The Andy Kershaw Podcast

Jan 27 2025 33 ep. 108 mins 115

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My old radio show is reborn! Join me on the front line of the one man war on musical mediocrity with this fortnightly podcast. Visit my website https://andykershaw.co.uk/ for track lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a patron.

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ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 33 – SHORT (FREE) VERSION

Jan 27 2025 62 mins

Thanks for waiting! I’m back with a stunning show, featuring the Liverpudlian maestro of the weirdly-tuned guitar, James Rigby. This is the free-for-all version, including my tribute to Garth Hudson, and some lovable sounds from Los Angeles to Lake Victoria by way of Louisiana.

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 32 – SHORT (FREE) VERSION

Oct 09 2024 66 mins

This is the free-for-all version, featuring Robyn Hitchcock in Kershaw’s kitchen, tributes to Rise Kagona and Kris Kristofferson… and a game of ‘one song to the tune of another.’

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 31 – SHORT (FREE) VERSION

Aug 15 2024 65 mins

This is the free-for-all version, featuring Martin Carthy in Kershaw’s kitchen, plus lots of songs and a joke about Joni Mitchell.

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST #30 - SHORT (FREE) VERSION

Jun 10 2024 67 mins

This is the free-for-all version, featuring Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter Bob Collum, with Mags Layton (violin) and Martin Cutmore (bass), in Kershaw’s kitchen, plus lots of songs that aren’t by Taylor Swift.

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 29 – SHORT (FREE) VERSION

Apr 12 2024 55 mins

This is the free-for-all version, featuring Rik Lord, the most talented guitarist ever to be discovered busking outside a Todmorden supermarket, plus a crafted collection of magnificent music for you to fall in love with.

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 28 – SHORT (FREE) VERSION

Feb 25 2024 62 mins

This is the free-for-all version, featuring a kitchen session with Leeds rockers The Burner Band. We’ve got boogie, country, Africana, Americana, folk, soul and gospel. Warning: this podcast is addictive.

Andy Kershaw Podcast 27 – short (free) version

Dec 22 2023 64 mins

This is the free-for-all version, featuring folk music royalty Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden, playing songs from their new album of wassailing wonderments and telling stories. Plus lots of tracks I hope you’ve never heard before but will love for ever more.

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 26 FREE VERSION

Dec 05 2023 59 mins

This is the free-for-all version, featuring my brand-new kitchen session with Martin Stephenson (plus one Daintee) and some of the greatest cover-versions you’ll ever hear. The Rolling Stones sing the Temptations, while the Persuasions sing the Impressions. You are invited to marvel at the segues.

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 25 - FREE VERSION

Oct 05 2023 58 mins

This is the free-for-all version, featuring part one of my tribute to my friend Brendan Croker, who died last month. I’m sharing a session I recorded in 1998 with Brendan and his fellow Notting Hillbilly Steve Phillips.

ANDY KERSHAW PODCAST 24 - PART ONE

Aug 14 2023 64 mins

This is the free-for-all, sixty-minute version in which I dig out a rare Richard Thompson recording that will blow your socks off, and ask whether anyone ever played Springsteen better than Bruce (I have a candidate for your consideration). Lots more to entice and delight, but just wait until you hear…