ELLIS MANO BAND: ‘LIVE – ACCESS ALL AREAS’
Ellis Mano Band have been firm listener favourites with Great Music Stories for some years now. They’ve had two previous albums of the month, and then ‘Single of the Year’ for a song that was never actually a single, but magically – and totally organically – generated a massive groundswell of requests that kept it on the rockshow playlist for a year…
NEW HORIZONS 2024: INFECTED RAIN
Our first interview with Infected Rain. We talked about band plans for 2024 but also an engaging and insightful interview with Lena about music and mental health – and also the important role our pets and animal friends can play to support wellbeing. An interview that lived in the moment and added something different to […]
NEW HORIZONS 2024: COPPERWORM
Two husky voices on one interview! Pete is a natural, I was recovering from Covid. Wonderful to have Copperworm back for the 10th season of New Horizons, as Great Music Stories starts its 10th year. And Copperworm’s story has been part of the DNA of what we do. We picked them up early, maybe played […]
NEW HORIZONS 2024: UNQUIET NIGHTS
Our first interview with this fine band – and we always make a point with each year’s New Horizons interview series to start some new band stories for listeners. A nice interview, serious but relaxed, Luke from the band talks about his fondness for Genesis, recording the songs in his garage (without annoying the neighbours) […]
NEW HORIZONS 2024: SCARLET REBELS
For the 10th calendar year, we started 2024 with our 10th New Horizons interview season, something that’s become a real tradition with Great Music Stories each January. Putting the hour specials aside for a few weeks, we put an open invite out to bands and this year 28 artists joined the series to share with […]
JACK J HUTCHINSON –‘BATTLES’
As 2023 drew to a close, the rock community was greatly saddened by the news Tony Clarkin shared on his rare spinal condition and the band’s decision to cancel their 2024 tour dates. Over the Christmas period, I spent time returning to some of Magnum’s live albums – ‘The Spirit’, ‘Stronghold’ and the famous Symphony Hall release, three live releases that define the essence of Magnum as one of the great and enduring live bands.
NEW HORIZONS 2024 – AMONGST LIARS
January 2024, we kicked off our 10th New Year with the New Horizons interview series, speaking with bands about hopes and plans for the year ahead. This one features former Band of the Year, Amongst Liars. The interview was done online, with the participants recovering from a chest infection and Covid respectively – but, as […]
NEW HORIZONS 2024 – JACK J HUTCHINSON
January 2024 sees the 10th annual New Horizons interview series underway, as a wide range of bands talk about their hopes and plans for the year ahead. Here is the Jack J Hutchinson interview, which launched the new series on New Year’s Day.
MAGNUM – ‘HERE COMES THE RAIN’
As 2023 drew to a close, the rock community was greatly saddened by the news Tony Clarkin shared on his rare spinal condition and the band’s decision to cancel their 2024 tour dates. Over the Christmas period, I spent time returning to some of Magnum’s live albums – ‘The Spirit’, ‘Stronghold’ and the famous Symphony Hall release, three live releases that define the essence of Magnum as one of the great and enduring live bands.
EMPYRE ‘RELENTLESS’
Following a mini review earlier this year, 2023 finished with us calling this modern-day opus as Album of the Year. ‘Relentless’ is the remarkable second studio album from one of British’s most accomplished rising rock bands – Empyre.