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Music TalksFavourite Albums of 2024 - Part 2Music Talks as a Podcast may have finished but my desire to share my Favourite Albums of the Year has not abated and in fact this is the 25th year I have been doing it. It started in 2000 with me, a Dual CD recorder and handmade artwork. Then it was on to a Spotify Playlists and for the last 6 years a Podcast where myself and my dear friend Steven Routledge each choose our favourite 10 albums of the year and talk through why they made the list. Part 1 was released on 19/12/24 and this is Part 2 where we...
2024-12-2855 minMusic TalksFavourite Albums of 2024 - Part 1Music Talks as a Podcast may have finished but my desire to share my Favourite Albums of the Year has not abated and in fact this is the 25th year I have been doing it. It started in 2000 with me, a Dual CD recorder and handmade artwork. Then it was on to a Spotify Playlists and for the last 6 years a Podcast where myself and my dear friend Steven Routledge each choose our favourite 10 albums of the year and talk through why they made the list. Part 1 is now out where we both talk through al...
2024-12-2055 minMusic TalksEpisode 100 Part 2 - Terry Smith - The Final CountdownThis is Part 2 of the 100th Episode of Music Talks, which is also the final episode of Music Talks. Five years and 100 episodes felt to me like a good time to bring things to a close. It has been a fantastic, joyful, fulfilling and most importantly FUN experience doing this Podcast, and it is something I will always treasure. To mark this occasion, I thought it was time for me to appear as a guest on my own show and I’m delighted to say that my very first guest, Steve Clayton, agreed to come back...
2024-09-1247 min
Contemporánea49. NotacionesLa renovación musical de la segunda mitad del siglo XX se hace visible en la originalidad radical de las partituras donde se escriben sus obras. La notación se asemeja ahora a trabajos científicos o de ingenieros, a dibujos o poemas experimentales, a esquemas o fórmulas matemáticas._____Has escuchadoBerlino (1980-1981) / Terry Fox. Apollo Records (1988)Gamelan Coming & Going (1985) / Philip Corner. Philip Corner y Evan Schwartzmann, piano y voz. Grabado en la Rutgers University, MGSA, New Brunswick (EE. UU.), noviembre de 1985. Ants (2017)Gradients of Detail (2005-2006) / Chiyoko Szlav...
2024-06-2318 minMusic TalksFavourite Albums of 2023 - Part 2This time of year isn’t just the season of goodwill it’s also the season of “Best Of” lists and it’s part of the musical year that I love. It’s always good to know that things you like are also enjoyed by others but the real joy for me is gaining new insight into albums I’ve enjoyed or discovering albums that I have missed. My hope is that this episode will do some of that for you. As in previous years I am joined by my Podcast pal Steven Routledge and we bot...
2023-12-2855 minMusic TalksFavourite Albums of 2023 - Part 1This time of year isn’t just the season of goodwill it’s also the season of “Best Of” lists and it’s part of the musical year that I love.It’s always good to know that things you like are also enjoyed by others but the real joy for me is gaining new insight into albums I’ve enjoyed or discovering albums that I have missed.My hope is that this episode will do some of that for you.As in previous years I am joined by my Podcast pal Steven Routledge and...
2023-12-2155 minMusic TalksFavourite Albums of 2022 - Part 2This time of year isn’t just the season of goodwill it’s also the season of “Best Of” lists and it’s part of the musical year that I love.It’s always good to know that things you like are also enjoyed by others but the real joy for me is gaining new insight into albums I’ve enjoyed or discovering albums that I have missed.My hope is that this episode will do some of that for you.As in previous years I am joined by my Podcast pal Steven Routledge and...
2022-12-271h 07Music TalksFavourite Albums of 2022 - Part 1This time of year isn’t just the season of goodwill it’s also the season of “Best Of” lists and it’s part of the musical year that I love. It’s always good to know that things you like are also enjoyed by others but the real joy for me is gaining new insight into albums I’ve enjoyed or discovering albums that I have missed. My hope is that this episode will do some of that for you. As in previous years I am joined by my Podcast pal Steven Routledge and...
2022-12-2249 minMusic TalksThe Milestone CompilationA MILESTONE COMPILATIONRecently Music Talks has passed several significant milestones: · It’s Third Anniversary · 20,000 downloads · 500 Followers on Facebook · 75 EpisodesI have done celebratory episodes at 25 and 50 episodes, and this felt like a good opportunity to look back over the past year and choose some of my favourite moments. I have chosen a different guest for each decade, and I believe these clips show the mix of music nerdery and great life stories that the show has become. I’m hoping it will also function as a nice introduction...
2022-09-081h 10Music TalksEpisode 67 - Harris King - Southern Nights & Elektro KulturMy guest in this episode is Harris King. Harris was introduced to Music Talks by previous guests Steven Routledge and Justin Steiner who are fellow members of the brilliant community that has grown up around the Rockin’ The Suburbs Podcast and now Radio Station - suburbspod.comLike many of my guests Harris isn’t just a music lover he’s a music scholar who immerses himself in the music he listens to and the bands that he likes. As he says at one point in our chat “I’m always listening”. As you would expect all that...
2022-04-211h 13Music TalksEpisode 64 - Justin Steiner - Rockin' The Suburbs !My guest in this episode is Justin Steiner who comes to Music Talks through his friendship with Music Talks regular and long-time supporter, Steven Routledge. They describe themselves as ‘mind meld musical brothers’ but the interesting thing about their friendship is that, to date, they have not actually met face to face as Justin lives near Chicago and Steven near Stirling, in Scotland. They met through the brilliant Rockin’ The Suburbs Podcast (https://www.suburbspod.com) which, when Covid hit, started ‘Friday Night Hootenanny’s’. This was a group of people, geographically disperse, connected by a love of musi...
2022-03-081h 14Music TalksFavourite Albums of 2021 - Part 2This time of year isn’t just the season of goodwill it’s also the season of “Best Of” lists and it’s part of the musical year that I love. It’s always good to know that things you like are also enjoyed by others but the real joy for me is gaining new insight into albums I’ve enjoyed or discovering albums that I have missed. My hope is that this episode will do some of that for you. As in previous years I am joined by my Podcast pal Steven Routledge and we...
2021-12-2658 minMusic TalksFavourite Albums of 2021 - Part 1This time of year isn’t just the season of goodwill it’s also the season of “Best Of” lists and it’s part of the musical year that I love. It’s always good to know that things you like are also enjoyed by others but the real joy for me is gaining new insight into albums I’ve enjoyed or discovering albums that I have missed. My hope is that this episode will do some of that for you. As in previous years I am joined by my Podcast pal Steven Routledge and we...
2021-12-161h 07
Music TalksChristmas B-Sides - Best Albums of 2020This is the second of this year's Christmas B-Sides and it’s the BIG one , the Best Albums of 2020. I'm joined again by fellow music nerd Steven Routledge and whilst our combined choices aren't totally all encompassing, they do cover a wide range of musical genres and I hope that there is something in hear which is new to you and appeals. Who knows there might even be the odd comment from one of us that provides some insight as well :-) The format of the episode is that Steven and I pick 10 albums each and we p...
2020-12-241h 17
Music TalksChristmas B-Sides - Best Songs of 2020This is the first of two special "Christmas B-Side" editions. Yes, its that time of year where my good friend Steven Routledge and I choose our Top 10 Songs and Albums of the year and tell you why they made the cut. In this first edition we get to review our Top 10 (or 11?) songs. You the listener will of course be the final arbiter but I think this is a nicely varied set of choices and I do hope you find some new music to enjoy over the holiday and into 2021. If you do please do let...
2020-12-091h 14
Music TalksChristmas B-Side - Best Albums of 2019I am marking the end of the year and the start of the New Year with a two-part "Best Of 2019" episode. My guest in this endeavour is a previous guest on Music Talks and now a good friend, Steven Routledge . In the last epsiode Steven and I choose our favourite 10 songs from the year , talked through our choices and played a few clips from those songs. In this episode we do the same but this time around its our Top 10 Albums of the year that we review, This Spotify Playlist contains a song from each alb...
2020-01-011h 08
Music TalksChristmas B-Side - Best Songs of 2019I am marking the end of the year and the start of the New Year with a two-part "Best Of 2019" episode. My guest in this endeavour is a previous guest on Music Talks and now a good friend, Steven Routledge . In this Episode Steven and I each choose our favourite 10 songs from the year , talk through our choices and play a few clips from those songs. Full versions of our choices are available in this Spotify Playlist :https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bt9xHZNUpxLWz7qI87WQy?si=gI1xmVtNQLKib3XNMIE8EwCan...
2019-12-3157 minMusic TalksEpisode 6 - Steven Routledge - Powderfinger SpeaksSteven 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 first guests on Music Talks . Steven's musical knowledge is as deep...
2019-09-0357 min