New interview: There is a songwriter who acts as a chronicler of the age. He has been watching the news and doesn’t like what he sees. Mordecai Smyth is that man, and on Gather The Scattered Mind he has been observing thestrangebrew.co.uk/mordecai-smy...

Thanks to the great Wally Waller for coming up to The CAT Club to share his memories of The Pretty Things and his life in music. An extensive podcast will follow

New podcast: Strawberry Studios became an unlikely cornerstone of British music, hosting everyone from 10cc to Paul McCartney. Co-founder Peter Tattersall and music historian Peter Wadsworth piece together its long-overlooked story thestrangebrew.co.uk/strawberry-s...

Thanks to the great Wally Waller for coming up to The CAT Club to share his memories of The Pretty Things and his life in music. An extensive podcast will follow

New podcast: Strawberry Studios became an unlikely cornerstone of British music, hosting everyone from 10cc to Paul McCartney. Co-founder Peter Tattersall and music historian Peter Wadsworth piece together its long-overlooked story thestrangebrew.co.uk/strawberry-s...

New interview: Peter Mills of Innocents Abroad tells us about the Liverpool music scene of the 1980s and what it like being back with the group over 30 years on thestrangebrew.co.uk/peter-mills-...

New interview: Peter Mills of Innocents Abroad tells us about the Liverpool music scene of the 1980s and what it like being back with the group over 30 years on thestrangebrew.co.uk/peter-mills-...

Mark Nevin reviews the brilliant ‘David Bowie: You’re Not Alone’ show @davidbowiereal.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/david-bowie-...

Mark Nevin reviews the brilliant ‘David Bowie: You’re Not Alone’ show @davidbowiereal.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/david-bowie-...

New podcast: Judge Smith talks about the history of The Kibbo Kift, a remarkable lost musical, and why its strange subject matter resonates today. Thanks to @joebankswriter.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/kibbo-kift/

New podcast: Judge Smith talks about the history of The Kibbo Kift, a remarkable lost musical, and why its strange subject matter resonates today. Thanks to @joebankswriter.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/kibbo-kift/

Scott Shea tells the story of Fleetwood Mac through the travails of their six foundational guitarists: Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch, Bob Weston and Lindsey Buckingham #fleetwoodmac thestrangebrew.co.uk/fleetwood-ma...

Scott Shea tells the story of Fleetwood Mac through the travails of their six foundational guitarists: Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch, Bob Weston and Lindsey Buckingham #fleetwoodmac thestrangebrew.co.uk/fleetwood-ma...

Beau picks his five top tracks from the Dandelion catalogue - includes Kevin Coyne, Bridget St John, Medicine Head, Mike Hart and Tractor thestrangebrew.co.uk/top-five-dan...

Beau picks his five top tracks from the Dandelion catalogue - includes Kevin Coyne, Bridget St John, Medicine Head, Mike Hart and Tractor thestrangebrew.co.uk/top-five-dan...

New podcast: Duncan Mackay talks about playing with Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Alan Parsons Project, Kate Bush, 10cc and his solo work thestrangebrew.co.uk/duncan-mackay/

Cult Figures formed in Birmingham in 1977. They've just made their fourth album. We asked them about Roger Taylor of Duran Duran and why creativity is like waiting for the 166 bus thestrangebrew.co.uk/cult-figures/

Cult Figures formed in Birmingham in 1977. They've just made their fourth album. We asked them about Roger Taylor of Duran Duran and why creativity is like waiting for the 166 bus thestrangebrew.co.uk/cult-figures/

New podcast: Duncan Mackay talks about playing with Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Alan Parsons Project, Kate Bush, 10cc and his solo work thestrangebrew.co.uk/duncan-mackay/

When Kelli Blanchett's illness left her housebound, her friends started turning up for dinner. That year became Casual Dining, an EP that sounds like it belongs in the 70s singer-songwriter canon. Our interview thestrangebrew.co.uk/kelli-blanch...

When Kelli Blanchett's illness left her housebound, her friends started turning up for dinner. That year became Casual Dining, an EP that sounds like it belongs in the 70s singer-songwriter canon. Our interview thestrangebrew.co.uk/kelli-blanch...

‘He Was the Greatest Vocalist in Rock History’: A Musician’s Memories of Terry Reid thestrangebrew.co.uk/memories-ter...

‘He Was the Greatest Vocalist in Rock History’: A Musician’s Memories of Terry Reid thestrangebrew.co.uk/memories-ter...

My thoughts and memories of the great Patrick Campbell-Lyons of Nirvana who passed away recently thestrangebrew.co.uk/patrick-camp...

My thoughts and memories of the great Patrick Campbell-Lyons of Nirvana who passed away recently thestrangebrew.co.uk/patrick-camp...

New podcast: Rat Scabies (The Damned) and Chris Constantinou (Adam Ant) met through The Mutants. They discuss how they became One Thousand Motels and why it took over five years for their debut album to see a full release thestrangebrew.co.uk/rat-scabies-...

New podcast: Rat Scabies (The Damned) and Chris Constantinou (Adam Ant) met through The Mutants. They discuss how they became One Thousand Motels and why it took over five years for their debut album to see a full release thestrangebrew.co.uk/rat-scabies-...

New interview: Michael Giles on leaving King Crimson, decades of private recordings, and why at 84 he decided the tapes deserved to be heard. #kingcrimson @burningshed.com thestrangebrew.co.uk/michael-giles/

New interview: Michael Giles on leaving King Crimson, decades of private recordings, and why at 84 he decided the tapes deserved to be heard. #kingcrimson @burningshed.com thestrangebrew.co.uk/michael-giles/

New interview: Meet Furii, the musician who hopes music stays a mystery thestrangebrew.co.uk/meet-furii/

New interview: Meet Furii, the musician who hopes music stays a mystery thestrangebrew.co.uk/meet-furii/

A fantastic new interview with The Middle People - Mikey Georgeson (David Devant & His Spirit Wife) and António Olaio. They have a best of compilation, Can You Feel The Moment, out shortly @augstone.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-middle-p...

Great stuff over at The Strange Brew. Talking to "Art-Pop’s Most Productive Odd Couple" The Middle People

A fantastic new interview with The Middle People - Mikey Georgeson (David Devant & His Spirit Wife) and António Olaio. They have a best of compilation, Can You Feel The Moment, out shortly @augstone.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-middle-p...

It may be Easter for you lot, but it's Allan Clarke Day for me! Happy 84th birthday to my favourite singer!! Let's see how many music challenges I can do with only Hollies & Clarkie songs, shall we?

New podcast: Chris Wade discusses The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. From Ray Davies’ inward turn after the US tour ban to its nostalgic vision of an England that may never have existed thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-kinks-vi...

New podcast: Chris Wade discusses The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. From Ray Davies’ inward turn after the US tour ban to its nostalgic vision of an England that may never have existed thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-kinks-vi...

New interview: Before Echo & the Bunnymen had a name, Eric’s in Liverpool was influencing the future sound of the 80s. Now, Cassius Wolf & Das Abs finally emerge with An Afternoon in Bedlam, cassette-born songs from 1981 that feel at home in 2026 thestrangebrew.co.uk/cassius-wolf...

New podcast: Andrew Sandoval discusses his exhaustive day-by-day Kinks history up to 1971. Topics include Ray Davies' songwriting, the commercial failure of two classic albums, the American visa ban, and the collapsed TV deal behind Arthur thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-kinks-19...

Farewell to Tony Rivers, the singer Cliff Richard called ‘The Miracle Man of Harmonies.’ In this 2019 podcast Tony talked about his pivotal role as the go-to British harmony singer of the last 60 years thestrangebrew.co.uk/tony-rivers/

Farewell to Tony Rivers, the singer Cliff Richard called ‘The Miracle Man of Harmonies.’ In this 2019 podcast Tony talked about his pivotal role as the go-to British harmony singer of the last 60 years thestrangebrew.co.uk/tony-rivers/

New podcast: Andrew Sandoval discusses his exhaustive day-by-day Kinks history up to 1971. Topics include Ray Davies' songwriting, the commercial failure of two classic albums, the American visa ban, and the collapsed TV deal behind Arthur thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-kinks-19...

Peter Checksfield picks 5 Coasters songs that influenced British beat. Of all the American artists that influenced British 60s groups, there were two whose songs were in virtually everyone’s repertoire, Chuck Berry and The Coasters thestrangebrew.co.uk/coasters-son...

Peter Checksfield picks 5 Coasters songs that influenced British beat. Of all the American artists that influenced British 60s groups, there were two whose songs were in virtually everyone’s repertoire, Chuck Berry and The Coasters thestrangebrew.co.uk/coasters-son...

It was another incredible evening at The CAT Club with Graham Parker.

New podcast: Lou Gramm discusses his long-awaited album Released, Foreigner’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the rekindling of his relationship with Mick Jones thestrangebrew.co.uk/lou-gramm-on...

New interview: Songwriter Brick Briscoe talks illness, economics and punk angst in agricultural Indiana thestrangebrew.co.uk/brick-briscoe/

New podcast: Lou Gramm discusses his long-awaited album Released, Foreigner’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the rekindling of his relationship with Mick Jones thestrangebrew.co.uk/lou-gramm-on...

It was another incredible evening at The CAT Club with Graham Parker.

Six psychedelic tracks, four band members, and a lot of mellotron. Read The Junipers' Favourite Psychedelic Tracks ahead of their new album The Solid and the Hollow @thejunipers.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/greatest-psy...