NEW HORIZONS 2026: THE WORLD CUP, CARD GAMES AND JOLLY JASPER: NEW ALBUM NEWS FROM VIOLET BLEND
Audio feature interview #1,712 in an ongoing series. Every year since 2015, I’ve run a ‘New Horizons’ series to allow us to check-in with rising bands and hear their news for the year ahead. For this latest episode, we return to Florence to hear all about the forthcoming new studio album from Violet Blend – another former Band of the Year. We […]
NEW HORIZONS 2026: IAN GEORGE’S SOLO JOURNEY
Audio feature interview #1,711 in an ongoing series. Singer and songwriter from former ‘Band of the Year’ Amongst Liars – Ian George – is starting a new solo journey this year. A new adventure exploring new creative avenues, new opportunities and collaborating with new people. Ian talks about his new journey, his plans and ambitions for the […]
NEW HORIZONS 2026: TAX THE HEAT – TWO INTERVIEWS OVER 10 YEARS
Audio feature interview 1,711 in an ongoing series. After a break, Tax The Heat return with a new album later this year. During April, I spoke with Alex from the band on the genesis of the new material. We also reflect in their two albums prior to the Covid era, a time when Caroline had a big run on […]
NEW HORIZONS 2026: PROMETHIUM – THE MAKING OF A SIGNATURE CLASSIC
Audio feature interview 1,710 in an ongoing series. Every year since 2015, I’ve run a ‘New Horizons’ series to allow us to check-in with rising bands and hear their news for the year ahead. Dan from Promethium joins Great Music Stories to share news on the making of the band’s next studio album, which the band feels will become […]
HOWLING BLACK SOUL: FEATURE HOUR
A fine grassroots band from Essex who gate-crashed the Top 10 of our Bands of the Year countdown at the end of last year. Howling Black Soul over a number of years became interview regulars on the Friday rockshow and they were regularly requested by listeners. For Halloween weekend, we keep the band’s story going […]
LYNNE JACKAMAN: 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEW
October 2015 I did my first audio interview hour special with Lynne – a consistently original, soulful and authentic force in independent British music. A decade on, and 40 or so interviews later, we catch up again for another fireside chat. In one take – and without any prep, notes or edits – we reflect […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: SUMMER IN AUTUMN WITH DUNCAN
Feature interview #1,703 in an ongoing audio series. This one has taken a while to put up on the site: Recorded during soaring heat back in July, the day before the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, it is perhaps fitting that an Autumn Killers interview goes out during the season of autumn leaves. And the […]
FROM SIRENS TO THE HOWLING: MIKEY LORD FEATURE INTERVIEW
Audio feature interview #1,702 in an ongoing series with Mikey Lord, the frontman and creative trailblazer from As Sirens Fall – a band that was a big feature of our Friday show and were also crowned Band of the Year a few years ago. After taking a break, Mikey and Bailey are back with a […]
MARSHALL POTTS: HEAVEN IS HOME
Feature interview #1,701 in an ongoing series. A second consecutive week over in Canada, this week I had a soulful fireside chat with old friend Marshall Potts. In interesting two-way discussion on music as a wellbeing tonic to the stresses of everyday life, reflections on finding hope in a troubled world, talk on life on […]
MACHINES DREAM: MILESTONE FEATURE INTERVIEW #1,700
Eleven years on from my first interview hour special, a milestone moment as we hit 1,700 – and to mark the occasion, I speak with a Canadian artist that has been a constant interview thread through this 11-year journey. Craig from Machines Dream talks about new music on the way, creative reflections on world issues […]