What Goes Around?

Hey pod people, we are back! Not only that but we are celebrating our 50th episode of What Goes Around! What a long strange trip it's been but you ain't seen nothing yet. The new series kicks off with a guest we have been after since the very beginning, and at last we can welcome Jason Williamson of the legendary Sleaford Mods to the podcast. Never short of an opinion and alway good for a quote Ja...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! It's only the Christmas special..... Our guest today is producer, musician and now author Gordon Raphael. Gordon cut his teeth in the glory days of grunge with his band Sky Cries Mary which David Grohl once described as the best band in Seattle, his musical journey saw him unexpectedly playing keyboards for The Psychedelic Furs and running his own record label Shoplifter Records. H...

IT'S THE JAZZ SPECIAL! This week we take some time to explore the incredible rise of UK Jazz over the last few years with celebrated music writer and academic Caspar Melville. UK Jazz has become one of the most vibrant and exciting genres around with new festivals like We Out Here showcasing a myriad of emerging talent, the likes of Emma Jean Thackray, Kokoroko and Ezra Collective all crossing ove...

We are back with one of the most amazing guests we have ever had. Our guest today has made an astounding impact on the music industry. He wrote the first song to appear on MTV (the prophetic 'Video killed the radio star'). He founded seminal label Zang Tumb Tumb who signed Properganda, 808 State and Frankie Goes To Hollywood. He pioneered the use of the sampler in pop music thanks to his earl...

Once again What Goes Around is back with a brilliant guest, Jah Wobble. Wobble was the bass player in the original line up of Public Image Ltd with John Lydon and Keith Levine. He has written some of the all time classic basslines including PiL's 'Poptones' and Primal Scream's 'Higher than the sun'. Jah came up through the punk revolution and set the style for Post-Punk before moving off into Worl...

What Goes Around? So much! Today we are joined by an indie legend whose music proved as ethereal and inventive as it was catchy and intelligent. Miki Berenyi is the founder member of the iconic 4AD band Lush, she is a singer and songwriter famed for mixing together incredible soundscapes with catchy melodies. Their sound evolved from the art house of shoe gaze to the stadium sized bravado of Brit...

This month we are feeling the heat so decide to chill out. First of all we demand a sofa and some electronic noodling, second we enjoy pretending to believe in god. Then Joe Muggs makes us believe in Ambient music. Then we have Dub-Step pioneer Plastician come in to tell us about his phonographic memories. It's gonna be a blast, dive in. More Joe Muggs https://south-evening-bathtub.glitch.me/ Plas...

Today we welcome a musical legend to the show. Keyboardist Brian Auger is a musician steeped in the golden age of rock n roll. They say you can judge a man on the company he keeps and Brian Auger has worked with some of the greatest of all time. The Yardbirds, Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll, Jimi Hendrix, Long John Baldry, Eric Burdon, Alphonse Mouson and a whole host of others. Through his band Bria...

Boomshanka! This week we are delighted to welcome Nigel Planer to the podcast. Best known as the loveable hippy Neil from the classic British comedy The Young Ones, Nigel scored a number 2 hit single with 'Hole in my shoe' and hit the number one spot with Cliff Richard and the cast of The Young Ones in 1986. Although he may not be a young one anymore he has continued to carve out a glittering care...

It's a documentary special! This week not only doe Eamon bang on about Kaye West and his 6 hour 'Jeen-Yuhs' 3 parter on Netflix but we are also joined by one of the greatest music documentary film makers of all time, the one and only Tony Palmer. Tony has made iconic films about Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Muddy Waters, Benjamin Britten, Liberace, Peter Sellers, Tangerine Dream and co...

It's St. Patricks day so we thought we would bring you a legend of Afrobeat (after we chat about Irish B-Sides and The Horeslips obviously). Dele Sosimi joined Fela Kuti's band as a teenager and learned the tricks of the trade from the Godfather of Afrobeat and his stickman Tony Allen. Dele spent years learning from the best in the business, playing 8 hour gigs, shuffling through Fela's own privat...

This week we have a giant of UK soul, the honey toned musical master Omar. Best known for his smash hit 'There's nothing like this' Omar has grown into a mainstay of the UK scene working with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Paul Weller and many others over his glittering 35 year career. Omar shares his musical influences, recalls sending Stevie to sleep and how he found inspiration in his family's rec...

This week on What Goes Around we talk to the big cat himself DJ Jaguar Skills. A legend of the UK Hip-Hop scene DJ Jaguar Skills tells his musical story from the bedroom to the biggest festivals, radio shows and record labels. A man of incredible ingenuity and insight Jaguar Skills photocopied his way into journalism, pivoted into DJing by way of a minidisc player and finally became a fully fledge...

This week we welcome a genuine legend to the show, Mr. Simon Raymonde from seminal Post-Punk band Cocteau Twins. It would be hard to overstate the influence Cocteau Twins had on the Indie scene, trumpeted by John Peel, coveted by Prince and (let's not underplay this), easily the most nominated artist for a Phonographic Memories slot on @WhatGoesPod EVAH! Bella Union Boss and former Twins memb...

We are back in the game! We have been quietly preparing Series 3 for the last few weeks and now we are finally ready to fire the old pod canon again. This week we bring you a Christmas special to get you back into the swing of things, it's 80 minutes of hot pod action. Our guest this week is a true legend of UK House music, the one and only 'Daddy Ash' DJ and producer Mr. Ashley Beedle! Ashley has...

It's been a fantastic journey so far on What Goes Around but as Anne is being a megastar over on 6Music and Eamon is living in house move limbo-land we thought it might be a good week to take a look back on some of our favourite episodes from Series 1. If you are new to the podcast, you are in for a treat. If you are a loyal veteran of the pod wars then I hope you enjoy listening to some of these...

*HEADSPIN* Yes, yes y'all and we don't stop. This week we explore the roots and fundamentals of Hip-Hop and Electro with the incredible boundary breaking force of nature that is Man Parrish. Given his nickname 'Man' by none other than Andy Warhol Man Parrish has been a part of the New York club scene since the days of Studio 54, he partied with Halston, Bianca Jagger, Madonna and countless others....

It's big polymath energy week with our special guest Nitin Sawhney. Nitin is a Fabric resident with a history of being involved in amazing creative projects, from massive live events to composing film & computer game soundtracks in addition to producing some extraordinary music of his own over the last 30 years. He has recorded with the likes of Sting , Natacha Atlas , Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ,...

Who's afraid of the Art of Noise? Well not us, we loved 'em. So much so that we have invited the one and only Anne Dudley on to the show this week. Anne Dudley is an obscenely talented composer, arranger, producer and performer. She is a fellow of The Royal College of Music, was nominated 3 times for an Ivor Novello Award, she has won two Brit awards, a Grammy and an *Oscar* for her score for the...

Let's get ready to rumble! Prepare for a right old ding dong as Anne and Eamon get all up in each others grills about camera phones at gigs and clubs. It's all a bit of a misunderstanding and a few cuts and bruises will soon mend. One thing they do agree on however is that Questlove is a musical saint and should be knighted and given a commemorative public holiday in recognition for his work in re...

Well what can we say about this episode other than it contains one of the finest musicians we have ever heard. Brian Jackson has over 50 years experience in the industry and has co-written some of the greatest songs of all time including 'The Bottle' and 'Winter in America' with Gil Scot-Heron. Its a dangerous game meeting your heroes but we are delighted to say that Brian is an absolute gentleman...

This week we welcome a genuine Scissor Sister into the WGA family, Ana Matronic! Ana is a true music lover who has toured the world as a singer and DJ. A former Goth and Industrial fan Ana completed her apprenticeship in the burlesque drag clubs of New York and LA and has plenty of tales to tell. An expert on all things disco she is currently curating an exhibition on design in club culture for th...

This week Anne and Eamon go for a good old fashioned dig in a real live record store. We discover what is important about a record shop, go shoulder to shoulder in the disco section and discuss Record Store Day now that it's a fixture. Our guest is the unbelievably talented singer, songwriter, author and actress Adele Bertie. Founder member of The Bloods, singer and songwriter who has written and...

This week we are delighted to have a genuinely funny person sharing her phonographic memories with us, writer and comedian Jo Caulfield. Jo is a seasoned stand up comedian and has written for and appeared on Graham Norton, Have I got news for you, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Mock the week, Argumental and her own critically acclaimed Radio 4 series It's that Jo Caulfield again. She is also a music per...

Our guest this week is Ben Ayres from the legendary British Indie band Cornershop. Together with band mate Tajinder Singh, Ben can lay claim to a unique place in musical history as the only band to have a single top both the National Charts and John Peels Festive Fifty with the timeless floor filler 'Brimful of Asha'. Currently celebrating 30 years in the business Ben has seen it all from the gidd...