Quireboys – Twisted Love Album Review
September Album of the Month Great albums start and finish well: Welcome to Twisted Love, the new album from The Quireboys, out on 2 September. The album opens with an unashamedly up-tempo, rockabilly-infused rocker Torn and Frayed and quickly moves on to Ghost Train, sure to be a fan favourite during the band’s autumn tour […]
Feature Interview: Sari Schorr (26 August 2016)
To coincide with the release of her new album, A Force of Nature. I spoke with Sari about her music journey to date, her influences, her new band and the creative process behind her new album. Broadcast on my weekly rockshow as a 60-minute feature in words and music, this audio presents the full spoken […]
Short interview: Jackaman, 26 August 2016
Following her band’s performance at Kew Gardens in the summer, I had a quick catch up with Lynne on plans for the autumn and news on her eagerly anticipated new album and singles releases. One of five interviews I have done with Lynne over the last year – her original 2015 feature interview is upload […]
Feature interview: Blurred Vision, 23 August 2016
This feature interview was aired on my rock show in four weekly instalments through the month of August, and broadcast in full on Tuesday 23 August. The interview was done in two stages, immediately before and after the band’s triumphant performance at The Ramblin’ Man Fair. The band discussed their origins, influences and future plans. […]
The Texas Flood: Feature interview
As the band’s pledge campaign kicked off, I spoke with each member of the band from their remote Welsh recording studio to catch up on progress on the new album. The interviews were first broadcast on my rockshow as a weekly series in four installments and shared also with the band. Here the four clips […]
Dead Daisies: “Make Some Noise” Album Review
August Album of the Month The album does what it says on the tin. From start to finish, this is a tour de force on pulsating rock at its best. When I interviewed John in the run up to The Ramblin’ Man Fair, he spoke fondly of the band’s love of classic Queen – and in […]
Massive Wagons: “Welcome To The World” album review
July Album of the Month This is unfair! Most rock albums have, if they are lucky, one great song for radio. This album has three, four, five… yes, that’s the real and very rare dilemma with this album: which song to play?! I was very fortunate to be given the opportunity to give the first radio […]
Wildfire Wrap Show Part 3 – Dave Ritchie interview
To celebrate the successful Wildfire Festival 2016, I captured a series of interview mini clips from a number of bands on stage over the weekend to capture the spirit of the three-day festival. The clips were edited for the Wildfire website and I also broadcast them with music as a two part of a two-hour […]
Wildfire Wrap Show Part 1
To celebrate the successful Wildfire Festival 2016, I captured a series of interview mini clips from a number of bands on stage over the weekend to capture the spirit of the three-day festival. The clips were edited for the Wildfire website and I also broadcast them with music as a two part of a two-hour […]
Wildfire Wrap Show Part 2
To celebrate the successful Wildfire Festival 2016, I captured a series of interview mini clips from a number of bands on stage over the weekend to capture the spirit of the three-day festival. The clips were edited for the Wildfire website and I also broadcast them with music as a two part of a two-hour […]