CLOVERHILL – ‘JUST NORTH OF HELL’
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Recent Interviews
FEATURE SPECIAL: BANDS AND FANS PAY TRIBUTE TO SCARLET REBELS
A 60-minute special aired ahead of the release of ‘See Through Blue.’ Here fans, festivals and peer group bands pay tribute the Scarlet Rebels. A few tunes from Rebels and also V0id. Tributes include: White Raven Down, Amongst Liars, The …
FEATURE INTERVIEW: LATE NIGHT LEGACY AT WILDFIRE ’21
One of 30 or so feature interviews recorded at Wildfire Festival weekend in July 2021. This was the first aired, from the band that opened the festival. Slightly unhinged and spontaneous, this fun interview done immediately after the band’s set …
FEATURE INTERVIEW: FREDDIE 30TH TRIBUTE
In the week that marked the 30th anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s passing, new generation of rock musicians spoke fondly about the enduring majesty and legacy of Freddie Mercury and Queen’s music. A selection of the speech interviews and anecdotes here …
FEATURE: AMONGST LIARS: BAND OF THE YEAR, THE WINNERS INTERVIEW
On Friday 19 November 2021, Amongst Liars were crowned our seventh Band of the Year and, for the first time, the title went to the South East. A band that has grown support with us every Friday through the strength …
FEATURE INTERVIEW: HAVR – WOMEN OF ROCK
From June 2021, one of the early feature interviews from our Women of Rock series. Here, Carrie from HAVR talks about a range of diversity, equality and inclusion issues we need to support in today’s rock scene.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: TWISTED ILLUSION
Part one of a two-part special with Matt on the story behind the band’s first album release of 2021. One of the hardest working bands during lockdown, creators of music that turned heads on the Friday rockshow over the last …
SHORT INTERVIEW: UNKNOWN REFUGE – BEGINNINGS
A band that’s made a big impression with us in 2021. Rewinding here to the first interview during lockdown with Bolton’s new rising rock force. A playful sense of fun from the band, from a time when we all relied …
FEATURE INTERVIEW: AMONGST LIARS – BEGINNINGS
Right back to the beginning, my first chat with Leo on the transition from Saint Apache to Amongst Liars. A lot of chat on where the name for the new band came from – and words too on the band’s …
SHORT INTERVIEW: EMPYRE AT WILDFIRE FEST 2O21
My full and unedited interview with Empyre ahead of their Sunday afternoon set at Wildfire Festival. Cheeky chat that reflected the shared excitement of live music opening up again after so long.
SHORT INTERVIEW: SCARLET REBELS AT WILDFIRE FEST 2O21
Ahead of the band’s Saturday set at Wildfire Fest 2021, I spoke with Wayne Doyle about the return of live music, the band’s gig at Cardiff Castle with Those Damn Crows – and comments too on the special yellow vinyl …
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Previous album reviews
SCARLET REBELS – ‘SEE THROUGH BLUE’
DECEMBER ALBUM OF THE MONTH Perfect symmetry, the year closes at it began. In thinking about our final album review of the year, I’m drawn
WAYWARD SONS – EVEN UP THE SCORE
NOVEMBER ALBUM OF THE MONTH Confidence. We all need it at this moment in time – and this is the autumn album release that brings
THE AUTUMN KILLERS – ‘DARKSIDE’
OCTOBER ALBUM OF THE MONTH Something different for October. The last few months have seen a run of really fine albums released and, when things
Recent show highlights
Wildfire – the lost tapes: 25 July 2021
In 2018 Wildfire Festival didn’t happen, but we had already done preview interviews with 20 or so bands, which ended up never airing. Three years
GuyB’s Wildfire Story: 25 July 2021
An hour from the Spirit of Wildfire 3 radio fest, I took an hour out to reflect on some of the standout moments and standout
Friday Rock Show: 16 July 2021
The first hour of the Friday rockshow, news and music from a new generation of unsigned and rising bands: Music includes: Skam, The Autumn Killers,