2019 WINNERS INTERVIEWS: LYNNE JACKAMAN – LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR
A feature of what we have done since the beginning, and twice voted Artist of the Month during 2019. For us Lynne’s milestone during the year was the statement she made as a live artist. She can sing anything, share a stage with anyone and few people can do what Lynne did in just one […]
2019 WINNERS INTERVIEWS: MELISSA ETHERIDGE – ALBUM OF THE YEAR
A big year with us for Melissa. With ‘The Medicine Show’ many of our followers and the radio show listeners reconnected with Melissa’s catalogue. An album of the month earlier in the year, ‘The Medicine Show’ was chosen from our 12 Albums of the Month for 2019 to be our Album of the Year. This […]
2019 WINNERS INTERVIEWS: SCARLET REBELS – BAND OF THE YEAR
Over 50 weeks, 150 acts gave us interviews and all of them were in the very long shortlist for our 5 th annual Band of the Year vote. It was run over 11 months and won this year by Scarlet Rebels – twice voted band of the month during 2019 and also Album of the […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: JOHN ILLSLEY – NOVEMBER TOUR
From Dire Straits to solo frontiers, John speaks about his solo music and November 2019 tour dates, where he reflects on his memories of the Dire Straits story and revisits the music.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: THE SWAMP BORN ASSASSINS
From the mountain at Wildfire immediately after the band’s main stage set, an interview that captures well the warmth and friendship from the band. Also chat about the Run to the Wildfire song and its genesis – and also the appearance of the rock xylo on stage that very afternoon! Swamp Born Assassins had album […]
MARILLION – WITH FRIENDS FROM THE ORCHESTRA
DECEMBER ALBUM OF THE MONTH It seems to be becoming a bit of ‘a thing’ for rock bands to make a foray into the orchestral space and, for me, it often doesn’t work. But the new album from Marillion is a masterclass on how to do it right – in both substance and style. What […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: STONEWIRE AT THE LAKE
Sky from StoneWire talks about the band’s journey in 2019, the band’s 15-minute Led Zep medley – and the forthcoming StoneWire album ‘Life As We Know It’ – out 1 November 2019.
SHORT INTERVIEW: LYNNE JACKAMAN – A WEEK ON STAGE
Two interview shorts – from the party by the lake to performing at John Lennon birthday gig in London, two interview shorts in the space of a week – Lynne talking about the live sets and her forthcoming debut album.
SHORT INTERVIEW: STEVE HOGARTH
An interview with Marillion’s Steve Hogarth, ahead of the John Lennon 79th birthday gig in support of War Child at Hard Rock Hotel London. Steve talks about John Lennon, his song ‘A Voice From The Past’ and we also briefly discuss the re-issue of Marillion’s ‘Afraid Of Sunlight’ album.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: IDLEWAR – CEDE PREVIEW
The first two parts of an interview series with Pete from the band on the new 2019 album. Here, Pete talks about the creative process and the new album artwork. We also talked about rock biscuits, not added here as that’ll be airing again before going online. A bad that embodies individuality and authenticity in […]