Articles & Publications
- 2022-10 The Guardian: "The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!" which ranks "808 State and A Guy Called Gerald – On the Wire session (BBC Radio Lancashire, 1988)" at number 44.
- 2021-12 Black Rhino Radio: "Steve Barker - The man behind 'On The Wire' show"
- 2020-07 Joe Muggs/The Guardian: "Steve Barker: the 'anti-John Peel' sidelined by the BBC after 43 years"
- 2020-07 Lancashire Evening Post: "High wire act for generations of music lovers in Lancashire" (preview)
- 2020-07 The Wire: "Steve Barker’s On The Wire show being rested not axed by the BBC"
- 2020-07 Malcolm Wyatt: "Broadcasting On the Wire after all these years – in conversation with Steve Barker"
- 2020-07 Matthew Jones: "On the Wire - A national treasure - KEEP IT ON THE BBC!"
- 2020-07 Change.Org Petition: Save 'On The Wire' (BBC Radio Lancashire)
- 2020-07 Misc cancellation coverage: Selector, Weeds Up To Me Knees, Selajahfary
- 2020-07 Paul Scott-Bates/Louder Than War: "BBC to call time on legendary On The Wire show"
- 2020-07 The Wire: "BBC axes Steve Barker's On The Wire show"
- 2019-03 Richard Foster/The Quietus: "Why The BBC's Radio Cuts Are A Disaster For Our Cultural Health"
- 2014-10 Paul Clarke/Northern Soul: "Steve Barker: Thirty Years On The Wire"
- 2014-09 Paul Scott-Bates/Louder Than War: On The Wire – A Fans View
- 2014-09 Paul Scott-Bates/Louder Than War: Steve Barker of On The Wire Top 10 Albums
- 2014-09 Paul Scott-Bates/Louder Than War: An Interview With Steve Barker Of On The Wire
- 2014-09 Fiona Sturges/Independent: "On The Wire, BBC Radio Lancashire, review, It is radio at its simplest and most effective"
- 2014-09 Radio Today: "Lancashire's On The Wire reaches 30 years"
- 2014-09 Steve Barker/BBC: "How a radio show from Blackburn became a cult success"
- 2014-06 Factmag: "Listen to hours of specialist dub and reggae radio by veteran BBC broadcaster Steve Barker"
- 2011-11 John Eden/Uncarved Block: "Fight Cuts: Save On The Wire"
- 2011-03 Jas Obrecht Music Archive: "Jimi Hendrix: The Complete January 1967 Interview With Steve Barker" [archive copy]
- 2011-03 Jas Obrecht Music Archive: "Jimi Hendrix: An Unpublished November 1967 Interview With Steve Barker" [archive copy]
Books
- Steve Redhead "Post-Fandom and the Millennial Blues: The Transformation of Soccer Culture"
- Steve Redhead "Unpopular Cultures: The Birth Of Law And Popular Culture"
- Bill Sykes "Sit Down! Listen To This! The Roger Eagle Story"
- David Katz "People Funny Boy: The Genius Of Lee 'Scratch' Perry"
- Stephen John Hartley "Painting Snails: A Rock & Roll Doctor's Tale"
- Steve Hardstaff "Cover Versions" (view here)
Podcasts/Broadcasts
- 2020-07 BBC Radio 4 Feedback on BBC local radio cuts with Jim Waterson, Media Editor of the Guardian
- 2020-03 BBC Radio 4 Feedback on BBC local radio cuts with Chris Burns, Head of Audio and Digital for BBC England
- 2018-11 Walthamstow Rock'n'Roll Book Club: Steve Barker in conversation with Tony Naylor
- 2018-05 Steve Urquhart: "Greetings Music Lover: Celebrating Steve Barker On The Wire" [Steve Urquhart's website] [Steve Urquhart's Soundcloud]
- 2016-06 Resident Advisor: "One of England's most influential radio DJs speaks out"
- 2008-03 The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music, Lis Blanning with a special mix by Steve Barker
- 1989-12-25 BBC Radio Lancashire Christmas Daze - A Steve Barker Christmas Day special from 1989
About Steve
- Steve Barker's BBC profile
- Steve Barker's profile on the John Peel wiki
- Steve Barker's profile on discogs.com
- Steve Barker's profile on skysaw.org's On-U Sound In The Areakysaw.org's On-U Sound In The Area
- Steve Barker as Consort to the Deputy Mayor of Fylde (sadly this link no longer works: Consort to the Deputy Mayor of Fylde)
Related
Articles about or by friends/associates of On The Wire, past and present.
- 2020 The Dub issue 36 (winter 2020) Jethro R Binks: "A Genealogy Of The 'On The Wire' Theme"
- 2020-07 Byta.com interview with Ajay Saggar, Bhajan Bhoy
- 2012-05 The Guardian: "Warm up the record player! Laura Barton returns to Alan's" with Audio slideshow
- 2017-03 Tim Wilson/The Ransom Note: Dub Abstraction, Astral Plane Pop & Interplanetary Lovers Rock: The Ludicrous Sound Of Naffi Sandwich & Brenda Ray
- 2008? More Dark Than Shark feature interview with Brian Eno about Sound And The City, a British Council in China sound art project, organised with assistance from Steve Barker
