Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

This week performance poet John Cooper Clarke joins Gary and Guy to talk about his career, from his discovery of the powers of poetry at school to his status today as something of a national treasure. Always a fan of music, and galvanised by the Beatles and The Stones, he tried his hand playing bass in a band, but soon found he wanted to work with words, and began writing and performing his own poetry. In this episode he discusses Dylan, Ronnie Wood as a style icon and how being covered by the Arctic Monkeys has brought his work to the attention of billions.
John is touring the UK in October and November 2026 - find out more at linktr.ee/johncooperclarke

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a hugely talented artist and (another) bassist to the show, it’s Colin Greenwood of Radiohead.

Colin is the very definition of a Rockonteur, as he talks about his early influences, the “make or break” early days of his band, a working with Nick Cave. He also talks to Gary and Guy about the recent live dates from Radiohead that were so well received, reminding us all of the unique position Radiohead have created as the best alternative rock act in the world.
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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are BACK and joined by founding member of Duran Duran, Nick Rhodes.
In a fascinating and utterly original conversation he talks to Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt about his early influences, starting the band in Birmingham and he tells a great story about hanging out with Andy Warhol in New York in the 80s.
Nick also talks about Duran Duran’s live show in Hyde Park this summer and the new music from the band that continues with the latest single ‘Free to Love’ featuring Nile Rodgers out on the 23rd April.

Listen to the new track here: https://orcd.co/freetolove
See Duran Duran live in London this summer and get tickets here: https://duranduran.com/

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Japan and Porcupine Tree’s Richard Barbieri. Richard has one of music’s most distinctive voices and was a key architect of the late 80s/80s synthesiser revolution.
Richard talks to Guy and Gary about his eclectic and wide ranging influences and his new record ‘Hauntings’ which is his first album since 2021 - out on April 10th.
Find out more about the album and order it here:https://richardbarbieri.lnk.to/Hauntings

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Greg Phillinganes. Greg is an incredible artist, keyboardist, vocalist, arranger and, as you’ll hear he can tell a pretty good story too! In this episode he talks to his good friends Guy Pratt and Gary Kemp about his work with Stevie Wonder, The Jacksons, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour to name but a few.
The stories come thick and fast and Greg is one of our favourites. This is a must listen from a good friend of the Rockonteurs.

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Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs
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Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions
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