Best RHOD SHARP Podcasts (2025)

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Dream World - The Life and Death of Al Bowlly 32:11

2M ago32:11

32:11

In Dream World - The Life and Death of Al Bowlly, Rhod Sharp and Tony Staveacre explore the story of a 1930s British superstar who outsold Bing Crosby. With seven of his original hits, here is Al Bowlly’s explosive career remembered in archive interviews with fellow band members and friends.By Rhod Sharp & Tony Staveacre

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Tim's Comedy Links 37:48

12M ago37:48

37:48

Rhod Sharp and Tony Staveacre take a fond look back at the 57 year career of the beloved British comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor. Tony caddies for Tim on the golf course where they grew up, stopping along the way to remember Tim’s radio heroes.By Rhod Sharp/Tony Staveacre

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The Band Played On 45:14

1y ago45:14

45:14

What was the prevailing sound on the Titanic? Light music, and lots of it. In The Band Played On, Tony Staveacre and Rhod Sharp recreate the musical voyage of SS Titanic, with a pickup band from the Savage Club of Bristol performing numbers from the White Star line songbook.By Rhod Sharp/Tony Staveacre

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Music Made Me: The Allan Schiller Story: Part 2 43:08

1y ago43:08

43:08

In this concluding part of his audiobook, the renowned Mozartian Allan Schiller looks back on his student days at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire during the height of the Cold War. The members of Schiller’s piano trio prepare for the day when they go on the road.By Rhod Sharp/Allan Schiller

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Music Made Me: The Allan Schiller Story: Part 1 40:22

1y ago40:22

40:22

In the first part of this audiobook, internationally renowned pianist Allan Schiller looks back on 1961 when at the age of 18 he was selected for the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire.By Rhod Sharp/Allan Schiller

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A Love Letter to America: Rhod Sharp talks to Jim Naughtie: Part 1 44:22

1y ago44:22

44:22

Rhod talks to his old friend JAMES (Jim) NAUGHTIE about Jim’s introduction to the country 50 years ago this year and other memories collected in his book On The Road. (Recorded November 2020)By Rhod Sharp/James Naughtie

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A Love Letter to America: Rhod Sharp talks to Jim Naughtie: Part 2 47:42

1y ago47:42

47:42

Starting at a party thrown by the Kennedy family at their compound on Martha’s Vineyard and ending with an autumn 2020 encounter in a Scranton, PA. coffee shop with two voters separated by generations and party affiliation, JIM NAUGHTIE weaves more stories of the changing American body politic while asserting unshakeable faith in human nature.…

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Astor Piazzolla - Tony Staveacre's interview 33:44

1+ y ago33:44

33:44

Rhod Sharp and Tony Staveacre present a never-heard interview with a giant of music, Astor Piazzolla. Piazzolla inspired generations of musicians with his classically-trained approach to a form once heard only in the brothels of Buenos Aires. He called it New Tango. Such was the initial hostility to it in Argentina that he was forever grateful he h…

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David Greig - Adventures With the Painted People 41:40

5y ago41:40

41:40

This episode with David Greig, who is incidentally stepping down after eight highly successful years as Artistic Director of the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, showed an innovative approach to performing under Covid restrictions. Originally published on July 30, 2020, it describes a make-believe encounter somewhere in the Highlands between a Roman le…

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Summon The Heroes: Keith Lockhart of The Boston Pops 32:12

5y ago32:12

32:12

In 2020, a summer of no Olympics and precious little else because of lockdown, the conductor KEITH LOCKHART tells RHOD SHARP how 80 members of the Boston Pops came together from home in a YouTube performance of John Williams' Olympic anthem Summon The Heroes. (recorded June 2020)By Rhod Sharp