SHORT INTERVIEW: THE OUTLAW ORCHESTRA – 2019 NEW HORIZONS
A band whose story I’ve followed since 2016. During this early 2019 catch up we hear about the band’s bright plans for the year ahead – a year of new horizons, new dreams and new ambitions. I have a feeling 2019 could be the outlaw orchestra’s year.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: BIG BOY BLOATER
Recorded in BBB’s Airstream at Ramblin’ Man Fair 2017, we re-broadcast this feature in early 2019 (with new tunes from Mr Bloater) to mark five calendar years of Great Music Stories interviews. An arresting and heartfelt interview from Big Boy Bloater presenting the philosophy and values that really matter in the music business today.
WILLE & THE BANDITS: ‘PATHS’
February Album Of The Month So many people say (or think) the music business is run from London. Labels are there, national media are there, bands often tend to gravitate there – and, of course, the place is over-run with heaps of cappuccino-carrying marketing people rushing in and out of meetings. It’s a marvellous place […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: WILLE & THE BANDITS
As part of our January ’New Horizons’ showcase where we interviewed more than 30 young bands on their plans for the year ahead, Wille & The Bandits here talk about their new album, out in February. A rising musical force from Cornwall, we also talk about the East Cornwall sites and have some fun!
SHORT INTERVIEW: THE VIRGINMARYS: BAND OF THE YEAR – THE WINNERS INTERVIEW
The Virginmarys had some comeback in late 2018, and after 32,000 people had cast their votes on my Friday show, the band was crowned our band of the year in December. As is tradition after our mammoth end of year vote, the first interview of a New Year is getting reaction from our new Band […]
FEATURE SPECIAL: QUEEN – THE DEFINITIVE STUDIO ALBUM: THE ROCK COMMUNITY SPEAKS
A week before the release of the movie ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ across UK cinemas in 2018, I put together a three-hour Queen radio special. Everyone knows THE song is Bo Rhap and most people agree that THE gig was Live Aid – but what was the definitive Queen album? I put this question to a “who’s […]
DeeVer – You Need This
January Album Of The Month A New Year is a time of re-birth and for new discoveries for us all. And no better way to start a forward-looking agenda on new rock for 2019 than with the bold, confident debut from DeeVer – an album that is youthful in spirit, masterfully produced and forward-looking in […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: MASSIVE WAGONS – 2018 IN REVIEW
Backstage interview with Barry and Adam from London’s O2 Academy – looking back with the benefit of hindsight on a landmark year for Massive Wagons. ‘Full Nelson’ crashed into the mainstream Official Album Chart at Number 16 in the summer of 2018 – an event that gave a generation of other young bands a reason […]
Band of the Year 2018 – The Final 50 (1/3)
Copy of the three-hour show, where we paused the vote on Great Music Stories’ band for the year and revealed the 50 of the 172 bands through to the final stage of the vote. Lower than usual audio quality for this one, the feed was taken from the station’s automatic back-up audio logger. And with […]
Band of the Year 2018 – The Final 50 (2/3)
Copy of the three-hour show, where we paused the vote on Great Music Stories’ band for the year and revealed the 50 of the 172 bands through to the final stage of the vote. Lower than usual audio quality for this one, the feed was taken from the station’s automatic back-up audio logger. And with […]