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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Film Director Grant McPhee
In this month’s episode, Ian and Mick meet the Scottish film director Grant McPhee who’s making a three-part documentary series on the untold story of Liverpool’s arts and music underground scene from 1964 to 1984 – “Revolutionary Spirit”. Contrary to popular belief, the Merseyside music scene didn’t collapse after the Beatles left the city in the 60’s. There was a thriving…
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The Revival Of Vinyl With Graham Jones
Unless you’ve landed on Earth from another planet in the last 24 hours, you probably know that in recent years, vinyl records have experienced a huge revival in popularity, which has led to a rebirth of record stores. It’s fair to say that Graham Jones, our guest on this month’s Misadventures in Music podcast, has…
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Henry Priestman
This month in the Misadventures in Music podcast, Ian Prowse and Mick Ord throw the spotlight on Henry Priestman, a founder member of top 80’s band, The Christians, who’s triple platinum-selling debut album was one of the must-have records of that era. Henry wrote or co-wrote ALL the songs on ‘The Christians’ but there’s much,much more…
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Madeline Bocaro on Yoko Ono
If you were to ask a random selection of people, “What’s the first thing that springs to mind when you think of Yoko Ono?” ‘She was married to John Lennon’ would probably be a common reply. If you then asked them what they know about her music, you’d either get blank looks or references to her screaming…
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Andy McCluskey of OMD
There aren’t too many bands from the 70’s and 80”s who’re still producing compelling new music and not just replaying their biggest hits, but then Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have always ignored the prevailing musical trends and ploughed their own furrow, which is why the Wirral band’s blend of classic Synthpop and contemporary Electronic Dance…
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MIM – S02 EP02 – James Campion
Millions of words have been written about The Beatles so why would James Campion spend 2 years writing ANOTHER one? You could be excused for thinking, “Either he’s jumping on the bandwagon to earn a quick buck or because he has something genuinely original and thought-provoking to say.” Thankfully ‘Take a Sad Song – the Emotional…