{"podcast":{"title":"The Strange Brew - artist stories behind the greatest music ever recorded","slug":"the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372","podcast_index_feed_id":542372,"rss_url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/?feed=podcast","website_url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/","image_url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-brew-artwork-final-2020.jpg","author":"Jason Barnard","episode_count":300,"summary":"Rock music from the mid 60s onwards - podcasts, features and much more","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T12:21:53.934666+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372"},"episode":{"title":"The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society","slug":"the-kinks-are-the-village-green-preservation-society","published_at":"2026-04-07T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372/the-kinks-are-the-village-green-preservation-society","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372","url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-kinks-village-green/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/thestrangebrew/thestrangebrew.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/kinks-village.mp3","summary":"Jason Barnard is joined by music writer and artist Chris Wade to talk about The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society . They discuss how the US tour ban pushed Ray Davies inward, the extraordinary run of Kinks singles, and what it means to preserve an England that probably never existed in the first place. Davies kept returning to the village green and its characters into the early 70s with the Preservation albums. The record’s influence spread slowly, and today it is treasured as one of the greatest British albums ever made. Further information Recorded at The CAT Club in July 2025 Chris Wade website Podcasts also available: The Kinks 1940-71 ,  Shel Talmy , Bob Henrit – The Kinks, Argent, The Roulettes , The Kinks – Strange Brew tribute , Philip Norman on the Beatles , Bee Gees’ Main Course with Bob Stanley This podcast is also available on  Apple Podcasts ,  YouTube ,  Spotify , Google apps and all usual platforms The post The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society appeared first on The Strange Brew .","meta_description":"Jason Barnard is joined by music writer and artist Chris Wade to talk about The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society . They discuss how the US…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3165,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372/episodes/the-kinks-are-the-village-green-preservation-society/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372/the-kinks-are-the-village-green-preservation-society.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}