The Swamp Born Assassins – Dead Man’s Train
June Album Of The Month 2019 has been the toughest year yet when it comes to me picking just one album to review each month. May and June see so many great and varied albums being released. Set against some well-produced and well-promoted albums, for June I’ve decided to go with a relative underdog. The […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: COPPERWORM
A band who got in touch, we then played and then the rock fans took things to the next level: The way it should be. My first interview with the band and, judging by audience reaction, I have a feeling it will be the first of a run in 2019. A band to discover. Have […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: LETHBRIDGE OWEN – ALBUM LAUNCH
A short interview, first aired in April 2019, to mark the launch of the band’s fine debut album. Two longer feature interviews were recorded on the same day in Brighton and following Lethbridge Owen being voted ‘Band of the Month’ for May, these will be aired again in May before going up on this site […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: THE QUIREBOYS – AMAZING DISGRACE
Broadcast as an hour special on 19 April 2019, to mark the 500th Great Music Stories feature interview, Guy Griffin talks about The Quireboys’ stellar new studio album ‘Amazing Disgrace’ which we rate as probably their finest studio album to date, and also reviewed on this site as our ‘album of the month‘ for May […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: DEBORAH BONHAM TOURS THE USA
Ahead of her hugely anticipated tour of the USA, I spoke with Deborah about her wide-ranging plans for the year ahead. We also discussed gender equality in the rock scene, her live shows with Paul Rodgers and Deborah’s work with young musicians. A spirited hour special that originally aired on 21 April 2019
Quireboys – ‘Amazing Disgrace’
May Album Of The Month With hindsight, it’s no surprise the sunshine returned last Friday. As I aired a new Guy Griffin interview and fired songs from ‘Amazing Disgrace’ across the airwaves, it was clear in an instant that we had our rock n roll soundtrack for the summer. Ironic too, perhaps, that as The […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: MELISSA ETHERIDGE – THE LONDON INTERVIEW
Following up on my telephone interview with Melissa in early 2019, we met in London after her European tour to discuss her brand new album ’The Medicine Show’ which we called as Album of the Month for April 2019. (Check out the album review section of this site for a read). This warm and engaging […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: GASOLINE OUTLAWS: WILDFIRE 16
Gasoline Outlaws are a band whose story we have now followed for four calendar years. Ahead of their second album landing in April 2019, this listen again feature rewinds to Wildfire Festival 2016, where I recorded a full-band feature interview on the band’s beginnings. Aired originally as a four-part interview series in August, it then […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: KING KING 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
Backstage from Brighton in early 2019, Alan Nimmo from King King talks about the band’s 10th anniversary, the rising rock scene and importance for us all to push to get more mainstream media attention for today’s guitar bands. Alan also speaks about touring with Sari Schorr and the health of the rock and blues music […]
MELISSA ETHERIDGE – THE MEDICINE SHOW
APRIL ALBUM OF THE MONTH Good music cheers up your day; great music has timely social relevance. At a time of national anxiety – with political division, economic uncertainty and a wellbeing timebomb that needs to be tackled – Melissa touches on topical issues but, unlike protest albums that meet anger with anger, this album […]