In the coming weeks, we’ll be adding interviews from the whole New Horizons series. Now in its ninth annual season, we start the year having a quick chat with rising bands on their hopes and dreams for the year ahead. Sometimes serious, sometimes silly – we aim to bring some positive cheer each January for what is often a gloomy month. Here is the interview with Birmingham rockforce Blue Nation – a band seriously on the rise. Do discover the band further.

SARI SCHORR UK TOUR FINALE AT THE 229
Feature interview #1,689 in an ongoing series. Ahead of the final show of her UK tour, I met Sari backstage in London at the 229.