Anyone Can Play Guitar

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 second part of a mini trilogy, we speak to Tom Bright the founder of Islington radio about how he used 2020 to pivot and create an online radio station. We also speak to Gail Porter a...

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 first of a mini trilogy we speak to season one guest Mark Radcliffe about his experiences since last March as he continues to broadcast his radio shows. Sometimes from Salford and sometim...

This week we reach an amazing milestone of 100 episodes. Firstly thank you to all our listeners, guests, tour managers, managers, PR companies, record companies, security people, and on and on. Without you it is just two idiots from Newcastle trying to talk music. In this our 100th episode we go back to where it all began and welcome back Paul Smith and Tom English of Maximo Park to talk about the...

Hello and Welcome to episode 99. Someone get me a flake. In this episode we have the second part of our two part episode with Danny Hignett of Cast No Shadow Official. We pick the conversation up at a cliff hanging moment. Will that tambourine get played. This episode finishes off Danny's top five Oasis moments and then we have a not so quick, quick fire questions about Danny's favourite Oasis thi...

Welcome to this week's episode of ACPG Podcast. This is the first part of a double header episode. The first for season three. In this episode we speak to Danny Hignett super fan and the creator of the Oasis fan community page, Cast No Shadow Official on instagram. As we increase the amount of episodes on fan and fandom we wanted to speak to someone has used their fandom to create a space in the w...

In this week's episode we revisit one of our season one guests. Everything Everything. This time we're speaking to the wonderful Jeremy Pritchard, bass player for Everything Everything, super sub for Foals in 2019, and all around good egg. We speak about their latest album 'Re-Animater', talk about how 2020 effected nearly everything they did, album art work, dealing with lockdown, and so much mor...

Happy New Year, welcome to the 1st episode of 2021 and what a belter to get things going. This week Ben is zooming with Chris and Max of You Me at Six. Thank you to Jasleen for her support to get this interview set up. It was a great chat, where we mainly spoke about the making of You Me at Six new album, SUCKAPUNCH. We spoke about the making of, getting ready for release, how they've looked after...

In this week's episode we have a chat and catch up with fellow podcaster and nightclub promoter Stu Whiffen. As we still look at the music industry in 2020 we talk to Stu about how this year has affected the night time music economy, in particular his night club 'The Pink Toothbrush' in Rayleigh Essex. We also talk about his great podcast 'off the beat and track' and his part time life in radio. I...

In the second half of our two episode special we speak to country star Russell Dickerson. Ben speak to Russell on another transatlantic chat over zoom. Russell released his second album, Southern Symphony last Friday (4th December 2020) and we talk about his new album, how has 2020 changed the release, the sound, the production and how he has adapted this year to make sure this great album gets in...

Welcome to the first of a two parter this week with Spaces and Vibes of Never Not Nothing We are releasing two episodes this week and the first is with duo Never Not Nothing. Formally known as Black Futures, Never Not Nothing have spent 2020 producing new material, planning to takeover in 2021 and changing their name. Hear about all of this and more in the first of this weeks two episodes. Never N...

Welcome to this week's episode of ACPG Podcast. We're still looking at 2020 and how this has effected the music industry but we have changed the format ever so slightly and this week we release the first of a series of full uninterrupted interviews with guests. Our first conversation is with Cristian Machado, now a solo artist in his own right. He is maybe best known as the lead singer of the band...

This week we have a two of one special as we talk to Tjinder Singh from Cornershop and Shauna Tohill from Rews about releasing music in 2020. As we continue are 2020 series we look this week at releasing music again but rather than debut releases we look at second album (Warriors) release with Shauna of Rews and release number NINE (England is a Garden) with Tjinder of Cornershop. Both conversatio...

This week Ben has a transatlantic zoom conversation with singer/songwriter Diana DeMuth. Diana released her debut album 'Misadventure' in September 2020. Ben and Diana spoke about how 2020 and covid has changed the released and changed the experience. What has she learned, what will she do again, and what's next? It was a great conversation with a brilliant musician. Learn more here - https://www....

In this episode we continue with our look at releasing music, debut music, in 2020. This time we caught up with Rory Young from the indie band Sea Girls. Who released their much anticipated debut album 'Open Up Your Head' in the summer of 2020. Ben spoke to Rory over zoom, the meeting place for most people this year. And had a great chat about the making of this album and how it was released. As w...

In this week's episode we release the second part of our episodes dedicated to releasing music in 2020. We wanted to document what music was like in 2020 and how people released music and how they changed in this very strange and testing year. In part two we talk to returning guest Jamie McCredie and his musical partner Jo Harrop who released their debut album in May 2020. This interview is part o...

In this week's episode we release the first part of a three part trilogy dedicated to releasing music in 2020. We wanted to document what music was like in 2020 and how people released music and how they changed in this very strange and testing year. In part one we talk to Canadian Country star Lindsay Ell about the release of her third album, Heart Theory. Ben caught up with Lindsay over zoom in...

In this week's episode we look at Tom Gray from Gomez's Broken Record Campaign. What started out as a five minute clip for our Record Store Day special turned into a full episode with Tom, Kevin Brennan MP for Cardiff West, and Max Bloom of Yuck. As we look at how Tom's campaign started and grew and grew. A campaign that will hopefully see artists getting better deals for their work. This is very...

Hello and welcome to episode 85 of Anyone can play guitar podcast. This week is our Record Store Day Special. This is something we've been planning since season one and due to a number of reasons, you're getting it now in season three. This episode features a conversation with Phoebe Scott, PR and Communications PR executive for record store day, as well as chats with Jake Bugg, Billy Lunn from Th...

SURPRISE!! Hello and welcome to episode 84 of Anyone Can Play Guitar. This is episode one of season three. This episode like Clarissa, explains all. But in short, we were going to wait until the new year for season three as we were only half way through recording great episodes with great guests when the lockdown happened. So that will now become season four and season three is a season of special...

In this week's episode we take a little look back at some of our season two highlights. If you have just found our podcast, welcome, this is problem a great place to start and get a flavour. We look forward to seeing you in season three. Thank you to all our guests for their time and most importantly thank you to you, our listeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our final interview of season two, Ben is backstage at the Newcastle Academy with Dave Keuning of The Killers and his new band Keuning. This was a great interview, to sit down with someone who was in the biggest band in the world and soundtracked indie clubs, birthday parties, weddings all over the world. We spoke about location, writing songs like Mr Brightside, getting the right people for yo...

In our penultimate interview of season two. Ben is at the Cluny with singer/songwriter and all round nice chap, John Newman. The Cluny is one of the best venues for new and emerging artists to play. Ben and James's band played it many times and was probably their favourite. Ben caught John on his intimate tour, as John says to reset his love for what he does. It was truly amazing to catch up with...

This week Ben is away from the North East and at the Fleece in Bristol. Talking to former Barenaked Lady Steven Page. As Ben's favourite band of all time, this was such a thrill and well worth the trip. They spoke about song writing, getting feedback from trusted people, social media, even budgeting, and so much more. Steven's good cause of the week is Grandmothers to Grandmothers which is ran by...

This week Ben is in James and Ben's usual match day pub. This time on a Monday afternoon and with Keith Armstrong of Kitchenware records. Ben and Keith spoke about record deals, the role of record companies, releasing music and having a career in music. This is a great chat looking behind the scenes of the music business. Keith's good cause of the week is Children North East, doing great work with...

This week James is on the phone again, this time with Kevin Brown of GigRev, Mobile Apps for bands. Having a website can be an obvious choice to musicians, but what about a mobile app? In an age where increasingly more people use a mobile phone to browse the web, whilst social media app algorithms restrict your reach within their platforms, why not? James and Kevin talk about it all. The good caus...