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CHarles and Graham interview Yorkshire-based Scottish musician, Gary Stewart.

Gary Stewart is a Scottish singer/songwriter who has carved out a strong fan-base in his adopted home of Yorkshire with songs about paranoia, love & resilience. When not playing his own music, the left-hander plays drums for fellow Bandcampers Hope & Social, bass for Leeds-based Fleetwood Mac tribute Weetwood Mac and performs regularly up & down the U.K, performing Paul Simon’s classic 1986 album Graceland with his seven-piece band.

https:www.garystewartmusic.co.uk

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Graham explores the mystery of rock n roll and Jim Jarmusch's 1989 film Mystery Train and talks about his meeting with Marxist rock writer Toby Manning at a Harrogate International Festivals event last week.

Charles shares his recent experience at the National Museum of Science and Media in Bradford, UK Capital of Culture 2025.

Charles and Graham revisit the films that won big at the BAFTAs.

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Charles and Grham interview 10cc's Graham Gouldman ahead of his latest tour with his band, Heart Full of Songs.

The band line-up comprises Graham, 10cc live band members Iain Hornal and Keith Hayman, and Dave Cobby.

In 2014 Graham was inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame – an arm of America’s National Academy of Music. Fellow inductees include Noel Coward, Burt Bacharach, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Elton John and Sting.

Graham's songwriting credits over the last 60 years include The Yardbirds, The Hollies, Herman's Hermits and 10cc. In 2024 Graham released a new solo album called I Have Notes which includes collaborations with Brian May, Ringo Starr, Hank Marvin and Albert Lee.

Charles and Graham round off the episode with a quick discussion about the recent BAFTA Awards and the latest news about the planned National Poetry Centre.

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Graham reports on BBC 6 Music's State of Independent Venues Week which for once makes Leeds and York look great.

Graham and Chales share further thoughts on Bradford City of Culture's programme.

Charles reports on David Hockney’s exhibition at Saltaire in Bradford.

Succession actor Brian Cox is about to return to the stage for Edinburgh International Festival in a year of good news for the city's arts.

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In a packed podcast episode:

Graham asks if Netflix is really beating the BBC at the numbers of viewers game in the UK?

Graham and Charles have been listening to Mogwai's new album The Bad Fire and wonder why the band never quite hits the peaks.

Is new film The Brutalist just too brutally long?

Graham reports on the sold out Vinyl Sessions showdown with music author Rob Chapman talking about Syd Barrett and Nick Drake,

Plus a discussion about what music is good accompany sex and is Procul Harum's debut album in early 1968 the first prog album?

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Graham and Charles honour titan of US cinema David Lynch whose recent death at the age of 78 brings to an end the career of one of cinema and television’s true greats.

Graham asks if the new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is a complete success.

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January and February are often the best months for new films but how good are critics’ favourites Nosferatu and A Real Pain?

Graham looks at the recent launch of Bradford as this year's City of Culture and the way the City of Culture idea has evolved since it was first launched in 2013 by the Tory government from an idea in 2009 by the then Labour government's Culture Secretary Andy Burnham.

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Graham and Charles interview Grant McPhee, a Scottish film director, cinematographer and writer.

Books:

Two oral histories of Scottish indie music history - Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984), published by White Rabbit Books in 2022, and Postcards From Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995 published by Omnibus Books in 2024.

The latter was 2024's Book of the Year on Two Big Egos in a Small Car.

Films:

Grant has made two successful music documentaries on Scottish indie music history - Big Gold Dream (2015 - focusing on Scottish indie record labels Fast Product and Postcard Records), Teenage Superstars (2017 - focusing on the Glasgow independent music scene between 1982 and 1992).

He won the prestigious audience choice award in 2015 for his film Big Gold Dream at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

He was Second Assistant Camera on the Hollywood movie World War Z and Digital Imaging Technician on Under The Skin,among many other film jobs.

Last year saw Grant serving as 2nd Unit Director on two episodes of hit TV series Outlander.

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