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Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music. Presented by Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time. Guests include Sir B ...
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Singer-songwriter Chris Difford (Squeeze) is joined by musical guests to talk about the highs and lows of their career in this new podcast from Help Musicians. Series 4 returns on Tuesday March 19th with James Blunt. Listen to our previous episodes now and find out more at www.HelpMusicians.org.uk
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Song Chronicles

Louise Goffin

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Louise Goffin hosts and produces Song Chronicles, a podcast featuring conversations with legendary songwriters, musicians and producers from the relaxed perspective of an insider, talking the "inside baseball" of songs and record-making with peers. Song Chronicles creates an exclusive record of historic stories told by the music makers themselves. Guests have included 23x GRAMMY-winning sound engineer and producer Al Schmitt, 7x GRAMMY-winner Gloria Estefan, multi-platinum songwriter-produce ...
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Listen in as a host of well-known guests open up and share their experiences of grief and death in a therapeutic conversation with Marie Curie bereavement expert, Jason Davidson. On the Marie Curie Couch is a monthly podcast that aims to open up conversations about death, break down the taboo and encourage people to share their end of life plans. This podcast is made by Marie Curie – the UK’s leading end of life charity. For more information about the vital work we do, head to mariecurie.org ...
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Andy was a contestant on 2024’s The Great British Bake Off. Since then, he has appeared across the media and at multiple live events, including the Foodies Festivals, The Cake & Bake Show and Good Housekeeping Live and has been named as one of Feedspot’s Top 40 UK Baking Influencers of 2025. He will return to the Bake Off tent for this year’s Great…
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary and Guy quiz each other on great songs that were denied a No.1 and we welcome back our dear friend, the legendary record producer Steve Lillywhite to the show. Steve has worked with some of the biggest and best artists on the planet - and produced the nation’s favourite Christmas song ‘Fairytale of New Yor…
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We welcome Lewis MacLeod on the podcast for a special pre-Christmas show! Known for his work on BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers (and many more) and for voicing various characters in various TV shows. Tune in to hear all the fantastic impressions. https://lnk.to/rockonteurs @garyjkemp @guypratt @macleodlewis @GimmeSugarProductions #rockonteurs #newepisod…
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Clover is a bestselling writer and journalist. She has a popular platform on Substack called On the Way Life Feels where she tackles big topics like motherhood, grief, marriage, sex, death, love and creativity. She’s the author of four memoirs, including the Sunday Times bestsellers My Wild and Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story, and The Red of My …
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt welcome the brilliant Steve Lukather to the podcast. Luke, as we call him, is the very definition of an artist. He’s a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. He’s recorded on literally 1000’s of tracks for 100s of artists from Boz Scaggs to Ringo Starr and Michael Jackson. He is al…
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt welcome KT Tunstall to the show. KT talks about her early musical influences having moved to an America as a young child, growing up adopted in a house where very little music was listened to but discovering that her biological parents were music obsessives. KT also talks about her break…
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Staz is a decorated former UK Special Forces operator with 13 years of distinguished service. After leaving the military, he co-founded ThruDark, a technical clothing brand inspired by his experience, has become a bestselling author, and appeared on Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins. In 2013, he received the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for actions in…
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome Blur drummer Dave Rowntree to the show. Dave has recently released a beautiful book of intimate, candid, and never before seen photographs from the very early days of Blur. ‘No One You Know’ is out now and chronicles the band’s first adventures. Dave chats to Gary and Guy about those early days, his …
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome another bassist to the show. But Mani is NOT just any old bass player, he’s the bass player from the Stone Roses. Mani joins Guy and Gary to talk about his musical journey that took him from the Roses to Primal Scream and back to the Roses, and while doing so managed to influence almost every kid tha…
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a true visionary of the music business. Guy and Gary welcome Richard Branson to Rockonteurs to discuss the early days of the Virgin empire, one that was built on music and culture. Richard shares tales of starting a small record shop in London to sell his favourite new records, to signing some of the…
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a true giant of music, Robert Plant. Guy and Gary join Robert at his house to discuss his incredible career and his new album ‘Saving Grace’ which is out now. The album was 6 years in the making and Robert talks about the process, the band, and the songs that make up this collection. He also talks ab…
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome Sean Lennon to the show. Sean discusses this incredible upcoming ‘Power to the People’ boxset that he has mixed and produced - out on October 10th. It is a beautiful collection of recordings from his mother’s and father’s 1972 Madison Square Garden shows. October 9th would also have been John Lennon’…
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Matthew rose to fame as the winner of the BBC’s Survivor UK in 2023. Since then, he’s built a loyal following on TikTok, garnering more than 4.3 million likes. Based in the Lake District, Matthew enjoys watersports, football and running. He’s also passionate about raising awareness around mental health and homelessness. In this conversation, Matthe…
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a true legend to the show, John Fogerty. John reflects on his incredible career, writing songs that will forever be part of the soundtrack to our lives like 'Proud Mary', 'Fortunate Son', 'Up Around the Bend’, and many many more. Many of these have been recently re-recorded on a 20 track collection c…
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a wonderful partnership of band mates and best friends. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill join Gary and Guy to discuss their new shared memoir ‘Our Secrets are the Same’ - which is out on October 2nd. It’s a candid, moving, and funny set of stories about how they have managed to stay so close and still c…
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are back after the summer break and we head to the Design Museum in London. Opening in September is a fascinating exhibition that celebrates the iconic and influential Blitz - "the club that shaped the 80s". It was a hotbed of music, fashion, and culture in the late 70s and early 80s that helped influence th…
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“That’s what I’ve always tried to lean into is playing live, writing the songs and playing them live, is mainly why I’m still doing it, you know? I never get tired of playing live. I never get tired of making stuff up and seeing where I can go with it” - James Morrison Chris is joined by singer-songwriter James Morrison to talk about the fine art o…
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Milo is a comedian, actor and presenter. He is best known to millions across social media for his character Troy Hawke, where he interacts with and greets high street shoppers and members of the public. A stand up comic with over 10 years’ experience, Milo has appeared on many TV shows including the BBC’s Live at the Apollo. You can watch a subtitl…
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"It's a universal language, it really is. Even if you're not speaking the language... you know, you can sing these songs and it'd just be like a wave of emotion and they can relate to it, even if they can't understand the words you're saying" - Kelsie Watts With Chris for this episode is Kelsie Watts who's currently performing in the huge award win…
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"A professor of mine said a very true thing to me. He said, you know the great thing about music Craig is that you’ll never really know anything about it" - Craig Armstrong This episode features a fascinating conversation with the multi-genre spanning musician and composer Craig Armstrong. Craig has collaborated with huge artists like U2, Madonna a…
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In a surprise bonus episode, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt discuss the incredible reaction to the Oasis Live 25 reunion shows. Rockonteurs will return in September for a new season with some incredible guests. In the meantime, watch some of the best episodes on our YouTube page. Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @oasis @gimmesugarproduc…
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Michael is a comedian, actor, writer and TV presenter. Best known as a member of the legendary comedy troupe Monty Python, Michael has made numerous travel documentaries and is a prolific author. In 2013, he was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship and received a Knighthood in 2019. You can watch a subtitled version of the conversation on YouTube. On the M…
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Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt take a look back at this most recent season and discuss some of their highlights. Rockonteurs will return in September for a new season with some incredible guests. In the meantime, watch some of the best episodes on our YouTube page. Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions Listen to the po…
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This week on the show Guy and Gary are joined by the walking, talking, rocking and rolling musical encyclopedia Joe Elliott. They chat about the recent passing of some iconic artists including founding member of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, Mick Ralphs. Joe is an honorary Rockonteur and takes time out from the busy Def Leppard US tour to chat t…
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Tom is a British rower who competes with the GB Rowing Team. Since joining the team in 2021, he has won Gold in the men’s eight at two World Championships and at three European Championships, before claiming Gold with his teammates at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the men’s eight. You can watch a subtitled version of the conversation on YouTube. …
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This week on Rockonteurs, we’re joined by journalist and author Dylan Jones, here to talk to Gary and Guy about his fascinating new book '1975: The Year the World Forgot'. Spoiler: you’ll never look at that year the same again. Instagram @rockonteurs @dylanjones @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions Listen to the podcast and watch som…
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"We all take music for granted, really. But it's kind of with us through every memorable part of our lives. And to just have it as such a meaningful occupation, but to not properly support the people that make it seems absolutely crazy" - Amy MacDonald Joining Chris for this episode is singer-songwriter Amy MacDonald, who's fate was sealed when she…
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