Following my Easter interview with Spike – when he shared news of the band’s plans for a new blues album – we met up at Ramblin’ Man just before the band premiered the new material on the blues stage. Spike talks about the new songs and blues influences. Originally aired as an hour special with some first radio plays from the new album, here are highlights from the original interview broadcast.

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



