This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome musician and filmmaker Charlotte Bill to the show. Charlotte talks us through meeting Una Baines, playing flute and oboe on The Fall’s Extricate, and joining the band on stage at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall. We also chat experimental music and filmmaking, touring with Nocturnal Emissions, London’s squat communities, the right to roam and her latest film about rewilding. Plus, Steve gets another reminder that he’s her favourite bass player. Hope you enjoy!

Music writer, consultant and friend of the show Daryl Easlea sits down with Paul and Steve to explain how a request for 500 words on a budget CD launched his sleevenotes career. His first subjects were Sergio Mendes and the exclamation-mark incarnation of Ultravox!, which is a respectable range by anybody’s standards.

From his arrival at Record Collector to his enduring love of The Fall, Daryl reflects on being a musical generalist, finding the melody in Status Quo and searching patiently for the appeal of death metal.

Recorded live at Futures and Pasts, this special episode of Oh! Brother sees Paul and Steve joined on stage by the Poet Laureate himself, Simon Armitage. Simon looks back on discovering The Fall as a teenager, his early gigs, and what it is about Mark E. Smith's lyrics that has captivated so many writers.

There's talk of poetry, songwriting and life as Poet Laureate, a few brief encounters with Mark, and a moving poem written after his death. Thanks again to Simon and everyone involved with Futures and Pasts, hope you enjoy!