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E237: Tonya Pendleton on Prince + Lil' Kim + D'Angelo + Amy Winehouse

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E236: Nik Cohn and Ben Ratliff on Corner Boy + Awopbopaloobop

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E235: Tony Fletcher on Jamming! + The Jam + U2 audio interview

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E234: Mitchell Cohen on Dolly Parton + The Lovin' Spoonful + The Blues Project

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E233: Brian Cullman on Sandy Denny + John Martyn + Big Joe Turner

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E232: Tim Page on his Pulitzer Prize + Judee Sill + Stephin Merritt

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Episode 231: Geoffrey Cannon on the '60s + the Guardian + Jack Bruce audio

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E230: Simon Reynolds on shoegaze + dream pop + Jay-Z audio

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E229: Funk special with Lloyd Bradley + Betty Davis audio

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E228: Maureen O'Grady on Rave + Pet Sounds + Miles Davis audio

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E227: An LGBTQ special with Barry Walters + a Grace Jones audio interview

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E226: A Liverpool special with Penny Kiley and Paul Du Noyer

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E225: Adele Bertei on New York's No Wave scene

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E224: Jimmy McDonough on Neil Young + Gary Stewart + Al Green audio

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E223: AOR Special with Paul Rees + Boston audio interview

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E222: Jeff Walker & Kim Gottlieb on Tom Waits + Gram Parsons

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E221: Phast Phreddie Patterson on the world's biggest record collection

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E220: Bob Stanley on Saint Etienne + Connie Francis + Bob Weir R.I.P.

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E219: Thurston Moore on free jazz + Sonic Youth + Derek Bailey

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E218: James Brown on Sounds + NME + Loaded + the KLF

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E217: Susan Compo & Derek Ridgers on punks, goths and new romantics

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E216: Pete Paphides on ABBA + Stevie Wonder + Broken Greek

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E215: Simon Price on Melody Maker + Manics + Radiohead audio

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E214: Lisa Verrico on Vox + Oasis + Billie Eilish + My Bloody Valentine

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E213: Michael A. Gonzales on TLC + The Source + DJ Kool Herc

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E212: Greil Marcus on Mystery Train + Sex Pistols + Jamie Reid

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This Episode Goes 2 11: A Spinal Tap special with Alexis Petridis

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E210: Alexis Petridis on Acid House + The Guardian + CMAT + KISS

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E209: David Nathan on Dionne Warwick + the Bee Gees + Michael Lydon R.I.P.

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E208: Byron Coley on Beefheart + Lydia Lunch + Terry Reid R.I.P.

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E207: Val Mabbs on Record Mirror + Jimi Hendrix + Walker Bros. + Ozzy R.I.P.

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E206: John Niven on rock fiction + Bobby "Blue" Bland + Lou Reed audio

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E205: Tony Cummings on soul music + The Sound of Philadelphia

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E204: Chris Bohn in Europe + Sly Stone & Brian Wilson R.I.P.

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E203: Jonathan Gould on Talking Heads + Otis Redding + Richard Manuel

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E202: Paul Gambaccini on the radio + Rolling Stone + Beyoncé audio

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E201: Bob Merlis on Warner Bros. + Little Feat + Neil Young audio

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E200: Celebrating 200 episodes of the Rock's Backpages podcast

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E199: Phil Sutcliffe on Sounds + Gang of Four + Eric Clapton

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E198: Havelock Nelson on Hip Hop + Missy Elliott + Atlantic Records

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E197: Siân Pattenden on Select + the Bangles + David Johansen

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E196: Daniel Wolff & Danny Alexander on Dave Marsh + Curtis Mayfield

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E195: Danny Goldberg on Led Zeppelin + Nirvana + Gil Scott-Heron

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E194: Gene Sculatti on San Francisco + the Band's Garth Hudson R.I.P.

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E193: Michael Goldberg on photography + Taj Mahal + Addicted to Noise

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E192: Pat Kane on Hue & Cry + Sinatra + Chic + '80s Brit soul

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E191: Chris Charlesworth on Melody Maker in the '70s

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E190: Simon Garfield on Cher + Beyoncé + Luther Vandross

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E189: Beverley Glick a.k.a. Betty Page on New Romantics + Quincy Jones

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E188: Chris Salewicz on the NME + Supertramp + Amy Winehouse

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E187: Simon Raymonde on Cocteau Twins + Dusty Springfield + Bella Union

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E186: Robert Hilburn on L.A. + his Randy Newman biography

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E185: Andrew Smith on A.I. + Björk + The Notorious B.I.G.

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E184: Joe Boyd on Global Music + Kate & Anna McGarrigle

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E183: Darrell M. McNeill on the Isley Brothers + Isaac Hayes

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E182: Joe "Mr. C" McEwen on soul music + alt.country + Joe Tex audio

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E181: Mark Williams on Knebworth '74 + the underground press + Joan Jett

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E180: David Toop on Dr. John + Collusion + Scott Walker audio

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E179: Luke Turner & John Doran on The Quietus + Yoko Ono + James Chance

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E178: Ann Powers on Joni Mitchell + Tori Amos + Women in Pop

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E177: Val Wilmer on free jazz + photography + Lesley Gore audio

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E176: Simon Day on the Fast Show + Brian Pern + Steely Dan audio

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E175: Steffan Chirazi on Metallica + Jack Casady audio + John Sinclair

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E174: Sean O'Hagan on Microdisney + The High Llamas + The Beach Boys

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E173: Ira Robbins on Trouser Press + Anglophilia + Nick Lowe audio

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E172: Alan Light on Vibe + Prince + Taylor Swift + Townes Van Zandt

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E171: Kimberly Mack on Living Colour + Greg Tate + The Black Rock Coalition

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E170: A Tom Hibbert special!! with Mark Ellen and Sylvia Patterson

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E169: Penelope Spheeris on filming punk and heavy metal + Wayne's World

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E168: Andy Schwartz on CBGB + New York Rocker + Mink DeVille

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E167: Barbara Ellen on the NME + Madonna + Spinal Tap

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E166: Daryl Easlea on Slade + Peter Gabriel + Shane MacGowan R.I.P.

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E165: Michel Faber on music & sound + Nick Cave + Captain Beefheart

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E164: Kate Simon on Bob Marley + Sounds + Joni Mitchell

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E163: Evelyn McDonnell on Joan Didion + The Motels + Carla Bley R.I.P.

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E162: Billy Bragg on forty roaring years + Skiffle + Woody Guthrie

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E161: Mick Gold on Let It Rock + Pub Rock + Bruce Springsteen + Jann Wenner

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E160: Richard Grabel on Hip Hop + Kool Lady Blue + Beastie Boys

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E159: Vernon Gibbs on Marvin Gaye + Talking Heads + A&R at Arista

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E158: Charles Shaar Murray on the NME + John Lee Hooker + Robbie Robertson

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E157: Jim Farber on Glam Rock + Marc Bolan + Sinéad O'Connor

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E156: Richard Boon on Buzzcocks + Manchester + Morrissey audio

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E155: Robyn Hitchcock on the Soft Boys + David Blue + Mick Farren

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E154: Richard Morton Jack on Nick Drake + Steve Marriott + Flashback magazine

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E153: Lloyd Bradley on Black London + Tina Turner + Steve Barrow audio

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E152: Cliff Jones on Gay Dad + Brian Jones + Paul Simon audio

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E151: Sylvia Patterson on Smash Hits + George Michael audio

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E150: Edwin Pouncey & Sandy Robertson on rock and the occult + Andrew Lauder

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E149: Andy Beckett on Pop & Politics + The Beat + Everything But The Girl

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E148: Rob Dickins on Warner Bros. + Leon Russell + Wayne Shorter

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E147: Ellen Sander on rock life in the sixties + Robert Palmer audio

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E146: Fred Goodman on Rock Films + D.A. Pennebaker + Burt Bacharach

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E145: Gary Kemp on Spandau Ballet + Pink Floyd + David Crosby R.I.P.

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E144: Pamela Des Barres on the GTOs + Peter Asher audio + Jeff Beck R.I.P.

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E143: Nick Hornby on Prince (& Dickens) + Boz Scaggs audio interview

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E142: Paul Gorman on the rise and fall of the music press + Time Out's Tony Elliott

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E141: RJ Smith on Chuck Berry + Ice-T + Black L.A. + Wilko Johnson

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E140: Holly Gleason on Women in Country + Guy Clark + Taylor Swift

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E139: Billy James on Bob Dylan + Columbia Records + Laurel Canyon

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E138: Kid Congo Powers on the Cramps + the Gun Club + Brian Eno audio

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