Keyboardist Geoff Downes has done it all down the years. Starting out in Buggles before joining one of the biggest rock bands in the 80’s and then forming Asia, he now juggles his time between the two and he still holds that World record...

In this episode, we talk with him about finding fame after applying for a magazine ad with his music college buddy Trevor Horn. He also talks about the surprise announcement of joining one of the worlds biggest groups and that world record.

A podcast you won't want to miss!

SERIES 4 : EPISODE 7

We chat with the former lead singer of the 60's Welsh rock group Amen Corner - Andy Fairweather Low...

In this episode, Andy talks about his long career with the chart-topping band before having a successful solo career of his own in the 70s and working with all the big names in the music business.

Taking time out on his tour with the Low Riders, Andy talks about being influenced by the Rolling Stones including the loss of his brother-in-law and band member Neil Jones. He also talks about his admiration for his friend Georgie Fame and working with Roger Waters and Eric Clapton.

(Recorded in 2019)

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MARK WYNTER Pt.1⁠

⁠WHO KILLED JOHN LENNON?⁠

⁠ROAG BEST TALKS EARLY BEATLES⁠

⁠ANITA HARRIS⁠

⁠DION⁠

⁠MARTY WILDE⁠

⁠CRAIG DOUGLAS

P.P. ARNOLD

Journalist and TV producer Suzan has woven her love for Elvis and The Beatles into two hilarious stories that also draw on her own dating disasters - before she met her musician husband - former Slade frontman Noddy Holder!

Speaking with Suzan Holder, it's clear that this independently strong woman has carved her own way in a male-dominated world of music. Long before she ever met the Slade frontman of one of Glam rock's most successful bands, her life experience was worth being put into print.

Her latest novel is set in (where else?) Liverpool and features a Beatles-obsessed fifty-something mother of three who gets into trouble when she goes looking for love on a dating website. Can ‘Beatles Bev’ ever find a man to love as much as she loves Paul McCartney? It’s not looking good when her antics become a

Both Shake it Up, Beverley and Rock 'n' Rose (published by One More Chapter, HarperCollins) are available from all good bookstores.

Series 4, Episode 3.

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Selling over 30 million albums, 11 top ten hits with 3 chart toppers, 10cc’s success and musical innovation is never in dispute.

With 50 years in the business, Graham Gouldman talks about his early years, the success of their Strawberry Studios in Stockport and the songwriting that has made him work with some of the greatest names in the pop business.

(Recorded in 2021 to celebrate 10cc's 50 years in the music industry)

Season 4 Episode 4

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SWEET'S ANDY SCOTT

⁠BAY CITY ROLLER'S LES McKEOWN⁠

⁠GORDON GILTRAP⁠

⁠PATTI BOULAYE⁠

⁠SHAKIN' STEVENS⁠

⁠AL STEWART⁠

⁠EDDY GRANT⁠

⁠NICKY STEVENS (BROTHERHOOD OF MAN)⁠

⁠JOEY MOLLAND (BADFINGER)⁠

⁠TONY CHRISTIE⁠

⁠JOHN OTWAY⁠

⁠ROD CLEMENTS (LINDISFARNE)⁠

⁠DON McLEAN

In the second part of the interview talking with Sweet's guitarist, Andy Scott talks about Blockbuster! and beyond...

Competing with the other Glam rockers of the 70s, Sweet up their game and show more maturity in their songwriting. Andy opens up candidly about the loss of fellow band members Steve Priest and Mick Tucker. 

(Recorded in 2021, this is part 2 of 2.) Listen to part 1  here

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GORDON GILTRAP

PATTI BOULAYE

SHAKIN' STEVENS

AL STEWART

EDDY GRANT

NICKY STEVENS (BROTHERHOOD OF MAN)

JOEY MOLLAND (BADFINGER)

TONY CHRISTIE

JOHN OTWAY

ROD CLEMENTS (LINDISFARNE)

DON McLEAN

LEO SAYER pt.1

In 2007, Sam inexplicably lost her original singing voice and thinking her career may be over, started her own ukulele school. Now she's back with a new voice and sound that will please her fans...

In this podcast, we talk with Sam about her career since she entered the pop charts with the haunting 80s ballad "Stop". Sam also reveals how her talented parents helped her during her early years and working with the likes of the Small Faces' Steve Marriott and Pink Floyd as well as how she coped with losing her voice. This an intimate podcast you won't want to miss.

Sam Brown's new album "Number 8" was released in January 2023 along with the first single released from it "Doll". Available now from www.misssambrown.com and all good record stores.

Former Stranglers' frontman Hugh Cornwell is literally coming out of the wilderness... 

As the man regularly described as the poet laureate of the punk era, you can bet his latest album Moments of Madness will ease his fans coming out of Covid. In this podcast, Hugh talks about working on his latest video with award-winning US animator Jesse Bond, his early years after leaving the Stranglers, and his recent tour before Christmas. This a podcast you won't want to miss!!!

NOTE: This interview was recorded before the recent death of musician Jet Black.

For more information on Hugh Cornwell, visit his website at www.hughcornwell.com 

On the latest II Divo tour, Steven Labrie joins the trio after the sad loss of Carlos Marín. With a new tour underway and a new album, we caught up with one of its members Sébastien Izambard on the eve of their upcoming Christmas tour...

Talking candidly on hearing the sad news that Carlos had died, Seb was not in a good place at that time. We also talk about his love of Motown, the Christmas tour, and his new solo record From Seb With Love.

This a special Christmas-themed podcast you won't want to miss.

For tickets to see the show, go to www.ildivo.com

Judie Tzuke is currently on her third Woman To Woman UK tour with Beverley Craven, Julia Fordham, and Rumer and is the songwriter of their latest charity single Humankind supporting Greenpeace and Wildlife Aid UK...

Not many kids can come home from school to witness Andrew Lloyd-Webber tinkling the ivories on their piano. To a young Judie Tzuke, this was her induction into the world of music. In this revealing interview ahead of the tour, Judie talks about her love of music, and her own personal battle to overcome stage fright. 

The new single, Woman To Woman’s environmental anthem, is accompanied by a sobering and thought-provoking video that highlights the devastating effect of human behaviour on our planet and is available to download now via https://smarturl.it/g024u8

For tickets for the UK Woman To Woman tour are on-sale now via https://www.seetickets.com/tour/woman-to-woman

Back in the 1970s, Sweet was one of the most successful pop groups to come out of the glam rock musical era. Now fifty years on, guitarist Andy Scott is the only surviving original member of the band.

In this interview with Andy from his country home in Wiltshire, he reveals how the group came to be formed and how a chance encounter in Germany with T. Rex's Marc Bolan made them up their 'glam' game. He also talks about the time they almost walked off the set of Top Of The Pops.  Along with other revealing insights into their rock philosophy including the time that Brian Connolly suffered serious throat injuries after being involved in a fight - an experience that plunged their lead singer into a spiraling world of alcoholism.

Currently, on tour in Germany, they have released a brand new album called Isolation Boulevard, this is one podcast you won't want to miss.

(Recorded in 2021, this is part 1 of 2.) Listen to part 2 here

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GORDON GILTRAP

PATTI BOULAYE

SHAKIN' STEVENS

AL STEWART

EDDY GRANT

NICKY STEVENS (BROTHERHOOD OF MAN)

JOEY MOLLAND (BADFINGER)

TONY CHRISTIE

JOHN OTWAY

ROD CLEMENTS (LINDISFARNE)

DON McLEAN

LEO SAYER pt.1