Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re totally delighted to welcome a founding member of Ferocious Dog, Dan Booth. We’re getting stuck into a truly great genre compilation in Now Live Forever: The Anthems released 28th May 2021. We’re chatting leaving not one but two bands (who could we be talking about, things that are and are not ironic and that bloody Babylon Zoo song AGAIN. And...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re so pleased to welcome back the delightful Stu and Alex from It’ll Be Alright in The 90’s podcast for an overdue Christmas Now! episode. We’re taking on Now - The Christmas Album released 27th November 2000 and it’s… interesting. We’re chatting a very common (maybe) Bing Crosby misconception, the origins of Mistletoe and Wine, truly terrible but perhaps&nb...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week, we’re joined by Dan’s band mate, Levellers’ bassist, Jeremy Cunningham. We’ve dispensed the usual structure this ep and having an in depth chat with Jeremy about Now That’s What I Call Music (and many other things!) Jeremy has appeared in a documentary about Now! so he’s got some interesting insights for us. We’re chatting the Now! based honour The Levellers h...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re so pleased to welcome the wonderful Peter Brewis from Field Music. After a while in the 90’s and 00’s we are back in the early days of 'Now', with Now 10 released on the 5th December 1987. We’re chatting about how pop music in 1987 was actually quite socialist, that everyone’s favourite Christmas song was a product of ‘double pneumonia’ and why...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re very happy to welcome the delightful Paul and Dave from from What’s the Story 90’s Glory podcast. We’re not only sticking with the 90s but also with the 30’s with the really rather good Now 39 released 6th April 1998. We’re chatting a much loved song that Dan has never heard of, whether Lady in Red is really all that bad (this is a hill Dave i...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re so pleased to welcome the wonderful Stu and Alex from It’ll Be Alright in The 90’s podcast. After our foray into the 00’s, we’re back in our safe place of the 90s with another excellent in-the-30’s compilation, Now 37 released 14th July 1997. We’re chatting another Radiohead favourite (surely the most acclaimed artist on this podcast?), bands who peaked w...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. We’ve been away for bloody ages but we’re back and in this episode we’re keeping it in the family with Kathryn’s younger sister and DICE Artist Development person, Ciara Johnson. We’re charging boldly into the 2000’s with this banger of a compilation, Now 66, released 2nd April 2007. We’re chatting who’s the new Shabba Ranks, how to get a song on TV in the 00’s, yo...

*Apologies for slightly echoey sound on this episode, it was recorded in a dressing room during a tour!* Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week, Dan is going solo and having a good old chat with his touring buddy, Charlie Heather, drummer of The Levellers. They’re chatting about The Levellers first appearance on a Now compilation, Now 26 released 15th November 1993. Dan and Charlie talk about why U2...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re by the amazing folk duo, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman . We’re hitting the start of a new decade with Now 1990 released 8th August 1993. We talk the brilliant melodies of the early 90’s, Sean’s thoughts on Candy Dulfer and find out why you’ll soon be googling Belinda Carlisle… so come on in and join us for a romp through the musical wastelands (or not!...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re joined by Brighton based DJ duo, Just A Couple of Mums. We’re doing another big decade by getting the Mums to look through a compilation that features a lot of their DJ set list favourites, Now 80’s released 6th September 2015. This is a banger of a Now album so we struggle to say much bad about it but we do get to chat about Red, Red Wine (again), playin...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re joined by Vix Perks, lead singer of We’ve Got a Fuzzbox and We’re Gonna Use It (AKA Fuzzbox). We’re doing something a bit different this episode and jumping into a 100 song compilation with Now Even More Forgotten 80’s released 15th November 2019. We talk Vix’s feelings on Fuzzbox being on this compilation, the in depth philosophical question of what Now ...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re joined by Thom Rylance, lead singer of the brilliant Lottery Winners. We’re following on from E9’s foray into the 90’s by taking on the full 00’s with Now 00’s released 10th November 2017. We talk Thom’s many similarities with Beyoncé, the internalised misogyny in a Pussycat Doll’s song and why Mr. Brightside perhaps isn’t the best song ever written ever…...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week it’s just Dan and Kathryn chatting a limited edition Now release, Now Yearbook 1983. We looking at the limited edition vinyl release with 43 tracks (not the CD with 80 tracks) released on 25th June 2021.. We talk how amazing 1983 was for music, what might not have originally been included on this compilation back in the early 80’s and Dan’s feelings about UB40’...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week it’s a podcast crossover and Kathryn is putting her ‘other’ pod head on as we’re joined by her Dawson’s Weak(ly) co host, Katie. We’re taking on the whole of the 90’s with Now 90’s released 17th September 2014. We talk how Katie and a 90’s A&R man tastes are the same thing, the manual labour jobs Boyzone had on the side and we go in again with our 2Un...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re joined by Marcus Carter, drummer of the fantastic Newcranes . We’re back in the 80’s and looking at Now 8 released 24th November 1986 (rereleased 26th March 2021). We talk representations of masculinity on this compilation, whether or not we’d drink cherry wine and Marcus tells us exactly which song he’s drummed along to from this banging album… If...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re joined by Nigel Clark, singer, songwriter and lead singer of the brilliant Dodgy . We’re completing 1996 by looking at Now 35 released 18th November 1996. We chat the importance of Now for bringing something other than pop music to the masses pre internet, the true importance of The Riverboat Song and how Dodgy recorded If You’re Thinking Of Me.&nbs...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re joined by Andy Bolter, one of the bosses of Kitchen Disco Records, a creative director of advertising and design AND creator of podcast, STUCK. We’re being incredibly chronological and going with Now 3 that was released on 23rd July 1984. Discover what music the brain behind many music releases and promotions liked when he was 14 and if ...

Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we’re joined by Rick McMurray, drummer of Ash . We’re sticking with the 80’s and going with Now 2 that was released on 26th March 1984. Rick talks drumming along to this Now compilation, songs that sound fun but are actually dark and whether or not Queen were trying to write another stadium rock song with ‘Radio Gaga’. Surprisingly, Kathryn was actu...

*apologies for some slight disruptions in sound during this episode* Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we are joined by singers and songwriters Nick Hall and Michelle Plum collectively known as Plumhall . We’re going back to the mid 80’s with Now 7 that was released on 11th August 1986. We discuss how much we hate The Lady in Red, Chris Rea’s alleged finger snaps and our deep love of both synth...

*apologies for a few issues with sound, wifi drop out is to blame!* Join Dan and Kathryn as they rummage through the back catalogue of the beloved Now That’s What I Call Music compilations. This week we are joined by Ian Prowse, lead singer of Pele and Amsterdam. We’re staying firmly in the 90’s and discussing Now 24 which was released in April 1993. We discuss Ian’s experience of the early 90’s record industry, the burgeoning drug culture and some dodgy cultural appropriation. Also, Paul M...