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APRIL ALBUM OF THE MONTH Good music cheers up your day; great music has timely social relevance. At a time of national anxiety – with political division, economic uncertainty and a [...]

First aired as a radio hour special in February 2018, I spoke with Melissa about highlights from her impressive album archive and we reflected on the power of music to unite people at times of [...]

A week before the release of the band’s 2019 Top 10 album, I spoke with Danny and Luke in London to discuss the story behind the new album. With the future of HMV in the balance (at the time), we [...]

Originally aired on my Friday show as an hour special, here we talk about the band’s 2018, we look ahead at 2019 and we discuss some of the big issues facing the grassroots rock scene today. An [...]

Ahead of his UK tour and Q&A sessions, I spoke with John Illsely about the early years of Dire Straits – the road to Brothers in Arms. John also talked about this tour dates for spring 2019 [...]

In recent months, so many issues have come to a head – Pledge, the future of music retail, wellbeing, grassroots venues closing: So I met up with our ‘Band of The Year’ The Virginmarys and Rob [...]

March Album Of The Month For lovers of the classic rock revival, At The Sun’s debut album is powerful, concentrated and exciting. It is essential listening for 2019. I’m refraining from a [...]

A fascinating insight on rock icons Rush from the producer’s chair. Terry Brown talks fondly about working with the band for more than 10 albums and then chats about his current work with new [...]

Colour of Noise was a band we covered heavily during 2016 through four hour-special interviews in just 15 months, including an on location hour for their Christmas gig, which proved to be their [...]

Following a series of interview shorts with the band, I resolved to do a feature hour with At The Sun early doors in 2019. And the timing couldn’t have been better: The band has a debut album [...]