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Talk the Line

In Talk the Line our favourite bands and celebs talk about their secret - and not so secret - fascinations, passions and obsessions with host Jen Long. The podcast is brought to you by The Line of Best Fit - the UK's biggest independent website for music discovery.

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
40 minutes
Episodes
84
Years Active
2017 - 2021
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Beverly Glenn-Copeland on singing the day

Beverly Glenn-Copeland on singing the day

Beverly Glenn-Copeland talks to Jen Long about how singing the day helps him through the pandemic.

The reissue of Glenn-Copeland's 1986 masterpiece, Keyboard Fantasies is out now via Transgressive, m…

00:20:35  |   Fri 30 Apr 2021
Dodie on knitting

Dodie on knitting

Dodie talks to Jen Long about how knitting helped her through the lockdowns. Her debut album Build A Problem is released on 7 May 2021.

00:23:49  |   Fri 23 Apr 2021
Royal Blood's Mike Kerr on finding a path to wellbeing during lockdown

Royal Blood's Mike Kerr on finding a path to wellbeing during lockdown

Two years sober, Royal Blood vocalist talks to Jen Long about a cleaner way of living during the pandemic. The band's new album Typhoons is released on 30 April 20201.

00:27:08  |   Fri 16 Apr 2021
RAYE on jigsaw puzzles

RAYE on jigsaw puzzles

23-year-old South London-born singer and songwriter Raye talks about discovering a passion for jigsaw puzzles during the pandemic. RAYE's new mini-album Euphoric Sad Songs is out now and her new sing…

00:25:25  |   Fri 09 Apr 2021
Alex the Astronaut on the joys of TV shows

Alex the Astronaut on the joys of TV shows

Australian singer/songwriter Alexandra Lynn - better known to her fans as Alex the Astronaut speaks to Jen Long about losing herself in tv shows during the pandemic for this episode of Talk The Line.…

00:29:19  |   Fri 02 Apr 2021
Fran Healy on directing

Fran Healy on directing

Travis frontman Fran Healy speaks to Jen Long from his LA home about leaning into his love of directing videos during lockdown for this episode of Talk The Line. Travis’ new album 10 Songs is out now…

00:21:21  |   Fri 26 Mar 2021
JP Saxe on Bananagrams

JP Saxe on Bananagrams

Grammy-nominated Canadian musician and singer-songwriter tells Jen Long how Bananagrams helped him survive the pandemic.

00:25:01  |   Fri 19 Mar 2021
Julien Baker on trail running

Julien Baker on trail running

Tennessee-born 25-year-old singer/songwriter Julien Baker just dropped her third album Little Oblivions and on this episode she talks to Jen Long about trail running.

00:30:43  |   Thu 11 Mar 2021
Lava La Rue on visual arts

Lava La Rue on visual arts

As the founding member of the NiNE8 collective, musician, singer and artist Lava La Rue has curated incredible projects across the worlds of art, music and fashion, as well as establishing her own so…

00:23:21  |   Fri 05 Mar 2021
Tom Jones and the art of reimagination

Tom Jones and the art of reimagination

Sir Tom Jones talks to Jen Long about the artists and songs that inspired him on new record Surrounded By Time, and his approach to re-imagining those tracks for a whole new audience.

00:29:59  |   Thu 25 Feb 2021
Tancred's Jess on her passion for Harry Potter

Tancred's Jess on her passion for Harry Potter

In the final episode of our first season, Jess Abbott from Tancred talks to host Jen Long about a shared passion: the world of Harry Potter.

00:32:08  |   Mon 24 Dec 2018
The Sugarcubes's Einar Örn talks about whispers

The Sugarcubes's Einar Örn talks about whispers

Einar Örn has been famously described as the first punk in Iceland. He played alongside Björk in in the early 80s anarcho-punk outfit Kukl before joining her as a founding member of The Sugarcubes. I…

00:31:30  |   Mon 24 Dec 2018
The Sugarcubes' Sigtryggur Baldursson on why climate change matters above all else

The Sugarcubes' Sigtryggur Baldursson on why climate change matters above all else

Sigtryggur Baldursson - a founding member of The Sugarcubes alongside Björk - and key figure in the Iceland music scene over four decades - tells us about his concerns for the planet in a special pod…

00:33:07  |   Fri 21 Dec 2018
Milkywhale's Melkorka on entrepreneurialism

Milkywhale's Melkorka on entrepreneurialism

Milkywhale was born out of a performative project for dance school and has become one of Iceland's most inventive pop artists. Today’s we’re talking to one half of the duo, Melkorka Magnusdottir, abo…

00:29:40  |   Thu 29 Nov 2018
Musician, visual artist and Múm vocalist Sigurlaug Gisladóttir - aka Mr. Silla - on her love of anime

Musician, visual artist and Múm vocalist Sigurlaug Gisladóttir - aka Mr. Silla - on her love of anime

Musician, visual artist and former Múm vocalist Sigurlaug Gisladóttir has been a mainstay of the tightly-knit Icelandic music scene for more than a decade - much of that as part of solo-project-come-…

00:26:53  |   Fri 16 Nov 2018
Jim White on his passion for finding old things

Jim White on his passion for finding old things

DIY outlier musician Jim White tells us about his passion for finding old things in a special podcast recorded at this year's End of the Road Festival.

00:33:01  |   Mon 29 Oct 2018
Alessia Cara on growing pains and the awkwardness of adolescence

Alessia Cara on growing pains and the awkwardness of adolescence

Canadian popstar and singer/songwriter Alessia Cara talks about the awkwardness of adolescence.

00:28:26  |   Tue 16 Oct 2018
Japanese Breakfast's Michelle on her love of Korean food

Japanese Breakfast's Michelle on her love of Korean food

Michelle Zauner - aka Philadelphia pop experimentalist Japanese Breakfast - talks about her love of Korean food to host Jen Long.

00:26:03  |   Wed 03 Oct 2018
Ritzy from The Joy Formidable talks about living in Utah

Ritzy from The Joy Formidable talks about living in Utah

Rhiannon "Ritzy" Bryan from Welsh rockers The Joy Formidable talks about her experiences of living in Utah. 

00:37:50  |   Wed 19 Sep 2018
Samm Henshaw and his favourite comic book adaptations

Samm Henshaw and his favourite comic book adaptations

Rising R&B star and comic book obsessive Samm Henshaw chats to Jen Long about how his favourite books have made it to the big and small screens.
00:35:55  |   Tue 04 Sep 2018
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