THE MARSHALL CHESS – ‘TIME AND TIDE’
JANUARY ALBUM OF THE MONTH Nothing like a bit of intrigue to get a New Year rolling! Richard Jones of Fireroad is back; but not as Richard, nor as Fireroad. It is Fireroad music but at the same time it’s not – it’s The Marshall Chess – and it’s marvellous. After years of being nagged […]
2020 WINNERS INTERVIEWS: SINGLE OF THE YEAR – COVAID 2020
A song that, with us, was the soundtrack of the first lockdown, a song that captures how it felt to live through a moment in history. A song made possible via the internet created by musicians from around the world that had never met in person. At the lowest point of a global crisis, a […]
2020 WINNERS INTERVIEWS: INDUSTRY HERO AWARD – HEIDI KERR
Every year we recognise the work of a behind-the-scenes hero that works hard to help keep the scene going. This year, we picked Heidi Kerr who has done so much for the bands she looks after and deserves great recognition for the work we have done with Empyre over the last three years. No fuss […]
2020 WINNERS INTERVIEWS: SOUTH EAST ROCKS AWARD – AMONGST LIARS
For our annual awards we always recognise a local grassroots band. Amongst Liars started just before Covid struck and, despite the challenges of lockdown, their first four singles dominated the airwaves with us in 2020. Once voted band of the month during 2020 and Top 10 in our final bands of the year countdown, the […]
2020 WINNERS INTERVIEWS: JACK J HUTCHINSON – LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR
My interview with Jack the week after he and his band won live act of the year. An artist that has creatively defied the threat and worry of a pandemic by finding ways to move forward – to perform, to broadcast, to write and record. An impressive work-rate from an artist who, through his music […]
2020 WINNERS INTERVIEWS: THIRTEEN STARS – ALBUM OF THE YEAR
My interview with ‘The Prof’ Hoss Thompson the week after Thirteen Stars won Album of the Year with ‘Finest Ramshackle Jam’ – an album that gave us a string of songs that had extensive runs on the Friday rockshow for around 18-months. This listen again clip also features a couple of audio indents from Hoss.
2020 WINNERS INTERVIEWS: AS SIRENS FALL – BAND OF THE YEAR
My interview with Jason the week after As Sirens Fall were voted Great Music Stories Band of the Year 2020/21. Jason talks about the band’s reaction and reviews creative highlights for the band – and after a challenging year for the music scene at large.
THE DUST CODA – ‘MOJO SKYLINE’
DECEMBER ALBUM OF THE MONTH To this day, I clearly remember the first time I heard a Dust Coda song. I remember too, the reaction after I first played that song on air the following week. When a song can take you back to the time, the place, the feeling of the first time you […]
Feature Interview: Steve Lukather talks new Toto
Ahead of the reveal of a new backline for the Toto band, and a global streamed concert, I spoke with Steve about plans for 2021 and the new global tour. The first of a two-parter, in the week’s ahead we will also hear about Steve’s new album, out in early 2021.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: SPIKE IN LOCKDOWN
Audio interview from a two-hour radio special with Spike, who talks about life in lockdown. Spike talks about writing and recording new material and also a preview on his streamed show next weekend. Despite Spike suffering from a cold during the interview, we cracked on and there’s plenty of laughs, stories and soulful moments from […]