For the past 30 years, Vic Bragg has been nurturing boys' talents at Brighton & Hove Albion. Having just retired from that role, Vic spent an hour with Ady & Al to talk about his past three decades with the club.Af RadioReverb

The UK's leading football finance expert (not a word he likes to use, but nothing else appropriate exists in the English language), Kieran Maguire joins Ady & Al for a chat about the popularity of football finance, the Albion's finances after a busy summer, and the tedious, incessant grizzling of Arsenal fans – and their client pundits – for not un…

With Ady in Spain, Al hosted a natter with Jason and Andy on the two Red Devils matches and ran the rule over the new signings.Af RadioReverb

Jerry Stevenson Success Secrets for Musicians. Jerry returns to the podcast, and we look in depth at what makes a successful creative musician. The points raised work for any artist gleaned from many years of experience of working as a top guitarist. This gets very deep and very interesting, and I my opinion are the things not taught in college and…

This week, The Argus' chief sports writer, Brian Owen joins Ady & A for a natter on Albion-related topics, including the inexhaustibly engorged squad size, the victory over Everton, plus Brian's excellent travelogue from following the Albion to Japan during the summer.Af RadioReverb

On New Season's Eve, it's time for a look ahead to the season, even though we almost certainly haven't assembled the entire squad yet, and we give our psychedelic pre-season predictions, based on little other than guesswork and Pimm's. Enjoy.Af RadioReverb

Ady & Al are back for the Roar's 18th season (count them). With a new manager – Fabian Hürzeler – in place, we sought the views of German football specialist, Seb Stafford Bloor. Also, with a new show sponsor in place, we sought the opinions of David Costa, owner of Flowers Unlimited.Af RadioReverb

Julian Vayne, Psychedelic Occultist, Writer, Teacher and Artist. Great chat with Julian, I thoroughly enjoyed this. A very, very interesting guy. Julian Vayne is a British independent scholar and author with over four decades of experience within esoteric culture: from Druidry to Chaos Magic, from indigenous Shamanism through to Freemasonry and Wit…

Charlie Kish Guitarist for Another Day Rescuing Phones and Being Very Cool on Social Media It's great to talk to Charlie Kish who is the guitarist for the rock band Another Day. Charlie is oozing with enthusiasm for playing and gigging which comes across in this interview and a cracking guitarist to boot. This was great fun chanting to Charlie as h…

This is such an amazing story that it needs another listen. One of the inspiring tales that is very weird. I am really pleased to be talking to an old friend of mine, Kevin Lee. Kevin was a school friend, who from humble beginnings, has lived an interesting life. His amazing story involves music, martial arts, famous musical families and vintage ca…

Mini Kingman, Prog Rock, Coming to Art Late, Occultist and Success in Male dominated Business. I am delighted to be speaking to Mini Kingman on today’s podcast. Mini has a varied and interesting life working as a rep for her father’s highly successful business for over 20 years but her other interests include lifelong interest and connection to the…

Paul Cheneour Flute, music improvisation, strands of income, addiction to thinking. Paul is one of the greatest musicians that I know. He is awesomely creative with over 60 albums to his name with fabulous collaborations with musicians world wide. The addicted to thinking – we go down the Sufi, Taoism and Zen path to liberate ourselves. How to unli…

Bob Plimer Ancient Greek, Latin and Egyptian and their Occult practice and Jazz Piano. Bob Plimer is an extraordinary guy. He is an expert in Classics and has written several excellent books on alchemy, Mithraism, and Hermetica, and he is a fantastic Jazz Pianist. We go down the rabbit hole of creativity, mysticism and music. This is a cracking epi…

This interview is with the flautist Paul Cheneour we discuss how he got into music and his interesting path to be a virtuoso player. I consider Paul to be one of the greatest creative people I know. I hope you will enjoy this. Originally published in Dec 2019

Adrian Reynolds part 2 Winning on the scratch cards, searching for the Lambton Worm. Parks, Bipolar, screens flattening perception, winning on the scratch cards, searching for the Lambton Worm Stories having power to affect our reality it the weirdest ways like meeting someone on the 6th of the 6th 2006 called Damian. This is a great chat about Neu…

Marcus, Andy and Phil join Ady & Al for the last time this season for a bumper edition to run our rule over the season - the highpoints and the lows, and offer our opinions on the all-too-brief reign of Roberto de Zerbi.Af RadioReverb

Adrian Reynolds NLP, Collector of Boxes Physical and Metaphorical This is a great chat about Neuro Linguistic Programming with some brilliant ideas about storing ideas and information using the toolbox of NLP. I loved this chat with Adrian a brilliant thinker. If you are interested in Adrian’s work contact me vichyland@msn.com This episode is one l…

Recorded before the Chelsea match, hence the lack of ire for the match officials. Instead, we look back on a decent performance against Newcastle, themselves running out of steam as the season draws to a close.Af RadioReverb

Anna Shepherd Artist, Gardener, Tarot, Witch, Cleaner Clootie Campaigner I am joined by Anna to discuss living in the seasons, old cottages, being and embodiment in the creative process, Anna started the cleaner clootie campaign which is the folkloric votive offerings often left on trees but making them ecofriendly. We discuss how we create a creat…

Gnarly old campaigners Paul Samrah and John 'Attila The Stockbroker' Baine, so pivotal in both saving the Albion from its destructive board in the 1990s, and in gaining planning permission for the new stadium in the noughties, join Ady & Al for a look back on those days, a review of the Villa game – and Paul has a life-saving mission which needs yo…

In this episode of podcast Creative I'm interviewing Erin Neelands who is an artist, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and flautist. We talk about growing up in Alaska and California and what effect it had on her artistically. First played in Oct 2019

As well as The Albion Roar, Al has a show on RadioReverb, playing an hour of soul, ska, mod and funk tunes. For the Reverbathon, Al closed the weekend with this hour of hot northern soul tunes, and a very distorted mic!Af RadioReverb

With thanks to our main sponsor, oldfootballshirts.com, alongside Reverbathon sponsors Ridgeview Wine Estate, Flowers Unlimited, and NSure, and guests Steve and John, we bring you our secion of Reverbathon 2024...Af RadioReverb

Chris Dagger bass player for Emeli Sande, George Ezra amongst others and all-round nice chap tells tales of touring, meeting Stevie Wonder and spending time at Paisley Park. Good for you would be rock stars fresh from college to listen to. First played in June 2020

Simon Bradbury Heavy Rock Guitar Blacklight Vice Simon Bradbury from Southampton is the Rhythm guitarist and one of the songwriters in Blacklight Vice . Guitar player of over 20 years and music enthusiast for the 70s &n 80s. Music is his religion and has been part of his life for along as he can remember. Having been in several originals and cover …

Stuart Wheaton, Guitar, Teaching, Examining, Composition and Creating a Syllabus Today I'm talking to Stuart Wheaton senior examiner for LCME. We talk about music college, Carlos Bonell and various guitar examination boards from Trinity rock school to LCME. We also discuss how great players have very different ways of approaching music and teaching…

It was the best of own goals, it was the worst of own goals... Fellow podcaster Russell Guiver of Brighton Rock podcast joins us to talk about his favourite own goals, his own European adventure, and we pay tribute to Bushfire Erskine.Af RadioReverb

Heather Bentley Strings, From Classical to Improvisation, Composer, Trailblazer. I am chatting to the multitalented Heather Bentley today. This is a great chat about her journey in music. There are some amazing insights here from a wonderful musician. Seattle-based violist and composer Heather Bentley has trailblazed a career as one of the West Coa…

Mark and Roar debutant Claire join Ady & Al to discuss the state of women's football at Brighton, while Mark talks of how his acting workshop has clearly paid dividends to one Arsenal player...Af RadioReverb

Mark Hewitt Snowshill Manor, Charles Wade, Skateboarding and Magical Objects. This episode is with the wonderful Mark Hewitt. We talk Skateboarding, the magical world of Snowshill Manor and its link with the Museum of Magic in Boscastle and Mark’s forthcoming book on the artifacts of the Snowshill Manor and the eccentric life of Charles Wade. We ex…

The Albion has just posted some record-breaking, eye-watering profits, unprecedented for a club of our size. Kieran Maguire turns these profit and loss spreadsheet figures into plain English.Af RadioReverb

Bet Huws Welsh Folklore and Magic the power of the Welsh language Mabinogion. I'm talking to Bet Huws about the importance of language rooted in the soil and the importance of using Welsh for running events on magic and folklore. We talk about the enchanting nature of the Welsh language and the Science of Awe. We talk about the Mabinogion, the Bard…

A truncated, podcast-only show this week while Albion fans indulge in some thumb-twiddling. This week's show features an 'Albion So Far This Season' Quiz between Vicki and Ady. How well will you get on? Shirt of the Week is absolutely Grötz.Af RadioReverb

Replay Dee Dee Wilde, Pans People, TOTP, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and many more. I am super excited about this….. Dee Dee Wilde In 1966 Dee Dee co-founded the dance group Pan’s People, resident dancers on the highly popular TV show Top Of The Pops. Over the next ten years, due to their weekly appearances on the show the girls became a household na…

With the Albion exiting the Europa League, Andy and Tom join Ady and Al in an eight-match review of a simply brilliant time had by (mostly) all. More, please. Oh, and Shirt of the Week was the first time every guests got it right immediately.Af RadioReverb

Replay Jerry Stevenson, Guitarist, Peter Green, Chris Rea Barbara Dickson Jerry Stevenson is a guitarist and singer who has worked with Peter Green Barbara Dickson and Chris Rea amongst others and has with his bands Gambler and B Sharp (I love that name) impressing us with his playing over the years. Lovely interview lots of things that I found I h…

Jason joins Ady and Al to take a look back two contrasting performances and results for Brighton, against Roma and against Nottingham Forest.Af RadioReverb

REPLAY Ben Thomas Guitarist, Adele, Sam smith, how to make great choices I talk to Ben about being the guitarist for Adele, Sam Smith and may others, great chat about starting out at Brit School and the meteoric rise of Adele and Sam Smith Ben makes great choices and listen to how he does it. This is a must for people looking to get into the music …

The Albion's Head of Media and Communications, Paul Camillin - now in the 23rd year of his role - revisited Roar Towers to talk about all things Albion since his first days at the Goldstone, all the way through to a visit to Rome.Af RadioReverb

Back in Kent, Solo Show, Creative thinking stimulus of knowing the land. I am walking the footpaths in my old stopping ground in Kent and I ponder environment and what it does to your creative thinking and wellbeing. I consider the impact of moving back and hearing from past contacts. To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar p…

Italian football expert Nicky Bandini returns for the first time since RDZ's appointment to offer a progress report through the Italian media's eyes, plus a look forward to the matches against AS Roma. Meanwhile, the BBC's own 'European Tour Correspondent' Monica Fletcher offers her pearls of wisdom on the season so far, and gives a lowdown on her …

Bradley Mason – Drums, Playing Stadiums, Web Development, Dubbing Mixing for Film In this episode I'm talking to Bradley Mason and his work with Noel Richards playing massive stadiums around the world. Bradley talks about his experiences over the couple of decades of being a pro musician. I worked with Bradley in Red Touch and we talk about having …

Nick joins Ady & Al once again to look at the 5-0 demolition of Sheffield United, who have now become the Premier League's pariah club. Plus we discuss Adingra's return, Sam Jewell's leap into the abyss and more besides. We couldn't have got Shirt of the Week more wrong if we tried.Af RadioReverb

Mark Fitzpatrick Unreal City We talk Unreal City and carry the burden of art. We discuss some of the twists of the narrative and how this of occurs in the real world. How the Parisienne venue really stepped up to the mark. Such a great read with layer upon layer of symbolism in this gothic edged story with some great modernist tricks in the telling…

Straight after Simon Adingra comes home from the AFCON with a winners' medal and Young Player of the Tournament award, Africa football expert Rahman Osman tells Ady & Al about the effect it is having on the Cote d'Ivoirians. And how Brighton may well benefit from a new audience fanbase.Af RadioReverb

Richard Edwards Returns, Moelyci Farm, Synchronicity Osman Spare Psychogeography This episode sees the welcome return of Richard Edwards and we go down a number of rabbit holes. We talk about when the weird becomes not so weird, we discuss the Kogi Indians and the impact on Richard's psycho geography. We question belief in what is possible and not …

Palace on the rocks. Much mirth. Everything else is a footnote.Af RadioReverb

Bob Brooker Tracing Ancestry and Creating Songs, Guitars on the Beach. In today's episode I'll be talking to Bob Brooker. Bob will be talking about his involvement in music including Guitars on the Beach and his wonderful project tracing his ancestry which has culminated in his song Me and Mr Torch which traces his links back to Antonio Tocci who w…

From hat-trick Joao to being wowed by the Hatters. Ady, Al and Tom go over the FA Cup win over Sheffield United, and the brutal thumping handed out by Luton Town over an insipid Albion.Af RadioReverb

Richard Edwards Recovering Entrepreneur, Information Security, Science Computers and Programming Mavericks. Today I have a great friend of mine, Richard Edwards on the podcast. Richard has the great ability to mix creativity with scientific logic. Today we talk the Peter Principle, the skill of running a business, start-ups, getting into flow state…