The Long Road Podcast

This week we look ahead to the upcoming release of The Long Road's new EP, Moonshine Elegy, featuring four brand new songs and music videos. Steve takes us back to think about an old favourite song of his, which still pops up from time to time. Kev tells us tales of the Caribbean in Kev's Kafe Korner and the Bishop shows off his bloomer!

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Responding to the #Lockdown experience here in the UK, Steve Bonham and The Long Road have written and recorded (at home!) a new song: This Is My England. Introduction: https://youtu.be/rgF0m4VLTF4 Music video: https://youtu.be/ofSG1Wbasgw Donate to the NHS here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/thelongroad1 Also this week, we join Kev on another jaunt to Kev’s Kafe Korner and the Bish fills us in on his international breadmaking exploits.

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This week, the Bish has been inspired (or provoked) into sharing some thoughts on creativity and how creative people tick; Steve brings us tales from adventures on the canals in Oxfordshire, enjoying his floating bolthole Emeline; and Kev's Kafe Korner this week is about a favourite place on Kev's travels that was rarely in the same place twice!

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Musicians and songwriters are outsiders, never quite fully integrated into the rest of society. Steve explores this idea a little and tells us stories from his upbringing, including the blue dancing shoes of his youth! Kev's Kafe Korner returns for its second outing - keep listening to find out Kev's next hot tip for a coffee. And of course, further news from the Bish's kitchen exploits.

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In these strange times, thoughts from Steve on how humans have always sought solace in the comforting arms of music, throughout the centuries. Kev's new feature, Kev's Kafe Korner - very carefully and deliberately not converted to an acronym - exploring Kev's self-diagnosed caffeine addiction, and the results of the Bish's baking experiment from last week.

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Songs are stories animated by music. Steve tells of his journey from the peak of the Atlas Mountains to the edge of the Sahara desert. Along the way, between being arrested for vagrancy, pursued by the secret police on motorcycles and attacked by a local viper, he meets a Californian girl and her partner, and it was just crying out for a song to be written about...

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Thoughts on poetry and music, rhythm and lyrics, and the creative process. Perhaps poetry is music, and music is poetry? Listen for details of upcoming Double Premiere from The Long Road, thoughts from Steve Bonham on inspiring songwriter Guy Clark and a couple of snippets from our back catalogue.

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This week's podcast explores the third and final song on The Long Road's 2019 EP, called American Wilderness. The story spreads from Derbyshire, UK to Las Vegas (New Mexico, not that other one!) via the Cairngorms in Scotland. Quite the trek! Hear from Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'The Bish' Lydon about American Wilderness.

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Chris 'the Bish' Lydon and the vagabond philosopher Steve Bonham discuss their shared musical heritage and how the combined musical styles of folk, jazz and rock combine to create The Long Road sound, and how the songwritiing process with The Long Road works. We also take a dive into how the song Wrapped Up In You came to be.

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Join Steve Bonham and Chris 'the Bish' Lydon as they discuss The Long Road "Going Back To The Source", a look back at Steve's time with the Zuni people of New Mexico, some preview chat about the new songs from The Long Road coming your way in 2020 - and The Bishop's Daily Bread features this week: GRANARY LOAVES.

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