JACK J HUTCHINSON – ‘Battle Scars Live’
One word to describe this album and also the musical force behind it – authentic.
HOWLING BLACK SOUL: FEATURE HOUR
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 […]
LYNNE JACKAMAN: 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEW
October 2015 I did my first audio interview hour special with Lynne – a consistently original, soulful and authentic force in independent British music. A decade on, and 40 or so interviews later, we catch up again for another fireside chat. In one take – and without any prep, notes or edits – we reflect […]
Death trap Halloween-party with Autumn Killers
I was intending to get a rock album review up for October but, this month, most of my standout album release choices are in other music genres. It’s good to sometimes pause and explore to the left and the right a bit.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: SUMMER IN AUTUMN WITH DUNCAN
Feature interview #1,703 in an ongoing audio series. This one has taken a while to put up on the site: Recorded during soaring heat back in July, the day before the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, it is perhaps fitting that an Autumn Killers interview goes out during the season of autumn leaves. And the […]
FROM SIRENS TO THE HOWLING: MIKEY LORD FEATURE INTERVIEW
Audio feature interview #1,702 in an ongoing series with Mikey Lord, the frontman and creative trailblazer from As Sirens Fall – a band that was a big feature of our Friday show and were also crowned Band of the Year a few years ago. After taking a break, Mikey and Bailey are back with a […]
QUIREBOYS LIVE AT ROCKPALAST
Time for a party – and at any time that you want. After a summer of endless studio album releases, the feel-good festival season kind of made it appropriate to turn attention to an album release that captures the irreplaceable magic of a live show, and that spontaneous connection between band and audience.
MARSHALL POTTS: HEAVEN IS HOME
Feature interview #1,701 in an ongoing series. A second consecutive week over in Canada, this week I had a soulful fireside chat with old friend Marshall Potts. In interesting two-way discussion on music as a wellbeing tonic to the stresses of everyday life, reflections on finding hope in a troubled world, talk on life on […]
MACHINES DREAM: MILESTONE FEATURE INTERVIEW #1,700
Eleven years on from my first interview hour special, a milestone moment as we hit 1,700 – and to mark the occasion, I speak with a Canadian artist that has been a constant interview thread through this 11-year journey. Craig from Machines Dream talks about new music on the way, creative reflections on world issues […]
SPARKS – ‘MAD’
When ‘Mad’ landed it was the first time for years I felt suitably acquainted with Sparks music to welcome the new songs with a sense of familiarity and excitement – having grown particularly fond of ‘Hello Young Lovers’ and their nineteenth studio album ‘Lil’ Beethoven’ over the previous year…