A Crotchety Podcast
Welcome to A Crotchety Podcast!Isn't music a nice thing?We (Chris Fordham and David Luck) certainly think so: as well as playing in a band together, we wanted to share our great love of music with all of you.
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Episode 27 - That Person's Lungs Are Basically, Like, Hench (opens the original)
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Friends, music offers an enormous plethora of styles, sounds and genres. One of those we've not explored very much since starting this project is folk music. Folk is historically associated with the idea of bringing people together through the art of music and storytelling. This is our objective with this project, so join us from 12pm Tuesday when we release our next episode which dives into the wonderful and diverse world of folk! Chris and David are joined once again by Scott and his partner K
Episode 26 - That's Why He Was Sacked from the Bicycle Shop (opens the original)
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Welcome back to A Crotchety Podcast for what may be the darkest episode yet, because we're looking at songs connected through the colour black! Chris and David are rejoined by award-winning science fiction editor, comedian and podcaster Donna Scott for this outing and their adventures include the likes of Soundgarden, The Black Crowes, Black Country Communion, Doves and many many more! There's also brief discussion about the use of AI in podcasts, but rest assured, the closest things featured he
Episode 25 - They'll Even Wheel Cliff Out For a Few (opens the original)
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It's time for our next episode of song reactions and chit-chat to drop and there's gonna be even more nostalgia than normal! Chris and David are joined once again by friend and bandmate Andrew for a show themed around songs that remind them of particular memories: think of it as like a book of photographs you can actually listen to. We have memories going back decades (no offence to those involved...) and a similar range of artists: everything from Queen and Muse to The Wildhearts and Tinie Temp
Episode 24 - When the Power Goes Out, Grab a Banjo (opens the original)
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Folks, it's that time where we bring you more music reactions! Chris and David are accompanied once again by Chris' brother Nigel and this time, they are exploring the world of acoustic songs! There was a time when all music was acoustic and while we've unplugged the electrics here, we certainly haven't lost the great songwriting or the spirit of music, with plenty of stellar tracks by Jimmy Eat World, Model Actress, Muse, Dead Dads Project and many many more to grace your ears! Here's to songs
Episode 23 - Just a Generic Muppet (opens the original)
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Folks, we have more song reactions and general chat and, for the first time in ages, we have TWO guests! Chris and David are joined by their friend and bandmate Scott once again along with Scott's partner Kelly who, for her first outing with the show, has chosen the theme of musicals! This episode features musical numbers from both stage and screen, with pieces from Beetlejuice, Hazbin Hotel, Next to Normal, Muppet Treasure Island and many more being showcased! Break a leg everyone! Just remembe
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