John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: Episodes, how to listen and more

31 October 2022, 14:28 | Updated: 31 October 2022, 21:31

The Most Trusted Man In Music presents an exclusive archive of interviews with the biggest artists - everyone from Arctic Monkeys to Sam Fender, Wolf Alice to R.E.M. have taken John through their latest albums... Listen to the latest episodes here.

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What is John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast about?

Exclusively on Global Player, listen to the latest episodes of John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast.

This unique series sees John Kennedy, The Most Trusted Man In Music, sit down with Radio X's biggest and most influential artists to go through every track on a selection of new and classic albums.

John has an impressive back catalogue of episodes, with more being added every single week.

Already you can hear John talk to Sam Fender, Foals, Florence + The Machine, Wolf Alice and Alex Turner and Matt Helders from Arctic Monkeys. The boys from Sheffield came in to discuss their brand new album The Car, its influences and inspirations.

Listen to some of the biggest artists on the planet talk to John Kennedy on the Track By Track Podcast.

John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast episodes:

1. Arctic Monkeys - The Car

   The Monkeys have returned! Their seventh studio album and sees them return down to Earth from their Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino. In this episode, The Most Trusted Man In Music is joined by Alex Turner and Matt Helders to talk about this album, where the inspiration came from for it and how it flirts with sounding like a movie soundtrack. Hear Alex and Matt talk through every track on The Car with John Kennedy.

   Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: Arctic Monkeys - The Car

   

2. Jamie T - The Theory Of Whatever

   Wimbledon’s finest is in to talk to JK about his 5th studio album; one that ended up being his first number one! Hear Jamie talk John Kennedy through joining up with Hugo White for The Theory Of Whatever and what was going on in his life as he was creating each track.

   Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: Jamie T - The Theory Of Whatever

   

3. Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever

   Recorded in 2022 after 4 years away, Florence talked John through the thoughts and inspirations that went into this album. You’ll hear Florence at her most honest and open throughout the whole of this Track By Track Podcast.

   Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever

   

4. Foals - Life Is Yours

   Foals' seventh album saw the band face the task of not only producing an album off the back of their hugely successful Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Parts 1 and 2, but the challenge of creating a new collection of songs in lockdown. John is joined by Yannis Philippakis and Jimmy Smith.

   Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: Foals - Life Is Yours

   

5. Kasabian - The Alchemist's Euphoria

   Serge Pizzorno talks to John Kennedy about the new era of Kasabian, which sees the guitarist and songwriter move front of stage and become the singer for the Leicester band. Hear the stories behind all the songs on The Alchemist.

   Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: Kasabian - The Alchemist's Euphoria

   

6. Royal Blood - Typhoons

   John Kennedy talks to Ben Thatcher and Mike Kerr about their third number one album Typhoons. Despite lockdown causing the making of the album to be somewhat fragmented, the duo turned in a stormer of a record.

   

7. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend

   John Kennedy managed to get all of Wolf Alice on a Zoom call to talk through creating their third number 1 album: Ellie Rowsell, Joff Oddie, Joel Amey and Theo Ellis talk JK through the record track by track.

   Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend

   

8. Gang of Youths - Angel in Realtime

   David Le'aupepe and Tom Hobden of the Australian musical alchemists talk John Kennedy through their third studio album.

   Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: Gang of Youths - Angel in Realtime

   

9. The Wombats - Fix Yourself, Not the World

   The start of 2022 saw the return of The Wombats with their fifth album - hear the band talk John through how they started pre-pandemic and continued as the world returned to normal.

   Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: The Wombats - Fix Yourself, Not the World

   

10. DMA's - The Glow

    The first ever Track By Track that the DMA’s recorded with John sees an album that has plenty of influences and sounds; indie, rock, synth-pop and dance.

    Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: DMA's - The Glow

    

11. Biffy Clyro - The Myth Of The Happily Ever After

    John is joined for a video call with Simon Neil and James and Ben Johnston to talk about how confusion, frustration and uncertainty was channelled into the making of their ninth studio album.

    Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: Biffy Clyro - The Myth Of The Happily Ever After

    

12. R.E.M. - Monster

    Michael Stipe and Mike Mills talked through their milestone 1994 with John Kennedy on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in October 2019.

    Listen to John Kennedy's Track By Track Podcast: R.E.M. - Monster

    

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