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Podcasts from Jonny Brick. View his portfolio at jonnybrick.com, with information on Now That's What I Call NOW (2018) and A Country Way of Life (2018).
Episodes
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Fergus Sings The Blues
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The fifth mixtape celebrates Deacon Blue, a band led by Ricky Ross who make anthemic pop with a Celtic feel.
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Chocolate Girl
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The fifth mixtape celebrates Deacon Blue, a band led by Ricky Ross who make anthemic pop with a Celtic feel.
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Wages Day
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The fifth mixtape celebrates Deacon Blue, a band led by Ricky Ross who make anthemic pop with a Celtic feel.
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Real Gone Kid
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The fifth mixtape celebrates Deacon Blue, a band led by Ricky Ross who make anthemic pop with a Celtic feel.
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Damiano Benzoni
Damiano Benzoni is fluent in five languages, made a documentary about the Romanian club Petrolul Ploiesti which was reborn after bankruptcy, and ran a successful channel about Italian football to coincide with their EURO 2020 victory. Damiano’s book about Berlin, published in Italian in 2025, has...
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Winter
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The fourth mixtape celebrates Teenage Fanclub, a band with three songwriters whose gorgeous harmonies are contained in masterful pop...
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Ain't That Enough
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The fourth mixtape celebrates Teenage Fanclub, a band with three songwriters whose gorgeous harmonies are contained in masterful pop...
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Start Again
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The fourth mixtape celebrates Teenage Fanclub, a band with three songwriters whose gorgeous harmonies are contained in masterful pop...
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Sparky's Dream
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The fourth mixtape celebrates Teenage Fanclub, a band with three songwriters whose gorgeous harmonies are contained in masterful pop...
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Russ Johnson
The latest visitor to the Football Library helps me tick off Stockport County, a team which, when I started to Read the 92 in 2020, were not even in the Football League. They were one game away from the Championship in 2026, and have started the 2026/27 League One season well. Russ Johnson…
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Jehovah Made This Joint For You
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The third mixtape celebrates Gregg Alexander, who retreated from the spotlight after his time in New Radicals and ended up enjoying a...
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Life Is A Rollercoaster
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The third mixtape celebrates Gregg Alexander, who retreated from the spotlight after his time in New Radicals and ended up enjoying a...
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Lovin Each Day
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The third mixtape celebrates Gregg Alexander, who retreated from the spotlight after his time in New Radicals and ended up enjoying a...
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On The Horizon
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The third mixtape celebrates Gregg Alexander, who retreated from the spotlight after his time in New Radicals and ended up enjoying a...
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Murder on the Dancefloor
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The third mixtape celebrates Gregg Alexander, who retreated from the spotlight after his time in New Radicals and ended up enjoying a...
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You Get What You Give
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The third mixtape celebrates Gregg Alexander, who retreated from the spotlight after his time in New Radicals and ended up enjoying a...
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Andrew Stephen
Andrew Stephen helps me tick off Cambridge United in my quest to Read the 92 and find authors from every club in the top four divisions of English football. The editor of the Amber News fanzine, he has written two books about the last two seasons in the club's history: The Season That Nearly Was,...
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Too Much Too Little Too Late
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The second mixtape celebrates the music of Jellyfish, who only released two albums in 1990 and 1993 but remain beloved for their...
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The Ghost at Number One
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The second mixtape celebrates the music of Jellyfish, who only released two albums in 1990 and 1993 but remain beloved for their...
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Now She Knows She's Wrong
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The second mixtape celebrates the music of Jellyfish, who only released two albums in 1990 and 1993 but remain beloved for their...
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That Is Why
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The second mixtape celebrates the music of Jellyfish, who only released two albums in 1990 and 1993 but remain beloved for their...
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New Mistake
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The second mixtape celebrates the music of Jellyfish, who only released two albums in 1990 and 1993 but remain beloved for their...
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Baby's Coming Back
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The second mixtape celebrates the music of Jellyfish, who only released two albums in 1990 and 1993 but remain beloved for their...
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Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind by jonny_brick
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A Dream Goes On Forever
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The first mixtape celebrates the music of Todd Rundgren, who often played every instrument and sang every note on his self-produced...
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Couldn't I Just Tell You
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The first mixtape celebrates the music of Todd Rundgren, who often played every instrument and sang every note on his self-produced...
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Hello It's Me
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The first mixtape celebrates the music of Todd Rundgren, who often played every instrument and sang every note on his self-produced...
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I Saw the Light
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The first mixtape celebrates the music of Todd Rundgren, who often played every instrument and sang every note on his self-produced...
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We Gotta Get You a Woman
In the autumn of 2026, Jonny Brick presents a series of ten Songwriter Mixtapes, where he performs songs by acts who continue to inspire him with their songcraft. The first mixtape celebrates the music of Todd Rundgren, who often played every instrument and sang every note on his self-produced...
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David Herd
Glasgow Rangers historian David Herd has written several books on the club and contributes to fan media too. The most recent is The Nearly Men, which chronicles the years in the late 1960s when the other club in the city were dominant in spite of Rangers' talent. Find the book here:...
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Rich Chamberlain
Rich Chamberlain has followed Coventry City through good times and bad. Four decades after the Sky Blues won the FA Cup, they are back in the Premier League and, more importantly, the CBS Arena belongs to them. Rich published two books over the summer of 2026: Sky Blue Fall, which chronicles six...
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NOW 124 Be By You
NOW 124 Be By You by jonny_brick
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NOW 123 Choosin' Texas
NOW 123 Choosin' Texas by jonny_brick
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NOW 122 Man I Need
NOW 122 Man I Need by jonny_brick
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NOW 121 Love Me Not
NOW 121 Love Me Not by jonny_brick
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David Proudlove III
David Proudlove completes his hat-trick with a third visit to the Football Library to promote his third book on football. This one looks at the informal games that kids have enjoyed over the last 150 years, which have helped develop a magnificent septet of footballers about whom Proudlove writes:...
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Alex Bysouth
Alex Bysouth writes for the BBC Sport website, where he has to be very careful about declaring his allegiance for Tottenham Hotspur. He had no such problems in his book Football for the Soul, a travelogue with dashes of memoir and plenty of heart. Alex comes into the Football Library to talk…
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Todd Smith
Todd Smith from Minnesota became Todd From America when he travelled to the UK to write Relegated, a recently published travelogue which takes us from Grimsby and Nailsworth to Clapton and Tottenham, via five-a-side games and the Scottish Highlands & Islands. Find the book, which is also…
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Dr Peter Donaldson
The Football Literary Society returns for the 2026/27 season with authors who have put out books in the last 18 months. First up is Doctor Peter Donaldson, author of two books which look at sporting figures who have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award (And The Winner Is, 2024) and…
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The Work Tape - Katy Hurt
Katy Hurt releases her 13-track album Gimme A Break on May 23. She joins Jonny Brick of A Country Way of Life to talk about inspiration and composition in equal measure. The Work Tape offers songwriters the chance to talk about how they write, and explores their existing catalogue. Find out more…
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The Work Tape - Tricia Duffy aka Little Lore
Tricia Duffy, who records as Little Lore, has just released the six-song EP River Stories. In the first of a new series from A Country Way of Life, Tricia joins Jonny Brick to write a song, Break First. The Work Tape offers songwriters the chance to talk about how they write, and explores their...
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Holly Hunt
Here's Rotherham United fan Paul Chuckle reading the new book by Holly Hunt, a fellow Miller who chronicles The Greatest of Great Escapes. In Spring 2016, Neil Warnock guided Rotherham, the club he once played for, to Championship safety, and Holly was watching on with delight. Find the book…
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Matt Coughlan Returns
Matt Coughlan returns to the Football Literary Society to promote Groundhopper, the sequel to his book Turncoat. He sets himself the task of hitting 100 grounds, and burrows into the non-league scene to unearth some hidden gems and criticise some of the less good places to watch football. Find…
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NOW 120 APT
NOW 120 APT by jonny_brick
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Scott Walkinshaw
Scott Walkinshaw, who runs the Oxblogger Substack, has written a book on Oxford United's Glory Years, in which he chronicles the club's rise up to the First Division in the 1980s. Find the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glory-Years-Oxford-United-1980s/dp/1801509352
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Chris Lee III
Chris Lee completes a hat-trick of visits to the Football Literary Society, as he comes to plug Shades of Green, a picaresque journey through the island of Ireland and its football teams. Find the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shades-Green-Journey-Irish-Football/dp/1801509476
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Leo Ackerman and Alex Urwin
Leo Ackerman and Alex Urwin both captained the Oxford University First XI in the late 2010s, under the inspirational coaching of Mickey Lewis. After Mickey's death in 2021, Leo and Alex spent three years working on his biography Mad Dog, where commentators, players and coaches had not one bad…
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Matthew Oldroyd
Matthew Oldroyd's book Trailblazers runs through the past 160 years of Nottingham Forest FC. Matthew, who is involved in Forest fan group Forza Garibaldi, has endured plenty of ups and downs in a lifetime of support for the club, whose remarkable history he has spent five years researching. Find...
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Chris Evans Returns
Making a return visit to the Literary Society, Chris Evans has written a biography of 'football icon' Gary Lineker. Although he touches on his post-football career in TV, podcasting and politics, he is more interested in his time playing for Leicester City, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and…
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Ronny Blaschke
When it comes to football literature with heft and panache, Ronny Blaschke is Germany's answer to Jonathan Wilson. Ronny's book Football and Racism won awards at home in 2024, and it has just been published in an English translation. He spoke to over 120 people in his investigation of how...
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Podcasts from Jonny Brick. View his portfolio at jonnybrick.com, with information on Now That's What I Call NOW (2018) and A Country Way of Life (2018).
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