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Nov 2021
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Culture Bunker: Adele’s 30, plus The Pow...

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What a difference Adele makes. As Adele’s new album 30 comes out, music journalist EAMONN FORDE joins us to discuss “daydreamers” and “divorce, babes”. Plus film critic ANNA SMITH on THE POWER OF THE DOG, GRUNGE music doc FREAKSCENE, the story of Dinosaur Jr. - and with the re-release of SLADE IN FLAME on deluxe vinyl, we return to the 1974 film.

  • “Adele is my musical football. Enormously popular, but something I will never ever fathom.” - Eamonn Forde
  • “Power of the Dog is one of those films where you are absolutely gripped from start to finish.” - Anna Smith
  • “Slade got famous, but they never wanted to be.” - Eamonn Forde
  • “Glam rock is as British as boiled meat.” – Alex Andreou

Presented by Siân Pattenden and Alex Andreou. Assistant producer Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Robin Leeburn and Alex Rees. Theme music: ‘Bunker Theme (Juntos Mix)’ by Kenny Dickinson. The Culture Bunker is a Podmasters production.

Rolling playlist: https://bit.ly/CultBunk 

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