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Adam talks with Brit award-winning English singer-songwriter and actor Kate Nash about triumphs and humiliations in the music industry and the radical money-making strategy she's been relying on to keep her band on the road and herself out of the red. And bums. Kate also plays an acoustic version of her song Birds and Adam dithers over whether or not he should mention the Kate Nash parody song he recorded in 6 Music times. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London, 4 April 2025. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversation editing. Podcast…
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ADAM BUXTON · Comedy · English
British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits.
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