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 […]
IRELAND ROCKS, REVISITED: 4 GASOLINE OUTLAWS – BEGINNINGS, 2016
Rewinding back to 2016 here – and a moment to celebrate the story and music of Gasoline Outlaws, a band that was a big hit on my rockshow for the length of 2016 and the years that followed. Uploaded here is the audio from a feature interview I did with the full band in mid-2016, reflecting on […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW:VIOLET BLEND ON 2025 YEAR AHEAD PLANS
A new audio Interview with Violet Blend recorded at the start of 2025, looking ahead at band plans for the new year. News also on Michelle’s salon and new plans for the ice cream shop. News on a new Florentine adventure and discussion also on the rock xylo – past, present and future. If you […]
IRELAND ROCKS – REVISITED: #3 INTERVIEW SHORTS WITH SCREAMING EAGLES, TRIGGERMAN AND LO MEJOR
Rewinding back to autumn 2016 here – in addition to the 1,700 feature interviews, we also have thousands of interview shorts that also have played their part in capturing moments in band stories over time. Here we have three interview shorts from three fine bands. From April 2016, a backstage chat with Screaming Eagles during […]
IRELAND ROCKS – REVISITED #2: SAFIRE IN THE STUDIO, JANUARY 2017
Some today know Saffron Gorman as the vocal powerhouse behind The Black Eagle Band – but long before that was the wonderful band Safire. GMS has done many interviews with Safire over the years, and here is the full un-edited audio from a 2017 interview in the studio. Following the success of Safire’s debut EP […]
IRELAND ROCKS – REVISITED #1: BALEFUL CREED: THE FULL UNEDITED AUTUMN 2016 INTERVIEW
Baleful is a band that has had a long run with Great Music Stories and our various rock shows over the years. We’ve done many interviews together, they have regularly appeared in our Band of the Year shortlists and we’ve reviewed some of their album material. The Wolf was one of a number of songs […]