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 […]
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.