Music Maps Podcast

Join Penderyn Prize winning writer Michael Cragg to discuss all things pop in the 90's & 2000's.

It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps

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Join us to hear about Paul Hanley's time in The Fall from joining the band age 16 & being thrown in at the deep end with a gig at the Electric Ballroom in March of 1980.

Paul recorded two legendary singles Totally Wired & How I Wrote Elastic Man at his first recording session later in 1980 & they come out on Rough Trade. The legendary Slates EP comes next followed by the famous trip to Iceland which results in the 'Hip Priest' track which also featured in the Jonathan Demme film The Silence of the Lambs.

Karl Burns returns to The Fall & the band proceed with 2 drummers & both appear on the classic Hex Enduction Hour album which follows.

Lineup changes continue as Marc Riley departs & Brix Smith comes in & the Perverted by Language album follows in 1983 - we also discuss the myth of Motown Records interest in the Fall - did this happen or not?

The Fall move to the Beggar's Banquet label in 1984 & 'The Wonderful & Frightening World of The Fall' album follows later that year - however relationships within the band sour & Paul leaves following an incident in Brighton where the bands gear is stolen. His final performance with The Fall was on The Old Grey Whistle Test.

It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps

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Suzi Ronson gives us a first hand account of the Ziggy Stardust years she spent with David Bowie from creating the iconic Ziggy haircut & costumes, the early days at Haddon Hall in Beckenham, hearing Starman for the first time, touring America with the Spiders, the UK tours leading up to the final performance at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1973.

We start in 1971 when Suzi cuts David Bowie’s Mums hair in a salon in Beckenham, shortly after she first sees David Bowie walking down Beckenham High Street wearing a dress. 

Suzi meets Angie Bowie shortly after & visits their home Haddon Hall & cut David Bowie’s hair into the iconic Ziggy Stardust style on that very night. She meet future husband Mick Ronson around this time. 

The Hunk Dory album comes out & soon after David also debuts the Ziggy Stardust character at a gig at the Toby Jug in Tolworth. Shortly after Angie & David invite Suzi to come & work for them full time.

The Ziggy Stardust tour goes all over the country & Bowie somehow finds time to produce Transformers for Lou Reed. 

The Ziggy character is a sensation in the USA & also travels to Japan before the Aladdin Sane album comes out in April of 1973. The final leg of the tour is over more than 50 dates across the UK before the famous final show at Hammersmith Odeon. 

It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps

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The second part of our chat with Miki Berenyi from Lush - from the release of the debut album Spooky, the Lolopoloza tour of the US, second album Split, the commercial success of the Lovelife album & the Single Girl & Ladykillers singles, 4AD, the end of the band in 1996 & the reunion in 2016.

It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps

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Miki Berenyi joins us to talk about her upbringing & early life in Willesden Green, meeting Emma Anderson & the other members of Lush, making their fanzine Alphabet Soup, their first band the Baby Machines, changing the name to Lush, the first Lush gig at the Camden Falcon, signing with 4AD & more.

It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps

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This week acclaimed writer John Robb takes us up north to put our first pin in our Music Map in the iconic city of Manchester. We detail the bands formation & early years, first gigs around the country, the release of Sally Cinnamon, their live debut in Manchester at the International 1, almost signing with Rough Trade, recording Elephant Stone with Peter Hook, the first national tour in 1989, the debut album & its gradual rise to meteoric status, the famous Blackpool Empress Ballroom gig & more.

It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps

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Join us to celebrate the life & career of Karen Carpenter. Biographer Lucy O'Brien takes us on our first trip to the USA to chat all things Karen from her early years first in New Haven, Connecticut & then after the Carpenter family relocated to Downey, California.

The Carpenters sign to A&M Records in 1969 by Herb Alpert shortly after forming - by 1970 they are already releasing their first singles. They go on to great success throughout the following years.

Karen had various struggles throughout her life & passed away in 1983, her only solo album was releases posthumously.

Following her death her brother Richard Carpenter largely vanished from public view, but her legacy was kept alive via a 1987 Todd Haynes documentary, a tribute album in the 90s plus Sonic Youth covering Superstar & writing their own tribute in their track Tunic.

Help us put another pin in our Music Map in the LA suburb of Downey, California.

It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps

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Join us as and Penderyn Prize winning author Daniel Rachel to take a deep dive into the formation of the Two Tone record label in Coventry - starting with the beginnings of the label, moving onto the early years of Jerry Dammers, The Specials & Madness meeting at the Hope & Anchor in Islington, the Two Tone Top of the Pops Episode, the Two Much Too Young EP hitting number 1, the famous Two Tone Tour of 1979 & more.

Help us to put the first pin in our Music Map of the world in the Motor City of Coventry.

It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps

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Introducing Music Maps - the Rock n Roll Book Club Podcast, each episode we use a place as a jumping off point for a conversation about music - anywhere from the obvious to the obscure.

Join us as we build our Music Map of the world.

It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps

It is hugely important for us to get positive reviews & star ratings - if you have enjoyed Music Maps & can spare the time to do either we would hugely appreciate it. 

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Hosted by Mark Hart & Simon Cardwell

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