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Rock's Backpages — 234 episodes
E234: Mitchell Cohen on Dolly Parton + The Lovin' Spoonful + The Blues Project
E233: Brian Cullman on Sandy Denny + John Martyn + Big Joe Turner
E232: Tim Page on his Pulitzer Prize + Judee Sill + Stephin Merritt
Episode 231: Geoffrey Cannon on the '60s + the Guardian + Jack Bruce audio
E230: Simon Reynolds on shoegaze + dream pop + Jay-Z audio
E229: Funk special with Lloyd Bradley + Betty Davis audio
E228: Maureen O'Grady on Rave + Pet Sounds + Miles Davis audio
E227: An LGBTQ special with Barry Walters + a Grace Jones audio interview
E226: A Liverpool special with Penny Kiley and Paul Du Noyer
EE225: Adele Bertei on New York's No Wave scene
E224: Jimmy McDonough on Neil Young + Gary Stewart + Al Green audio
EE223: AOR Special with Paul Rees + Boston audio interview
EE222: Jeff Walker & Kim Gottlieb on Tom Waits + Gram Parsons
E221: Phast Phreddie Patterson on the world's biggest record collection
E220: Bob Stanley on Saint Etienne + Connie Francis + Bob Weir R.I.P.
EE219: Thurston Moore on free jazz + Sonic Youth + Derek Bailey
E218: James Brown on Sounds + NME + Loaded + the KLF
EE217: Susan Compo & Derek Ridgers on punks, goths and new romantics
E216: Pete Paphides on ABBA + Stevie Wonder + Broken Greek
E215: Simon Price on Melody Maker + Manics + Radiohead audio
E214: Lisa Verrico on Vox + Oasis + Billie Eilish + My Bloody Valentine
E213: Michael A. Gonzales on TLC + The Source + DJ Kool Herc
E212: Greil Marcus on Mystery Train + Sex Pistols + Jamie Reid
This Episode Goes 2 11: A Spinal Tap special with Alexis Petridis
E210: Alexis Petridis on Acid House + The Guardian + CMAT + KISS
E209: David Nathan on Dionne Warwick + the Bee Gees + Michael Lydon R.I.P.
E208: Byron Coley on Beefheart + Lydia Lunch + Terry Reid R.I.P.
E207: Val Mabbs on Record Mirror + Jimi Hendrix + Walker Bros. + Ozzy R.I.P.
E206: John Niven on rock fiction + Bobby "Blue" Bland + Lou Reed audio
E205: Tony Cummings on soul music + The Sound of Philadelphia
E204: Chris Bohn in Europe + Sly Stone & Brian Wilson R.I.P.
E203: Jonathan Gould on Talking Heads + Otis Redding + Richard Manuel
E202: Paul Gambaccini on the radio + Rolling Stone + Beyoncé audio
E201: Bob Merlis on Warner Bros. + Little Feat + Neil Young audio
E200: Celebrating 200 episodes of the Rock's Backpages podcast
E199: Phil Sutcliffe on Sounds + Gang of Four + Eric Clapton
E198: Havelock Nelson on Hip Hop + Missy Elliott + Atlantic Records
E197: Siân Pattenden on Select + the Bangles + David Johansen
E196: Daniel Wolff & Danny Alexander on Dave Marsh + Curtis Mayfield
E195: Danny Goldberg on Led Zeppelin + Nirvana + Gil Scott-Heron
E194: Gene Sculatti on San Francisco + the Band's Garth Hudson R.I.P.
E193: Michael Goldberg on photography + Taj Mahal + Addicted to Noise
E192: Pat Kane on Hue & Cry + Sinatra + Chic + '80s Brit soul
E191: Chris Charlesworth on Melody Maker in the '70s
E190: Simon Garfield on Cher + Beyoncé + Luther Vandross
E189: Beverley Glick a.k.a. Betty Page on New Romantics + Quincy Jones
E188: Chris Salewicz on the NME + Supertramp + Amy Winehouse
E187: Simon Raymonde on Cocteau Twins + Dusty Springfield + Bella Union
E186: Robert Hilburn on L.A. + his Randy Newman biography
E185: Andrew Smith on A.I. + Björk + The Notorious B.I.G.
E184: Joe Boyd on Global Music + Kate & Anna McGarrigle
E183: Darrell M. McNeill on the Isley Brothers + Isaac Hayes
E182: Joe "Mr. C" McEwen on soul music + alt.country + Joe Tex audio
E181: Mark Williams on Knebworth '74 + the underground press + Joan Jett
EE180: David Toop on Dr. John + Collusion + Scott Walker audio
E179: Luke Turner & John Doran on The Quietus + Yoko Ono + James Chance
EE178: Ann Powers on Joni Mitchell + Tori Amos + Women in Pop
E177: Val Wilmer on free jazz + photography + Lesley Gore audio
E176: Simon Day on the Fast Show + Brian Pern + Steely Dan audio
EE175: Steffan Chirazi on Metallica + Jack Casady audio + John Sinclair
E174: Sean O'Hagan on Microdisney + The High Llamas + The Beach Boys
E173: Ira Robbins on Trouser Press + Anglophilia + Nick Lowe audio
E172: Alan Light on Vibe + Prince + Taylor Swift + Townes Van Zandt
E171: Kimberly Mack on Living Colour + Greg Tate + The Black Rock Coalition
E170: A Tom Hibbert special!! with Mark Ellen and Sylvia Patterson
EE169: Penelope Spheeris on filming punk and heavy metal + Wayne's World
EE168: Andy Schwartz on CBGB + New York Rocker + Mink DeVille
E167: Barbara Ellen on the NME + Madonna + Spinal Tap
E166: Daryl Easlea on Slade + Peter Gabriel + Shane MacGowan R.I.P.
EE165: Michel Faber on music & sound + Nick Cave + Captain Beefheart
EE164: Kate Simon on Bob Marley + Sounds + Joni Mitchell
E163: Evelyn McDonnell on Joan Didion + The Motels + Carla Bley R.I.P.
E162: Billy Bragg on forty roaring years + Skiffle + Woody Guthrie
EE161: Mick Gold on Let It Rock + Pub Rock + Bruce Springsteen + Jann Wenner
E160: Richard Grabel on Hip Hop + Kool Lady Blue + Beastie Boys
E159: Vernon Gibbs on Marvin Gaye + Talking Heads + A&R at Arista
E158: Charles Shaar Murray on the NME + John Lee Hooker + Robbie Robertson
E157: Jim Farber on Glam Rock + Marc Bolan + Sinéad O'Connor
E156: Richard Boon on Buzzcocks + Manchester + Morrissey audio
E155: Robyn Hitchcock on the Soft Boys + David Blue + Mick Farren
EE154: Richard Morton Jack on Nick Drake + Steve Marriott + Flashback magazine
EE153: Lloyd Bradley on Black London + Tina Turner + Steve Barrow audio
E152: Cliff Jones on Gay Dad + Brian Jones + Paul Simon audio
E151: Sylvia Patterson on Smash Hits + George Michael audio
E150: Edwin Pouncey & Sandy Robertson on rock and the occult + Andrew Lauder
E149: Andy Beckett on Pop & Politics + The Beat + Everything But The Girl
E148: Rob Dickins on Warner Bros. + Leon Russell + Wayne Shorter
E147: Ellen Sander on rock life in the sixties + Robert Palmer audio
E146: Fred Goodman on Rock Films + D.A. Pennebaker + Burt Bacharach
E145: Gary Kemp on Spandau Ballet + Pink Floyd + David Crosby R.I.P.
E144: Pamela Des Barres on the GTOs + Peter Asher audio + Jeff Beck R.I.P.
E143: Nick Hornby on Prince (& Dickens) + Boz Scaggs audio interview
EE142: Paul Gorman on the rise and fall of the music press + Time Out's Tony Elliott
EE141: RJ Smith on Chuck Berry + Ice-T + Black L.A. + Wilko Johnson
EE140: Holly Gleason on Women in Country + Guy Clark + Taylor Swift
EE139: Billy James on Bob Dylan + Columbia Records + Laurel Canyon
EE138: Kid Congo Powers on the Cramps + the Gun Club + Brian Eno audio
EE137: Luke Haines & Peter Buck on R.E.M. + The Auteurs + Pharoah Sanders
EE136: Richard Goldstein on 60s pop writing + The Shangri-Las + Shadow Morton
EE135: Chris Blackwell on Island from Millie to U2 + Bunny Wailer
EE134: Wayne Robins on Steely Dan + Donald Fagen + Denny Dias
EE133: Jason King on Queen + Sylvester + Boy George + Beyoncé
EE132: Steven Daly on Orange Juice + Suede + Sugar Hill + Lizzo
EE131: Robert Gordon on Memphis + Stax + ZZ Top + Robert Johnson
EE130: Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton on DJ history + Dom Phillips + Elvis
EE129: Deborah Frost on heavy metal + Blue Öyster Cult + Grace Jones + Foals
EE128: Robert Greenfield on the Rolling Stones + Jerry Jeff Walker
E127: Chris Roberts on Radiohead + Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
E126: Robert Duncan & Jaan Uhelszki on Lester Bangs + Creem + Suicide
EE125: Vashti Bunyan on Wayward + Nick Drake + Joe Boyd audio
E124: Devon Powers on The Village Voice + Red Hot Chili Peppers + White Stripes audio
E123: Joe Carducci on SST Records + Henry Rollins + Paul Nelson
E122: David Dalton on The Beach Boys + The Beatles + Charles Manson
EE121: Peter Guralnick on Blues + Southern Soul + Jerry Wexler
E120: Kate Mossman on Joni Mitchell + Lou Reed + Morrissey & Marr
E119: Michael Simmons on country punk + '60s counterculture + Van Dyke Parks
E118: Pete Wingfield on Soul + Lee Dorsey + Dexys + Mel Brooks
E117: Holly George Warren on Janis Joplin + The Monkees + Michael Nesmith
E116: Norman Jopling on Record Mirror + Rhythm & Blues + Rolling Stones
E115: Davitt Sigerson on disco + Bootsy Collins + Mick Rock R.I.P.
EE114: Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith + Nuggets + Led Zep IV
E113: Michael Zilkha on ZE Records + John Cale + The Velvet Underground
E112: Paul Morley on Manchester + Tony Wilson + New Order + Faust
E111: Miles Marshall Lewis on Kendrick Lamar + Wynton Marsalis + Bob Marley
EE110: Jaan Uhelszki onstage with KISS + Buena Vista Social Club + Lindsey Buckingham
EE109: Simon Reynolds on Melody Maker + Saint Etienne + Heaven 17 + Lee 'Scratch' Perry
EE108: Richard Williams on Laura Nyro + Beach Boys audio interviews
E107: David Bates on making hits + Julian Cope audio + Dusty Hill R.I.P.
E106: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike on Nico + Jackson Browne + Britney Spears
E105: Nelson George on the Death of R&B + Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis audio
EE104: Vivien Goldman's Punky Reggae Party + 'Launderette' + Joe Strummer audio
EE103: David Kamp on Rock Snobbery + 1971 + Sly Stone + Doors audio
E102: Carol Cooper on New York Sounds + Stax Records + Eddy Grant audio
EE101: Marshall Crenshaw on Buddy Holly + Tom Wilson + Lloyd Price
E100: Celebrating 100 episodes + The Black Keys + Donald Fagen audio
EE99: David Quantick on Pop Eating Itself + Teenage Fanclub + Marianne Faithfull
EE98: Chris Welch on Melody Maker + Fairport Convention + DMX R.I.P.
E97: Joel Selvin on Early '60s L.A. + Jack Nitzsche + Malcolm Cecil R.I.P.
E96: Adele Bertei on Labelle + Peter Laughner + August Darnell
E95: Tony Russell on old-time country music + Phil Everly audio + Bunny Wailer R.I.P.
E94: Caroline Boucher on Zappa + Beefheart + Alice Cooper + Yes
E93: Nick Kent on the NME + Iggy Pop audio + SOPHIE R.I.P.
EE92: Nick Coleman on Voices + Phil Spector + Miles Copeland
EE91: John Simon on Janis Joplin + The Band + Van Morrison + Lillian Roxon
EE90: John Harris on Britpop + McCartney audio + Charley Pride
EE89: Kandia Crazy Horse on Southern Rock + Little Richard
EE88: Mark Cooper on Neil Young + Jools Holland + Steve Van Zandt
E87: Jez Butterworth on the Band + Dolly Parton + Perry Farrell
E86: Loraine Alterman on Detroit + Stevie Wonder + Elvis Costello
EE85: Midge Ure on New Romantics + Van Halen + Mariah Carey audio
E84: Jude Rogers on Adele + Prince + Sonic Youth audio
E83: Stewart Lee on Robert Lloyd + Robert Wyatt + Ronald "Khalis" Bell
E82: Vicki Wickham on Ready Steady Go + Dusty Springfield + Labelle + Morrissey
E81: Alan McGee on Creation Records + Primal Scream + Oasis vs. Blur
EE80: Mary Harron on New York Punk + Tom Verlaine audio + Peter Green R.I.P.
E79: Loyd Grossman, Rock Critic + Brian May audio + (Dixie) Chicks
E78: Sheryl Garratt on rave culture + Terry Farley audio + the Streets
EE77: Geoff Travis on Rough Trade + Scritti Politti's Green Gartside
E76: Gil Scott-Heron + Nina Simone + Public Enemy
E75: Jonh Ingham's Grand Punk Railroad + John Peel audio + Lady Gaga
E74: Chris Blackwell's Island Records + Sparks + Remembering Phil May
E73: James Fox on Keith Richards + Little Richard + Betty Wright + Pete Seeger
E72: Simon Witter on Kraftwerk + Rick Nelson audio + Lisa Verrico
EE71: Jill Furmanovsky on Photography + Errol Brown audio interview
E70: The Who Live at Leeds + KRLA Beat + Ron Sexsmith audio
EE69: Martin Colyer on Greil Marcus + Lucinda Williams + Rufus Wainwright
E68: Paul Gorman on Malcolm McLaren + R.I.P. Bill Withers & Hal Wilner
E67: Warren Zevon + Miles Davis' Bitches Brew + Dusty Springfield
E66: Remembering Charlie Gillett + Johnnie Allan audio
E65: Michael Watts on Melody Maker + Swamp Dogg + Cramps audio
E64: The Meters + Joanna Newsom + Buzzy Linhart audio interview
E63: Neil Tennant on Smash Hits + Pet Shop Boys + Andy Weatherall
E62: Bryan Ferry + Prog Rock + John Prine audio interview
EE61: Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy on David Mancuso and Lydia Lunch
EE60: Dorian Lynskey on Daft Punk, Can Audio Interview ... and Brexit
E59: Laura Barton on Road Trips + Sam Cooke + Isobel Campbell
E58: James Blood Ulmer + Joan Baez audio + Chris Bourke
E57: Aretha's Amazing Grace + Mark Ronson audio + Tom Cox
E56: Kris Needs on The Clash + Zigzag magazine + Politics & Pop
E55: David Toop on art and sound + Arthur Russell + Joe Smith R.I.P.
E54: Barbara Charone on The Who + Keef Richards + Chelsea FC
EE53: John Fogerty audio + Peter Guralnick + Céline Dion
EE52: Gene Clark + Mick Hucknall + Mick Brown on Spector & Soul
EE51: Bonnie Raitt + The Pop Group + Caroline Sullivan on the Bay City Rollers
EE50: Snoop Dogg + Motörhead + Nick Tosches tribute
EE49: INXS' Michael Hutchence + Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
EE48: Ginger Baker audio + Elbow with David Hepworth
EE47: Loleatta Holloway audio + Robert Hunter R.I.P. + Phil Symes
EE46: The Beatles' Abbey Road + Blondie audio with Mat Snow
EE45: Madonna audio interview + Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight'
EE44: Simon Witter on Cameo, Zapp & House + Robbie Robertson audio
EE43: The Story of Electronic Music + Slade + Status Quo with David Stubbs
E42: Dusty Springfield + Alicia Keys + Taylor Swift with Lucy O'Brien
E41: Easy Rider + Arthur Lee with Richard Williams
EE40: Ian Penman on Prince + Charlie Parker + ZZ Top audio
EE39: Tammy Faye Starlite does Marianne Faithfull + Miles & more
EE38: Woodstock '69 + Shirley Collins + Mark Anthony Neal
EE37: Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb and The Wichita Lineman with Dylan Jones
EE36: KLF + Echo & the Bunnymen + Julian Cope with Mick Houghton
EE35: P. Funk Special + Hal David audio with Lloyd Bradley and Tom Vickers
EE34: Amy Linden on Amy Winehouse + Kanye West + Nico + Bobby Womack
EE33: L.A. Special with Chris Campion + Elliot Roberts audio + Little Feat
EE32: Go-go in D.C. + Anita Ward audio + Felix Dennis and the Oz Trial
E31: Bernard Fowler's Life in Music + Dr. John audio + Andy Gill R.I.P.
E30: Dawn James on The Beatles + Roky Erickson R.I.P. + Neil Young audio
E29: Rickie Lee Jones + Harry Doherty + Rory Gallagher audio
EE28: Danny Fields on the Stooges + the Ramones + George Clinton audio
EE27: Bruce Springsteen + Elton John + The Beatles + Stevie Wonder with Bob Spitz
EE26: Mavis Staples + Bob Stanley/Saint Etienne + The B-52s audio
E25: Jordan's Story + Goth + Bay City Rollers with Cathi Unsworth
EE24: Al Green + Anita Pallenberg audio + Thundercat
E23: Todd Rundgren audio + Orange Juice + Danny Goldberg
E22: Joy Division special + Dizzee Rascal audio with Jon Savage
EE21: Tribute to Scott Walker + Jimi Hendrix + ABC with Keith Altham
E20: Van Morrison + Pink Floyd + Steve Earle with Tony Stewart
EE19: Morrissey + Minnie Riperton + Madonna with James Medd
E18: The Prodigy's Keith Flint R.I.P. + Jayne County audio interview
EE17: Remembering Mark Hollis + Dead Kennedys Audio + Mark Leviton
EE16: Curtis Mayfield + Sigue Sigue Sputnik + History of RBP with Martin Colyer
EE15: Radiohead, Gladys Knight and Daft Punk
E14: KRS-One + Avril Lavigne + Alex Harvey with Michele Kirsch
EE13: Sid Vicious does it his way + Bobbie Gentry's Delta Sweete
E12: Big Star + Prefab Sprout with special guest Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
EE11: The Specials + Dave Laing + Juliana Hatfield
EE10: Earth, Wind & Fire + 1960s–80s music press with special guest Mark Sinker
EE9: The Absurdities of Bros + Kenny Rogers audio + Oz Rock
EE8: Keith Richards on drug busts + Mick Jagger in Performance
EE7: Be-Bop Deluxe + Wu-Tang Clan + David Bowie
EE6: Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry + the birth of Americana + NYC in the 70s
EE5: Led Zeppelin + Kate Bush with special guest John Mendelssohn
EE4: Etta James talks in 1978 + Marc Bolan + Willie Nelson
E3: Exclusive Sex Pistols interview + Chic + David Hepworth
EE2: Massive Attack + Rosanne Cash + the night Johnny Thunders died
EE1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan