CRY FOR MERCY – ‘THIS MACHINE’
By a distance, it’s the best album Cry For Mercy have done – and in terms of charm, conviction and chemistry, it’s one of the best UK blues-rock albums of 2025 so far.
SAFFRON GORMAN AND THE BLACK EAGLE BAND – FULL BAND INTERVIEW
Feature audio interview 1,680 in an ongoing series of interview hour specials. Saffron Gorman is an artist we have supported since 2016 through a number of her bands, and on the rockshow we premiered a number of songs that became listener favourites. For this interview, we meet Saffron and her band mates online. Serious chat […]
FROM AUTUMN TO SPRING WITH DUNC FROM AUTUMN KILLERS
Feature audio interview 1,682 in an ongoing series of interview hour specials. A warm welcome back to Autumn Killers, a band whose story and music we have supported for many years. The band featured in the top echelon of our Band of the Year listener countdown for the last two years, and their latest album […]
CLOVERHILL: BOUNCY SPRING OUTLOOK FROM THE GREEN ROOM
Audio feature interview #1,679 in an ongoing series. As we usher in spring, Paul from Cloverhill returns to GMS to talk about the new Cloverhill green room. An impromptu ‘potter round the garden’ in interview terms. The rock xylo makes a return, Paul veers towards prog and we fact-check unconfirmed rumours about Paul auditioning to […]
TALKING PICTURES: FEATURE INTERVIEW WITH HUGH SYME
Feature audio interview #1,677 in an ongoing series. Hugh Syme is one of the iconic album creatives of his generation. Well known to many for designing the album covers for many of the great Rush albums, his Art Director talents have also included work for many other fine artists. His most recent project was with […]
COPPERWORM ASKS WHY: NEW FEATURE INTERVIEW
In a troubled world, it is time for rock n roll to remember its soul and learn to testify once again – to stand up and have something to say, to be proudly individual and to avoid the temptation to be among the cool kids.
REBECCA DOWNES FEATURE INTERVIEW
This is a long interview and it’s about as broad-ranging and spontaneous as you can get with any blues/rock interview…
ELLIS MANO BAND – ‘MORPH’
Cutting through the relentless stampede of new music promotion and the white noise on social media, Ellis Mano Band drop a truly classy album to take 2025 up a level.
ELLIS MANO BAND: THE COUNTDOWN TO MORPH
Audio feature interview #1676 in an ongoing series. In the next few weeks, Ellis Mano Band launch their new studio album ‘Morph.’ The band has had a long run with Great Music Stories listeners – twice previously bagging Album of the Month reviews and ‘Good To Go’ called as ‘Single of the Year’ a few years ago. […]
IRELAND ROCKS, REVISITED: 5 TOM HARTE’S SOLO EP, 2018
The voice of Trucker Diablo went on a solo adventure in 2018, and here is the audio from a five-part interview series I did with Tom, as he talked about the stories behind each of the new songs. The final episode aired on my rockshow the day Massive Wagons hit the Top 20 for the […]