Interview from a Great Music Stories hour special broadcast in January 2018. A wonderful range between barmy and deep reflective conversation from Nikki Smash, which frames well the band’s countdown to releasing their brand new album. Nikki talks abut mental health, his music beginnings, influences and the creative process. We play a jukebox game with a bag on Minstrels and The Sound of Music makes a bizarre cameo. Nikki also had a six week run as our rock show weatherman and his first clip is featured in this interview package. Our band of the week during February, this hour was rebroadcast in response to listener requests in March and the band also have three tracks playlisted on my Friday rockshow in the countdown to album launch on 6 April.

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



