A monthly podcast on which a Yank and a Brit clash and connect over music from both sides of "the pond".

Crossed Channels with Tony Fletcher and Dan Epstein

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Join music journalists/biographers/musicians/Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) as they debate and discuss the different ways that certain major bands and artists from their respective homelands have been received on the other side of the pond. In the process, Dan and Tony compare and contrast their own experiences as obsessive music fans growing up in the US and the UK. tonyfletcher.substack.com

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A monthly podcast on which a Yank and a Brit clash and connect over music from both sides of "the pond".

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Oasis: What's The Story? 18.04.2024 1:17:40

Welcome to the fifth episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast, in which Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) clash and connect over music from either side of the pond Having tackled the rise and premature demise of Otis Redding in our last episode, we now return to England — Manchester, to be specific — to discuss the band Oasis and the 1995 album that catapulted them to internationa...

Spotlight on Otis Redding, now! 14.03.2024 9:42

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Welcome to the fourth episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast, in which Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) clash and connect over music from across the pond. Having discussed the rise and fall of The Sex Pistols in our last episode, we now head back across the Atlantic — and back a decade earli...

God Save the Sex Pistols 13.02.2024 7:37

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Welcome to the third episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast, in which Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) clash and connect over music from across the pond. Following our previous episodes on The Jam’s Setting Sons album and The Replacements’ Tim , we traipse back across the Atlantic to take o...

Tim: The Replacements Hit the Big Time 16.01.2024 7:16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Welcome to the second episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast, in which a Yank (Dan Epstein) and a Brit (Tony Fletcher) clash and connect over music from across the pond. Following our dissection of the bizarre American running order for The Jam’s 1979 LP Setting Sons , we turn our attention to a fantastic al...

Setting Sons: The Flipped Script 12.12.2023 7:54

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Welcome to Episode 1 of CROSSED CHANNELS — a new monthly podcast on which a Yank and a Brit clash and connect over music from across the pond. In the podcast’s inaugural episode, Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) discuss The Jam’s powerful 1979 album Setting Sons , and how the band’s American...

Introducing CROSSED CHANNELS: A New Podcast 05.12.2023 3:26

Welcome to Crossed Channels — a new monthly podcast on which a Yank and a Brit clash and connect over music from across the pond. Join Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) as they debate and discuss the different ways that certain major bands and artists from their respective homelands have been received on the other side of the pond. In the process, Dan and Tony compare and contras...