Public Address Podcast

MASHUP

Public Address MASHUP

A two hour programme of the very best in contemporary music along with a special 30-minute non-stop MASH! MASH! MASH! segment of spectacularly mixed track doublings - featuring two entirely separate recordings 'Mashed-Up' together.

Produced Edited and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2022

COVERED

Public Address COVERED

A cover version is a new recording or performance of a song by an artist other than the original composer or performer. A lot of bands and soloists record cover songs as album filler, singles, or re-imaginings. It’s of greater interest though when cover versions re-frame the material in unique ways. Over this couple of hours we’ll listen to quite a few of those – and just into the second half of the programme a very special guest will be here in the studio to choose a selection of covers of some of his classic 'King-sized' hit songs!

Written Produced and Presented by THOM MCKEOWN (with grateful thanks to Kris McKeown) © 2022

SNAFU

Screenstage Studios presents on Public Address: SNAFU

An ex-soldier reflects with anguish on the cause of his PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) from a  shocking incident during his time serving in the Afghanistan conflict. (Please note: contains strong language)

NOEL FRANSON as The Soldier

Written and Edited by THOM MCKEOWN for Screenstage Studios © 2017

CLUB SPECIAL

Public Address CLUB SPECIAL

90 minutes of non-stop contemporary dance club tunes

• Pale Blue: Journey Into Light
• Fever Ray: To The Moon and Back
• London Grammar: Hey Now (Sasha Remix)
• Hard Feelings: Dangerous
• Mike Salta: Hey Moloko
• Mitski: Love Me More
• Pale Blue: Comes Home
• PlanningtoRock: Much To Touch (feat. Maija Karhunen)
• Beatrice Dillon: Workaround Two
• Lomond Campbell: Otherly
• Avalon Emerson: One More Fluorescent Rush
• Yello: The Race
• Bicep feat. Clara la San: Saku
• Pale Blue: Have You Passed Through This Night
• Slateford Mods: I Don’t Rate You (Ext Remix)
• Bicep: Glue (Rialians on Earth Remix)

Produced Mixed/Edited by Thom McKeown © 2022

STEVE WINWOOD

Public Address puts the Spotlight on STEVE WINWOOD

Singer-songwriter, legendary vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, mandolin player, producer, Grammy-award winner and music industry icon Steve Winwood has sold over 50 million records in the course of his five-decade career. Throughout this time Steve Winwood has remained a primary figure in rock music - a respected innovator who has helped to create some of the genre’s most celebrated achievements. His skills as a composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist have developed an impressive catalogue of popular music.

Here as part of this edition of Public Address we celebrate his extraordinary career in music by listening back to some of his earlier work as well as more recent output throughout this enthralling career.

Written Produced and Presented by THOM MCKEOWN © 2022

SLOW SESSION

Public Address SLOW SESSION

Two blissful hours of laid-back, chill-out and relaxing slower-groove music

Produced and Presented by THOM MCKEOWN © 2022

TENUOUS LINK

Public Address TENUOUS LINK

Starting with a random track, then the circuitous connections begin, as we link each subsequent piece of music with a distinct, occasionally obscure or even extremely tenuous association - until we connect back to the track we began with!

Written Produced and Presented by THOM MCKEOWN © 2020

PUNK!

PUNK!

Relating the story of punk in anything less than about 4,000 songs is pretty much impossible. From The Addicts and Angelic Upstarts to Zounds and The Zeros, most lists only cover around 100 punk bands, so they’re woefully incomplete, omitting outfits such as Defcon Zero, Vortex, Sick On The Bus, The Satellites and many more. Further selecting the definitive song by each band is an equally thankless task. It's easy enough with bands like Menace or Cult Maniax but what about The Lurkers, Subhumans, or 999 who each had several classics to their name? What about Anti-Nowhere League, Wire, and The Mob? All of them punk, but all very, very different. Added to that - what began simply as punk rock rapidly diverged into multiple subcategories – from hardcore and crust to anarcho-punk, pop punk, street punk, horror punk and numerous other variations. And that's before punk and metal hopped into bed together and started producing their own obnoxious offspring! And then there's the fact that a lot of people can't seem to agree about what punk actually is, but will happily bicker about what it isn't. It's fast and aggressive – except when it isn't. The songs are short and political – except when they're not. You've got to have spiky hair and a studded leather jacket – except when you don't. There are rules, but there are no rules…

So basically we're messed up before we even get started – but despite all of that, to celebrate this singular DIY spirit, on this special programme I’ll present you with some outstanding punk tracks which stick it to the man in style. We’ll begin with a stack of the more familiar before moving on to the much less so.

Written Produced and Presented by THOM MCKEOWN © 2022

VALENTINES 2022

VALENTINES 2022 Love Songs

A Valentines Day Public Address special of listeners' dedications and requests for their loved ones, featuring a diverse range of music including Ann Peebles, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, Tom Waits, Fleetwood Mac and Guy Garvey amongst many others.

Produced and presented by Thom McKeown © 2022

STRAIGHT OUT OF GLASGOW

Public Address: STRAIGHT OUT OF GLASGOW

Music from bands, beat groups, duos and soloists from the capital of the world - Glasgow, Scotland. 
Including Belle & Sebastian, Frankie Miller, Orange Juice, Frank Isherwood, John Martyn, Telstar Ponies, Stoics, House of Lords, Mankind Vindicated, Primal Scream + more.

Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown

LISTEN UP

LISTEN UP

A selection of stimulating contemporary music tracks

Produced and Presented by THOM MCKEOWN © 2022

AMERICANA

AMERICANA

A Public Address Americana Music Special – a chance to listen to and enjoy some contemporary music that emanates from and incorporates elements of various American roots music styles. Americana is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the USA, specifically those sounds that emerged from the Southern States such as folk, gospel, blues, country, jazz, rhythm & blues, rock'n'roll, bluegrass, delta and other externall influences.

Written Produced and Presented by THOM MCKEOWN © 2022

 

MUSIC FOR PLEASURE

MUSIC FOR PLEASURE - a Public Address Programme with Thom McKeown

Two hours of the best in new and contemporary music

Presented & Produced by Thom McKeown

© Public Address 2022

 

CRUSH

CRUSH (An audio drama)

 

MAGGIE JOYCE as Sandra McNamara, a teenage student

NOEL FRANSON as Robert Duffy, a much older history teacher

As the play opens, it is midday in an Irish secondary school. Robert Duffy is sitting at his desk in the classroom. His mind is obviously on something else. He has no class scheduled during this period and the classroom is empty. We hear a knock at the door and a student, Sandra McNamara comes in.

Written Edited and Directed by THOM MCKEOWN

© Screenstage Studios for Public Address 2021

 

GUILTY PLEASURES

GUILTY PLEASURES

The term "guilty pleasure" is often used to describe music that is supposedly so bad that people feel "embarrassed" by admitting publicly that they secretly enjoy it. But on this edition of Public Address, you’ll get the chance to grin or grimace at a selection of the songs chosen by many listeners – but very few of course have given me permission to reveal their identity – so they’ll all pretty much remain Secret and Guilty Pleasures!

Written Produced and Presented by THOM MCKEOWN

© Public Address 2022

BOXING DAY

BOXING DAY: NEW & CONTEMPORARY

A two-hour session of new and contemporary music from all around the world

Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2021

NOW HEAR THIS

NOW HEAR THIS

An eclectic collection of new, contemporary and some vintage tracks from 1952 to 2022 including The Cure, Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth, Bill Drummond, The Electric Chairs, Alma Cogan, Avalon Emerson, Joni Mitchell, The Guitaraculas, Bicep, Bjork and Bet Lynch's Legs.

Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown 

DAMON ALBARN

DAMON ALBARN – His Life In Music

Damon Albarn has immeasurably moved on from being the knowing, ambitious rock frontman he was in the early days of Blur. He has revealed himself to be one of British music's most ­invigorating renaissance men. As well as his further ­involvement in Gorillaz, Rocket Juice and the Moon, in soundtracking Monkey Journey to the West, Dr Dee, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, his solo work and producing/remixing - the Honest Jon's label he co-founded has brought African, Caribbean and obscure black music to younger and indeed older audiences, and his experiments in opera are helping dismantle the barriers between high and low art.

This enthralling two-hour music documentary on his musical career from the first Blur album 'Leisure' to his current solo work on 'The Nearer The Mountain More Pure the Stream Flows' plus tracks from all his recorded work in between, together with intriguing spoken insights from Albarn himself, will astonish the listener at the hugely varied output from this enormously talented musician.

Edited Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2021

BEYOND THE DREAMS OF AVARICE

BEYOND THE DREAMS OF AVARICE (Spoken Word)

A spoken word piece on the combined dangers of greed, curiosity and fear.

Written Edited and Read by THOM MCKEOWN

© Screenstage Studios/Public Address 

DAVID BOWIE

DAVID BOWIE: His Life and Music

David Bowie, original name David Robert Jones (1947-2016) was a British singer, songwriter and actor who was best known for his shifting personae and musical genre hopping. In this two-hour Public Address Special - hear the story of his astonishing life and exemplary career - and of course his outstanding music.

Written and Presented by THOM MCKEOWN

©™ Public Address/Thom McKeown 2021