The Afterword Podcast

Twang is joined by Dai, Blue Boy and newbie Bogart to discuss Bruce Springsteen, AKA The Boss.  From his earliest beginnings they consider the three phases of Bruce (an absurdly reductive concept inf…

At the suggestion of Paws For Thought, Twang welcomes Malc, Dr Volume, Fenton Steve and Paws to the pod to discuss the band and their brilliant strain of indy punk folk and the superb hilarious and o…

Twang welcomes legendary record producer Mike Vernon to the pod to discuss his career spanning numerous classic albums but especially Afterword favourite John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton…

Twang welcomes Skirky, Carl and Feedback File to the pod for a general natter taking in Danny Baker, shameful admissions, definitive masterpieces, what we’ve learned, recommendations of the week, mus…

Twang welcomes Word founder David Hepworth to the pod, apologising for the scruffy surroundings after the glitz of the mighty Word magazine recording suite.  The Hep is in fine form, and we have an e…

Twang welcomes Tiggerlion, El Hombre Malo and Mike H back to the pod to continue the review of Miles Davis’s career from the departure of John Coltrane through the second great quintet, the embracing…

Twang gathers in the pod with Feedback File and Nick Duvet to discuss Joni Mitchell.  We wander through her early folkie days, her (arguable) peak in the 70s, the great jazz scare and Feedback makes …

Twang welcomes Blue Boy and Dai to the pod to discuss Van Morrison. There’s little to argue with about the quality and usually the quality of the various Vans we have seen, and “Astral Weeks” is give…

No! Not something to do with healthy food. Twang, Slotbadger, Neela and Steve T convene in the pod to discuss rock biographies and the endless vista of related cultural stuff around them which we enj…

Twang, Feedback File, Skirky and FentonSteve gather in the pod for a natter about nothing in particular. The team chew over the events of the past week, threads they enjoyed, new fun discoveries, mat…

In a bumper year end review, Twang, Tiggerlion, El Hombre Malo and Leedsboy gather under the stern watchful gaze of Head Boy Ainsley.  The team cover their personal take on the year, music, books, TV…

Twang, Ganglesprocket, Feedback File and Salwarpe gather in the pod to have a hard hitting, narrow eyed look at the life, work and legacy of Nick Drake.  Preconceptions are put aside and cold objecti…

Twang, Tiggerlion, Nigel T and Steve C with special guest and Beatles lifer Simon convene in the pod to discuss the Beatles album “The Beatles” aka The White Album.  Like its subject, the pod is poss…

Twang, Skirky, Bartleby, Askwith and El Hombre Malo convene in the pod to discuss the nobel practice of being in a band - forming, storming, norming, falling apart, making a row and having FUN.  Hoar…

Twang, Ganglesprocket, Feedback File, TK Magic Words and Tiggerlion assemble in the pod, adopt “The Thinker” posture and get deep and philosophical on the weighty topic of whether music matters?  Did…

Twang, Fortune 8, Uncle Wheaty, FentonSteve and Dave Big Picture gather in the pod to discuss live albums, the good, the bad, the ugly.   The boys venture off piste into genres of which they are mani…

Twang, Fortune 8, Rigid Digit and Asquith convene in the pod to discuss TV past and present.  The square eyed team cover programmes old and new, deep dive into comedy and crime (who was in Cannon?), …