Episodes
Friday Apr 12, 2024
ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 29 – SHORT (FREE) VERSION
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
This is the free-for-all version, featuring Rik Lord, the most talented guitarist ever to be discovered busking outside a Todmorden supermarket, plus a crafted collection of magnificent music for you to fall in love with.
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 28 – SHORT (FREE) VERSION
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 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.
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Andy Kershaw Podcast 27 – short (free) version
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 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.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 26 FREE VERSION
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 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.
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 25 - FREE VERSION
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 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.
Monday Aug 14, 2023
ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 24 - PART ONE
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 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…
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 23
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 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.
Wednesday May 10, 2023
ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 22
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 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.
Saturday Mar 18, 2023
ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS - PODCAST 21
Saturday Mar 18, 2023
Saturday Mar 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.
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
ANDY KERSHAW PLAYS SOME BLOODY GREAT RECORDS – PODCAST 20
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 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.