In the countdown to the band’s hugely anticipated headline billing at 2016’s Ramblin’ Man Fair, I spoke with John-Fred from the band on festival plans, the new album Kentucky and the story behind the band. A hugely engaging interview, first broadcast on my rockshow the day before the Festival started. In response to listener reaction, it was re-broadcast at the end of October to kick-off the month-long radio rock festival, this time back-to-back with an additional interview with John-Fred’s father from Kentucky Headhunters (which will be added to this site in the weeks ahead). This is a desk copy of the speech elements of the first broadcast hour.
NEW HORIZONS 2026: THE WORLD CUP, CARD GAMES AND JOLLY JASPER: NEW ALBUM NEWS FROM VIOLET BLEND
Audio feature interview #1,712 in an ongoing series. Every year since 2015, I’ve run a ‘New Horizons’ series to allow us to check-in with rising bands and hear
