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Charles and Grahamspeak to Sheffield's Jamie Taylor whose first book is Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from The Human League to Pulp.

Published by Manchester University Press as part of their British Pop Archive series, Jamie talks about the gestation of the book and his future ambitions.

Graham adds - post the chat with Jamie - how he bumped into Slow Horses star, Freddie Fox at the launch of the new Yorkshire Chamber Orchestra as well as a report on seeing Tangerine Dream live in Manchester. He will also talk through two good thigs about Bradford y City of Culture.

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Graham looks at the re-issued Pink Floyd live in Pompeii film: When rock was classical music.

Graham reports on meeting assistant manager of Notts County at final Harrogate Town Home match of season.

Charles reflects on his experience seeing Gary Oldman in Krapp’s Last Tape at York Theatre Royal - does Gary get it taped?

The Murder Capital live in Leeds and a new age of punk and post punk.

Graham reads an extract from the final chapter of his ‘magnum opus' on - Harrogate’s only real claim to fame as a home for premier league bands - Magna Carta.

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Charles and Graham are delighted to invite Harrogate based poet and author, Rob Cowen back onto the show to talk about his highly acclaimed new book, The North Road.

About Rob Cowen
Rob Cowen is an award-winning writer and author, hailed as one of the UK’s most original voices on nature, place and people. His first book, Skimming Stones, won the Roger Deakin Award from the Society of Authors. His second book, Common Ground (PRH; 2015) was shortlisted for the Portico, Richard Jefferies Society and Wainwright Prizes and voted one of the nation’s favourite nature books of all time in a BBC poll. His follow-up, The Heeding (E&T; 2021), was the best-selling debut book of poetry in 2021. Rob has contributed to the New York Times, the Guardian and the Independent and written radio programmes for the BBC. He lives in North Yorkshire.

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The old is the new: Graham on experiencing modern US jazz star Kamasi Washington at Project House in Leeds.

Good news for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture as art deco venue is to reopen in August with new Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra launch.

Record Store Day boost for Bradford and the lingering influence of Leeds indie scene of 25 years ago.

Charles reports on seeing both Al Murray (The Pub Landlord ) and John Simpson, journalist and broadcaster. The political connection is interesting in the light of the rise of Reform.

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Graham and Charles take a look at the struggle facing small venues in the UK, the continuing rise in ticket prices and the beauty of My Bloody Valentine.

Graham examines why The Beatles road manager and the hidden aspects of the story are unlikely to come out in Sam Mendes forthcoming films on the band.

Graham explores the work of the underrated Val Kilmer after his recent death and why he is the best thing in Michael Mann's film Heat playing opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

Charles discusses the aural and visual splendour of a Public Service Broadcasting gig at York Barbican.

Music Venue Crisis; My Bloody Valentine; Sam Mendes’ Beatles Films; Val Kilmer RIP; Public Service Broadcasting

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Interview special: Toby Manning

Toby Manning is a London-based music journalist, author, and academic with a career spanning popular culture, music, and political history. He’s best known for his work examining the intersections of music and ideology, often through a Marxist lens, as well as his deep dives into specific artists and cultural moments.

Manning’s most prominent book is Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music (2024), a 500-plus-page exploration of how popular music from the 1950s to the present has reflected and resisted political and social upheavals.

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Graham explains happened when he met celist, Julian Lloyd Webber in London at the launch of Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.

Graham also explores the sonic world of London's Fat Dog - an indie band from South East London. They’re known for their chaotic, high-energy live shows and a genre-defying sound that mixes dance, punk, techno, klezmer, and industrial elements—think something like a feral lovechild of Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, and a rave in a Brixton basement.

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Graham and Charles report that York is about to have Britain's biggest independent book store with Topping Books https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/
Is it going to be an opportunity or threat?

Charles asks what do two Robert De Niro for the price of one add up to in The Alto Knights?

Plus Edwin Collins announcing autumn final tour after releasing National Shall Speak Unto National last Friday.

Graham previews the next Vinyl Sessions event in Harrogate which will focus on The Beatles in film and the continuing significance of the albums A Hard Day's Night and Help!.

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Graham explores why Steven Soderberg's new spy/com film, Black Bag starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender isn't as good as his best and most under-rated film, The Limey from 1999 which starred Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda.

Charles and Graham chew over the headliners for this year's Glastonbury Festival.

Graham takes a look at Grant McPhee's exceptional new book on Scottish indie bands, Postcards From Scotland.

Graham relates how an enquiry from Fibbers owner Tim Hornsby led to uncovering Charm Magazine's spat in print with the early Kaiser Chiefs.

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