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Episode 212: Greil Marcus on Mystery Train + Sex Pistols + Jamie Reid
Episode 211: This Episode Goes 2 11: A Spinal Tap special with Alexis Petridis
Episode 210: Alexis Petridis on Acid House + The Guardian + CMAT + KISS
Episode 209: David Nathan on Dionne Warwick + the Bee Gees + Michael Lydon R.I.P.
Episode 208: Byron Coley on Beefheart + Lydia Lunch + Terry Reid R.I.P.
Episode 207: Val Mabbs on Record Mirror + Jimi Hendrix + Walker Bros + Ozzy R.I.P.
Episode 206: John Niven on rock fiction + Bobby "Blue" Bland + Lou Reed audio
Episode 205: Tony Cummings on soul music + the sound of Philadelphia
Episode 204: Chris Bohn in Europe + Sly Stone & Brian Wilson R.I.P.
Episode 203: Jonathan Gould on Talking Heads + Otis Redding + Richard Manuel
Episode 202: Paul Gambaccini on the radio + Rolling Stone + Beyoncé audio
Episode 201: Bob Merlis on Warner Bros. + Little Feat + Neil Young audio
Episode 200: Celebrating 200 episodes of the Rock's Backpages podcast
Episode 199: Phil Sutcliffe on Sounds + Gang of Four + Eric Clapton
Episode 198: Havelock Nelson on Hip Hop + Missy Elliott + Atlantic Records
Episode 197: Siân Pattenden on Select + the Bangles + David Johansen
Episode 196: Daniel Wolff & Danny Alexander on Dave Marsh + Curtis Mayfield
Episode 195: Danny Goldberg on Led Zeppelin + Nirvana + Gil Scott-Heron
Episode 194: Gene Sculatti on San Francisco + the Band's Garth Hudson R.I.P.
Episode 193: Michael Goldberg on photography + Taj Mahal + Addicted to Noise
Episode 192: Pat Kane on Hue & Cry + Sinatra + Chic + '80s Brit soul
Episode 191: Chris Charlesworth on Melody Maker in the '70s
Episode 190: Simon Garfield on Cher + Beyoncé + Luther Vandross
Episode 189: Beverley Glick a.k.a. Betty Page on New Romantics + Quincy Jones
Episode 188: Chris Salewicz on the NME + Supertramp + Amy Winehouse
Episode 187: Simon Raymonde on Cocteau Twins + Dusty Springfield + Bella Union
Episode 186: Robert Hilburn on L.A. + his Randy Newman biography
Episode 185: Andrew Smith on A.I. + Björk + The Notorious B.I.G.
Episode 184: Joe Boyd on global music + Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Episode 183: Darrell M. McNeill on the Isley Brothers + Isaac Hayes
Episode 182: Joe "Mr. C" McEwen on soul music + alt.country + Joe Tex audio
Episode 181: Mark Williams on Knebworth '74 + the underground press + Joan Jett
Episode 180: David Toop on Dr. John + Collusion + Scott Walker audio
Episode 179: Luke Turner & John Doran on The Quietus + Yoko Ono + James Chance
Episode 178: Ann Powers on Joni Mitchell + Tori Amos + Women in Pop
Episode 177: Val Wilmer on free jazz + photography + Lesley Gore audio
Episode 176: Simon Day on The Fast Show + Brian Pern + Steely Dan audio
Episode 175: Steffan Chirazi on Metallica + Jack Casady audio + John Sinclair
Episode 174: Sean O'Hagan on Microdisney + The High Llamas + The Beach Boys
Episode 173: Ira Robbins on Trouser Press + Anglophilia + Nick Lowe audio
Episode 172: Alan Light on Vibe + Prince + Taylor Swift + Townes Van Zandt
Episode 171: Kimberly Mack on Living Colour + Greg Tate + The Black Rock Coalition
Episode 170: A Tom Hibbert special!! with Mark Ellen and Sylvia Patterson
Episode 169: Penelope Spheeris on filming punk and metal + Wayne's World
Episode 168: Andy Schwartz on CBGB + New York Rocker + Mink DeVille
Episode 167: Barbara Ellen on the NME + Madonna + Spinal Tap
Episode 166: Daryl Easlea on Slade + Peter Gabriel + Shane MacGowan R.I.P.
Episode 165: Michel Faber on music & sound + Nick Cave + Captain Beefheart
Episode 164: Kate Simon on Bob Marley + Sounds + Joni Mitchell
Episode 163: Evelyn McDonnell on Joan Didion + The Motels + Carla Bley R.I.P.
Episode 162: Billy Bragg on forty roaring years + Skiffle + Woody Guthrie
Episode 161: Mick Gold on Let It Rock + Pub Rock + Bruce Springsteen + Jann Wenner
Episode 160: Richard Grabel on Hip Hop + Kool Lady Blue + Beastie Boys
Episode 159: Vernon Gibbs on Marvin Gaye + Talking Heads + A&R at Arista
Episode 158: Charles Shaar Murray on the NME + John Lee Hooker + Robbie Robertson
Episode 157: Jim Farber on Glam Rock + Marc Bolan + Sinéad O'Connor
Episode 156: Richard Boon on Buzzcocks + Manchester + Morrissey audio
Episode 155: Robyn Hitchcock on the Soft Boys + David Blue + Mick Farren
Episode 154: Richard Morton Jack on Nick Drake + Steve Marriott + Flashback magazine
Episode 153: Lloyd Bradley on Black London + Tina Turner + Steve Barrow audio
Episode 152: Cliff Jones on Gay Dad + Brian Jones + Paul Simon audio
Episode 151: Sylvia Patterson on Smash Hits + George Michael audio
Episode 150: Edwin Pouncey & Sandy Robertson on rock and the occult + Andrew Lauder
Episode 149: Andy Beckett on Pop & Politics + The Beat + Everything But The Girl
Episode 148: Rob Dickins on Warner Bros. + Leon Russell + Wayne Shorter
Episode 147: Ellen Sander on rock life in the sixties + Robert Palmer audio
Episode 146: Fred Goodman on Rock Films + D.A. Pennebaker + Burt Bacharach
Episode 145: Gary Kemp on Spandau Ballet + Pink Floyd + David Crosby R.I.P.
Episode 144: Pamela Des Barres on the GTOs + Peter Asher audio + Jeff Beck R.I.P.
Episode 143: Nick Hornby on Prince (& Dickens) + Boz Scaggs audio interview
Episode 142: Paul Gorman on the rise and fall of the music press + Time Out's Tony Elliott
Episode 141: RJ Smith on Chuck Berry + Ice-T + Black L.A. + Wilko Johnson
Episode 140: Holly Gleason on Women in Country + Guy Clark + Taylor Swift
Episode 139: Billy James on Bob Dylan + Columbia Records + Laurel Canyon
Episode 138: Kid Congo Powers on the Cramps + the Gun Club + Brian Eno audio
Episode 137: Luke Haines & Peter Buck on R.E.M. + The Auteurs + Pharoah Sanders
Episode 136: Richard Goldstein on '60s pop writing + the Shangri-Las + Shadow Morton
Episode 135: Chris Blackwell on Island from Millie to U2 + Bunny Wailer
Episode 134: Wayne Robins on Steely Dan + Donald Fagen + Denny Dias
Episode 133: Jason King on Queen + Sylvester + Boy George + Beyoncé
Episode 132: Steven Daly on Orange Juice + Suede + Sugar Hill + Lizzo
Episode 131: Robert Gordon on Memphis + Stax + ZZ Top + Robert Johnson
Episode 130: Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton on DJ history + Dom Phillips + Elvis
Episode 129: Deborah Frost on heavy metal + Blue Öyster Cult + Grace Jones + Foals
Episode 128: Robert Greenfield on the Rolling Stones + Jerry Jeff Walker
Episode 127: Chris Roberts on Radiohead + Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
Episode 126: Robert Duncan & Jaan Uhelzski on Lester Bangs + Creem + Suicide
Episode 125: Vashti Bunyan on Wayward + Nick Drake + Joe Boyd audio
Episode 124: Devon Powers on the Village Voice + Red Hot Chili Peppers + White Stripes audio
Episode 123: Joe Carducci on SST Records + Henry Rollins + Paul Nelson
Episode 122: David Dalton on the Beach Boys + the Beatles + Charles Manson
Episode 121: Peter Guralnick on Blues + Southern Soul + Jerry Wexler
Episode 120: Kate Mossman on Joni Mitchell + Lou Reed + Morrissey & Marr
Episode 119: Michael Simmons on country punk + '60s counterculture + Van Dyke Parks
Episode 118: Pete Wingfield on Soul + Lee Dorsey + Dexys + Mel Brooks
Episode 117: Holly George-Warren on Janis Joplin + the Monkees + Michael Nesmith
Episode 116: Norman Jopling on Record Mirror + Rhythm & Blues + Rolling Stones
Episode 115: Davitt Sigerson on disco + Bootsy Collins + Mick Rock R.I.P.
Episode 114: Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith + Nuggets + Led Zep IV
Episode 113: Michael Zilkha on ZE Records + John Cale + The Velvet Underground
Episode 112: Paul Morley on Manchester + Tony Wilson + New Order + Faust
Episode 111: Miles Marshall Lewis on Kendrick Lamar + Wynton Marsalis + Bob Marley
Episode 110: Jaan Uhelszki onstage with KISS + Buena Vista Social Club + Lindsey Buckingham
Episode 109: Simon Reynolds on Melody Maker + Saint Etienne + Heaven 17 + Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Episode 108: Richard Williams on Laura Nyro + Beach Boys audio interviews
Episode 107: David Bates on making hits + Julian Cope audio + Dusty Hill R.I.P.
Episode 106: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike on Nico + Jackson Browne + Britney Spears
Episode 105: Nelson George on the Death of R&B + Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis audio
Episode 104: Vivien Goldman's Punky Reggae Party + 'Launderette' + Joe Strummer audio
Episode 103: David Kamp on Rock Snobbery + 1971 + Sly Stone + Doors audio
Episode 102: Carol Cooper on New York Sounds + Stax Records + Eddy Grant audio
Episode 101: Marshall Crenshaw on Buddy Holly + Tom Wilson + Lloyd Price
Episode 100: Celebrating 100 episodes + The Black Keys + Donald Fagen audio
Episode 99: David Quantick on Pop Eating Itself + Teenage Fanclub + Marianne Faithfull
Episode 98: Chris Welch on Melody Maker + Fairport Convention + DMX R.I.P.
Episode 97: Joel Selvin on Early '60s L.A. + Jack Nitzsche + Malcolm Cecil R.I.P.
Episode 96: Adele Bertei on Labelle + Peter Laughner + August Darnell
Episode 95: Tony Russell on Old-Time country music + Phil Everly audio + Bunny Wailer R.I.P.
Episode 94: Caroline Boucher on Zappa + Beefheart + Alice Cooper + Yes
Episode 93: Nick Kent on the NME + Iggy Pop audio + Sophie R.I.P.
Episode 92: Nick Coleman on Voices + Phil Spector + Miles Copeland
Episode 91: John Simon on Janis Joplin + The Band + Van Morrison + Lillian Roxon
Episode 90: John Harris on Britpop + McCartney audio + Charley Pride
Episode 89: Kandia Crazy Horse on Southern Rock + Little Richard
Episode 88: Mark Cooper on Neil Young + Jools Holland + Steve Van Zandt
Episode 87: Jez Butterworth on The Band + Dolly Parton + Perry Farrell
Episode 86: Loraine Alterman on Detroit + Stevie Wonder + Elvis Costello
Episode 85: Midge Ure on the New Romantics + Eddie Van Halen + our Mariah Carey audio
Episode 84: Jude Rogers on Adele + Prince + Sonic Youth audio
Episode 83: Stewart Lee on Robert Lloyd + Robert Wyatt + Ronald "Khalis" Bell
Episode 82: Vicki Wickham on Ready Steady Go + Dusty Springfield + Labelle + Morrissey
Episode 81: Alan McGee on Creation Records + Primal Scream + Oasis vs. Blur
Episode 80: Mary Harron on New York Punk + Tom Verlaine audio + Peter Green R.I.P.
Episode 79: Loyd Grossman, Rock Critic + Brian May audio + (Dixie) Chicks
Episode 78: Sheryl Garratt on rave culture + Terry Farley audio + the Streets
Episode 77: Geoff Travis on Rough Trade + Scritti Politti's Green Gartside
Episode 76: Gil Scott-Heron + Nina Simone + Public Enemy
Episode 75: Jonh Ingham's Grand Punk Railroad + John Peel audio + Lady Gaga
Episode 74: Chris Blackwell's Island Records + Sparks + Remembering Phil May
Episode 73: James Fox on Keith Richards + Little Richard + Betty Wright + Pete Seeger
Episode 72: Simon Witter on Kraftwerk + Rick Nelson audio + Lisa Verrico
Episode 71: Jill Furmanovsky on Photography + Errol Brown audio interview
Episode 70: The Who Live at Leeds + KRLA Beat + Ron Sexsmith audio
Episode 69: Martin Colyer on Greil Marcus + Lucinda Williams + Rufus Wainwright
Episode 68: Paul Gorman on Malcolm McLaren + R.I.P. Bill Withers & Hal Wilner
Episode 67: Warren Zevon + Miles Davis' Bitches Brew + Dusty Springfield
Episode 66: Remembering Charlie Gillett + Johnnie Allan audio
Episode 65: Michael Watts on Melody Maker + Swamp Dogg + Cramps audio
Episode 64: The Meters + Joanna Newsom + Buzzy Linhart audio interview
Episode 63: Neil Tennant on Smash Hits + Pet Shop Boys + Andy Weatherall
Episode 62: Bryan Ferry + Prog Rock + John Prine audio interview
Episode 61: Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy on David Mancuso and Lydia Lunch
Episode 60: Dorian Lynskey on Daft Punk, Can audio interview ... and Brexit
Episode 59: Laura Barton on Road Trips + Sam Cooke + Isobel Campbell
Episode 58: James Blood Ulmer + Joan Baez audio + Chris Bourke
Episode 57: Aretha's Amazing Grace + Mark Ronson audio + Tom Cox
Episode 56: Kris Needs on The Clash + Zigzag magazine + Politics & Pop
Episode 55: David Toop on art and sound + Arthur Russell + Joe Smith R.I.P.
Episode 54: Barbara Charone on The Who + Keef Richards + Chelsea FC
Episode 53: John Fogerty audio + Peter Guralnick + Céline Dion
Episode 52: Gene Clark + Mick Hucknall + Mick Brown on Spector & Soul
Episode 51: Bonnie Raitt + The Pop Group + Caroline Sullivan on the Bay City Rollers
Episode 50: Snoop Dogg + Motörhead + Nick Tosches tribute
Episode 49: INXS' Michael Hutchence + Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
Episode 48: Ginger Baker audio + Elbow with guest David Hepworth
Episode 47: Loleatta Holloway audio + Robert Hunter R.I.P. + Phil Symes
Episode 46: The Beatles' Abbey Road + Blondie audio with Mat Snow
Episode 45: Madonna audio interview + Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight'
Episode 44: Simon Witter on Cameo, Zapp & House + Robbie Robertson audio
Episode 43: The Story of Electronic Music + Slade + Status Quo with David Stubbs
Episode 42: Dusty Springfield + Alicia Keys + Taylor Swift with Lucy O'Brien
Episode 41: Easy Rider + Arthur Lee with Richard Williams
Episode 40: Ian Penman on Prince + Charlie Parker + ZZ Top audio
Episode 39: Tammy Faye Starlite does Marianne Faithfull + Miles & more
Episode 38: Woodstock '69 + Shirley Collins audio interview + Mark Anthony Neal
Episode 37: Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb and 'Wichita Lineman' with Dylan Jones
Episode 36: KLF + Echo & the Bunnymen + Julian Cope with Mick Houghton
Episode 35: P-Funk Special + Hal David audio with Lloyd Bradley and Tom Vickers
Episode 34: Amy Linden on Amy Winehouse + Kanye West + Nico + Bobby Womack
Episode 33: L.A. Special with Chris Campion + Elliot Roberts audio + Little Feat
Episode 32: Go-Go in D.C. + Anita Ward audio + Felix Dennis and the Oz Trial
Episode 31: Bernard Fowler's Life in Music + Dr. John audio + Andy Gill R.I.P.
Episode 30: Dawn James on The Beatles + Roky Erickson R.I.P. + Neil Young audio
Episode 29: Rickie Lee Jones + Harry Doherty + Rory Gallagher audio
Episode 28: Danny Fields on the Stooges + the Ramones + George Clinton audio
Episode 27: Bruce Springsteen + Elton John + The Beatles + Stevie Wonder with Bob Spitz
Episode 26: Mavis Staples + Bob Stanley/Saint Etienne + The B-52s audio
Episode 25: Jordan's Story + Goth + Bay City Rollers with Cathi Unsworth
Episode 24: Al Green + Anita Pallenberg audio + Thundercat
Episode 23: Todd Rundgren audio + Orange Juice + Danny Goldberg
Episode 22: Joy Division special with Jon Savage + Dizzee Rascal audio
Episode 21: Tribute to Scott Walker + Jimi Hendrix + ABC with Keith Altham
Episode 20: Van Morrison + Pink Floyd + Steve Earle with Tony Stewart
Episode 19: Morrissey + Madonna + Minnie Riperton with James Medd
Episode 18: The Prodigy's Keith Flint R.I.P. + Jayne County audio interview
Episode 17: Remembering Mark Hollis + Dead Kennedys Audio + Mark Leviton
Episode 16: Curtis Mayfield + Sigue Sigue Sputnik + History of RBP with Martin Colyer
Episode 15: Radiohead, Gladys Knight and Daft Punk
Episode 14: KRS-One + Avril Lavigne + Alex Harvey with Michele Kirsch
Episode 13: Sid Vicious does it his way + Bobbie Gentry's Delta Sweete
Episode 12: Big Star + Prefab Sprout with special guest Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
Episode 11: The Specials + Juliana Hatfield + Dave Laing
Episode 10: Earth, Wind & Fire + special guest Mark Sinker on the underground music press
Episode 9: The Absurdities of Bros + Kenny Rogers audio + Oz Rock
Episode 8: Keith Richards on drug busts + Mick Jagger in Performance
Episode 7: Be-Bop Deluxe, Wu-Tang Clan + Tim Cooper on David Bowie
Episode 6: Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry + the birth of Americana + NYC in the 70s
Episode 5: Led Zeppelin + Kate Bush with special guest John Mendelssohn
Episode 4: Etta James talks in 1978 + Marc Bolan + Willie Nelson
Episode 3: Sex Pistols interview + Chic + David Hepworth
Episode 2: Massive Attack + Rosanne Cash + the night Johnny Thunders died
Episode 1: Freddie Mercury on Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell + the Wu-Tang Clang
Latest episode: Greil Marcus discusses the 50th anniversary edition of his masterful Mystery Train and listens to an audio interview with the Sex Pistols' graphic designer Jamie Reid.
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The messenger: Source /Vibe veteran Michael A. Gonzales (right, with Grandmaster Flash) revisits "the holy house of hip hop"with DJ Kool Herc (New York , 2008).
Plus Michael interviews Barry White for Vibe in 1995 and marks the 20th anniversary of TLC's CrazySexyCool for Ebony in 2014.
Happenings sixty years time ago: Chris Dreja (1945-2025) talks about playing in the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.
Plus Melody Maker 's Karl Dallas discusses jazz with sometime John Martyn sideman Danny Thompson (1939-2025) in 1976.
Years of the Cat: Caroline Coon looks back with Cat Stevens and hears about his new album Numbers (Melody Maker , November 1975).
Spice girls: The Source 's Amy Linden talks to TLC about their new album FanMail , working with Dallas Austin, their legal and financial problems and their trademark baggy clothes (1998).
Jimi Hendrix to Kate Bush: the complete RBP Audio library
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Latest episode: Greil Marcus discusses the 50th anniversary edition of his masterful Mystery Train and listens to an audio interview with the Sex Pistols' graphic designer Jamie Reid.
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