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Andy Kershaw plays some bloody great records. Welcome to Andy's music radio programme reborn!

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United Kingdom

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Andy Kershaw plays some bloody great records. Welcome to Andy's music radio programme reborn!

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English

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(+44)7763 343758


Episodes

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 28 – SHORT (FREE) VERSION

2/25/2024
This is the free-for-all version, featuring a kitchen session with Leeds rockers The Burner Band. We’ve got boogie, country, Africana, Americana, folk, soul and gospel. Warning: this podcast is addictive.

Duration:01:02:03

Andy Kershaw Podcast 27 – short (free) version

12/22/2023
This is the free-for-all version, featuring folk music royalty Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden, playing songs from their new album of wassailing wonderments and telling stories. Plus lots of tracks I hope you’ve never heard before but will love for ever more.

Duration:01:04:38

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 26 FREE VERSION

12/5/2023
This is the free-for-all version, featuring my brand-new kitchen session with Martin Stephenson (plus one Daintee) and some of the greatest cover-versions you’ll ever hear. The Rolling Stones sing the Temptations, while the Persuasions sing the Impressions. You are invited to marvel at the segues.

Duration:00:59:09

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 25 - FREE VERSION

10/5/2023
This is the free-for-all version, featuring part one of my tribute to my friend Brendan Croker, who died last month. I’m sharing a session I recorded in 1998 with Brendan and his fellow Notting Hillbilly Steve Phillips.

Duration:00:58:09

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 24 - PART ONE

8/14/2023
This is the free-for-all, sixty-minute version in which I dig out a rare Richard Thompson recording that will blow your socks off, and ask whether anyone ever played Springsteen better than Bruce (I have a candidate for your consideration). Lots more to entice and delight, but just wait until you hear…

Duration:01:04:02

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 23

7/16/2023
This is the free-for-all, sixty-minute version. Among other jewels, you’ll hear part of my 1990 session recording with The Jolly Boys from Port Antonio, Jamaica – and I’m hoping you’ll want more. Founded in 1945, this mento combo may be the longest-lasting little band in the world - only the line-up has changed! Go to www.andykershaw.co.uk, chip in a few quid and become a patron to hear the full two hour version of this podcast.

Duration:00:59:55

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 22

5/10/2023
Come with us from the Dark End of the Street to the Bright Side of the Road, by way of Kenya and Kentucky, the Congo and the Caribbean. This show features some of the crown jewels of the Kershaw vinyl collection that’s just out of storage and now stashed on brand-new shelves (thank you crowd-funders). And there are obituary tributes to Tshala Muana and Gordon Lightfoot. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:01:57:34

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 21

3/18/2023
One of the most exciting projects of the past year has been a song-celebration of notable North-east women. I’m thrilled to give you a kitchen session featuring Annie Ball with Katie Tertell, Bronwen Davies-Jones and Bronwen’s dad Gareth. With admirable economy ‘Howay The Lasses’ is the name of the group, the album and one of their songs. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:02:36:11

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS – PODCAST 20

2/7/2023
Featuring a session I recorded in New Orleans in April 1988 with the truck-driving North Carolina country bluesman Moses Roscoe. There are tributes to Jeff Beck and Dave Crosby. And thanks to you I’ve got new shelves for all my vinyl, so I’m digging into it again.

Duration:02:35:59

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 19

12/20/2022
In memoriam tributes to Wilko Johnson and Rab Noakes, plus a treat from the Kershaw Archive – the sessions I recorded with Ted Hawkins after I turned up unannounced on his doorstep in Inglewood, California in April 1986. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:02:20:39

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 18

11/7/2022
Tributes to Jerry Lee Lewis and Loretta Lynn, a vintage kitchen session with swamp blues supremo Lazy Lester, songs from Iran to Zimbabwe and from Lincolnshire to Colombia, plus some great truck-driving tunes. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:02:22:37

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 17

9/18/2022
We’re thrilled to bring you an exclusive kitchen session with Loudon Wainwright III. Currently touring the UK and Ireland, Loudon made a detour to Todmorden to give us half a dozen songs, including a couple that you won’t find on record. There are lots more treats, including a bluegrass version of a U2 anthem and a rare live recording of a classic banger by King Curtis. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor. .

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 16

8/9/2022
Have you ever wondered what a late-great Cuban singer would sound like backed by a late-great Senegalese kora player? You are about to find out. Here’s a classic Kershaw home recording from 1996, featuring the Queen of Campesina, Celina González, and Dakar legend Soriba Kouyaté, together for the first and only time in my garden. Plus everything else you’ve come to expect and a few things you weren’t expecting at all. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 15

7/8/2022
Here’s a brand new session, just recorded in my kitchen - old time Appalachian music from fiddler and singer-songwriter Hannah Read with banjo player Michael Starkey. Plus everything else you’ve come to expect and a few things you weren’t expecting at all. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:02:20:09

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 14

6/8/2022
Here’s another of my archive kitchen sessions, this one from Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, recorded in 1991. The rest is just the usual wall-to-wall brilliance. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:01:58:48

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 13

4/19/2022
Three Cajun legends turn my kitchen into a Louisiana hayride. A vintage session from guitarist D.L.Menard with accordionist Eddie Lejeune and fiddler Ken Smith, recorded during their first UK tour in April 1990. Plus the usual A to Z of delights, from Dr Alimantado to Warren Zevon. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:02:24:49

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 12

3/27/2022
Here’s a kitchen session from the archives – Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore singing and playing for my friends during their first UK tour in 1988. This podcast also brings you another undiscovered gospel great, and remembers the Congolese guitarist Bongo Wende. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:01:53:28

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 11

3/2/2022
We're back with a kitchen session from Borderland Bluegrass, new songs from Half Man Half Biscuit, and a stunning gospel track we're betting you've never heard before. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:02:04:37

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 10

12/23/2021
Featuring a vintage 1987 kitchen session with Mali’s mighty Ali Farka Touré (1939 – 2006) plus the usual sackful of surprises. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:02:00:30

ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 9

11/27/2021
My favourite record of 2021 is 'Clifftown' by M.G.Boulter. I'm delighted to welcome Matt for a scintillating kitchen session featuring songs from the album. Plus the usual mix of music you may not know but are sure to love. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Duration:02:08:34