THE QUIET BEFORE THE STORM – LOVEROCKS FESTIVAL PREVIEW INTERVIEW
Feature interview #1,629 in the ongoing series: 36 hours before LoveRocks Festival kicks off on the south coast, I had a chat in London with Simon from the management team on this year’s event. A three-day festival featuring a who’s-who of rock talent, including Saturday headliners The Answer, GMS Band of the Decade Amongst Liars, […]
WILDFIRE REVISITED – INTERVIEW COLLAGE FROM THE MOUNTAIN
“Don’t worry, he won’t use this” said Dave Ritchie to Jamie Porter from a sun-drenched Wildfire festival last June. Famous last words Dave. Presented here – a collage of interview out-takes from Wildfire Festival 2023. A random interview collage, featuring spontaneous chats with Theia and WDFD on Greek goats and beards, puppies with Dead Writers, […]
PROMETHIUM – THE MUSIC IN NUMBERS INTERVIEW
Full version of a feature interview with Dan from Promethium for our Music in Numbers series. A clip of this piece aired for the series, but this interview was far too long to go out in full – so here’s the full unedited piece. Dan is a straight-talker, says it how it is – but […]
THEIA – THE MUSIC IN NUMBERS INTERVIEW
Full version of a feature interview with Kyle from Theia, a segment of which was used as part of our Music in Numbers series, which ran for 18-weeks on the Monday rock show: A wide-ranging exploration of how artists find ways to balance the integrity of the art with the chase for numbers and the […]
FROM THE 10 YEAR ARCHIVE: TAROT RATS AND EMPYRE LIVE IN KENT: JULY 2017
Feature interview #279 in the ongoing series. Going back to July 2017, the original audio from a Great Music Stories hour special, featuring Tarot Rats and Empyre after their live show in Tunbridge Wells. The Rats talked about new recording plans and our fun in the studio – and Empyre reflect on the growing popularity […]
THE QUIREBOYS AT THE TRIANGLE – FULL INTERVIEW
Feature interview #1,627 in the ongoing series: A new chat with Spike, Nigel and Luke from the Triangle, London in May 2024 as they offered a special private show for fans that pre-ordered the box set of the new album ‘Wardour Street.’ A big audio apology from me on this one. It was a fine […]
FROM THE 10 YEAR ARCHIVE: MASSIVE WAGONS AT STONE FREE – JUNE 2017
Feature interview #232 in the ongoing series. A delightful blast from the past from our 2016 Band of the Year and an act we put a serious shift in for on the rockshow – Massive Wagons. A year on from the release of ‘Welcome To The World’ the band appeared at the Stone Free Festival […]
VIOLET BLEND: BAND OF THE YEAR ALBUM – THE FULL INTERVIEW
Feature interview #1,625 in the ongoing series: Towards the end of 2023, Great Music Stories followers and rockshow listeners called Violet Blend as our ninth Band of the Year. Building on from that moment, the band are heading over to the UK for a run of dates this summer, and they are also bringing with […]
FROM THE 10 YEAR ARCHIVE: HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE – APRIL 2018
Feature interview #357 in the ongoing series – a blast from the past. A wonderful moment out and about from April 2018. Recorded at the Borderline, London, in spring 2018 – I spoke with Henry’s Funeral Shoe about their catalogue, back story and how a band of two people can make such an arresting sound. […]
SARI SCHORR: BRUNCH IN SOHO – THE FULL INTERVIEW
Feature interview #1,624 in the ongoing series: A brand new audio interview with Sari Schorr, recorded in Soho London the day before Sari returned to New York after completing her successful European tour. Over brunch, munching on toast, we hatch plans for a book and the initial ideas wander off into silly places. We also […]