Music Talks
221 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsGuests choose a song from each decade of their lives and tell me how they went about making their choices and why these songs mean so much to them . Episodes are published the first Thursday of every month. If you are interested in being a guest on the show please email me at [email protected]. You will find additional content around each episode on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/musictalkspod - please 'like' and 'follow' if you can.
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Episode 9 - Jen Henshaw - Ruminations On Music, Family & Magic.
October 22, 2019 08:00 - 56 minutes - 76.9 MBThis is a ground breaking episode for me and one I am excited by and proud of. . Jen is the first guest who I got to know because she is a listener. She is also the first woman to be a guest and I hope she will be the first of many ( although to be clear middle aged guys are still very welcome :-)) Jen has over 16 years experience in marketing and communication. That experience and the innate desire to analyse and tell a story comes over loud and clear in this episode, as does her energy...
BONUS EPISODE 4 - Music Talks B-Sides - ACL 2019 Review
October 15, 2019 07:00 - 37 minutes - 52.2 MBI am back from Austin and ACL 2019. This is my report out on this years festival , the highlights, the low lights and most importantly the new music I discovered . I hope you will find something in here that will spark your interest in a band you otherwise wouldn't have encountered and if you do please do tell me if you can . It's one of the things I thrive on. This is the last of a trio of Episodes & B-Sides about the ACL Festival. I will undoubtedly be going again next year so if you ...
BONUS EPISODE 3 - Music Talks B-Sides - Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival 2019 - Preview Show
October 08, 2019 21:00 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBB Side episodes come out on the Tuesday between the main Episodes. However , given this ACL 2019 preview is ready and Weekend 1 of ACL starts this coming Friday October 4th I have decided to break with the schedule and as someone famously said " publish and be damned". My guest is Richard Horsfield , an 8 year veteran of ACL, a fellow traveler and a man with an encyclopedic knowledge of music, new and old . This is a 35 minute run through of the bands we hope to see over the three and ...
Episode 8 - Richard Horsfield - Betty Thelwell's Punky Reggae Party
October 01, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBRichard is a dear friend, a dedicated muso with an incredibly wide range of musical tastes and most importantly, at least for me, he's the man who introduced me to the delights of the Austin City Limits Festival each October. He's also from Jersey but unfortunately in his case it’s the small island which is a British Crown dependency located near the coast of Normandy, France not the state on the east coast of the US. Richard covers a raft of music in this episode (the most so far) and...
Episode 8 - Richard Horsfield - Betty Thelwell's Punky Reggae Party
October 01, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBRichard is a dear friend, a dedicated muso with an incredibly wide range of musical tastes and most importantly, at least for me, he's the man who introduced me to the delights of the Austin City Limits Festival each October. He's also from Jersey but unfortunately in his case it’s the small island which is a British Crown dependency located near the coast of Normandy, France not the state on the east coast of the US. Richard covers a raft of music in this episode (the most so far) and...
BONUS EPISODE 2 - Music Talks B-Side - Paul Simpson singing "Wond'ring Aloud" for his daughter Merrill's first dance
September 24, 2019 22:00 - 6 minutes - 8.65 MBMusic Talks B-sides are bonus episodes that are published on the Tuesday between the main episodes to make sure you are getting a weekly fix of your favorite Podcast ! I called Paul Simpson's episode "Still Wond'ring Aloud" because i knew how much he loved the song and also the band Jethro Tull . What I didn't know , until we recorded the Podcast, was that he had recorded a version of the song for the first dance at his daughter Merrill's wedding. When he sent through the track I expec...
Episode 7 - Paul Simpson - Still Wond'ring Aloud
September 17, 2019 08:00 - 58 minutes - 81 MBPaul is a dear friend, an ex-colleague, an accomplished musician and singer , a member of my favorite Seattle band The Professors , a proud family man and a thoroughly nice guy! He also has a host of stories to tell and to give you an indication of the depth of stories , we didn't even get to his stint as a nude portrait model in his youth ! Maybe we will revisit that as a B sides episode at some point. In the meantime enjoy his journey and story over seven decades. From : his first re...
Episode 7 - Paul Simpson - Still Wond'ring Aloud
September 17, 2019 08:00 - 58 minutes - 81 MBPaul is a dear friend, an ex-colleague, an accomplished musician and singer , a member of my favorite Seattle band The Professors , a proud family man and a thoroughly nice guy! He also has a host of stories to tell and to give you an indication of the depth of stories , we didn't even get to his stint as a nude portrait model in his youth ! Maybe we will revisit that as a B sides episode at some point. In the meantime enjoy his journey and story over seven decades. From : his first re...
BONUS EPISODE 1 - Music Talks B-Side - Reading Festival 97 - Premiere of The Drugs Don't Work
September 10, 2019 22:00 - 7 minutes - 9.97 MBMusic Talks B-Sides are bonus episodes that will publish on the Tuesday between the main episodes to make sure you are getting a weekly fix of your favorite Podcast! This first B Side is a great self contained story of Steven Routledge, my guest on Episode 6 , hearing The Drugs Don't Work by The Verve for the very first time at Reading Festival 1997. A 2 minute story followed by a classic song of the 90's
Episode 6 - Steven Routledge - Powderfinger Speaks
September 03, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBSteven and I met last year after we were guests on Jesse Jackson's Springsteen Podcast Set Lusting Bruce (Setlustingbruce.com) I started following Steven's excellent blog (powderfingerspeaks.com) and a dialogue was struck up. Having connected digitally over a love of music in general we then realized that we only lived about an hour apart. Subsequent discussions and listening sessions have taken place over a few beers and a bit of lunch and it made perfect sense for Steven to be one of the ...
Episode 6 - Steven Routledge - Powderfinger Speaks
September 03, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBSteven and I met last year after we were guests on Jesse Jackson's Springsteen Podcast Set Lusting Bruce (Setlustingbruce.com) I started following Steven's excellent blog (powderfingerspeaks.com) and a dialogue was struck up. Having connected digitally over a love of music in general we then realized that we only lived about an hour apart. Subsequent discussions and listening sessions have taken place over a few beers and a bit of lunch and it made perfect sense for Steven to be one of the ...
Episode 5 - Paul Daugherty - Human + Machine + Music
August 20, 2019 00:00 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBThe title of this episode reflects Paul’s lifelong passion for technology and the creative arts, and most significantly the common themes that exist between them. With over 30 years’ experience in the technology industry and as the CTO of Accenture and the Chairman of Avanade, Paul is uniquely placed to see emerging technology trends, such as AI, and help us understand the impact they will have on all of us. The passion and expertise Paul puts into his work is mirrored in his love of the...
Episode 5 - Paul Daugherty - Human + Machine + Music
August 20, 2019 00:00 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBThe title of this episode reflects Paul’s lifelong passion for technology and the creative arts, and most significantly the common themes that exist between them. With over 30 years’ experience in the technology industry and as the CTO of Accenture and the Chairman of Avanade, Paul is uniquely placed to see emerging technology trends, such as AI, and help us understand the impact they will have on all of us. The passion and expertise Paul puts into his work is mirrored in his love of the...
Episode 4 - Hrishikesh Hirway - The Song Exploder
August 06, 2019 08:00 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBHrishikesh Hirway is a musician, composer, and podcast host/producer. In 2014 he created one of my very favorite Podcasts Song Exploder where musicians talk about the creative process behind an individual song while "deconstructing" the song into its component parts. Two years later he started The West Wing Weekly podcast, which he co-hosts with Joshua Malina who played Will Bailey for four seasons of The West Wing He has made records as The One AM Radio, and scored the television show E...
Episode 4 - Hrishikesh Hirway - The Song Exploder
August 06, 2019 08:00 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBHrishikesh Hirway is a musician, composer, and podcast host/producer. In 2014 he created one of my very favorite Podcasts Song Exploder where musicians talk about the creative process behind an individual song while "deconstructing" the song into its component parts. Two years later he started The West Wing Weekly podcast, which he co-hosts with Joshua Malina who played Will Bailey for four seasons of The West Wing He has made records as The One AM Radio, and scored the television show E...
Episode 3 - Larry Hauser - From A Smirk To A Smile
July 23, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBLarry is a dear friend, a fellow music nerd, the inspiration behind this Podcast, Social Worker, Screen Printing Svengali, Author, Woodstock attendee and a New Yorker to his absolute core. In discussing how New York has changed post 9/11 Larry, in typical style, came up with the eloquent summary that New York has indeed softened and it has moved “from a smirk to a smile”. Put that on a t-shirt and I will buy it! His is a fascinating story that takes us from being a young immigrant in New...
Episode 3 - Larry Hauser - From A Smirk To A Smile
July 23, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBLarry is a dear friend, a fellow music nerd, the inspiration behind this Podcast, Social Worker, Screen Printing Svengali, Author, Woodstock attendee and a New Yorker to his absolute core. In discussing how New York has changed post 9/11 Larry, in typical style, came up with the eloquent summary that New York has indeed softened and it has moved “from a smirk to a smile”. Put that on a t-shirt and I will buy it! His is a fascinating story that takes us from being a young immigrant in New...
Episode 2 - Thomas Power - The Ultimate Networker
July 09, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBSearch on Thomas Power, and you will see him variously described as Entrepreneur, Author, Business Adviser, Professional Speaker, and an expert on Social Media, Technology and the world of Digital. He is also a fun character who always has an interesting and different view on things. In this episode, using his song choices, we plot his journey from suburban Solihull: through the early days of UK computing with ICL, Amstrad and Alan Sugar; the triumphs and challenges of the business ...
Episode 2 - Thomas Power - The Ultimate Networker
July 09, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBSearch on Thomas Power, and you will see him variously described as Entrepreneur, Author, Business Adviser, Professional Speaker, and an expert on Social Media, Technology and the world of Digital. He is also a fun character who always has an interesting and different view on things. In this episode, using his song choices, we plot his journey from suburban Solihull: through the early days of UK computing with ICL, Amstrad and Alan Sugar; the triumphs and challenges of the business ...
Episode 1 - Steve Clayton - Microsoft's Chief Story Teller
June 24, 2019 23:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBI hope these show notes will enhance your enjoyment of this episode. If there are additional things you would like included here then please let me know. SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/42mUeDCht8T7gvzHumJELh?si=S3cOBe5eR5Op2pKAjpapIw The playlist contains Steve’s five choices for each decade as well as 20 other songs referenced in the Podcast. THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE RECOMMENDED PODCAST Song Exploder - 20-minute Podcast where musicians talk about the cr...
Episode 1 - Steve Clayton - Microsoft's Chief Story Teller
June 24, 2019 23:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBI hope these show notes will enhance your enjoyment of this episode. If there are additional things you would like included here then please let me know. SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/42mUeDCht8T7gvzHumJELh?si=S3cOBe5eR5Op2pKAjpapIw The playlist contains Steve’s five choices for each decade as well as 20 other songs referenced in the Podcast. THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE RECOMMENDED PODCAST Song Exploder - 20-minute Podcast where musicians talk about the cr...