Music Maps Podcast

Tim Booth joins us this week to talk about his new book 'When I Died For The First Time' out now on Constable (imprint of Little Brown).

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Helen O'Hara joins us as we talk through her early career from getting a knock on the door to play with Kevin Archer's The Blue Ox Babes to later joining Dexys Midnight Runners.

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This week we make our first visit to Birmingham to trace the history & early years of Dexys Midnight Runners

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FIXED AUDIO - sorry the original audio was the previous episode with Thurston Moore, meaning anyone who had already downloaded before we fixed it cannot update to the new audio. So here is a new vers…

Join writer John Niven to have a chat about Bob Dylan & the Band & the time they spent in Woodstock.

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Thurston Moore returns for the 2nd part of our chat.

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This week we welcome Thurston Moore formerly of Sonic Youth to Music Maps.

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Writer & musician Willy Vlautin (Richmond Fontaine, The Delines) joins us to talk about his new book The Horse on Faber & Faber.

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Join us on our first trip to the mighty music city of Sheffield as Martyn Ware guides us through growing up in the city.

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Richard Norris talks us through the birth of Acid House at clubs such as Shoom, Future & Heaven.

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Acclaimed music writer Tom Doyle is our guide this week as we take a deep dive into the formative years & early career of Kate Bush.

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Join us & take a stroll down the Kings Road with writer Max Decharne as our guide.

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Join us on our first trip to The Hacienda in Manchester as we talk to DJ Paulette about her early days & first DJ gigs, her influences, launching the iconic Flesh night at the Hacienda (Manchester's …

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

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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 s…

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…

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 &…

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 Ma…

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 count…

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 …