ALBUM OF THE YEAR INTERVIEW: AARON BUCHANAN & THE CULT CLASSICS
One of our 12 albums of the month for 2017, the debut album by Aaron and his band was named Great Music Stories album of 2017. In this interview from a tourbus somewhere in Europe, Aaron reacts to the news, talks crowd surfing and reflects on a great year for the Cult Classics.
SINGLE OF THE YEAR INTERVIEW: THEIA
A song that dominated the Friday rock show after a first play in June, ‘Home’ by Theia was called as our song of the year and we get band reaction during this interview. The band also crashed into out top 10 for the mammoth Band of The Year countdown.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: AARON BUCHANAN’S QUEEN PLAYLIST
A feature interview recorded at Ramblin’ Man Fair 2017: Following our interview series on the critically acclaimed debut album from Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics, conversation with Aaron kept drifting off to one of his heroes, Freddie Mercury. So for this follow up, we posed the hypothetical question to Aaron – if he was […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: BROKEN WITT REBELS ROCK BRIGHTON
A feature interview backstage with the band prior to their show at Brighton in December 2017. The band members reflect on their story to date, the debut album, 2017 milestones and plans for the year ahead.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: CLUTCHING AT STRAWS AT 30
First broadcast in Summer 2017, this feature celebrates the 30th birthday of Marillion’s album ‘Clutching At Straws.’ Drawing on archive interview clips with Mark Kelly and Fish, the feature also draws on musicians reflecting on the band’s final album with Fish and the transition over the following 18 months into its new era with Steve […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: SKARLETT RIOT
First aired over two weeks in November on the Friday rocks show, Skarlett talks about the band’s new album and plans for the year ahead. One to watch for 2018!
FEATURE INTERVIEW: SAMARKIND
Ahead of the release of the band’s album at the end of November 2017, during the month of October we aired a three-part interview series over three consecutive weeks and previewed three new tracks. The full series was re-aired as an hour special in mid November.
SHORT INTERVIEW: THE STARLING RADICALS – CHAFFINCHES, DOLPHINS AND MONGOLIA
To coincide with release date for the band’s impressive new EP – “Promiseland Volume 1” – George from the band talks about the bands touring plans – and we deviate once again for a bit of a wildlife update. The band that brought the chaffinches to the Friday rock show!
SHORT INTERVIEW: ALLY DICKATY CHRISTMAS SINGLE
Ally from The Virginmarys is releasing a Christmas single “Don’t Let Go” to raise money to support the homeless. Ahead of the song’s release, Ally spoke about the project and we gave the song a first play on radio. Do take a few moments to support this project and make a £1 donation to help […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: DEEVER
Following our first short interview with the band in the tour van, this new interview was by phone from the studio ahead of the release of the band’s second single ‘All Come Running,’ which we gave the radio premiere to on 10 November. Interviews with Deever are always fun and wide-ranging – and this feature […]