The Long Road Podcast

As The Long Road look forward to our impending American Wilderness Odyssey UK Tour (more info at https://www.thelongroadband.net/gigs) we have a chat about what makes a great gig - as a performer or as an audience member - and those magical moments that sometimes crop up! Steve Bonham takes us on a trip to Nowhere Town, his latest new song; Kev Moore picks up his Camino trail the very next day after his epic 35km slog; and the Bishop (Christopher Lydon) talks us through the therapy of making croissants.

After a couple of months away, join The Long Road back on the road as we enthuse about our upcoming American Wilderness Odyssey tour (https://thelongroadband.net/gigs) and the fabulous UK locales it is taking us to! Steve Bonham introduces a new song he has been working on about Freedom, Kev Moore takes us back on his Camino travels and the Bishop (Chris Lydon) brings us up to speed on his baking antics.

For this week's podcast chat, The Long Road discuss all things lyrics and lyricists - the Do's and Don't's, the charms and the pitfalls, the exciting and the not so exciting. Steve Bonham highlights the work of a brilliant compadre of The Long Road's: Paul Bunting; Kev Moore brings us further tales from his Camino travels and The Bishop talks about a pudding that never was.

The Long Road take a step back from the usual hard-hitting, gritty, real-life journalism that normally graces the airwaves to take up the age old challenge - the ultimate fantasy dinner party guest list! Find out exactly who would be gracing our table at a Long Road soiree! Steve Bonham talks new songs and old songs, Kev Moore takes on the next steps of his Camino trail, and The Bishop talks bread that didn't work.

Today The Long Road discuss what instrumental avenues have yet to come to pass in their lives: Steve Bonham hankers for a folk instrument from northeast England, Kev Moore's "fork in the road" choice back as a youngster and Chris 'the Bish' Lydon's three-quarter blues instrument. Plus the usual solo entries from their particular brain pockets this week!

This episode The Long Road get together to talk about the launch of the new documentary: Rise of the Artisan (or The Long Road to now) - some behind the scenes insights, some thoughts on the Artisan Music movement we are trying to build and the "beacon lighting" we hope to achieve for others on our wavelength. Steve Bonham digs into the life of the vagabond, a life with the earth under your feet. Kev Moore brings us the next entry in his Camino journal. The Bishop takes us through his recent pretzel making experience.

Join Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'The Bishop' Lydon as we look back at the Festival of the Artisan 2021 and pick out some of the highlights to share with you. Kev Moore takes us on the next steps of his Camino trek and The Bishop shares his Easter bake with you all.

This week, The Long Road reflect on our first live gig together in a over a year, the surprises, the enjoyable moments, the funny thoughts you have whilst performing. Plus we look ahead to the Festival of the Artisan (Fri 26 and Sat 27 March) https://www.festivaloftheartisan.co.uk. Kev Moore takes us on the next steps in his Camino trek; and Steve Bonham takes us behind the scenes as he writes two brand new songs for the Extraordinary Stories project.

"The songs that never should have been" perhaps, this week, along with "the roads never travelled". We take a look at songs we've been involved with or songs we've written that perhaps shouldn't have been, or at the least, are best consigned to the bargain bins of history. And we conjure up memories of what routes we could have taken, had music not been our draw. Kev covers more kilometres on his trek along the Camino, Steve brings the spirit of the Naked Juggler back, and the Bishop finally gets round - get it? - to bagels.

Life in a rock'n'roll band being explored diligently and dutifully here, with Steve Bonham's memories of fishing for cheeses - or something like that, you'll have to listen for yourself to try to work it out - in East Anglia; Kev Moore takes us on his next steps along the Camino trail and Chris 'the Bishop' Lydon talks about failing to boil an egg.

You'll just have to listen to the episode to see where the hornèd men and those big tin breastplates fit in, I'm afraid. Perhaps Kev surprises us on his latest Camino journal entry with people he befriends? Or perhaps Steve is out looking for such characters for a new opera? Or maybe Chris The Bishop Lydon finds these folk as assistants for his latest culinary quandry. Only one way to find out!

Join The Long Road team for a chat looking back at our earliest musical memories and the first albums/singles we remember listening to or buying. We get the next entry in Kev's Camino Trek journal and Steve is on the search for an extraordinary story of ordinary folk to tell.

Continuing our recent streak of slightly bonkers trio chats, join Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'the Bishop' Lydon for some chats about where in the world we'd love to play - and the breaches of reality that occur therein! Kev takes us on more steps along his camino, reflecting on the words that nature and travel inspire. Steve talks about Life on Mars, the places - the other worlds - that music can take you.

A slightly more in control, but still a little bit bonkers, chat betwixt our three Long Roaders - Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'the Bishop' Lydon - this time discussing the rituals and riders we've come across in our careers; either our own little things we do to get grounded before a gig or the demands musicians make backstage! Kev takes on the next stage of his Camino trek, and Steve shares thoughts on composing in the open air.

Hop on board with The Long Road this week, but brace yourselves! For the first five minutes of the show, we've absolutely lost our minds and barely a coherent thought enters the audiosphere. We rally though, and get on to discussing today's topic: stories and why they matter. And then we lose it again. Quite the journey! Kev Moore brings us another slice of his Camino trek pie and Steve Bonham shares the next entry in his Songs About The Road journal.

I was sorely tempted to name this episode "POST-ORGASMIC BLISS!", for reasons that become quickly apparent as you listen to the episode, but I decided against it ultimately. Join The Long Road's lockdown-fuelled, anarchic podcast chat celebrating the release of our latest 15-song album, American Wilderness Odyssey, and its companion book - a full-colour guide to the stories behind the songs, the characters we met on our travels and the inside track on The Long Road themselves. Find out more about the Odyssey at https://bit.ly/AWOCompanion

Once more, we join The Long Road as they discuss plans for 2021 - and the message they hope everyone around the world can spread as we journey through the wastelands left by 2020, and into the future. Steve Bonham asks "Why America Matters", at this time of great change in the USA. Kev Moore continues his trek along the Camino trail and stops for a night of wild camping. The Bishop brings tell of rituals in the kitchen, special moments to be savoured.

Quite by accident we've reached Episode 50 of the podcast so in celebration of this fact we thought we'd do a perfectly standard episode. Boom. The first threeway chat of the year between Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and The Bishop. Steve takes us time travelling with a trip to his past, exploring in his attic. Kev takes us once again back to his trip in autumn last year, doing the Camino trail in northern spain. And The Bishop brings us part two of his chocolate adventures.

Season 4 of The Vagabond Way Podcast kicks off with the launch of The Long Road's latest single: Western Requiem. In these continuing turbulent times, Steve Bonham reflects on who we are, rather than who we appear to be. Kev Moore takes us on the next stage of his Camino Trek Journal. And The Bish introduces us to his secret Christmas project of homemade chocolate bonbons!

Having just missed Rudolph paying Vagabond HQ a fleeting visit, you join The Long Road (Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'The Bish' Lydon) as they take stock of 2020 and look forward to 2021. Brace yourselves for some of the most loopy chit-chat we've ever published! Best festive wishes to all our Podcast Listener friends around the world!

Once again, The Long Road find themselves united in voice, being in the same building at the same time taking the chance to talk about the threads that join all our music together. Kev Moore brings thoughts from the trail as he takes us through a tough day on his Camino trek; Steve Bonham shares tales from off Interstate 25 in part two of 'The Angel, The Kid and The Ghost Town'; and the Bishop talks comfort food.

"A rare occurrence in 2020: The Long Road in the same building! We took a few minutes out from recording our new EP to talk about the Rise of the Artisan and what artisan music means to us. Steve Bonham brings us 'The Angel, The Kid and The Ghost Town: part one', Kev Moore presents his first journal entry from his recent trek along the Camino and the Bishop reports from the kitchen."

That's right! You'll find no synths in this week's episode. (Or any episode for that matter...) A meeting was called. The Long Road met to discuss one of the fundamentals of our approach: sticking to acoustic instruments only. No synths! No electric instruments, really... but listen on to find out more. Kev Moore tells us of discoveries at a secret record store in Genoa, Italy and Steve Bonham's Vagabond Diary entry takes us somewhere that doesn't exist!

The Long Road, this week, talk all things vagabond and what it means to us, with some deeper insights from Kev Moore about his recent trek along the Camino trail in northern Spain. Steve Bonham brings us an entry from his Vagabond Diary and the Bishop looks into the apparently zero-effort world of no knead bread loaves.

That's not a deep "tube of love", to be clear. Rather: a deep love of tubas. Some tuba-based silliness from The Long Road this week (aka "the ridiculous") followed by an entry from The Vagabond Diary of Steve Bonham (aka "the sublime"), proving how in one episode we can have silly and serious sharing the same atmosphere. Kev takes us on a jaunt to north Africa for his latest Kafe Korner.

The latest release from The Long Road's new EP is out now - we share with you Waiting On A Storm from Out of the Darkness. Also join The Long Road for the second part of our chat reminiscing about remarkable scenarios we've found ourselves in during our musical activities, and Kev takes us to a triple threat in Leeds - a record shop, café and venue, all in one!

Continuing their journey through the American Wilderness, discovering the myth, moonshine and magic of the Southern States, The Long Road present their new EP, Out of the Darkness, which is released today! Kev takes us to a record store on the Harvard University campus and the Bishop takes us through some of his baking experiments from the last couple of weeks.

This week, join The Long Road as they look back at memorable gigs and funny predicaments they've found themselves in over the years, Kev and Steve share a brand new song demo for Ain't Gonna Fake It, Kev takes us on a trip to Boston, Massachusetts to another inspiring record store and the Bishop catches us up on recent kitchen exploits.

In this episode, we hear from Steve Bonham, who shares with the world a snippet from his new book: How To Survive And Thrive In An Impossible World, Kev takes us on a trip to Sweden to, quite literally, a record store, and The Long Road get together to discuss walking, treks and the adventure of life!

The launch of The Long Road's new single, If There's A God Out Here, is the focus for today's show. Hear Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'the Bish' Lydon chatting about where the song comes from, its meaning and the direction it pulls in. Kev also takes us on his next record store stop, to BPM Records, and Steve talks to us about his Vagabond Mindset approach and his new book, How To Survive And Thrive In An Impossible World.

Join Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'the Bish' Lydon as they discuss the musical influences over the years on The Long Road's sound, from rock, to acoustic music, to jazz - to visual art. Kev Moore takes us up north to a record store in Wakefield, Steve Bonham introduces the freshest of the fresh - a first draft of a brand new song, and the Bishop brings news from the kitchen!

The Bishop stages an intervention, this week. Dangerous levels of musical instrument addiction (not yet recognised by the WHO, but the struggle is real) feature in The Long Road! We take an slightly different route this week, talking "shop" about all things instruments. Kev Moore takes us to a record store out in the beautiful English countryside, and Steve Bonham declares "something's got to change!"

Back together once again, The Long Road meet up digitally to talk about their new single, On A Bridge Across The River, and tight ropes to be walked as writing and composing musicians who also record their own music - when is too much too much? When is not enough not enough? We also join Kev on his jaunt to San Francisco, and Steve Bonham takes a look forward to an old song we might revive in the studio.

On A Bridge Across The River, the new single from The Long Road is out today! Join the Bishop as he takes a dive into the musical waters beneath and Steve Bonham shares his own thoughts on the genesis of the song. Kev Moore takes us back to Memphis for a slice of life down Beale Street, at the Blues Festival, and it's back to baguettes once more for the Bishop in the kitchen!

This episode, The Long Road (Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'the Bish' Lydon) discuss the future of the live music industry - venues, artists and audiences working much more closely together in the re-build post-Covid-19, Kev takes us on a jaunt to Russia for his next cafe spot and the Bish brings us more of his Daily Bread antics.

Join Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'The Bish' Lydon as they discuss the Transatlantic Connection idea and movement, a desire to lift up the stories of ordinary folk, inspired by the places and people from both sides of the Atlantic. Kev takes us on another leg of his worldwide journey of cafe spots, this time Memphis Tennessee, in honour of Elvis Presley and the Bishop talks about his failed baguettes (which is not a euphemism).

The first episode of Season 3 of The Vagabond Way Podcast! The team is back together, digitally, and getting back it! Join Steve Bonham (the Vagabond Philsopher), Chris 'the Bish' Lydon and Kev Moore on a ramblechat through upcoming plans of new music releases and how The Long Road approaches writing and recording our AngloAmericana music: a cinematic approach. Steve also takes us back to New Orleans with the glimpse of a new song; and Kev thinks back to the very start of his musical career.

A special episode to mark the end of Season 2 of The Vagabond Way podcast, where Steve Bonham, Kev Moore and Chris 'The Bish' Lydon congregate digitally for an online chat discussing everything from donuts to the positive effects of lockdown, the drawbacks of lockdown, the future of live music, and the occasional Monty Python line thrown in - and Steve's old pal The Fat Pigeon makes an appearance!

Steve Bonham, the vagabond philosopher, makes an impassioned plea for the future of the music industry in the UK and we give an airing to old favourite from the Dr Big Love era, The Naked Juggler. Kev Moore takes on the next leg of his epic round-the-world journey of his favourite Cafe spots, this week we're in The Czech Republic, and The Bishop sneaks a look back at some favourite moments from songs in The Long Road back catalogue.

Join us for another journey along The Vagabond Way as Steve Bonham takes us on a ramble through conjuring up lyrics and melodies for new songs, Kev Moore whisks us away to Mississipi USA for a taste of the blues and The Bishop feeds us some whacky nostalgia from the medicine cupboard of Dr Big Love.

This week, Steve takes a look behind that popular question, "so what are the lyrics of this song about?" and examines some different approaches to lyrics: the heavily metaphorical or the profoundly literal. Kev takes us on a journey to his next Café destination in Austin, Texas and the Bishop reveals a week of experimenting in the kitchen.

"The first step on the road to recovery is to admit you have a problem". Join Steve as we hear about his ongoing addiction to six-string beasts, quietly filling up his sitting room: guitars! Kev takes us to the next destination on his travels: Morocco. And the Bishop talks you through the components for one of The Long Road's Spotify "hits", Wrapped Up In You.

In this week's episode, have a few more tastes of Anglo-Americana, join us on The Vagabond Way to hear some more of it. Steve talks about the current state of play and the future of music performances online and Kev takes us all to the West Coast of America, on the next stop at Kev's Cafe Corner, in San Francisco.

Join The Long Road on The Vagabond Way for a look back with Steve at an old favourite song of ours, Sister of a Dirty Moon. Kev tells us of further tales on his travels around the world in Kev's Café Corner, this week we're in New Orleans, and the Bishop talks us through another track from The Long Road's Moonshine Elegy EP.

This week, Steve asks "whose music is it anyway?" and thinks about the labels at society's disposal for slapping on to music and whether that works or is a good thing, do they matter? Kev takes us to Copenhagen in Denmark this week for his latest Kev's Kafe Korner, and the Bishop brings us up to date on his baking exploits.

The journey goes ever on with The Long Road. This week Steve discusses the rise of the phrase "dropping some new music" to describe that deeply personal and vulnerable moment when a songwriter let's their creation loose to the world, Kev tells us of the weekend he accidentally became a bosun on a ship on the border of Portugal and Spain, and The Bishop gives us his insight into his favourite track from The Long Road's new EP, Moonshine Elegy.

Ahead of The Long Road's Lockdown Live (mostly!) event, join The Bish, Steve and Kev on their usual rambles about life, the universe and everything. Featuring: a look at the other two songs on The Long Road's new EP, Moonshine Elegy, Steve looks back at another old favourite song, Kev takes us to the next place in his journal of his favourite coffee spots somewhere in the world, and The Bish updates on homemade-cheese-making efforts.

"Do cayotes play guitar?" is one of the burning topics discussed in today's special episode on Moonshine Elegy, the brand new EP release from Steve Bonham and The Long Road. Other topics discussed include the psychedelia featured in "Moonshine Running", the subtext lurking in "Canyons in the Desert", the taste of something fine in "Silver Moon, Silver Girl" and just who are the stars of "Ballad of Duane and Billy Marie"?

This week we look ahead to the upcoming release of The Long Road's new EP, Moonshine Elegy, featuring four brand new songs and music videos. Steve takes us back to think about an old favourite song of his, which still pops up from time to time. Kev tells us tales of the Caribbean in Kev's Kafe Korner and the Bishop shows off his bloomer!

Responding to the #Lockdown experience here in the UK, Steve Bonham and The Long Road have written and recorded (at home!) a new song: This Is My England. Introduction: https://youtu.be/rgF0m4VLTF4 Music video: https://youtu.be/ofSG1Wbasgw Donate to the NHS here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/thelongroad1 Also this week, we join Kev on another jaunt to Kev's Kafe Korner and the Bish fills us in on his international breadmaking exploits.

This week, the Bish has been inspired (or provoked) into sharing some thoughts on creativity and how creative people tick; Steve brings us tales from adventures on the canals in Oxfordshire, enjoying his floating bolthole Emeline; and Kev's Kafe Korner this week is about a favourite place on Kev's travels that was rarely in the same place twice!