse — Zooming in from her apartment in "high Harlem" — about her career as a writer and singer-songwriter; about her abiding love for ...

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E88: Mark Cooper on Neil Young + Jools Holland + Steve Van Zandt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In the new episode of the Rock's Backpages podcast, we welcome into RBP's cosy virtual cupboard the BBC's former Head of Music Entertainment — and the co-creator of the enduring Later… with Jools H...

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E87: Jez Butterworth on the Band + Dolly Parton + Perry Farrell from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we welcome acclaimed playwright Jez (Jerusalem) Butterworth into RBP's virtual cupboard to talk mainly about The Band – but also about Dolly Parton and other musical tastes shared w...

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E86: Loraine Alterman on Detroit + Stevie Wonder + Elvis Costello from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode, Barney, Mark & Jasper welcome the great Loraine Alterman — live from New York City! — to reminisce about her journey from '60s "Teen Beat" reporter on the Detroit Free Press to co-...

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E85: Midge Ure on New Romantics + Van Halen + Mariah Carey audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we invite James "Midge" Ure to talk us through his wonderfully convoluted career in a conversation that stretches from Slik to Visage — via the Rich Kids, the Blitz club and Live Ai...

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E84: Jude Rogers on Adele + Prince + Sonic Youth audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, we welcome the wonderful Jude Rogers into RBP's very own Gridworld. Live from her native Wales, the far-from-obscure Jude reviews her career as a music scribe from The Llane...

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E83: Stewart Lee on Robert Lloyd + Robert Wyatt + Ronald "Khalis" Bell from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, we invite cult meta-comedian and out-there-music connoisseur Stewart Lee to discuss the new documentary he's made about Prefects/Nightingales legend Robert Lloyd. Stewart al...

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E82: Vicki Wickham on Ready Steady Go + Dusty Springfield + Labelle + Morrissey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, Mark and Jasper are joined by the fabulous Vicki Wickham to chat all things pop and beyond, starting with her experiences as producer of TV show Ready, Steady, Go! in swingi...

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E81: Alan McGee on Creation Records + Primal Scream + Oasis vs. Blur from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode, Barney & Jasper welcome the legendary Alan McGee into RBP's virtual cupboard. The Creation Records founder talks us through his storied career, from his school days in Glasgow to t...

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E80: Mary Harron on New York Punk + Tom Verlaine audio + Peter Green R.I.P. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we welcome the wonderful Mary Harron, director of cult movies I Shot Andy Warhol and American Psycho. After a brief digression on dating Tony Blair at Oxford, the Canadian relives h...

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E79: Loyd Grossman, Rock Critic + Brian May audio + (Dixie) Chicks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode we are joined by self-professed "failed musician" and pasta-sauce mogul Loyd Grossman, OBE, to wax nostalgic about the most important years of his illustrious career: those he spent...

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E78: Sheryl Garratt on rave culture + Terry Farley audio + the Streets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, we welcome former Face editor Sheryl Garratt into RBP's Zoomworld to ask her about rave and club culture – and how we got from disco to acid house to 2020's quarantine raves...

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E77: Geoff Travis on Rough Trade + Scritti Politti's Green Gartside from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, we welcome legendary Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis into RBP's virtual cupboard. Averse to nostalgia though he is, Geoff looks back on the musical odyssey that took him fr...

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E76: Gil Scott-Heron + Nina Simone + Public Enemy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, Mark, Barney and Jasper discuss the role music has played in expressing the pain and rage of Black Americans. Touching on such seminal figures as Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfiel...

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E75: Jonh Ingham's Grand Punk Railroad + John Peel audio + Lady Gaga from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, we welcome the great Jonh Ingham into RBP's "virtual cupboard". In a fascinating conversation, he revisits the peripatetic childhood that took him to California in the '60s ...

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E74: Chris Blackwell's Island Records + Sparks + Remembering Phil May from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, Mark, Barney & Jasper talk extensively about one of the great record labels — a hallowed home to such groundbreaking acts as Jimmy Cliff, Nick Drake, Roxy Music, (Bob Marley...

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E73: James Fox on Keith Richards + Little Richard + Betty Wright + Pete Seeger from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, we welcome special guest James Fox, author of 1982's bestselling White Mischief and the man who, ten years ago, made Keith Richards' Life one of rock's outstanding autobiogr...

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E72: Simon Witter on Kraftwerk + Rick Nelson audio + Lisa Verrico from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode of the RBP podcast, we pay tribute to Kraftwerk cofounder Florian Schneider, along with Afrobeat linchpin Tony Allen and Stranglers keyboardist Dave Greenfield. The excellent...

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E71: Jill Furmanovsky on Photography + Errol Brown audio interview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, RBP's very own Terrible Trio are joined by the legendary Jill Furmanovsky for a free-ranging conversation about her long career – and about rock photography in general. Jill...

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E70: The Who Live at Leeds + KRLA Beat + Ron Sexsmith audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Content warning: This episode contains discussion of assault (1:02:28–1:05:20) that some listeners may find distressing. In the 70th episode of our podcast, RBP's Zooming triumvirate talk about th...

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E69: Martin Colyer on Greil Marcus + Lucinda Williams + Rufus Wainwright from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, your regular co-hosts are joined for the second time by RBP's original co-founder Martin Colyer, beamed in from Leyton, to offer his invaluable thoughts on Lucinda Williams ...

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E68: Paul Gorman on Malcolm McLaren + R.I.P. Bill Withers & Hal Wilner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's podcast – the second to be recorded remotely under the lockdown — Mark, Barney & Jasper are joined by special guest Paul Gorman to discuss his long and multi-faceted career — and his...

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E67: Warren Zevon + Miles Davis' Bitches Brew + Dusty Springfield from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

After its enforced break, the RBP podcast returns for its first remotely-recorded episode. Mark, Barney & Jasper — all splendidly self-isolated, if not entirely locked down — are reunited online to...

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E66: Remembering Charlie Gillett + Johnnie Allan audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, RBP's self-styled "power trio" pay tribute to the late Charlie Gillett, without whose seminal 1970 book The Sound Of The City Rock's Backpages probably wouldn't exist. It is...

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E65: Michael Watts on Melody Maker + Swamp Dogg + Cramps audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, Mark & Barney are joined by a not-so-"Anonymous" Michael Watts, who regales his hosts with tales of life as the Walsall Observer's "Mick" Watts before reminiscing about his ...

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E64: The Meters + Joanna Newsom + Buzzy Linhart audio interview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, RBP's original "house band" pays homage to New Orleans funkmeisters the Meters, enjoys Frances Morgan's 2004 interview with the 22-year-old Joanna Newsom, and listens to the...

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E63: Neil Tennant on Smash Hits + Pet Shop Boys + Andy Weatherall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, Mark & Barney invite the ever-entertaining Neil Tennant to look back on his time at Smash Hits magazine — and on how he became pop's ultimate poacher-turned-gamekeeper. Neil...

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E62: Bryan Ferry + Prog Rock + John Prine audio interview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, RBP's power trio reforms to talk about all that's new – and everything that's free – on the site this week. Los tres hombres start with the solo Bryan Ferry, a.k.a. "Byron F...

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E60: Dorian Lynskey on Daft Punk, Can Audio Interview ... and Brexit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, we wave a sad goodbye to the EU with the aid of Dorian Lynskey, Guardian contributor, author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute and The Ministry Of Truth, and host of the excellen...

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E59: Laura Barton on Road Trips + Sam Cooke + Isobel Campbell from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, Mark & Barney welcome the wonderful Laura Barton and learn all about her career as a star Guardian writer – and as an author and broadcaster. Laura talks about her travels i...

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E58: James Blood Ulmer + Joan Baez audio + Chris Bourke from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In the first episode of 2020, Mark, Barney & Jasper celebrate the 40th birthday of James Blood Ulmer's startling Are You Glad to be in America? Pringle waxes lyrical about seeing Ulmer live and abo...

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E55: David Toop on art and sound + Arthur Russell + Joe Smith R.I.P. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Mark & Barney invite writer and fearless musical improviser David Toop to reminisce about his work and his long and fascinating career. Toop talks about the impact of an aunt returning from New Yor...

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E26: Mavis Staples + Bob Stanley/Saint Etienne + The B-52s audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week, Mark, Barney and Jasper start with featured artist Mavis Staples and discuss her legacy as a member of the Staple Singers – as well as her solo work with Prince and other producers. Thre...

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E25: Jordan's Story + Goth + Bay City Rollers with Cathi Unsworth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's episode, Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns are joined by special guest Cathi Unsworth to discuss collaborating with punk icon Jordan on the autobiographical Defying Gravity: Jordan's S...

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E20: Van Morrison + Pink Floyd + Steve Earle with Tony Stewart from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week, Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle welcome special guest Tony Stewart to revisit the glory days of the NME – and Tony's notoriously tricky interviews with Van Morrison and Freddie Mercury. ...

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E19: Morrissey + Minnie Riperton + Madonna with James Medd from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Joined by RBP contributor James Medd, Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle hear tales of interviewing Morrissey and Joanna Newsom for Esquire and of life at The Word. Paying tribute to drummer Hal Blain...

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E18: The Prodigy's Keith Flint R.I.P. + Jayne County audio interview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In the absence of Mr. Mark Pringle, Barney Hoskyns and Jasper Murison-Bowie pay tribute to Keith Flint of the Prodigy, revisiting three articles from the RBP archive, including an interview conduct...

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E14: KRS-One + Avril Lavigne + Alex Harvey with Michele Kirsch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Joined by very special guest Michele Kirsch, regular host Mark Pringle and irregular host Jasper Murison-Bowie start with classic Kirsch pieces on the Replacements, KRS-One and New York Dolls Syl S...

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E11: The Specials + Dave Laing + Juliana Hatfield from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hailing 'Ghost Town' as "one of the great British records", RBP podcast hosts Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns consider The Specials and their politically conscious combination of punk and ska. They...

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E10: Earth, Wind & Fire + 1960s–80s music press with special guest Mark Sinker from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Joined by special guest Mark Sinker, RBP's Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle discuss A Hidden Landscape Once A Week, an anthology on the "unruly curiosity" of the UK's music press from the late '60s ...

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E9: The Absurdities of Bros + Kenny Rogers audio + Oz Rock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Chatting about Bros and how appallingly they come out of the After the Screaming Stops doc, RBP podcast hosts Mark & Barney agree that Matt Goss is a "grotesque parody of overweening ego". Moving s...

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E7: Be-Bop Deluxe + Wu-Tang Clan + David Bowie from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this week's podcast, hear Be-Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson reminiscing (in February 1978) with Ian Ravendale about starting bands in school and working on the Futurama album with Queen producer Roy T...

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E6: Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry + the birth of Americana + NYC in the 70s from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music talks about interpreting the music of others, resents being called a country gent and loves vinyl. Your hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle debate whether For Your Pleas...

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E2: Massive Attack + Rosanne Cash + the night Johnny Thunders died from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

"Massive Attack [...] bores me to tears", says Mark Pringle ahead of their 20th-anniversary tour of Mezzanine. Following some discussion of the Bristol Scene, he and Barney Hoskyns consider this we...

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E1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hear an excerpt from a 1976 interview between Freddie Mercury and Robert Duncan of Creem about 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (among other things). Your hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle then consider thi...

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E57: Aretha's Amazing Grace + Mark Ronson audio + Tom Cox from 2019-12-20T17:00

In this week's episode – the last of 2019 – Mark, Barney & "Jazzbo" see out the year by celebrating the sheer majesty of Aretha Franklin and the posthumously-released Amazing Grace documentary.
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E56: Kris Needs on The Clash + Zigzag magazine + Politics&Pop from 2019-12-13T20:15

On the day after the UK's Tory landslide, Mark&Barney ask the legendary Kris Needs to look back at the legacy of ultimate agit-rockers the Clash on the 40th anniversary of their classic London Call...

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E54: Barbara Charone on The Who + Keef Richards + Chelsea FC from 2019-11-22T19:30

In this week's episode, Mark&Barney welcome music scribe turned PR legend Barbara Charone into the RBP "cupboard" (© David Hepworth) and ask her about moving to London from her native Chicago in 19...

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E53: John Fogerty audio + Peter Guralnick + Céline Dion from 2019-11-15T18:30

In this week's episode Mark, Barney&Jasper discuss the work of American music writer Peter Guralnick, with reference to the three free interviews featured on Rock's Backpages this week. They talk a...

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E52: Gene Clark + Mick Hucknall + Mick Brown on Spector&Soul from 2019-11-08T19:30

In this week's episode, Mark&Barney invite the marvellous Mick Brown to reminisce about his journey from editing mid-'60s fanzine Soulbeat to feature-writing for the Guardian and the Telegraph, via...

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E51: Bonnie Raitt + The Pop Group + Caroline Sullivan on the Bay City Rollers from 2019-11-01T19:15

In this week's episode Mark&Barney welcome special guest Caroline Sullivan and hear all about her journey from New Jersey to the republic of Brightonia, discussing in the process her poptastic piec...

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E50: Snoop Dogg + Motörhead + Nick Tosches tribute from 2019-10-25T18:20

In this week's episode (the 50th, no less), Mark, Barney&Jasper pay tribute to the late Nick Tosches, discussing pieces by him on Captain Beefheart (1981) and his great biographical subject Jerry L...

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E49: INXS' Michael Hutchence + Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood from 2019-10-18T19:00

In this week's episode of the RBP podcast, cocktail-lounge trio Mark, Jasper&Barney kick things off by discussing Oz rockers INXS. Ahead of the release of new documentary Mystify, they consider the...

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E48: Ginger Baker audio + Elbow with David Hepworth from 2019-10-11T19:00

In this week's episode of the RBP podcast, Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns are joined by special guest David Hepworth to talk about his experiences as a journalist, editor, publisher and now bestse...

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E47: Loleatta Holloway audio + Robert Hunter R.I.P. + Phil Symes from 2019-10-04T19:00

Content warning: This episode contains a description of violence that some listeners may find distressing. In this week's episode of the Rock's Backpages podcast, RBP's Mark, Barney&Jasper pay trib...

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E46: The Beatles' Abbey Road + Blondie audio with Mat Snow from 2019-09-27T20:00

In this week's episode of the Rock’s Backpages podcast, Mark&Barney are joined by the "Fab"-ulous Mat Snow to discuss the 50th anniversary of Beatles swansong Abbey Road. Mat also regales them with...

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E45: Madonna audio interview + Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight' from 2019-09-20T18:30

n this week's episode, RBP's original power trio is reunited as Barney Hoskyns returns from holiday, joined by Mark Pringle and Jasper Murison-Bowie. Los tres hombres commence with a discussion of ...

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E44: Simon Witter on Cameo, Zapp&House + Robbie Robertson audio from 2019-09-13T20:00

In this week's episode of the RBP Podcast, Mark Pringle and Jasper Murison-Bowie are joined by Mr. Simon Witter to talk about his career in music journalism, from Zapp to acid house by way of Cameo...

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E43: The Story of Electronic Music + Slade + Status Quo with David Stubbs from 2019-09-06T16:02

In this week's episode of the RBP Podcast, Mark Pringle and Jasper Murison-Bowie are joined by David Stubbs to talk about his book Mars By 1980, which traces the story of electronic music from its ...

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E42: Dusty Springfield + Alicia Keys + Taylor Swift with Lucy O'Brien from 2019-08-30T18:00

In this week's episode of the RBP podcast, Mark&Barney are joined by She Bop queen Lucy O'Brien to discuss her life in journalism – from her days distributing Spare Rib magazine at her convent scho...

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E41: Easy Rider + Arthur Lee with Richard Williams from 2019-08-23T19:00

In this week's episode, Barney Hoskyns and Jasper Murison-Bowie are joined by Richard Williams to discuss his long and august career in music journalism, from his writing about avant-jazz giant Alb...

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E40: Ian Penman on Prince + Charlie Parker + ZZ Top audio from 2019-08-16T19:00

In this week's episode of the Rock's Backpages Podcast, Jasper Murison-Bowie and Barney Hoskyns are joined by the great Ian Penman to discuss his new essay collection It Gets Me Home, This Curving ...

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E39: Tammy Faye Starlite does Marianne Faithfull + Miles&more from 2019-08-09T17:00

In this week's episode, Mark&Barney are joined by American singer/performance artiste extraordinaire Tammy Faye Starlite to talk about grande dame of British art-pop Marianne Faithfull. Tammy discu...

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E38: Woodstock '69 + Shirley Collins + Mark Anthony Neal from 2019-08-02T16:30

Content warning: This episode contains references to sexual violence and domestic abuse. Following the cancellation of Woodstock 50, regular RBP podcast hosts Mark Pringle&Barney Hoskyns are joined...

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E37: Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb and The Wichita Lineman with Dylan Jones from 2019-07-26T16:00

Joined by GQ editor (and sometime i-D contibutor) Dylan Jones, Mark and Barney talk about Dylan's new book The Wichita Lineman: Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song and cel...

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E36: KLF + Echo&the Bunnymen + Julian Cope with Mick Houghton from 2019-07-19T17:00

This week, Mark and Barney are joined by Mick Houghton, Let It Rock and Sounds scribe turned beloved publicist for Echo&the Bunnymen, the Teardrop Explodes and the KLF. Discussing Mick's new book F...

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E35: P. Funk Special + Hal David audio with Lloyd Bradley and Tom Vickers from 2019-07-12T17:00

In this week's episode, Mark and Barney are joined by not one but two guests. Lloyd Bradley and Tom Vickers tell the story of how they first met, Lloyd blagging his way into a singles-reviewing ses...

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E34: Amy Linden on Amy Winehouse + Kanye West + Nico + Bobby Womack from 2019-07-05T16:00

In this week's episode, Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns welcome special guest Amy Linden to reminisce about reading Creem at her local library and falling in with the punk scene in San Francisco in...

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E33: L.A. Special with Chris Campion + Elliot Roberts audio + Little Feat from 2019-07-02T17:00

In this week's episode, Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle are joined by Chris Campion all the way from Pioneertown, California. The subject of Chris' upcoming book, John Phillips of the Mamas and the...

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E32: Go-go in D.C. + Anita Ward audio + Felix Dennis and the Oz Trial from 2019-06-21T13:00

For this week's episode, Mark, Barney and Jasper look back at Go-Go, the funk 'n' roll sound of Washington, D.C.. Discussing its influences on Swing Beat and its intersections with hip-hop, they re...

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E31: Bernard Fowler's Life in Music + Dr. John audio + Andy Gill R.I.P. from 2019-06-14T16:45

Hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle are joined by special guest Bernard Fowler to discuss his life in music, from the Peech Boys at the Paradise Garage to working with Mick Jagger on She's the Bo...

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E30: Dawn James on The Beatles + Roky Erickson R.I.P. + Neil Young audio from 2019-06-07T16:00

Content warning: This episode contains a description of sexual assault that some listeners may find distressing.Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns are joined by queen of Rave magazine Dawn James to he...

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E29: Rickie Lee Jones + Harry Doherty + Rory Gallagher audio from 2019-05-31T17:00

In this week's episode, Barney Hoskyns and Jasper Murison-Bowie hold the fort in Mark Pringle's absence as he enjoys the sunny shores of Crete. Back in muggy London, Rickie Lee Jones is the free fe...

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E28: Danny Fields on the Stooges + the Ramones + George Clinton audio from 2019-05-24T15:20

Joined by godfather of punk Danny Fields, Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle hear tales from his time with the Stooges and the MC5, as press agent for The Doors and as manager of the Ramones. Plus, he...

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E27: Bruce Springsteen + Elton John + The Beatles + Stevie Wonder with Bob Spitz from 2019-05-10T14:00

Joined by the legendary Danny Fields, Mark and Barney hear tales of his days with the Stooges and the MC5 – and the five years he spent managing the Ramones. He also recounts the tale of the night ...

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E24: Al Green + Anita Pallenberg audio + Thundercat from 2019-04-19T16:15

Mark Pringle and Jasper Murison-Bowie explore what's new in the RBP archive this week, starting with featured artist Al Green. Three classic interviews take them through the various stages of the s...

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E23: Todd Rundgren audio + Orange Juice + Danny Goldberg from 2019-04-12T08:00

This week, Barney, Mark and Jasper listen to excerpts from Bill DeMain's 1997 interview with the wizard, the true star that is Todd Rundgren. Subjects include "online music delivery" and the challe...

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E22: Joy Division special + Dizzee Rascal audio with Jon Savage from 2019-04-05T14:00

In this week's episode, Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle are joined by Jon Savage to talk about his new Joy Division book This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else. Jon tells the story of movi...

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E21: Tribute to Scott Walker + Jimi Hendrix + ABC with Keith Altham from 2019-03-29T16:00

In this week's episode, Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle are joined by special guest Keith Altham to pay tribute to the late Scott Walker, an artist he interviewed many times for New Musical Express...

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E17: Remembering Mark Hollis + Dead Kennedys Audio + Mark Leviton from 2019-03-01T13:00

Paying tribute to the late Mark Hollis, Mark Pringle, Barney Hoskyns and Jasper Murison-Bowie consider the Talk Talk frontman's huge influence on "post-rock" (and even trip-hop) and trace the band'...

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E16: Curtis Mayfield + Sigue Sigue Sputnik + History of RBP with Martin Colyer from 2019-02-22T08:00

Together with special guest (and RBP co-founder) Martin Colyer, Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns consider soul giant Curtis Mayfield and his enduring influence. They hear a snippet of Julian Henry's...

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E15: Radiohead, Gladys Knight and Daft Punk from 2019-02-15T09:00

Barney Hoskyns is joined by Mark Pringle and Jasper Murison-Bowie to discuss the week's free feature, which coincides with the publication of RBP's new Radiohead anthology Present Tense. While Mark...

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E13: Sid Vicious does it his way + Bobbie Gentry's Delta Sweete from 2019-02-01T09:00

This week, Sid Vicious talks about the Sex Pistols splitting up and his inimitable cover of 'My Way' in clips from a previously unheard audio interview by John Tobler. RBP podcast host Mark Pringle...

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E12: Big Star + Prefab Sprout with special guest Jennifer Otter Bickerdike from 2019-01-25T09:00

Welcoming special guest, featured writer and hilarious raconteur Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, hosts Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns hear stories of Jennifer's days in the record business, including t...

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E8: Keith Richards on drug busts + Mick Jagger in Performance from 2018-12-21T08:00

Featuring exclusive clips of an increasingly intoxicated Keith Richards during a 2002 interview by Adam Sweeting, this week's RBP podcast could be described as a Rolling Stones special if there wer...

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E5: Led Zeppelin + Kate Bush with special guest John Mendelssohn from 2018-11-30T08:00

Welcoming special guest and featured writer John Mendelssohn, RBP's Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle present an excerpt from an interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant and discuss the finer point...

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E4: Etta James talks in 1978 + Marc Bolan + Willie Nelson from 2018-11-23T09:00

Etta James considers her life in RnB up to 1978—'Roll With Me Henry', Johnny Otis, Chess Records and working with Rick Hall. Your hosts Mark Pringle and Barney Hoskyns in turn consider her impact o...

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E3: Exclusive Sex Pistols interview + Chic + David Hepworth from 2018-11-16T04:00

Berating "idiot" Malcolm McLaren and "poxy" Vivienne Westwood, Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious hold forth, slagging off everyone under the sun, or at least everyone they can think of, in a 1977 inter...

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E1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan from 2018-11-02T10:00

Hear an excerpt from a 1976 interview between Freddie Mercury and Robert Duncan of Creem about 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (among other things). Your hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle then consider thi...

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E1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan from 2018-11-02T10:00

Hear an excerpt from a 1976 interview between Freddie Mercury and Robert Duncan of Creem about 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (among other things). Your hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle then consider thi...

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E1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan from 2018-11-02T10:00

Hear an excerpt from a 1976 interview between Freddie Mercury and Robert Duncan of Creem about 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (among other things). Your hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle then consider thi...

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E1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan from 2018-11-02T10:00

Hear an excerpt from a 1976 interview between Freddie Mercury and Robert Duncan of Creem about 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (among other things). Your hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle then consider thi...

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E1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan from 2018-11-02T10:00

Hear an excerpt from a 1976 interview between Freddie Mercury and Robert Duncan of Creem about 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (among other things). Your hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle then consider thi...

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E1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan from 2018-11-02T10:00

Hear an excerpt from a 1976 interview between Freddie Mercury and Robert Duncan of Creem about 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (among other things). Your hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle then consider thi...

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