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Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame

Each Week - Pop: The History Makers presents a new one-hour interview with an icon of popular culture.If you prefer watching the interviews - go to my YouTube podcast channel -https://www.youtube.com/@popthehistorymakersOnline - Per Martinsen - Norwegian"s Electronic Godfather!UPDATE and DEEP DIVE interviews include:Raz Lindvall (formerly Rob "n" Raz), Louis C. Oberländer (Jeremy Days), Justin Currie (Del Amitri), Fish (Update interview) Phillip Boa, Toyah, Anne Clark (the poet who continually

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49:11

Yoko Ono; A new book by Madeline Bocaro

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2024/01/05

In Your Mind - The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono by Madeline Bocaro.Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, and peace activist who rose to international prominence as the wife of the legendary Beatles member, John Lennon. Born on February 18, 1933, in Tokyo, Ono's avant-garde art and experimental music have played a significant role in the Fluxus movement and conceptual art. She gained attention for her innovative and unconventional approach to artistic expression, often challenging traditional

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Five Artists on David Bowie

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/12/21

DAVID BOWIE; by Dana Gillespie, Man Parrish, 'M' Robin Scott, Marcella Detroit, & Steve KilbeySomething a little bit different this week - a new feature - FIVE ARTISTS on ...Full Feature;https://youtu.be/qLdaTgW0j_AThis week all about David Bowie featuring -Dana Gillespie (former friend of Bowie)Man Parrish (of Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop) fame.'M' Robin Scott (of POP MUSIK fame)Marcella Detroit (Shakespear's Sister)Steve Kilbey (of The Church - Under the Milky Way) Hosted on Acast. See

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1:15:51

Niki Haris & Donna De Lory

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/12/15

Niki Haris and Donna De Lory; You want to know about Madonna then this is the interview for you.Full interview on YouTube: (Please subscribe)https://youtu.be/LDF6CWJqT2YBut to be fair, to define Niki Haris and Donna De Lory only by their careers as backing vocalists for Madonna would do them a disservice. Both are distinguished artists in their own right, but certainly both would not deny that their work with Madonna helped their careers.Niki Haris, born in 1962, is the daughter of the

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Dieter Meier

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/12/07

Dieter Meier from YELLO talks about how YELLO came about, his long-term partner in the band - Boris Blank, the departure of Carlos Peron, the hits, about his love of Billy Mackensie's voice, and of course their Rhythm Divine track with Shirley Bassey. And he talks about the role co-incidence has played in his life, the highs and the lows, his art, his ranch in Argentina, and his latest venture - chocolate.⁠The interview took place a in 2021 and coincided with the release of the limited vinyl run

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1:01:12

Ulf Ekberg - ACE OF BASE

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/11/30

Ulf Ekberg, one of the founding members of Ace of Base along with Jonas, Jenny, and Malin or Linn Berggren, co-wrote most of the tracks on their debut album Happy Nation which included the hits All That She Wants and Wheel of Fortune, and which subsequently gave the band worldwide success.At the height of their success in 1993, stories appeared in the Swedish press revealing his past as part of a neo-nazi band when he was between the ages of 13 and 16. He subsequently expressed his regret as to that

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1:14:29

Jennie Bellestar

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/11/23

Following the break-up of The Bodysnatchers, Jennie Matthias got her big break in the 80’s all girl group The Belle Stars, later signed to Stiff Records, and hit the charts in 1982 with Iko Iko, a song which was to later again feature significantly in Jennie’s life, after it was used in the Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise film Rain Man. Full Interview on YouTube here:In the UK, The Belle Stars released a further 7 singles after 'Iko Iko', scoring their biggest hit with ‘Sign of The Times’.This is

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1:03:24

Dee C. Lee - Style Council, Wham! Solo and New Material

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/11/16

British singer songwriter Dee C. Lee rose to prominence as a session musician for Wham! and the Style Council. She had risen through the ranks of the Brit Funk movement of the late 70s, early 80s singing sessions for bands like Central Line. Full length Interview on YouTube - Please subscribe if you watch it therehttps://youtu.be/H6F9nM6HK80Working with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley raised her profile, and at one point, she had started singing with the Style Council when she

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1:16:10

Junior Giscombe - Mama Used to Say

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/11/09

Norman Washington Giscombe, otherwise known as Junior who gained fame with his hit single "Mama Used to Say" in the early 80s.⁠⁠If you want to watch this episode on YouTube - SUBSCRIBE to POP the history makers::⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5S9xw1B-ppDXVkAuvRRQtg?sub_confirmation=1⁠⁠When the album Ji was released, he was compared to Stevie Wonder.⁠He wrote Too Late about domestic violence⁠He was the first British singer to appear on Soul Train since David Bowie⁠Michael Jackson stole a

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1:13:15

Dana GIllespie - A Wild Ride through the 60s

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/11/02

Singer. Actor and Author, Dana Gillespie has a career that has spanned over 50 years. Her first foray into music was folk and pop, but later, and she has appeared on more than 70 albums, she’s concentrated on the Blues. Her family and private life has been a constant source of fascination for many people. - Her father had breakfast with Hitler.- She slept with Bowie, the beginning of a long friendship, when she was 15 and he, 17- She was a backing singer on It Ain’t Easy, a track on Ziggy Stardust.-

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49:03

Peter Straker - Freddie Mercury's close friend

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/10/26

Peter Straker - the man who was close friends with Freddie Mercury. ⁠⁠When Peter Straker first recorded music he was the given the moniker of the Black Bowie. He was fresh from a career defining role as Hud in Hair - the musical that redefined the musical, outrageous, brave and trailblazing. His career as an actor, found him choosing roles which were audacious and bold - playing what we'd term today as a non-binary role in Girl/Boy - a film way ahead of its time. He was the narrator in the

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1:13:31

Maggie K de Monde - SCARLET FANTASTIC

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/10/19

Scarlet Fantastic singer, Maggie K de Monde, reached the charts in the UK with her musical partner of the time - Rick P. Jones as Scarlet Fantastic. Well known for her sultry vocals and avant-garde fashion sense, they pushed musical boundaries and achieved success with 'No Memory', a track which was resurrected in the club scene of the 1990s.Both Maggie and Rick were former members of Swans Way who had a hit in 1984 with Soul Train featuring the vocals of Robert Shaw.In 2016, Maggie De Monde

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1:05:39

Kym Mazelle - First Lady of House Music

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/10/12

First Lady of House Music; this was the moniker Kym Mazelle received when she signed to EMI in London as their first House Music artist. Born on August 10, 1960, in Gary, Indiana, just two doors down to where the Jackson's would first record. If you want to see this interview on YouTube - go here:https://youtu.be/or2f-T9yRQg?si=-Y8bJABZhj5jJSp0And Subscribe!Her dynamic vocals and stage presence is what Kym became known for, and gained widespread recognition - one of our friends at MTV Europe

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Mark Wardel on The Fly in the Milk - David Bowie

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/10/05

Artist Mark Wardel on David Bowie and Cracked Actor: The Fly in the Milk - a new book!Mark Wardel has been a fan of David Bowie since Ziggy Stardust. He won the Art prize at school for his1974 painting of Bowie, and in 1979 he received a Berlin Air Mail letter from the man himself thanking him for a piece of Cracked Actor inspired fan art he had made.For Mark, creating the hand-painted artworks for this book really was just a natural extension of all of that. The Fly in the Milk is the story of the

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1:18:18

Jimmy Helms - Londonbeat

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/09/26

When Londonbeat hit the top of the Billboard charts in February of 1991, Jimmy Helms realized a dream that he had been working for his whole life. He was approaching his 50th birthday. He had achieved chart success earlier, in 1973, with ‘I'm Gonna make you an Offer’, a song inspired by the most famous phrase from the Godfather movie. Helms has simply one of the greatest soul voices ever. In his eightieth year, he continues to tour as Londonbeat. In this full-length uncut interview, Jimmy takes

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Artist Dameon Priestly

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/09/21

Inspiring change through Art: Dameon Priestly's Artistic Stand for Human Rights. A fascinating interview, which explores how the events of his childhood have shaped his art and life.Priestly's exhibition 'Tripwire Timeline. 1970-1988 (A Belfast Tale) opens in his hometown on November 2nd, at the Belfast Exposed Gallery. Exhibition dates: Thursday 2 November – Saturday 18 NovemberVenue: Belfast Exposed Gallery, 23 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2FFDameon Priestly's works skilfully

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59:46

RIght Said Fred - still sexy!

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/09/17

The I'm too Sexy guys - Richard and Fred Fairbrass - Right Said Fred.With Drake releasing Way 2 Sexy with rappers Future and Young thug as the first single from his sixth studio album, Certified Lover Boy, the track 'I’m Too Sexy' by Right Said Fred which Way 2 Sexy relies heavily upon has come back into focus. A worldwide hit in 1991, 'I’m Too Sexy' even topped the US charts. Written by Richard and Fred Fairbrass along with Rob Manzoli, it’s a song that has seeped deeper into

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Angela Smith on the late Paul Ryder of the Happy Mondays

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/09/14

New on POP; The History Makers - an interview with Angela Smith, former wife of Happy Mondays bass player and founding member - Paul Ryder, who died on 15th July 2022, after she had recorded many hours of interviews with him for the podcast The Paul Ryder tapes.⁠To watch on YouTube: ⁠https://youtu.be/aQM1eGWsPQY⁠The Paul Ryder tapes are available here:⁠https://shows.acast.com/64bae93d8fa9bb0010cc5b01⁠And on YouTube here:⁠https://www.youtube.com/@glisteningstories⁠⁠The Paul Ryder tapes are a weekly

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53:56

Steve Kilbey (The Church)

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/09/12

Steve Kilbey is one of the most prolific songwriters around, having released in the region of (roughly) 70 albums and 1,000 songs in his career. ⁠This podcast interview concentrates on Steve's early life and the period in the 1980s where The Church achieved first Australian then worldwide success.Of course, no interview with Steve is complete without talking about Under the Milky Way from the album Starfish which he wrote with his then-girlfriend, and mother of two of his children, Karin

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Lesley Chow - You’re History; The Twelve Strangest...

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/09/07

Australian cultural critic Lesley Chow, associate editor of the journal Bright Lights, has published widely over the past eighteen years, in Salon, Times Literary Supplement, The Quietus, The Age, Pop Matters, and CNN. She has appeared on numerous film juries including Venice and Berlin, and was President of the Critics’ Jury at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018.In this interview, she talks about her book - You’re History; The Twelve Strangest Women in Music.Chow views Janet Jackson,

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57:53

How Chris Huelsbeck Revolutionized Games Music Forever

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2023/09/03

Chris Huelsbeck remains one of the most important composers in the area of computer games music. He was influenced by Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, and other experimental electronic bands of the 1970s. His sounds for Turrican, Star Wars, and The Great Giana Sisters rank amongst his most famous compositions but he has in total written music for over 100 games in his career. Born in Kassel in Germany, he was brought up near Frankfurt. At 17, he won a competition for the 64er magazine for his composition

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