Episodes
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Joe Boyd
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Joe Boyd in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roots-Rhythm-Remain-Journey-Through
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Patrick Dougher
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Patrick Dougher in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.godbodyart.com/new-page-3
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/patrick-dougher/concrete-dreamland/9780316571043/
https://lionsgatesound88.bandcamp.com/album/algorhythm
Born in Brooklyn in 1963, Patrick Dougher grew up in some of the most turbulent and culturally impactful periods of NYC's history. Often neglected as a child by his parents-a father who struggled with alcohol addiction and an overworked mother who struggled to make ends meet-he learned to fend for himself. Now a renowned visual artist, musician, actor and writer, Dougher brings to the page his memories, struggles, personal revelations, and a life intimately tied to the realities of growing up Black and disenfranchised on the streets of one of the most remarkable cities in the world.
Concrete Dreamland is tragic and triumphant, gritty and hard, poetic and outrageously funny. Told in Dougher's brutally raw and courageously honest voice, these stories act as snapshots of a life lived in extremes: from gangsters to God, street style to sexuality, to recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism. He tells of his adventures as a pre-hip hop "hard rock' and an original Black punk rocker surviving during the dangerous days of the crack and AIDS epidemic in NYC, while also sharing tales of racism, homelessness, and his many brushes with fame and death.
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Chris Sullivan - Blue Rondo à la Turk
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Chris Sullivan in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.thesullivan.net/home
Blue Rondo à la Turk was a floating collective of jazz and salsa oriented musicians, created by singer/lyricist Chris Sullivan who arrived in London from Merthyr Tydfil in the mid 1970s. His stated goal for the band was "to bring back show biz".
In the band’s first interview, Sullivan said of their sound: “Call it Latin American jazz with funk and African leanings – plus a few others because all of us have adventurous musical tastes.” Sullivan co-wrote most of the band's original material; he also painted the distinctive cubist art that adorned most of the band's releases.
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Jon Caffery - Joy Division, Einstürzende Neubauten, Die Toten Hosen etc
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Jon Caffery in conversation with David Eastaugh
http://joncaffery.de
British music producer and engineer, born 1960 in Dorset, England, UK. Began his career in London, but moved to Germany in 1983.
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Mark Stewart - The Pop Group - Part Two
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Mark Stewart in conversation with David Eastaugh
The Pop Group are an English band formed in Bristol in 1977 by vocalist Mark Stewart, guitarist John Waddington, bassist Simon Underwood, guitarist/saxophonist Gareth Sager, and drummer Bruce Smith. Their work in the late 1970s crossed diverse musical influences including dub, funk, and free jazz with radical politics, helping to pioneer post-punk music.
The group released two albums, Y (1979) and For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?(1980), and the singles "She Is Beyond Good and Evil" (1979) and "We Are All Prostitutes" (1979), then split in 1981. Its members worked on a variety of subsequent projects, including New Age Steppers and Rip Rig + Panic. In 2010, the band reunited, touring and releasing new material.
