FEATURE INTERVIEW: THUNDER – RIP IT UP
A feature interview with Danny Bowes and Luke Morley from rock icons Thunder. We discuss the release of the band’s new album ‘Rip It Up’ and touring plans for 2017. Passing chat also about Jackaman, tambourines, trombones, projects outside Thunder and Luke discusses the creative process. Danny gives tips to young bands on how to […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: SKAM
A glimpse of the band’s plans for 2017, news on the new album and broader discussion on supporting new bands. SKAM are an exciting emerging UK act present a compelling case for backing new music. This interview short was and the first of 40 ‘New Horizons’ interview shorts aired on my rockshow during the month […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: IDLEWAR
Following my Christmas special on the band, we followed up in January 2017 to get a flavour on plans and ambitions for the year ahead. A band to follow in 2017 – authentic music and interviews with weight. One of 40 ‘New Horizons’ interview shorts aired on my rockshow in January 2017 to encourage listeners […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: THE WILDFLOWERS – SUSSEX ROADTRIP
A break from my rock genre interviews: Following a feature hour on the band’s story in 2015, I jumped on the tour bus with The Wildflowers in March 2016 as they made their way to Brighton on their ‘Race to Calais’ tour. A spontaneous and magical interview that captures the true spirit of the band […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: TOTO
Summer 2015 – a backstage interview with David Paich and Steve Porcaro from Toto, an hour before the band’s London sell-out show to promote the Toto XIV album. The interview followed my feature interview with Steve Lukather two months earlier – and this backstage interview was aired on my rockshow as part of ‘An Evening […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW – LITTLE BROTHER ELI
From the interview archive, my first interview with Little Brother Eli from June 2016 on the eve of their debut album release, as part of an hour special on the story of the band. One of our finds of the year and the band closed 2016 in our top 10 bands of the year. An […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW – MASSIVE WAGONS: THE ROAD TO CAMDEN
A spur-of-the-moment live interview with the band from the tour bus en route down to London for a gig in February 2017. Whilst the nature of the telephone link up results in a sacrifice in audio quality, the fun interview gives an interesting ‘fly on the wall’ insight into a band from a tour bus […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: JACKAMAN: SUMMER IN LONDON
One of a number of interviews with Lynne during 2016, this short face to face interview from early Summer 2016 was undertaken around the time of Lynne’s performance at Kew Gardens with Simply Red.
Listen again: Freddie Mercury – A Tribute
First broadcast on my rockshow on 24 November 2016, to mark 25 years since the tragic passing of Freddie Mercury, for this 2 hour 15 min tribute show, I spoke with 18 rock musicians about the inspiration and creative legacy of Freddie Mercury. Here the speech clips include moving tributes from musicians spanning Anathema, Jackaman, […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: BUFFALO SUMMER
The interview segments from an hour special on the band from the Great Music Stories archive, from Spring 2016. Darren talks about the band’s album and touring plans, the genesis of the band and the new generation of Welsh Classic Rock. References also to Fireroad, The Texas Flood – and Irish rockers, The Answer, as […]