Sierra Alpha One Five by The Hepburns
SA15 a music podcast that feeds from the larder of plenty that is the accumulated work of a single band The Hepburns. For 40 years they’ve been packing the pantry with sweet and sour pop confections that for the large part remain on the shelf, perfectly preserved, but for the most part unsampled by the population at large.The Hepburns are a Llanelli based pop band in their 40th and final year of existence. In that time they have released 15 albums, the latest being the truly majestic Empire of Strange with one more to come later this year. And that my friends will be it. Except it won’t, because unlike other nourishments great songs are not perishable. So the Hepburns cupboard should you choose to open it, will never be bare and there are even some things, many things, lurking at the back of that dark recess that are yet to see the light of day.
Sierra Alpha One Five by The Hepburns
Episode 1- Empire of Strange
Right now it’s summer at Hepburn House and naturally we have migrated to the garden to drink tea in the sunshine. Hospitality is courtesy of me, Simon Wright because that’s what I do. In this our first episode - I’m in the company of polymath postman Cronesy the man responsible for some of the original artwork on the very first Hepburns album, together with a string of global incidents that have helped shape the world as we know it in the 21st century. And of course Matthew Jones who has provided the creative cake we will be dipping into our tea in expectation of Proustian results. Why not pull up a sun-lounger and join us?