The Fine City Music Podcast

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Talking to the movers, shakers, and music makers of the Fine City of Norwich.

  1. 07/10/2025

    The Fine City Music Podcast | Episode 21: Matthew Worley

    Norwich native and resident, Matthew Worley, the "punk scholar", answers the big questions, like: What was "punk"? Why did punk cause such moral outrage?; the relationship between punk and reggae, and what were fanzines all about? We also talk cheese and beer in the Kings Head, protest songs with community theatre group The Common Lot, and holding a season ticket at Carrow Road.

    1h 32m

  2. 06/22/2025

    The Fine City Music Podcast | Episode 20: Drew Webster

    Part Drew's story, part history lesson with live performance, we take in the prevalence of blindness among early bluesmen, the origins of the Paris, Texas theme tune and why doom metal is the most direct descendant of the blues alive today, along with the joys of busking in Norwich, teaching architecture, and Drew's weird and wonderful home made guitar making.

    1h 55m

  3. 06/08/2025

    The Fine City Music Podcast | Episode 19: MAMA OH NO

    Jack and Rhi from the family 4-piece Mama Oh No talk us through their story, from growing up in the north Norfolk village of Northrepps, through to their debut album on HMV's 1921 Records, via Red Rooster, to the release of their second album, Fuzz-u-lator, on the day of recording. With added Family Band Quiz!

    1h 17m

  4. 04/13/2025

    The Fine City Music Podcast | Episode 18: NEW NOISE!

    JULIET Price Thomas (NEW NOISE! RADIO presenter, gig host and soul/rap/spoken word performer) and Annie Catwoman (NEW NOISE! Gig promoter and Pica pica, Pica pica! Promotions) talk us through all the excellent work of NEW NOISE! and their partners in Norfolk and Suffolk in supporting young musicians and preparing them to pursue careers in the music industry, while we also talk through Annie's and JULIET's own individual music journeys. NOTE: We do also discuss our thoughts on the recent academic research on the "shocking prevalence of suicide among musicians" and what is needed to address the problem. https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/03/07/suicide-music-industry-a-call-to-action-frontiers-public-health

    1h 39m

  5. 02/01/2025

    The Fine City Music Podcast | Episode 17: The Molee Shakes

    Morwenna and Lee are the "lived-in voice telling slow, wild tales, accompanied by the echoing lap-steel guitar laments" that are The Molee Shakes. In a wide ranging discussion we we take in the impact of covid and AI on the creative arts, the joys of musical saws and theremins, visiting Graceland, venues with stinky toilets, running a stall on Norwich market, combined music and fashion shows, and which one of them can perform a Māori haka? They also reveal the tunes they will be covering at the Rework Heartbreak special on Valentines day at the Garage - tickets here ... https://www.thegarage.org.uk/shows/rework-heartbreak/

    1h 22m

  6. 10/24/2024

    The Fine City Music Podcast | Episode 16: Red Mar

    Miles and Dylan from Red Mar talk us through the story of their "precise and expressive form of noise-rock", along with their other respective music projects. In a wide ranging conversation we talk music theory, the 1953 Guatemalan coup, JLS condoms, scaring children's birthday party goers, playing with their backs to the audience, double jointed elbows, and the aesthetics of the City Hall clock tower, among other things... Tickets for their upcoming gig at Voodoo Daddies on 7 November here: https://www.voodoodaddysshowroom.co.uk/listing_single/1728052762668x766681597715677200

    1h 22m

  7. 09/08/2024

    The Fine City Music Podcast | Episode 15: Kulk

    With a sound "oscillating between a form of primal noise-rock and bowel-twitching doom", Thom and Jade from Kulk talk us through their musical journey of "pain, anguish, frustration, and rage", including their recent "balls-out riff-fest" album It Gets Worse, appearances this year at Desertfest and ArcTanGent festivals, a collaboration with PigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigs, and their upcoming gigs supporting Japanese noise rock legends Melt Banana.

    1h 3m

  8. 07/07/2024

    The Fine City Music Podcast | Episode 14: The Magic Es

    “The best British rock and roll band since the heyday of the Gallagher brothers”, share their story from supporting South Africa’s biggest-selling rock band The Parlotones, Pop Will Eat Itself and The Wedding Present, receiving worldwide radio play, to their recent sold out hometown show at Voodoo Daddy's Showroom, and a back story including a catwalk appearance in Japan.

    1h 13m
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