Following the very special ‘Southern Love Bus’ interview from Ramblin’ Man 2016, JD SIMO and I met up again, this time in Brighton at the end of the year for a follow-up feature for a Christmas week hour special. Brighton seemed a perfect setting for the return of the love (tour) bus, but this time we had to do battle with extreme weather on the seafront for another spontaneous interview. Plenty of funny moments, profound musical intelligence once again from JD – and some serious reflection on world events. The feature hour also made room for us to revisit a short clip from the original Ramblin’ Man interview as well. I’ll catch up with JD SIMO again this year: The story continues….
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
