Anyone Can Play Guitar

Hello and welcome to episode 127 of the ACPG Podcast. This week we go back to pre-pandemic recordings. This is the first of a few recordings we wanted to release earlier but for whatever reason haven't released yet. But here it is, our chat with Jake Bugg in March 2020, backstage at the wonderful Newcastle City Hall. A great interview with a great artist doing it his way. Thank you for listening,...

Hello and Welcome to episode 126 of the ACPG Podcast. This week we are pleased and thrilled to have Miles Kane as our special guest. Ben caught up with Miles over zoom to talk about his new album, Change the Show, touring, fashion, Fred Perry… and chicken wings. Thank you to Miles for talking to us and Ashley for support with the episode. Next Week - Jake Bugg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

Hello and Welcome to Season FOUR of ACPG Podcast. After a short break we are back with season four. Who knew we'd get to episode 125 and four season of our podcast. But here we are and we're not stopping. Even if people want us to. This is just a quick hello and a little insight into what is coming in 2022. Fun that's what. Next week... Miles Kane Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Hello and welcome to the season three outro episode. In this short episode Ben and James reflect on another great season including some wonderful milestones. Thank you to all of guests who have given up their time to speak to us. Thank you to YOU for listening and downloading, telling your friends and putting up with us. Have a safe Christmas and New Year and we'll see you in Spring. Hosted on Aca...

Hello and welcome to episode 123 of the ACPG Podcast. This week should have been the outro to season three, the season that never ends. But true to form we have one extra chat for your ears. Ben caught up with rock n roll hall of famer Colin Blunstone of The Zombies. So we weren't going to say no were we. Ben and Colin chatted over zoom about The Zombies life in music, the new tour, and the 50th a...

Hello and welcome to part two of The Rigg special episode. Just a quick update one, thank you to Rob and Simon, this is the only time I'll say thank you. Hopefully we can do a part three sometime as this missed out so much. Watch out next week for surprise episode. As this season has proven, we just can't finish it. Take care and stay safe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Hello and welcome to episode 121 of the ACPG podcast. As season three is coming to an end, we're thought we would release the first part of a two part Rigg special. Who are The Rigg, well before this podcast was even a thought James and Ben were part of a four piece indie band based in Newcastle. Rob (drums), Simon (bass), James (vocals), Ben (guitar) were the Rigg and in some ways still are. Rob...

Hello and welcome to episode 120 of ACPG Music Podcast. This week Ben is talking over zoom with John Flansburgh of the truly awesome They Might Be Giants. As a fan of TMBG, this was an absolute thrill. Go Zoom. TMBG's have a new album and book coming out next month (November 2021) called 'Book'. We've taken a listen and it is excellent, so watch out for it. Thank you to John for an amazing chat an...

Hello and welcome to episode 119 or ACPG Music Podcast. This week we welcome Ewan MacFarlane of Apollo 440 and The Grim Northern Social. Ben and Ewan had a great chat about Ewan's new adventure into his solo career. We're really looking forward to Ewan's new material coming out at the end of this month (October 2021). Thank you to Ewan for an amazing chat and Terry for setting up the interview. Fi...

Hello and welcome to episode 118 of ACPG Podcast. This week we take our first, virtual at least, trip to Denmark and our first Danish guest Jonas Bjerre of the band Mew and his new musical venture TACHYS. Ben caught up with Jonas one Friday morning before he (Jonas) had to catch a flight to Helsinki. Ben and Jonas mainly spoke about his new band TACHYS which is about 35 years or so in the making....

In this week's episode we release a conversation from early in the pandemic where we speak to Tjinder Singh of Cornershop. We speak primarily about releasing music just before the lockdown and pandemic really hit people's lives and you may have heard this from a previous episodes. But the rest of the episode is all about how Tjinder and Cornershop approach music through writing and production and...

Hello and welcome to episode 116 of the ACPG Podcast. This week we revisit the full interview from summer 2020 with Jamie McCredie and Jo Harrop. Last year we released part of the interview all about the release of Weathering the Storm. This episode is all about their musical relationship. Here is the full episode. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to episode 115 of the ACPG podcast. This podcast has provided both of us with some bonkers situations. Whether it's backstage or sitting in a pub with some of our amazing guests, this podcast has been awesome for some of the most bizarre situations over the last few years. Today's guest as you've probably seen is David Duchovny. Now we don't really talk about The X-Files, or Cali...

Hello and welcome to episode 114 of ACPG Podcast. This week Ben is on the zoom again, this time speaking to Matt and Adam of Brighton based Newcastle band Demob Happy. Ben caught up with the boys to discuss their music and take a little trip around their world through five songs that shaped their career. We speak about moving to Brighton from Newcastle, what the live Demob Happy experience is like...

Hello and welcome to episode 113 of ACPG Podcast. This week we invite back podcast regulars and podcast friends Mark Radcliffe and Paul Langley, also known as UNE. Mark has been on the show two times talking radio and Paul has been on talking about being a tour manager and music photographer. However this time, we are speaking about the release of UNE's second and third album out in August and Nov...

This week we are still down under with Steve Kilbey of The Church. This episode is the second part of our conversation about Steve's career in music. There is around 8 minutes for our first chat and another 20 or so from the second time we spoke. Steve is as on form as the first chat and it's a great chat. Thank you again to Erika and Steve for this conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Hello and welcome to ACPG Podcast, as we head down under to talk to Steve Kilbey of The Church. In this the first of a two part conversation we speak to Steve Kilbey about his life in music. Steve has been in the music industry for around forty years, releasing over 1000 songs with his band The Church or as a solo artist. Steve is extremely passionate about music and this a great conversation. Enj...

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of ACPG Podcast. Around a year ago we were very giddy to have Dave Keuning from The Killers on our show. To be fair we're pretty giddy with every guest we get on the show. But this is something else. We (I think it was Ben) probably also said at the time that is it unlikely we'll meet again, but here we are. This time over zoom. We meet again. Astonishing....

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of ACPG Podcast. This week we are, by accident, the end of a Canadian trilogy. In this episode Ben talks to John Angus of the amazing The Trews. A Canadian band who might of started in Nova Scotia but spent most of their professional life in Ontario. John Angus is based in Hamilton and we spoke via the magic of zoom. It was a great conversation about The Tr...

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of ACPG Podcast. This week we are talking to Ian and Luke of the Canadian band Cleopatrick. Cleopatrick are due to release their debut album 'Bummer' this Friday (4th June) and it is a belter. Ben lazily refers to them as the Canadian Royal Blood but it's a compliment. Bummer pays homage to their humble beginning and their rise to nearly 100 million downloa...

Hello and welcome to episode 107 of Anyone Can Play Guitar. We're extremely pleased to be welcoming JJ Wilde onto our podcast this week. JJ is a solo rock singer from Kitchener Ontario, another Canadian guest to add to our every increasing roster. JJ is currently having major success with her track Mercy and her album Ruthless from last year (2020) is well, excellent. We spoke via the magic of zoo...

Hello and Welcome to this week's episode. This episode is a great chat with singer songwriter, indie folk, folk star, singer, and now electronic artist (Apple Music use a lot of titles) Scott Matthews. We speak about his new album released this Friday (14th May 2021) New Skin. It's a wonderful chat about his writing and recording process, especially during the last 12 months. Thank you to Scott an...

Hello (happy 4/20, a release date requested by our guest) and welcome to episode 105. This week we speak to the wonderful Hannah Hooper of the equally wonderful GROUPLOVE. Now based in Atlanta, Hannah and Ben caught up over zoom to talk about GROUPLOVE's new album This Is This. In a slight change of format, we discuss the new album and the history of the band through the lens of five songs. Five s...

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of ACPG Podcast. In this episode we speak to season one guest and friend of the podcast, David Wilson. David is a fantastic music video director (among many others things). Working with the likes of Arcade Fire, Artic Monkeys, The Maccabees and many many more. In this episode we speak to David about how 2020 and now 2021 has effected making music videos. Pa...

Hello and welcome to a three in one day drop. This week we look at radio or lockdown radio if you will. How has 2020/21 effected radio from the people spinning (not sure spinning still happens) the tunes. In this the final part of a mini trilogy, we speak to Taz and Jim from FM96 London Ontario's best rock. We spoke to Taz and Jim to so see how things were different in Canada and how they were dif...