I Never Thought It Would Happen
Singer-songwriter Chris Difford (Squeeze) is joined by musical guests to talk about the highs and lows of their career in this new podcast from Help Musicians. Series 4 returns on Tuesday March 19th with James Blunt. Listen to our previous episodes now and find out more at www.HelpMusicians.org.uk
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 74
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
S1 Ep13: I Never Thought It Would Happen - KT Tunstall
In this episode Chris enjoys a compelling and candid conversation with singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. From her upbringing in the countryside around St Andrews in Scotland, to busking around Europe to…
00:55:32 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
S1 Ep12: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Tom Odell
In this episode, Chris invites singer-songwriter Tom Odell to discuss the highs and the lows of the fine art of songwriting. The pair also discuss their shared history which goes back to Tom's time a…
00:39:39 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
S1 Ep11: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Tim Burgess
In this episode Chris is joined by Tim Burgess, the frontman for The Charlatans, a man who's now a household name for his Twitter Listening Party, which has featured everyone from Art Of Noise to The…
00:41:28 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
S1 Ep10: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Amy Wadge
Joining Chris in this episode is Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Amy Wadge. Amy was gripped by music from a very early age and was writing her own songs on the family piano at 9 years old, and…
00:42:36 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
S1 Ep9: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Alfie Boe
In this episode Chris is joined by a lad from Fleetwood in Lancashire, who was discovered by Baz Luhrmann and is now recognised as one of the most gifted and popular British classical singers. In th…
00:47:23 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
S1 Ep8: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Midge Ure
Midge Ure is the musician joining Chris in this episode, to discuss his long and highly eclectic career. From his inauspicious start in a teen pop band to work alongside Sex Pistol Glenn Matlock, thr…
00:51:46 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
S1 Ep7: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Yungblud
Joining Chris for this episode is Doncaster born actor and genre hopping musician, Dominic Harrison - who's better known as Yungblud. In a funny, profound and sometimes profane conversation the duo c…
00:42:52 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
S1 Ep6: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Evelyn Glennie
Joining Chris in this episode is the world's foremost solo percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie. Topics covered in the conversation include her idyllic childhood in the spacious rural countryside of Ab…
00:47:29 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
S1 Ep5: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Billy Bragg
Joining Chris on this episode is Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter, activist, "one-man Clash" and skiffle aficionado. Across the conversation Billy discusses his first musical loves, how hr came to pick…
00:44:08 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
S1 Ep4: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Nitin Sawhney
In this episode of Chris' podcast, he's joined by the composer, multi-instrumentalist and multi-award winning Nitin Sawhney. Raised in Kent in a musical family, the young Nitin would pore over his da…
00:50:24 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
S1 Ep3: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Ruby Turner
Joining Chris in this episode is the vocal legend Ruby Turner. Born in Jamaica before moving to Birmingham in the Seventies, Ruby was brought up surrounded by music. In Chris' company, Ruby reveals t…
00:46:37 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
S1 Ep2: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Robbie Williams
In this episode, Chris is joined by Robbie Williams for a very funny and frank conversation. They cover everything from Robbie's childhood in a pub to the origins of Take That, how the songwriter wit…
00:49:18 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
S1 Ep1: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Sting
Joining Chris in this first episode is Sting, the superstar songwriter, singer, band leader, actor and, of course, frontman for The Police. Chris has known Sting since the last Seventies, when they s…
00:44:27 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
S1: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Chris Difford
Episode 1 is out on Monday August 9th - subscribe now
00:01:11 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
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