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The best podcasts for Music discussion

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Who am I?

We are husband and wife, both born in 1972, living in Yorkshire, England who have been together since the early 2000's. We have two kids and a shared passion for music. We enjoy some similarities in music taste, but both have artists we adore that the other isn't so keen on! We'd lived together for a couple of years when we got married and so asked for money towards a classic dometop jukebox for our wedding present. It's been a wonderful accompanyment to our lives and been a real focal point for some wonderful parties and get-togethers throughout the years. We've had gigs in our house and love the fact that our passion for music has rubbed off onto our teenage children. We started our podcast in 2021 with the aim of learning something new and enjoying the process of putting together episodes and sharing our experiences and opinions on music in general, but specifically about records that we own. We are two seasons in, with season one concentrating on our vinyl collections, season two our CD collections. There have been albums from the 60's - 2010's but the main decades covered have been the 80's and 90's. We like to find some nuggets of info that you may not know about, but don't take things too seriously and are thoroughly enjoying the podcast experieince. It's particularly rewarding when we get feedback from listeners and will reply to every comment received. The name 'Memorabilia podcast' is a nod to the Soft Cell single 'Memorabilia', with Kate being a Marc Almond devotee. If you are kind enough to lend your ears to an episode, we offer our heartfelt thanks. Enjoy! Our shared passion for live and recorded music was the catalyst for our podcast. The feelings it evokes and the experience of enjoying something so visceral and magical is a pastime we embrace as often as we can. Kate sings in a local drama group that put on musicals every year, and Rick is a self taught guitarist who likes to annoy the neighbours every now and then with his strumming and bedroom vocals. However, watching professional musicians performing is really where it's at for us. We have been to different gigs all over the country, although these days, the smaller intimate venues are more appealing than big arenas and festivals. Rick is the one that does the research about each of the albums, Kate adding in her own thoughts, feelings and differing perspectives, plus she likes to poke fun at her husband's geeky obsessive nature at every opportunity she gets!

What is my podcast playlist about?

It's all about the podcasts that focus on talking about great music - could be specific genres, artists, records, or periods of time. We don't care. If we find them entertaining and interesting, then we'll pretty much listen to everything that's released. We greatly admire all the hosts who generally have far more connections and knowledge in the music industry, and find their insights and stories fascinating. Hats off to every single one of them. On average, for our own Memorabilia Podcast we've managed to put out one episode per month, but releases are sporadic to fit in with our busy lives and so we tend to create long episodes of around 90 mins, with a couple of episodes featuring very special guests, pushing out to two hours. The guests to date have been former guitarist with Indie legends 'The Loft' Andy Strickland, talking about The Caretaker Race's 1990 beauty of an album, 'Hangover Square', and current Leveller and former Wonderstuff guitarist Dan Donnelly, running us through his 2011 cracking solo album 'Country & Northern'. As well as the fantastic records that we cover from the likes of The Cure, Madness, Ben Folds Five, Soft Cell, Blondie, Hue & Cry, Blur, The The, Marc Almond, R.E.M., Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and The Stone Roses, we talk about what was going on in the UK at the time of each album release. Single and album charts, movie box office, television, news and what was happening in our own lives are all the subject of much discussion and often hilarity. Each featured album gets a mark out of 10 from us both, giving an aggregate score out of 20, and we provide periodic updates on the Memorabilia score charts for the featured albums.

The podcasts I picked and why

1. Memorabilia Podcast

Why this podcast?

It's our podcast and it's brilliant! Do we have to be more objective than that? Okay. The episodes are intended to be informative, entertaining and offer a sprinkling of nostalgia, covering some truly wonderful music and times of our lives. Give it a listen and let us know if you agree!

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Season 2 is here!! Husband and wife, Rick and Kate, are dedicating each episode to an album from their CD collections, chatting about the bands, songs, what the records mean to us, and what was happening around release time in the news, charts, movies, TV, and our own lives. The podcast title is a nod to the track ‘Memorabilia’ by Soft Cell, with Kate being a big Marc Almond fan. Series one focused on our vinyl albums, mainly from the 70's and 80's; season 2 will be 90's onwards, covering britpop, indie, pop, grunge, and everything in-between, with a new 'Top 3's' section. Come join us :-)

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2. Misadventures in Music with Ian Prowse & Mick Ord

Why this podcast?

The passion of the hosts, the eclectic subjects they cover and the amazing guests add up to a podcast not to be missed if you are a fan of music, no matter what genre you're into. Merseyside musical legend Ian Prowse (Pele and Amsterdam) is joined by newsroom and radio journalist Mick Ord, to provide some wonderful insight into a number of different artists, genres and subjects from post punk, to songs of war, women who have changed musical direction, and everything in between. We love it!

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Dive into the heart of music's most compelling narratives with "Misadventures in Music," a podcast where the untold stories of the music industry come to light. Hosted by Merseyside's own Ian Prowse, frontman of Amsterdam and the erstwhile spearhead of Pele, alongside Mick Ord, former head of BBC Merseyside Ian and Mick, with their rich backgrounds in music and journalism, embark on a quest to explore music history.

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3. Now That’s What I Call Bullsh*t!

Why this podcast?

For people of our age, everyone owned at least one of the 'Now that's what I call Music' records, and this podcast looks back fondly at the releases down the years with some great guests. Another husband and wife team host this one, with Dan Donnelly providing the musical insider knowledge and connections, with wife Kathryn adding the polish, wit and reason, to Dan's often hilarious rants and no-holds barred opinions. A great fun listen!

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Join Dan, Kathryn and a plethora of distinguished guests as we dig through the significant and seemingly never ending ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ archives...

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4. Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast

Why this podcast?

This one is from across the pond with two extremely knowledgable and passionate hosts covering an era and genre of music that we love. They have a great array of guests and for each episode come up with a 'Top 5' to run through on all manner of bands, genres, record labels, and time periods. We've picked up some great new artists to listen to off the back of this podcast and find the dedication to their weekly show highly admirable.

Only Three Lads is a lively podcast celebrating the Golden Age of Alternative Music from the '70s, '80s & '90s. Join Uncle Gregg, Brett Vargo, and a variety of ”Third Lads” as we share our Top Fives, stories, and news about the music we love, and have a lot of fun along the way! Whether you‘re into indie, punk, new wave, Britpop, power pop, synth pop, shoegaze, grunge...or whatever...there is going to be something for you to discover and love. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.

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5. Britpop Banter

Why this podcast?

Big inspiration for our own podcast from a music genre that we love. Hosts are very funny, very opinionated and they cover a host of huge albums from the 90's and beyond.

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Kevin Dodd & Lesley Martin

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Welcome to Britpop Banter – a weekly podcast deep diving into all things Britpop & Indie hosted by Kevin & Lesley. Season 1: Top 50 Albums between 1990 – 2000 Season 2: The Bands & Albums that appeared after Britpop Please note: Our definition of "Britpop" covers a lot of ground and may not be for the Britpop purists.

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