Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

It’s the last in the current series of Rockonteurs, and this one is something to ‘Shout’ about as we are joined by national treasure Lulu.  What a career, from the swinging 60s, to working with Bowie, endless touring with the very best, her own TV shows, and continued respect from across today’s younger artists - Lulu is a total tour de force!  Find out more about her upcoming live dates...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are a man down, as Guy is off sick, so Gary is flying solo with Deep Purple legends Ian Paice and Ian Gillan joining the podcast. It is a fascinating in-depth conversation about their career to date and the new brilliant album ‘Splat!’.  From the early days, to an evolving line up over the years through to this new, incredibly prolific period, Gar...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome artist, DJ, A&R executive and the man that put the ‘M’ in M People - Mike Pickering to the podcast.  Mike talks to Gary and Guy about a life in music from seeing the Beatles aged just 8, to the early days of the Manchester music scene, the Hacienda, Factory Records and then starting M People.  This episode is a great companion to his n...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome the acclaimed music video director Tim Pope to the show.  Tim has spent a lifetime directing music videos for some of the greatest artists of all time such as Hall and Oates, Iggy Pop, Paul Weller, David Bowie and of course, The Cure. In fact Tim has shot over 37 music videos for The Cure over the years and continues to work with the band. He h...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome Go Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine to the show.  She talks to Gary and Guy about her own career in music and also the new book from Blondie drummer Clem Burke that Kathy helped finish after his passing last year. Clem and Kathy were great friends for many decades and the book is a joyous and fascinating story that he started over 20 years ago. ‘Th...

This week we are joined by Foo Fighters lead guitarist Chris Shiflett. Chris joined the band in 1999 and talks to Gary and Guy about growing up a punk and rock fan, picking up the guitar, and how he found himself in one of the biggest rock bands in the world. He’s down the earth, a passionate music fan and, as we find out a fellow Gooner with Gary and they talk about Arsenal’s recent success.&nbsp...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, and as requested by Noel Gallagher, we welcome Dave Hill from Slade to the show.  With a range of tales from days on the road with Slade to his continued close relationship with Noddy, and we hear about his new record due out in the autumn. 'Dirty Foot Lane' is Dave's first ever solo LP and is produced by Noddy’s son Django Holder.  Instagram @rockon...

This week performance poet John Cooper Clarke joins Gary and Guy to talk about his career, from his discovery of the powers of poetry at school to his status today as something of a national treasure. Always a fan of music, and galvanised by the Beatles and The Stones, he tried his hand playing bass in a band, but soon found he wanted to work with words, and began writing and performing his o...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a hugely talented artist and (another) bassist to the show, it’s Colin Greenwood of Radiohead. Colin is the very definition of a Rockonteur, as he talks about his early influences, the “make or break” early days of his band, a working with Nick Cave. He also talks to Gary and Guy about the recent live dates from Radiohead that were so well received...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are BACK and joined by founding member of Duran Duran, Nick Rhodes.  In a fascinating and utterly original conversation he talks to Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt about his early influences, starting the band in Birmingham and he tells a great story about hanging out with Andy Warhol in New York in the 80s. Nick also talks about Duran Duran’s live show in Hyd...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Japan and Porcupine Tree’s Richard Barbieri. Richard has one of music’s most distinctive voices and was a key architect of the late 80s/80s synthesiser revolution.  Richard talks to Guy and Gary about his eclectic and wide ranging influences and his new record ‘Hauntings’ which is his first album since 2021 - out on April 10th.  Find...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Greg Phillinganes. Greg is an incredible artist, keyboardist, vocalist, arranger and, as you’ll hear he can tell a pretty good story too! In this episode he talks to his good friends Guy Pratt and Gary Kemp about his work with Stevie Wonder, The Jacksons, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour to name but a few. The stories come thick and fast and Gre...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by filmmaker Edgar Wright. Edgar’s film are synonymous with their amazing soundtracks from Shaun of the Dead, to Baby Driver, The Sparks Brothers and his recent action packed film The Running Man.  This is a fascinating conversation about his music and film influences, what makes a great soundtrack, and even working with Guy on Spaced. ...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by the producer, manager, songwriter, and impresario Simon Napier-Bell. Simon talks about getting his foot in the door in the 60s, working and writing for Dusty Springfield, managing the Yardbirds and taking Wham to China in the 80s. Simon’s is a remarkable career that hasn't slowed down one bit as he explains in this fascinating conversation wit...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by the legendary percussionist Ray Cooper. Ray has performed with so many of our favourite artists over the years but is forever synonymous as being part of Elton John's band since 1972.  In a fascinating conversation with Guy and Gary, Ray talks about a life with Elton and recording classic albums like 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by drummer, DJ, musical trendsetter and co-founder of the Blitz Club in London. Gary and Guy chat to their pal Rusty Egan about his days with Rich Kids, Visage and helping set the British club scene at the Blitz.  His stories come thick and fast but his impact on the music of the late 70s and 80s is undeniable.  Rusty has a book out, 'R...

This week Guy and Gary talk to a legendary British blues man. Paul Jones talks about finding the blues in the record stores of Portsmouth in the late 50s. He discusses his relationship with Brian Jones and his undeniable influence, the hits of Manfred Man, his solo career and continuing to tour in his 80s. Plus, Guy and Gary find out about some of their favourite films of Paul’s from the late 60s....

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Slade drummer Don Powell.  Gary is very excited as Slade are one of the first bands he ever saw on stage and their live shows remain utterly legendary. Don was and remains a childhood hero! In this episode Don chats to Guy and Gary about how the band got together, his musical influences, the huge success the band enjoyed in the 70s,...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are delighted to welcome our good friend Jill Furmanovsky to the pod Jill is one of the world’s leading photographers and has spent her career photographing the great and the good from Rock N’Roll In this episode she chats to Guy and Gary about getting her first break and some of the amazing artists she has worked with that include The Who, Pink Floyd, Blon...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are back! Guy and Gary welcome John Power to the show.  John talks about the new Cast album ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ out on January 30th and looks back at a wonderful year last year for Cast that included the Oasis tour and 30 years of ‘All Change’. He also talks about his days in The La's and the evolution to Cast.  The new album is available to preord...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary and Guy quiz each other on great songs that were denied a No.1 and we welcome back our dear friend, the legendary record producer Steve Lillywhite to the show.  Steve has worked with some of the biggest and best artists on the planet - and produced the nation’s favourite Christmas song ‘Fairytale of New York’. In this special end of season episode, S...

We welcome Lewis MacLeod on the podcast for a special pre-Christmas show! Known for his work on BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers (and many more) and for voicing various characters in various TV shows. Tune in to hear all the fantastic impressions. https://lnk.to/rockonteurs @garyjkemp @guypratt @macleodlewis  @GimmeSugarProductions  #rockonteurs #newepisode #lewismacleod #rockonteurs #newepiso...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt welcome the brilliant Steve Lukather to the podcast.  Luke, as we call him, is the very definition of an artist. He’s a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. He’s recorded on literally 1000’s of tracks for 100s of artists from Boz Scaggs to Ringo Starr and Michael Jackson. He is also the last founding member of Toto and...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt welcome KT Tunstall to the show.  KT talks about her early musical influences having moved to an America as a young child, growing up adopted in a house where very little music was listened to but discovering that her biological parents were music obsessives. KT also talks about her breakout appearance on ‘Later’ with Jools Holland...

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome Blur drummer Dave Rowntree to the show.  Dave has recently released a beautiful book of intimate, candid, and never before seen photographs from the very early days of Blur. ‘No One You Know’ is out now and chronicles the band’s first adventures.  Dave chats to Gary and Guy about those early days, his life with and without Blur, and shares...