Ahead of the release of his lockdown solo album and run of UK dates in May 2021 – the first rock artist back in venues after lockdown eases – a telephone chat with The Quireboys’ frontman Spike. Despite the grim Covid context, fun and smiles with one of the UK’s true rock n roll entertainers – plus the story behind the new solo release. Tour dates and ticket info at the end of the feature. Originally aired on my Friday show as a feature hour in words and music, here are the speech elements of that original 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



