TOM CRIDLAND interviews legends from Sir Cliff Richard & Gloria Estefen to Don McLean & David Crosby for his top podcast. He says today's artists are mostly a choir of politically correct conformists

Tom Cridland is host of the Greatest Music of All TIme podcast with sharp insights on the political tone and direction of music industry culture, past and present. The rebel spirit and force that gave rise to the legends of recent decades is gone, he says, replaced by artists who have lost the common touch, who have been more tightly packaged and controlled by corporations that in the past, and yet are quick to unleash a conformist, politically correct viewpoints at odds with a full global reality.   If you are not familiar with the podcast, which comprises uncensored conversations with cultural icons and public figures, episodes have so far have featured the following guests: Annie Lennox:      “I felt a bit hammered by the music press” David Crosby:      “Rick Rubin is a fake. He’s not a good producer. He’s a poser.” Steve Lukather of Toto:      “When I die I might finally get a bit of respect.” Smokey Robinson:      “Everybody was either in a group or a gang. Some were in both!” Sir Cliff Richard:      “John Lennon thought I was pretty cool” Chance the Rapper:      “We all just work and work and work” David Guetta:      “I only knew how to work from my laptop” There have been over 270 episodes so far in under a year, also featuring the likes of The Temptations, Tito Jackson of The Jackson 5, Pixies, The Pointer Sisters, Seal, Johnny Marr, Europe, Styx, The Hollies, Earth, Wind & Fire, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kool & the Gang, Chris Rea, Foreigner, Don Felder of the Eagles, The Zombies, B.J. Thomas, UB40, Level 42, Raphael Saadiq, The Stylistics, Brooks & Dunn, Boyz II Men, ABC, Keane, Ronan Keating, 10cc, Bonnie Tyler, Luis Fonsi, Duke Dumont, Steve Harley, Dave Stewart, Gloria Estefan, Brian McKnight, John Oates, Roisin Murphy, Chick Corea, Boney M, Jon Anderson of Yes, Olivia Arben, Lisa Ann, Owen Jones, Douglas Murray, Jeffrey Archer, Aubrey de Grey and Rose McGowan.  More About Tom Cridland: tomcridland.com podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/greatest-music-of-all-time/id1506955575 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-aidan-byrne0/support