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Interviews and discussions about music, the universe and everything. From composer Richard Niles featuring the most acclaimed talents in Pop, Jazz and R&B
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Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Is radio important? Tony Currie thinks so. This golden voiced Scottish radio legend started broadcasting in 1972 at KPFK in Los Angeles started Radio Clyde, Scotland's first independent local radio station, became an announcer on Scottish Television, became Controller of Programmes for the Cable Authority, and the ITC, Director for BBC Scotland's television channels BBC ONE Scotland and BBC TWO Scotland, chairing both the Royal Television Society Scotland and the Radio Academy in Scotland. He has written for countless newspapers and magazines and has many published books. He created Radio Six International which syndicates its programming to 56 radio stations around the world.
We became friends when I was a BBC broadcaster in the 1990s and in this interview we waffle on about the history of radio, what broadcasting is and why it is important.
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“Richard Niles on the Radio” by Richard Niles ©2011 Niles Smiles Music (BMI) sung by The Swingle Singers.
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
A vocal master-class from Kim Chandler, perhaps the UK’s top vocal coach. ALL singers should LISTEN and LEARN from this interview. The legendary Australian runs a busy private vocal studio where she teaches an elite team of professional singers, artists and other vocal coaches. Kim is a regular presenter at national & international voice conferences and is a past President of the prestigious British Voice Association. Her high profile clients include Beverly Knight, Paloma Faith, Sarah Brightman and Kevin Rowland. She has also coached many TV shows and sung with stars Barry Manilow, Natalie Cole, Neal Diamond, Michael McDonald, Lulu, Hamish Stuart, P Diddy, Rick Astley and Randy Brecker.
I have worked with her for at least 20 years and she is a studio phenomenon because she can not only sing anything, she can read anything! Hear her amazing work on my album BANDZILLA RISES. Get her mind-blowing vocal exercises at www.funkynfun.com
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“Radio Richard Jingle” ©2021Niles Smiles Music (BMI) sung by Free Play Duo, “Richard Niles On The Radio” ©2021Niles Smiles Music (BMI) sung by The Swingle Singer
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
Bass player Phil Spalding tells amusing (and frightening) stories of his crazy journey through the world of ROCK playing for Mick Jagger, Elton John, Robbie Williams, Toyah, Joe Cocker, Marcella Detroit and Seal. Together we wrote 4 songs recorded for Ray Charles on his Strong Love Affair album.
Maybe not exactly a “laff riot” – but certainly a RIOT!
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Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
From tea-boy to Producer, from assistant to Studio Manager. Producer/engineer and all ‘round nice guy STUART EPPS talks about working with Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Robbie Williams, George Harrison, Twisted Sister, Bill Wyman, Gus Dudgeon and many more. If you’re interested in how some classic hits were made, settle back for a laid back chat about the 1960s – Today! And a bonus couple of Musician’s Funnies as well.
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“Radio Richard Theme” by Richard Niles ©2021 Niles Smiles Music (BMI) sung by Free Play Duo.
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Wanna go racing with James Dean? Wanna make out with Sandra Dee? Wanna hit the beach with Natalie Wood? Wanna make the scene with Ed ‘Kookie’ Burns and Marlon Brando? In Part 2 of my interview with actor, hit recording artist & record producer STEVE ROWLAND he talks about coming from ‘50s Hollywood to Swingin’ London in the 60s. (WARNING: There are a couple of swear words that are perhaps inappropriate for children under 12.)
And Steve’s dog May Lin makes a cameo appearance!
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Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Bassist/composer/author Mo Foster has credits any other musician would find tiring! Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Brian May, Ringo Starr, Gil Evans, Van Morrison, Cliff Richard… I could go on but then I’d be too shagged out to continue this intro. Mo’s book British Rock Guitar is so much more than the unimaginative title suggests. Filled with fascinating facts and hysterical stories, this is the book to have when you’re on the loo after eating a particularly challenging curry.
The best recommendation I can give you for this interview is that I prepared for it by wearing rubber undergarments - and I suggest you do the same.
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Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Richard Niles is re-releasing WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HOLLYWOOD? by his stepfather, screenwriter Jesse Lasky Jr. He has written an informative Foreword and added almost 400 rare photographs. The book tells the story of growing up in the dusty streets of Hollywood when his father produced the first feature film, and started a company that became Paramount. A compelling personal memoir written by a masterful writer, Lasky describes his life as a Hollywood screenwriter for Cecil B. De Mille, Harry Cohn, Nick Ray, Sam Fuller and Alfred Hitchcock, working with Gary Cooper, Anthony Quinn and Yul Brynner, and dating Jean Harlow.
Author and film historian Martin Turnbull (https://martinturnbull.com/) interviews Niles about the book, celebrating our 50th episode!
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Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
When musicians get together, they tell funny stories about all the ridiculous, amusing, surprising, crazy, psycho things that happen to them – while they’re trying to make a living. So here is a new series of interviews, MUSICIAN’S FUNNIES on Radio Richard where you get to listen in and giggle along to those conversations.
Film composer (James Bond, Monty Python), arranger (Tina Turner, Bjork) and jazz saxophonist John Altman has more stories than a barrel of monkeys and an encyclopedic knowledge of musicians and recordings dating back beyond the dawn of mankind!
Join us in the funny business! This is killer stuff and you only get this with Radio Richard!
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Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Thanks to all my Radio Richard listeners and today I have a special treat for you, my 2010 interview with Gary Sinise. star of stage and screen, well-loved for his many film roles such as Apollo 13, Forest Gump, and of course as the rugged Detective Mac Taylor in CSI: New York!!!”
It’s easy to put people in convenient little boxes, but some people have more than one talent. Not only is Gary Sinise a superb actor and an actual movie star, he’s a rockin’, funky-butt bass player!! For this interview , I drove out to 29 Palms Marine Base in the middle of the Mojave desert. he not only talks about his acting but also shows why music is so important to him. After 9/11 he felt compelled to do something to help the soldiers risking their lives all over the globe. He formed The Lieutenant DAN BAND, a big 16-piece showband that travels all over the world bringing entertainment and a taste of home to American soldiers. On the very windy airfield in the dry but nevertheless picturesque area beloved by lizards and cacti, I asked Gary how he got his start in music.
The Lt. Dan Band is of course named after the wounded soldier Gary plays in the movie Forest Gump. The band features some great musicians including acclaimed drummer Danny Gottlieb who’s played not only with Pat Metheny Group, but with John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock and The Blues Brothers Band! I asked my old buddy Danny Gottlieb about working with Gary on this project.
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Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Actor, singer and record producer Steve Rowland has had an incredible career by any standards. As a teenager he qualified for the Olympics as a diver. When an accident ended that, he burst into 1950s as an actor and singer with a family full of Hollywood royalty. His father was Roy Rowland, a successful director and his mother Ruth a respected writer. Her uncle was feared mogul Louis B. Mayer. Steve’s uncle was director/producer Jack Cummings. He also became a gossip columnist for a number of Hollywood fan mags because of the friends he hung out with – Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds, Sal Mineo, Dorothy Provine, Tuesday Weld, Bob Mitchum and his son Jim, Ed ‘Kookie’ Burns and Jimmy Dean. Steve’s band played to packed houses and he started getting parts in the new TV industry, (The Rifleman, Wanted Dead or Alive) while doing films like “Crime in the Streets” and “The Thin Red Line” . Getting a part in “Battle of the Bulge” with Henry Fonda took Steve to Spain where he stayed to form a successful band, Los Flaps. From there, he moved to London to become a record producer of many hits for Dave Dee Dozy Mick and Titch, The Herd, P.J. Proby, The Pretty Things, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rodriguez and his own group The Family Dogg. Later as a producer for Hansa/Ariola I was his arranger for the hit “I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper” (where I discovered Sara Brightman).
This interview is a rare look into life in Hollywood in the 40s and 50s and Part II will cover London in the Swingin’ Sixties. Have fun with Steve – I did!
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