Welcome to the heart of Misadventures in Music — your backstage pass to the strange, inspiring and unexpected corners of music culture. Below you’ll find every episode we’ve released, featuring interviews with legendary artists, hidden gems from the archives and deep dives into the stories that shaped the soundtrack of our lives. Hit play, explore, and let the misadventures begin.
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Michael Head
There can’t be too many songwriters who’ve released albums which have been so universally praised by the critics and yet have had to wait 40 years for the equivalent commercial success but then Mick Head has never been one to follow a predictable career path. His previous bands The Pale Fountains and Shack certainly had a…
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John Lingan
In 1969 they sold more records in America than any other band including the Beatles and the Stones but within a few years Creedence Clearwater Revival had split up with a bitterness rarely matched, even in the topsy-turvy world of rock music. Fast forward 50 years, and former leader and main songwriter John Fogarty is back…
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MIM S02 -EP01 – Post Punk with Russell Craig Richardson
In the new season of Misadventures in Music’ (episode 13) Ian Prowse and Mick Ord take a deep dive into the UK’s Post-Punk music scene (1978-1982) with New Jersey-based writer and filmmaker Russell Craig Richardson who has been working on a documentary film about the genre, having lived among many of the musicians in the…
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MIM Episode 10 – David Fishel
Episode 10 of Misadventures in Music was recorded at SVARA Radio based in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. The boys are joined by David Fishel who is musician from Liverpool and has produced the JazzScene radio show broadcasting in several countries between 1992 – 2002. David Fishel has worked with Malcolm McLaren, Patti Boulaye, Steve Levine and…
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Frank Collins and Sweet Soul Music
It’s difficult to imagine now but back in the early sixties, soul was ‘underground’ music in the UK – rarely played on the radio, and only appreciated by a small number of aficionados. Within a few years, records by artists on the Tamla Motown label would sell in their millions but in the very early…
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MiM Episode 8 – Songs of War and Peace in Times of Trouble
Many political and military observers are calling the current war in Ukraine the most serious conflict that Europe has faced since World War Two, without for one moment demeaning the impact of other conflicts such as the wars in the former state of Yugoslavia 30 years ago. In episode 8 of Misadventures in Music Ian Prowse…