Rock's Backpages
Tales from the world's largest archive of music journalism: entertaining interviews with luminaries such as Neil Tennant, Billy Bragg, Pamela Des Barres, Gary Kemp, Vashti Bunyan, Midge Ure, Nick Hornby and Robyn Hitchcock. Thoughtful and informative conversations about all aspects of popular music history, interspersed with clips from exclusive audio interviews that date back to the mid-'60s.
The RBP podcast is hosted by Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle and co-hosted & produced by Jasper Murison-Bowie. We're a proud part of Pantheon — the podcast network for music lovers.
Latest Episode
E219: Thurston Moore on free jazz + Sonic Youth + Derek Bailey (02.01.2026)
Previous Episodes
- E218: James Brown on Sounds + NME + Loaded + the KLF
- E217: Susan Compo & Derek Ridgers on punks, goths and new romantics
- E216: Pete Paphides on ABBA + Stevie Wonder + Broken Greek
- E215: Simon Price on Melody Maker + Manics + Radiohead audio
- E214: Lisa Verrico on Vox + Oasis + Billie Eilish + My Bloody Valentine
- E213: Michael A. Gonzales on TLC + The Source + DJ Kool Herc
- E212: Greil Marcus on Mystery Train + Sex Pistols + Jamie Reid
- This Episode Goes 2 11: A Spinal Tap special with Alexis Petridis
- E210: Alexis Petridis on Acid House + The Guardian + CMAT + KISS
- E209: David Nathan on Dionne Warwick + the Bee Gees + Michael Lydon R.I.P.
- E208: Byron Coley on Beefheart + Lydia Lunch + Terry Reid R.I.P.
- E207: Val Mabbs on Record Mirror + Jimi Hendrix + Walker Bros. + Ozzy R.I.P.
- E206: John Niven on rock fiction + Bobby "Blue" Bland + Lou Reed audio
- E205: Tony Cummings on soul music + The Sound of Philadelphia
- E204: Chris Bohn in Europe + Sly Stone & Brian Wilson R.I.P.
- E203: Jonathan Gould on Talking Heads + Otis Redding + Richard Manuel
- E202: Paul Gambaccini on the radio + Rolling Stone + Beyoncé audio
- E201: Bob Merlis on Warner Bros. + Little Feat + Neil Young audio
- E200: Celebrating 200 episodes of the Rock's Backpages podcast
- E199: Phil Sutcliffe on Sounds + Gang of Four + Eric Clapton
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