Andrew Roachford, Roachford / Mike and the Mechanics

Update: 2025-07-05

Description

Andrew Roachford is an accleimd singer and piano / keyboard player, who aside from fronting his own outfit Roachford, is also an in-demand session musician and core part of the current line-up of Mike and the Mechanics. Before he hit Australia for a tour, we caught up with Andrew for a chat on all of that plus some.

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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):

Andrew’s recent 50-date tour with Mike and the Mechanics

Andrew live with Mike and the Mechanics – Let Me Fly

Andrew’s musical upbringing

Andrew’s tour of Australia and his collaboration with Jimmy Barnes

Recording the ‘Then and Now’ album

Andrew with Jimmy Barnes – Attention

Singing versus playing – the creative challenge

What Andrew still has to learn as a musician

Tag a Keyboard Player: Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder

Desert Island Discs: Talking Book – Stevie Wonder, What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye, Blue – Joni Mitchell, Smash Hits – Jimi Hendrix, Exodus – Bob Marley

The (legendary) Marquee Club

Andrew’s love of sci-fi

Thoughts on AI and music

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Buy some keyboard related merchandise

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