Join host, Frank Gallagher and Melissa Etheridge, in a great chat across the spectrum of music and life. Plug in! Please support the show at soundmanconfidential.comSupport the show
Bruce Findlay has played an important part in Scottish pop music history. Check in for an episode that travels the early path of Simple Minds on their way to global success, managed by Bruce Findlay. Support the show
Galen Ayers and Paul Simonon have a new album out, Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day ? It's an album you'll have on repeat, a dynamic blend of duets and melody. Galen Ayers is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter. Her life has been steeped i
Lenny Kaye is best known as the guitarist for the Patti Smith Group. He is the author of Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll. Plug In. Support the show
Soundman Confidential is back with a bang!This week's guest is Clem Burke, best-known as the drummer from Blondie. You'll want to hear this one.Tune in. Check out past shows on soundmanconfidential.comSupport the show. Thank you. Support the sh
Ian Rankin is the best-selling crime fiction author of the Rebus series. He's also a massive music lover. Plug in for our chat. It's a belter. Support the show and subscribe. We can't do it without you. Thank you. Support the show
Hugo Burnham drummed the beat in Gang of Four, a band with influence. Tune in for our chat. And please help us keep the sound on by making a donation. We can't do it without your support. Loud cheers to those who have donated. Thank you!soundm
John Cooper Clarke is the Bard of Salford, the pioneer punk-poet putting the pun in punktuation. Tune in. It's a belter. If you like what you hear, please support the show at soundmanconfidential.com.Thanks a million. And subscribe on the podca
Gina Schock is the drummer of The Go-Go's. Take a listen. It's a smashing chat.And check out Gina's upcoming book, Made in Hollywood, for all things Go-Go's. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting the show at soundmanconfidential
Tom Bailey is lead vocalist for Thompson Twins. All you New Wavers out there! Tune in for our chat. soundmanconfidential.com for the latest. Support the show
Charlie Burchill is the guitarist with Simple Minds. I toured with the band in the eighties. Great times and memories. Plug in for my chat with Charlie. It's a belter. Support the show
Fred Schneider is a founding member of The B-52's. I've known Fred for a stack of years, and it's always a blast mixing the B's when he brings his unique performance to the stage. Tune in for my chat with the one and only, Fred Schneider. Surpr
Adrian Belew played with Zappa, Bowie, Talking Heads, King Crimson et al. I had the pleasure of working with Adrian when Talking Heads expanded from the original four-piece to the big band. He told me to let him soar over the crowd. I obliged.
Andrew Fearn is one half of Sleaford Mods (with Jason Williamson), and the man behind the band's beats and compositions. No other band in recent years have stirred such intensity as Sleaford Mods. When I hear them, I'm taken back to the time wh
Guitarist and vocalist, Davey Johnstone, is best known for playing and touring with Elton John since the early 1970's. Plug in for my wide ranging chat with Davey, covering his life in music, and the challenges those of us in the touring busin
Steve Lillywhite is a legendary record producer. He has worked with U2, The Rolling Stones, The Pogues, Peter Gabriel, Siouxsie and the Banshees, XTC, Psychedelic Furs, Joan Armatrading, The Killers, Morrissey, Dave Matthews Band...the list goe
Billy Sloan has been at the center of Scottish music journalism and broadcasting for four decades. Tune in for an amazing show with Billy recounting stories of his years covering music. You can catch Billy's radio show on BBC Radio Scotland.
In the 1980's, OMD drove their electronica sound straight into the charts and the clubs. Classics like Electricity and Enola Gay remain on the goto playlists for legions of fans. The band was founded by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys in Live
Listen to The Psychedelic Furs and you'll be hooked. The band is fronted by the voice of Richard Butler, one of a kind. Tracks like Pretty in Pink, Sister Europe and Love My Way were at the heart of the post-punk/New Wave sound. Check out the