Podcast premiere: Rolling Start inaugural episode with John Reynolds

Liverpool’s creative and automotive worlds converge in the debut episode of a new podcast hosted by Norman Shum. The series opens with none other than John Reynolds – musician, manager, teacher and lifelong car enthusiast in a candid conversation recorded outside the Classic.Retro.Modern. offices in the heart of the Baltic Triangle.

John Reynolds, a fixture of Liverpool’s cultural fabric, reflects on a life spent on stage and on the road, weaving together tales of music, teaching and his enduring passion for motoring. In Shum’s hands, the discussion unfolds with an easy intimacy, drawing out humour and hard-won insight in equal measure.

For Norman, the episode sets the tone for what promises to be an ambitious project: a series that looks beyond the cars themselves to the stories and personalities that surround them. Kicking things off with a figure as deeply rooted in the city as Reynolds, the podcast opens not just in style but with substance – a reminder that behind every wheel and every chord lies a story worth telling.