Over Our Garden Wall - Music Podcast

When we ran our Twitter/X polls for this episode, it was the first time that all 5 albums were voted as a yes! So the big question was - would our podcast panel also go for the full house?! The artists on this episode were all strong enough to easily support the idea that their album is one of the best 100 ever, with albums reviewed from :Public Enemy The Rolling Stones Aretha Franklin Michael Jac...

Our last podcast episode was all about surviving the logistical challenges from Storm Babet. Nothing as biblical as that when we recorded Episode 17 of our 100 Greatest Albums music podcast. However, the recording didn't go as planned.... For this Episode we had reached the Top 20 of the Rolling Stone Magazine Top 100 list - and it did give us a super-eclectic list to get our teeth into. Over...

Storm Babet tried it's hardest, however our podcast friends are a hardy bunch! And, after having to re-arrange our recording on two separate occasions, Episode 16 is now available in all its glory! Episode 15 was an all male affair. Episode 16 on the other hand brings together one of our resident panellists Lisa with our special guest, the PR expert, music loving, fanatical gig going, Velvet U...

For our latest episode of Live Music & Me - our guest was the cultural commentator and host of the cracking Scots Whay Hae podcast, Alistair Braidwood. Alistair is normally the one asking the questions, therefore it was really good fun to have him using the old grey matter recollecting his own musical memories! From a stellar first gig at Ibrox 1986 ( a sold out stadium gig that had lots of ro...

Our latest guest on our occasional series of podcasts on live music memories was the singer/songwriter/musician from The Bluebells & The McCluskey Brothers - Ken McCluskey. Ken's live gig chat ranged from The Damned at the height of punk, to the Young Fathers in Brighton, to U2 in Dublin. There was also chat about playing to 300,000 people in Barcelona with The Bluebells, getting arrested...

It would be great if all our podcast friends and guests lived on the same street in the same town. However, when they don't, you need technology to be your friend, and so far it has played a blinder. The panel this week was all about quality over quantity. In addition to John Welsh, our guest was Ian Smith, who has been working wonders at our favourite record label, Last Night From Glasgow for...

We have been close to voting in 5 albums out of 5 on previous podcasts ( but didn't) The roll call on this one was very strong... The Beatles - Rubber Soul ( first time on the list) Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Beyonce - Lemonade Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue Our guest on this episode was the singer/songwriter/musician Jack ( check out his songs released under the solo p...

Welcome to the latest of our occasional video shorts, where we get some of our friends to talk about their Live Music memories. Our guest for this episode was the writer & musician Chris Thomson from The Bathers. ( who we love!) We covered a wide range of bands, artists & venues with Chris, ranging from first gig recollections ( Bowie at The Glasgow Apollo, cool or what?!) - to most surpri...

It's Top 40 time! On this episode we reviewed albums 40-36 from the Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Albums list. Its a pretty stellar line up too, with albums discussed from David Bowie, Talking Heads, Bob Dylan, Dr Dre & Michael Jackson. We love having guests join us - and for this episode we are joined by the main man from, amongst others Goodbye Mr MacKenzie & The Filthy Tongues, Martin...

12 Episodes in, so would this be the podcast where the panel finally votes in all 5 albums we discuss on an episode? Of course it wasn't.... We reviewed albums 45-41 from the Rolling Stone Greatest Album list - with Prince, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Radiohead & The Rolling Stones all getting some serious chat time. All albums discussed felt a fair bit of love, but only three of them were...

t's always a pleasure talking music with Robert ( aka Bobby Bluebell), and this is especially true when talking about gigs! Bobby talks about his first ' big' gig, Elton John at Kelvin Hall. Glasgow, the first gig he went to with a partner ( Top Of The Pops, no, really!) , and the Burt Bacharach gig that most surprised him ( in a good way) As it's Bobby, we also asked him about his...

Our latest guest for our podcast that celebrates all things live music, is the singer/songwriter/musician, and 20% of the Gates Of Light collaboration - Louise Quinn. Louise has a very eclectic music taste which comes through in her recollections. From her first gig going to see The Stranglers ( as a goth), to having a romantic gig date at the Reading Festival watching Gay Bikers On Acid, (!) to w...

Having reached the halfway mark on our review of the Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Albums list, the hope was that as we move into the top 50 we would get more agreement on what a great albums looks/sound like. However, Episode 11 suggests that our debates will continue unabated! On this episode, we reviewed albums for Jay Z & Outkast ( both 2nd time lucky?) , Bob Marley ( 2nd album going in?) Ram...

When you have a special guest that has just been named as the ' biggest music star in the city of Glasgow' - it's important that a) the podcast team are on top form and b) the technology behaves. The team were on top form, so no problems there. However, it's fair to say we had one or two technical glitches, that included Lisa getting some ' in running' technical support fro...

Our guest on this latest video short episode of Live Music & Me is the Scottish poet/writer Stephen Watt. Stephen starts with a classic first gig ( Ultravox on a Maltese beach!), talks about standing next to Wet Leg at their own gig, and professes his love for Faithless ( including arriving to see them at Barrowland in a limo. No, really!) . Oh, and he also calls out Chris Moyles for being a b...

These are a series of video shorts we had in 2022 with some of our friends, all about their love affair with live music. We were due to publish them 6 months ago - however the hard drive with the edited audio and song inserts corrupted! We had great fun doing them, and have therefore decided to go ahead and publish the Zoom videos. This episode is with the bard of Bellshill, Duglas T Stewart. As i...

The guest for this episode of Live Music & Me is the author, musician and kick ass DJ, George Paterson. ( we recorded it a year ago, technical gremlins prevented it from coming out until now, apologies!) George covered plenty of ground with his live music recollections - from his first gig at the famous Glasgow Apollo ( Toyah Wilcox) to Issac Hayes at the Town & County Club, to Sinatra at...

These are a series of short Q&A chats we had in 2022 with some of our friends, all about their love affair with live music. We were due to publish them 6 months ago - however the hard drive with the edited audio and song inserts corrupted! We had great fun doing them, and have therefore decided to go ahead and publish the Zoom videos in full. This episode is with the drummer to the stars (and...

These are a series of short Q&A chats we had earlier this year with some of our friends, all about their love affair with live music. We were due to publish them months ago - however the hard drive with the edited audio and song inserts corrupted! We had great fun doing them, and have therefore decided to go ahead and publish the Zoom videos in full. This video short is with the musician Jonat...

Our guest for this edition is the hardest working man in Scotland - musician, writer & Frets Concerts creator/facilitator/performer Douglas MacIntyre. This one is short and sweet, with Douglas giving us a window into his live music favourites, including gigs that he got to ( Sensational Alex Harvey Band & The Residents amongst them) and gigs that he didn't ( Buzzcocks at Glasgow Apollo...

These are a series of short Q&A chats we had earlier this year with some of our friends, all about their love affair with live music. We were due to publish them 6 months ago - however the hard drive with the edited audio and song inserts corrupted! We had great fun doing them, and have therefore decided to go ahead and publish the Zoom videos in full, with audio version on streaming platforms...

We have almost reached the halfway point with or review of the top 100 Rolling Stone albums. On this episode, we reviewed albums from Stevie Wonder, The Band, Led Zeppelin, & Liz Phair. We voted 4 of those onto our list - and its fair to say that, in general, the standard of the albums on the list is pretty good. In amongst the music chat- we also managed to fit in chat and comments about Van...

When we have a special guest join us , its always nice if the guests taste in music aligns with some of the albums we review. Our guest on this episode was the singer/songwriter Chris Thomson. Friends Again & The Bathers are both wonderful bands, but difficult to pick up any elements of hip hop, hair metal or yacht rock in their songs! Unfortunately for Chris, on this episode we reviewed album...

On Zoom calls , it not unusual to have incoming phone calls interrupting you and dogs barking. We had both on this episode, plus blinding sunlight create screen glare ( in Scotland!). However, none of that fazes our dream team podcast panel, who reviewed 5 more albums from the Rolling Stone Top 100 list on this episode . The albums were from NWA, Alanis Morrisette, Kate Bush, Jay Z & John Colt...

25 albums reviewed. 14 voted in. 11 out. Now that we are in the Top 75, we are starting to see more big hitters come on the list. On this episode we review albums from Aretha, Kanye, Kevin, Neil & Bob, at least 3 of whom meet that definition. As ever, our panel impresses with their musical assessments and knowledge, as well as being a fountain of music related trivia ( who knew Kayne West was...