SHORT INTERVIEW DOUBLE: MOLLIE MARRIOTT

Mollie Marriott

Following our quick ‘hello’ interview with Mollie in the spring, two further interview shorts were aired in September and November 2017 during the countdown to her critically acclaimed debut album ‘Truth is a Wolf.’ The first interview reflects on the new album, and the forthcoming duet and tour with Bad Touch. The second interview was […]

FEATURE INTERVIEW: EMPYRE

Empyre

Following a number of interview shorts with the band in early 2017, a full feature hour followed in October 2017. During this feature interview we get to meet the band and get a real sense for the people and the ideas behind the music.

FEATURE INTERVIEW: SKAM – A YEAR IN REVIEW

SKAM

The second in a series of three feature interviews with SKAM, aired as an hour special with music in November 2017. For this feature we chronicled the band’s 2017 counting down to the launch of their new album ‘The Amazing Memoirs Of Geoffrey Goddard’ (which we also reviewed on this site as November’s album of […]

Feature Interview: The Breakfast of Champions – 10 artists in conversation

As part of a number of impromptu breakfast shows I aired in the autumn, I spoke with 10 artists about their rock breakfast of champions – the meals they would cook for band mates and/ or imagined breakfast guests. A bit of light-hearted fun to start the day – interview clips here from the mini […]

Feature Interview: Nathan James talks Inglorious on the road

Nathan James

First aired as a two part special with music from the chart topping album, Inglorious II, Nathan talks about the band’s UK headline tour the evening before it kicked off. For part two, Nathan is tasked to pick an alternative Live Aid set list for Queen, timely given news that the stage was being re-constructed […]

FEATURE INTERVIEW: IDLEWAR – THE NEW ALBUM

Speech clips from a feature hour on these exciting Californian rockers, first aired as a series over three weeks in September 2017. Building on our interviews in 2016, Pete from the band talks about the new album, their new record label and ambitions for 2018. Pete also speaks about his music beginnings and the early […]

FEATURE INTERVIEW: THE VIRGINMARYS – THE NEW EP

The Virgin Marys

First aired as an interview series over three weeks in September 2017, this interview gives an introduction to the band, a preview of their new EP and we also talk about the challenges facing new bands starting out today. The original broadcast also featured some first plays for the new EP ‘Sitting Ducks.’

SHORT INTERVIEW: WILDFIRE HIGHLIGHTS MASH UP

Wildfire 2017

Following our live streams from Wildfire Festival 2017, where Great Music Stories sponsored a main stage, a three-hour wrap show was aired the following week. This 15-minute mash up includes clips of this three-hour special, which will be uploaded in full after a further radio broadcast. Bands featured include: Fireroad, Black King Cobra, Bad Touch, […]

FEATURE INTERVIEW: DIRTY THRILLS

Dirty Thrills

An interview from the summer aired as a band special in September on the launch of the band’s new album: The band talk fashion, photo shoots, touring, music and Aaron even agrees to read the traffic and travel news on local radio. A fun insight into the people behind the music.

FEATURE INTERVIEW: WAYWARD SONS

Wayward Sons

The speech segments from a Great Music Stories hour special on the band, first aired on radio on 8 September 2017. The interview was undertaken immediately after Wayward Sons’s command performance at Ramblin’ Man Fair. The interview covers the debut album – and the story behind it – plus touring plans for the year ahead. […]