RAOS Podcast January 4 2025

Ian Whitcomb talks about his hit You Turn Me On Connect the Dots Neil Sedaka remembers songs he wrote for other artists The Five Second Quiz Director Richard Lester remembers working on the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night Spencer Davis remembers seeing Steve Winwood playing befo ... Show More

This Week in Music History Connect the Dots The Five Second Quiz Behind the Hits - Indian Reservation by Paul Revere & The Raiders 

Cover Story of the Week - Chain Gang by Jackie Wilson & Count Basie Connect the Dots This Week in Music History The Five Second Quiz Behind the Hits - American Woman by the Guess Who 

Today on Broken Record, we’re joined by the one and only Bootsy Collins. Bootsy burst onto the scene in the early ’70s as James Brown’s young, electrifying bass player. But it was with Parliament-Funkadelic that he truly found his voice—or rather, his voices—balancing raw, uncut ... Show More

What happens when we take the writer away and ask two British rock stars, from two different generations, to interview each other? In today's episode, Roger Daltrey and YUNGBLUD join forces to talk fashion, optimal recording hours and managing your image in a world gone mad. In t ... Show More

Sean revisits his interview with musician Laraaji, a pioneer of new age music who has recorded more than 50 albums since he was discovered busking in a park by Brian Eno. Laraaji and Sean discuss inspiration, flow states, and what moves us to create. This is the second conversati ... Show More

<p>“Eminence Front” by The Who was recorded at a crucial time for the band, after the death of drumming legend Keith Moon and during a very rocky period in songwriter Pete Townshend’s life. Listen to the story in the new episode of Behind The Song. Watch the video episode on the ... Show More

Legendary Eagles guitarist Don Felder joins for a deep dive into his extraordinary musical journey – from co-writing Hotel California and jamming with Joe Walsh to opening up “The Vault,” his new solo album featuring 50 years of unreleased material to growing up in Gainesville, F ... Show More

As the man behind rock revolutionaries Pink Floyd, Roger Waters is music royalty.  He’s still filling stadiums after six decades in the business. Dark Side of the Moon remains one of the most iconic and acclaimed records in music history. But his critics say there’s a dark side t ... Show More

All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly and R&B. We listen back to a 1989 interview with singer and pianist Charles Brown. Brown is credited with creating an expressive style of music that blended rough Texas blues with th ... Show More

Adam Granduciel catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about I Don’t Live Here Anymore, the fifth LP from The War On Drugs. The frontman dives into how he found the sound for the new album, taking inspiration from Radiohead and having producer Nigel Godrich show up to their studio ... Show More

Past QLS guests Common and Pete Rock return to the podcast together to celebrate their new album, "The Auditorium, Vol. 1." Common explains how a recent freestyle and a series of Hip-Hop 50th anniversary events reignited his passion for music-making, while Pete Rock reveals that ... Show More

Roger Sanchez lays out some of this week’s favourite house tracks with music from Orlando Voorn, Darrio D'Attis, Horatio and Vangelis Kostoxenakis. Chambray is in the spotlight this week, while the Hot Release comes courtesy of John Stoongard. The Flashback is Roger's Narcotic re ... Show More