Band of the Year 2018 – The Final 50 (3/3)
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 […]
DAN REED NETWORK – ‘ORIGINS’
DECEMBER ALBUM OF THE MONTH Dan Reed Network’s new album is the perfect album of the month to close 2018. It’s been an uncertain year, too many people selling fear, divisions more pronounced – and somehow a time when it seems to be becoming acceptable to say unacceptable things. With ‘Origins’ we are reminded of […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: BROKEN WITT REBELS – LIVE FROM MUNICH
A quick check in with Danny during the band’s 2018 European tour. The band has been on the rise since 2016 and this interview in Spring 2018 captures the excitement of a band on a roll.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: MAGNUM – AL BARROW
Our fifth hour special with Magnum in as many years. For our second feature of 2018, I spoke with Al backstage ahead of their sell-out show in Brighton. We talked about the latest album, we hear about Al’s story and we talk more broadly about the role of a bass player in a working band.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: TAX THE HEAT ON TOUR
Audio interview clips from an hour special when Tax The Heat came to Brighton as part of their 2018 tour dates. We review the album and the band’s plans for the future.
SHORT INTERVIEW: AT THE SUN – THE 2018 WILDFIRE TAPES
One of 30 interview shorts recorded as part of our previews on Wildfire Festival that was cancelled in June 2018. The interviews still stand as capturing the story of bands at a moment in time, and underlining the importance of grassroots music events for young and breaking bands. This interview was aired in April 2018. […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: AIRACE ON QUEEN
To celebrate the launch of the Bohemian Rhapsody movie, I produced and presented a three hour Queen special – 33 bands calling what they regarded to be the ultimate Queen album and why. Airrace toured Europe with Queen during the 1984 The Works tour and here they talk about their favourite Queen album.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: BALEFUL CREED -THE GREAT MUSIC STORY
One of a number of special omnibus Great Music Stories features that charted the story of the band over time, drawing on clips on a wide range of our Baleful Creed interviews. Here are speech clips and links from the original 70-minute radio special.
INTERVIEW SHORT: THOSE DAMN CROWS ON GUNS N ROSES
Lloyd from The Crows – our Band Of The Year 2017 – reflects on the enduring influence of the music of Guns N Roses.
SHORT INTERVIEW: WAYWARD SONS – NOVEMBER TOUR
A short interview with Toby ahead of the band’s headline run of dates to close 2018 – and a first tease on progress on the band’s next studio album. First aired on my Friday rock show in October 2018.