Best CDS Stories Podcasts (2024)

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Movies Songs You Requested 1:10:28

36m ago1:10:28

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Righteous Brothers Sam the Sham Kenny Loggins and so much moreBy ebouwsma

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The Oasis reunion – feuds, cash, symbolism and the desire to repair our imperfect lives 33:36

1h ago33:36

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David, Mark and our token bucket-hatted parka monkey Alex tackle the return of Oasis, its grip on the public imagination and why they’re the biggest band of the last 30 years, which includes … … the Gallaghers’ mixed fortunes since 2009. … who won the battle of the underdogs. … “Noel has a thousand buttons, Liam has a thousand fingers”. … why the ‘…

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Talking with Jim and Tim 42:04

6d ago42:04

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Some new music and a lot of memoriesBy ebouwsma

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Female Rock n Roll Singers of the 50s 41:02

4h ago41:02

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Connie Francis Wanda Jackson Jackie Johnson Sparkle Moore and moreBy ebouwsma

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Are comedians more competitive than rock stars? 44:15

34m ago44:15

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In a concerted effort to put the world to rights, David and Mark ruminate upon the following … … Kylie and the Wiggles? Canned Heat and the Chipmunks? Real or invented pop star/childrens’ entertainer collaborations. .. the charmed life of Greg Kihn. … will the BBC have any archive left if it keeps cancelling presenters? … why Inside Llewyn Davis wo…

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Story Songs 1:12:13

21h ago1:12:13

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Bob Seger Jim Croce Arlo Guthrie Jimmy Buffett Jim Croce Joan Baez and moreBy ebouwsma

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Records I haven't used in previous shows 57:43

6d ago57:43

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Ray Charles Dr Hook Blood Sweat & Tears Grass roots Frankie Valli and moreBy ebouwsma

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Johnny Beatle’, early Blondie, Led Zeppelin’s plane and seven fabulous years at the Melody Maker. 45:55

1h ago45:55

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Rock journalism as an occupation is rapidly heading in the direction of the watch-mender or lamplighter so Chris Charlesworth’s account of life at the Melody Maker in the ‘70s is already starting to feel like an historic document. ‘Just Backdated’ covers a time when the rock press set the agenda, sold over half a million copies a week and was court…

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i'm trying something different let me know what you think 54:13

9d ago54:13

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Various ArtistsBy ebouwsma

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One-word rock star mimicry, bands who shouldn’t reform & the best thing about Taylor Swift 42:01

4d ago42:01

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With David asleep on a French sun-lounger beneath a copy of Summer Lightning, Alex and Mark pour themselves a cold drink and consider … … the great ska floor-fillers. … taking kids to rock concerts. … the fate of all bands: “as musicianship improves, vocals decline”. … left-field Beatles songs reworked as nursery rhymes. … why 2-Tone had pop’s “tri…

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Electric Light Orchestra 1:07:14

18d ago1:07:14

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My favorite songs from ELOBy ebouwsma

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MUSIC FROM CDs 55:57

1h ago55:57

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Hollies Neil Diamond Meatloaf Barry Manilow ELO and moreBy ebouwsma

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The extraordinary story of Arthur Lee, Love and the 1966 flop which became a hit for the ages 34:04

11d ago34:04

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Love’s official biographer John Einarson tells David Hepworth the star-crossed tale of the band who made the least psychedelic album of the psychedelic era. Their conversation takes in: ….Lee’s growing up between Memphis and L.A., dealing with the problems of looking more like Johnny Mathis than Otis Redding. ….how being indulged as a youngster by …

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Contemporary Chirstian Music 3 1:08:28

7d ago1:08:28

1:08:28

Song of praise and joyBy ebouwsma

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Buddy Holly airlines and the inimitable Bob Dylan 38:59

20d ago38:59

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As Mark Ellen goes shrimping at Frinton David Hepworth and Alex Gold links hands across the Atlantic to discuss: ….why a quick turn around Mount Hood in a Cessna should never be confused with pleasure ….why all the highly-rated albums are actually over-rated. ….why Timothee Chalamet has no hope of being able to capture more than one facet of Bob Dy…

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Old Blue Eyes 1:09:38

25d ago1:09:38

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nothing but FrankBy ebouwsma

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DUETS 55:39

27d ago55:39

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Roy Orbison and K D Lang Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton John Travolta and Olivia Newton John Elton John and Kiki Dee and moreBy ebouwsma

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Gene Pitney and Roy Orbison 1:14:48

1M ago1:14:48

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Greatest HItsBy ebouwsma

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“Pop music is 80 per cent about hair”, remaking classic albums and why CDs are so hard to love 50:25

9d ago50:25

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A small Pastis, a game of boules and a conversation putting the rock and roll world to rights, which this week includes … … why Debbie Harry and Mick Jagger worked so well on the small screen. … Elvin Pelvin on the Bilko Show and how Elvis was modelled on Tony Curtis. … An American Werewolf In London, The Birds, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, Don’t…

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Queen, Bowie and other residents of Rockfield Studios remembered by the cook’s daughter 31:59

11d ago31:59

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Rockfield is a converted farmhouse in the Welsh countryside where, for over 50 years, bands have lived while recording. In the ‘70s Tiffany Murray’s mum was the in-house cook, filling Motorhead to the brim with boeuf bourguignon and Black Sabbath with salmon en croute. Her touching memoir My Family And Other Rock Stars – hailed as “a rock and roll …

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Episode 174: Episode #147- Wormhole 70- "The ProgStylin' Spaced Out Hour" 59:12

11d ago59:12

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** Exclusive United States Premier** THIRD CD (Released this week)- “Craftney” from Japan Last Week- I received the ONLY CD to be sent to America (Direct mail) by the band “Craftney”. (Try and find this one!). It is their 3rd release and this IS complete "Beatles- Pop" Music. Most of this episode is focused on The ProgStylin' Spaced Music”and you c…

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My 150th Show 51:27

1M ago51:27

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Just a bunch of different musicBy ebouwsma

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57 years of Fleetwood Mac: author Mark Blake's fond encounters and fresh revelations 45:56

1M ago45:56

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Mark Blake calls Dreams: the Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac a “mosaic biography”, their almost six-decade saga presented as a series of enthralling short stories with titles like ‘Mick Fleetwood’s Great Epiphany’ and ‘Rumours: A Doomed Romance in Six Acts’. It opens in fact with a “cast of characters”, the 18 one-time members, as if dramatis personae …

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Ron Sexsmith doesn’t need a teleprompter. He can do 40 Dylan songs at the drop of a hat 35:14

14d ago35:14

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Beloved Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, old pal of the pod, is touring the UK in November, two of the nights at the Palladium, and looks back here at the first shows he saw and played himself. Which delights include … … what you learn playing Canadian bars aged 16. … seeing Elton John in a 75,000-seater stadium when he was 12. … early memo…

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Without John Mayall … no Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo or Led Zeppelin? 52:36

15d ago52:36

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Passing the baton of discourse on the rock and roll racetrack, our Olympian hosts sprint in the following direction … … watching Toumani Diabaté play in the pitch-black Malian night. … Laurel Canyon, the Brain Damage Club and the great fire of ‘79. … the Kinks in Fortis Green Road, the Beatles in Chiswick House and other alternative London rock lan…

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2nd Disco Show 1:08:03

29d ago1:08:03

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Village People Taste of Honey Bonnie Pointer Cheryl Lynn and moreBy ebouwsma

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Some Ear Candy from Three Dog Night 50:02

1M ago50:02

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Greatest Hits and MoreBy ebouwsma

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New All Request Show 1:03:57

1M ago1:03:57

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Journey Elvis Zombies Eagles Righteous Brothers and moreBy ebouwsma

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christian Music #4 1:01:02

1M ago1:01:02

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Various SingersBy ebouwsma

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Best album sleeves, what’s ruined singing and pop as ‘empowerment porn’ 42:19

23d ago42:19

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Once again the ping-pong ball of conversation is batted across the rock and roll net and these are the scores on the doors … … how to wreck the national anthem. … cover versions that are better than the original. … the genius of Bob Newhart - "nutty Walt", Abraham Lincoln and that gag about country music. … virtue signalling in rock magazines. … wh…

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Found an old show on 45s i never released 1:01:36

2M ago1:01:36

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i truly dont rememberBy ebouwsma

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Episode 173: *Archived Episode- "Wormhole 2- (Part One)" 59:59

25d ago59:59

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You Will Experience Music from Germany/ France/ Canada/ Australia/ Italy/ South America/ The Netherlands/ America New and Classic Progressive Rock ("Barock Project" vs. "Focus")/ Psychedelic Pop ("Byrds" vs."The Asteroid No. 4")/ of course Pop Rock ("Tim Finn" AND "Crowded House") and bits of French Prog... That is what you will go within this one …

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Who is Lawrence and why did Will Hodgkinson write a whole book about him? 38:42

26d ago38:42

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There’s something romantic about glorious failure and Will nails it perfectly in ‘Street Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence’. Over 40 years plagued by bad luck and self-sabotage with Felt, Denim and Mozart Estate, Lawrence has pursued fame and success while refusing to do what’s required to achieve them. Will spent 12 months wandering the street…

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Rock n Soul 57:24

2M ago57:24

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Aretha James Brown Wilson Pickett and moreBy ebouwsma

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More Christian Music 1:08:28

2M ago1:08:28

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Various ArtistsBy ebouwsma

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Backstage at Live Aid, the first Knebworth and bands that don’t get on 52:54

1M ago52:54

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Employing controversial VAR technology, we re-examine various events on the rock and roll pitch and suggest a new perspective. Those key moments include … … the “bucolic frolic” at Knebworth 50 years ago as seen from 100 yards away just past the burger van and featuring Tim Buckley, Alex Harvey, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Van Morrison, the Doobie Br…

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How Joni Mitchell joined the boys’ club and why we don’t need a comeback – by Ann Powers 46:21

1M ago46:21

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Broadcaster and music writer Ann Powers lives in Nashville and grew up listening to Kate Bush and Blondie. The siren call of Blue sparked a life-long and deep-rooted devotion and her new book Travelling: On The Path Of Joni Mitchell takes a different tack from the standard biographies, mapping the context of the songs, the forces that drove her, th…

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My favorite band from Muskegon 2:11

2M ago2:11

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AardvarksBy ebouwsma

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"What's Holding You Back?" - The Rich Dreamzz Show (ft. DJ CODE RED) (hosted by Smok3og & Gee) @thenowlegacy 1:22:17

2M ago1:22:17

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"What's Holding You Back?" - The Rich Dreamzz Show (ft. DJ CODE RED) (hosted by Smok3og & Gee) @thenowlegacy

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BUBBLEGUM MUSIC 1:06:39

2M ago1:06:39

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Ohio Express 1910 Fruitgum Company Archies Sugar Bears and moreBy ebouwsma

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Silly Stuff 49:46

2M ago49:46

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Chuck Berry Mac Davis Stever Martin Weird Al Electric AmishBy ebouwsma

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Twist And Shout? Spiral Scratch? Corey duBrowa celebrates the best and rarest EPs ever made 38:51

2M ago38:51

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The first EPs appeared in the late ‘40s and ‘50s (Frank Sinatra, Elvis) hitting a magical sweet spot between the album and the single and they’ve cast a spell ever since, an exotic reminder that record labels are part of the packaged goods business. Music writer Corey duBrowa stumbled across one by Oingo Boingo in the original Licorice Pizza store …

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What songs should be longer or shorter? 45:26

1M ago45:26

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The rock and roll ballot-box is stuffed with votes and the exit polls suggest how this week’s debate might play out. Along these lines … … is there still such a thing as British music? … John Lennon as a lavatory attendant. … Pink Floyd’s miming lessons. .. how Neil Finn cheered up the All Blacks. … the staggering difference in the UK album charts …

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Elvis Tribute by Different Artists 59:30

2M ago59:30

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John Lennon Paul McCartney UB40 Linda Ronstadt Cheap Trick Trisha Yearwood Wyonna Judd Norah Jones and moreBy ebouwsma

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Episode 172: Episode 146- "The Blurp! #2 (Everybody Needs a Hero") 59:25

1M ago59:25

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This is Part 2- the Final Episode of the new Superhero “The Blurp”. Bands like “Aerosmith”, “Camel”, “The James Gang” and lesser known bands like “Aqua Nebula Oscillator”, “The Orange Peels” and “The Blood Rush Hour” weave a musical story of a Dark, and sometimes lonely World that can surround a hero. It starts off with a bang and ventures onward f…

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Sing along show you're going to love it or hate it 57:58

2M ago57:58

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Peter Paul and Mary Kingston Trio Trini Lopez and moreBy ebouwsma

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Dylan Jones – Clegg’s women, Hague’s pints and “the wiring behind celebrity culture” 37:34

1M ago37:34

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We’ve known Dylan since the days he was editing i-D, Arena and GQ and he’s been a regular on our podcasts talking about his books on Live Aid, the ‘80s, David Bowie and Wichita Lineman. And he’s finally written his memoir, These Foolish Things, full of insights and stories about glam rock, punk, the Blitz, four decades of the magazine world and the…

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Rock n Roll Swing and a little Boogie Woogie 52:14

2M ago52:14

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Commander Cody Brian Setzer Jerry Lee Lewis Rolling Stones Traveling Wilbury's and moreBy ebouwsma

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Happy accidents, whooping at gigs and why the album review star system doesn’t work anymore 49:32

2M ago49:32

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In which we hoof a few balls round the rock and roll pitch and try to stick some in the net. Extracts from the live match commentary include …. … “Whipping Post!” “Paint it black, you devil!”: when did the audience become part of the show? … the special, unrepeatable thing about Bill Evans At The Village Vanguard. … GambleGate and the most we’ve ev…

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70s CDs 1:01:47

2M ago1:01:47

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Vicki Lawrence Stealers Wheel Lou Reed Raspberries Glen Campbell and moreBy ebouwsma

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