A fine grassroots band from Essex who gate-crashed the Top 10 of our Bands of the Year countdown at the end of last year. Howling Black Soul over a number of years became interview regulars on the Friday rockshow and they were regularly requested by listeners. For Halloween weekend, we keep the band’s story going with a new interview, personal views on life and music exchanged for an autumnal fire-side chat. News on work on the next studio album and a whole lot more.

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



