HeyJaredSteve’s Mix Tapes
Celebrating the art of the mixtape. Ten songs, chosen to fit with nine categories (plus one wildcard). Some curated by me, but also featuring lots of guest mixers.
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Steve's Mix Tapes #086 (John Doran) (opens the original)
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My guest this week is John Doran John is a writer, journalist and occasional DJ who, in 2008, along with Luke Turner founded the online music and culture magazine The Quietus. He has also published a (highly recommended) book about his life, career and struggles with alcoholism, Jolly Lad. John, like me, likes an expansive tune, so because his was a lengthy playlist (over an hour and a half), several of the songs had to be truncated to make the episode a manageable length. Make sure you check ou
Steve's Mix Tapes #085 (Rob Pursey) (opens the original)
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My guest this week is Rob Pursey In a 2023 Guardian article, Rob (along with his wife Amelia Fletcher) were described as ‘British indie royalty’. A founder member of indie legends Talulah Gosh and Heavenly, he has gone on to form several other bands, including The Catenary Wires, who released a 2025 album called Sounds Made By Humans, featured vocals from Brian Bilston, one of the UK’s most popular poets. As well as co-founding the Skep Wax label with Amelia, he is also a TV producer, who founde
Steve's Mix Tapes #084 (Martin Stephenson) (opens the original)
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My guest this week is Martin Stephenson I was particularly delighted to have Martin on the show, not least because Gladsome, Humour and Blue is one of my favourite albums of all time. Martin is, like me, a native of Durham, and so you might find my accent a little more prominent than usual! Martin's playlist is focused on artists that are up and coming / not yet well known, so make sure you check out the 'Buy Online' links on stevesmixtapes.com
Steve's Mix Tapes #083 (Chris McAvoy Tribute) (opens the original)
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Something a little different this week... This week's show is dedicated to the memory of my most excellent friend Chris McAvoy (star of episode #035). Regular listeners may recall me making frequent references to Chris in previous episodes as someone who provided me with a multitude of mix tapes/CDs over the years. Sadly, Chris died a couple of months ago, and this is a tribute to him. It ignores the usual parameters of the podcast - something of which he would doubtless have approved - and feat
Steve's Mix Tapes #082 (Craig Walker) (opens the original)
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My guest this week is Craig Walker Craig is the singer, guitarist and songwriter of Dublin band Power of Dreams, whose 1989 debut release ‘A Little Piece of God’ was single of the week in both Melody Maker and Sounds and in the same year were named by the NME as one of their ‘stars of tomorrow’. He has released a single under the name Pharmacy, played with avant-garde/electronica group Archive and released a solo album called Siamese. His latest project, Spoon Speaker Man, is a duo featuring Dan
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