Podcast Corner: Tim Burgess of The Charlatans is essential listening for music fans 

As well as his famous listening parties on Twitter, The Charlatans frontman has interviewed the likes of The Edge on his podcast 

Tim Burgess of the Charlatans interviews all sorts of music people for his podcast. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images For Bauer Media)

Announced last week, one of the highlights of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival later this year will be the Charlatans at City Hall on October 27. Even if you might not know the band’s music, you may have become a fan of frontman Tim Burgess during the covid lockdowns through his Twitter Listening Parties.

 In case you somehow missed them, they’re all archived on https://timstwitterlisteningparty.com and feature bands and artists talking through various facets of a full album of theirs, all in short tweet form. He recently transposed the format to podcasting, completing an eight-episode debut season, in association with Absolute Radio, which saw him talk to guests like the resurgent Sparks, Def Leppard, the Kinks, and the Edge.