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The Strange Brew - artist stories behind the greatest music ever recorded

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September 4, 2025 51 mins

Step inside the legendary “tea chest tapes” with Richard Anderson from Cherry Red Records as we explore Joe

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It’s been more than two decades since Sananda Maitreya last headlined a UK tour. Now, with nine dates

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August 21, 2025 33 mins

Derek Shulman returns to talk about his memoir Giant Steps, charting his journey from frontman of Simon Dupree

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Few music biographers have lived with the Beatles’ story quite like Philip Norman. Across shelves of bestsellers, Norman

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In the second part of his live interview, Paul Jones charts his path beyond Manfred Mann, through film

The post Being Paul Jones: Reinvention, Longevity and the Call of the Blues appeared first on The Strange Brew .

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In the first of a two-part interview, Paul Jones reflects on his formative years, from singing in cathedral

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July 24, 2025 77 mins

As the voice and driving force of The Swinging Blue Jeans, Ray Ennis helped shape the sound of

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Few musicians of Mike Batt’s vintage are still pushing creative boundaries with the same fervour that defined their

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July 10, 2025 53 mins

Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett discusses his new live album The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal

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July 3, 2025 58 mins

What do you get when you mix a band of power pop visionaries into the jaws of crooked

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June 26, 2025 33 mins

Al Jardine reflects on the life and legacy of Brian Wilson and his own musical path. In the

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June 19, 2025 30 mins

Dylan Jones has long been one of British journalism’s more discerning cultural archaeologists, whether digging into David Bowie’s

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June 12, 2025 66 mins

Don Powell revisits the defining moments of Slade’s rise, from their rough-edged Black Country beginnings and Chas Chandler’s

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Once dismissed as maudlin hitmakers and later scapegoated for the death of disco, the Bee Gees were always

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May 29, 2025 85 mins

Jack Bruce was never just the bass player, he was Cream’s secret weapon: the rare musician who could

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May 22, 2025 48 mins

Still blooming after all these years, Daryl Hooper, organ grinder-in-chief and musical engine of The Seeds, proves that

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May 15, 2025 52 mins

Mike McCartney never meant to form a pop group, he was too busy cutting hair and cutting up

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Kate Bush’s Never for Ever album didn’t just mark her ascendancy, it broadcasted her metamorphosis into a true

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David Freiberg, has a résumé that reads like a syllabus in West Coast rock history. In this podcast,

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April 24, 2025 47 mins

John Corabi has spent decades stitching together a career from heart, with a voice weathered by years on

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