FEATURE INTERVIEW: DEBORAH BONHAM
Ahead of her UK tour with Paul Rodgers, I spoke with Deborah about her story and plans for the year ahead. An hour special in words and music – these are the speech segments from an hour special first broadcast on 19 May 2017
FEATURE INTERVIEW: THE DEAD DAISIES – LIVE AND LOUDER
Well this is a 10/10 live album if ever there was one! The new live album release from The Dead Daisies captures the highlight moments from their European tour of 2016. And it’s authentic live rock at it’s best – no dubs, just the pure sound of the band in full swing knocking it out […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: INGLORIOUS II
When a young British rock band can smash into the UK album chart, it’s good news for the rock community. To mark the release of one of the most anticipated rock albums of 2017, I aired an hour special on the new Inglorious album and featured interview clips with the band from the last 15 […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: THE HOOSIERS
As Great Music Stories hits its second anniversary and 200th hour special in April 2017, it seemed a fitting time to delve deep into the archive and pull out some of the early 2015 interviews. This was one of my first five ‘hour special’ feature interviews and was done in the summer of 2015 before […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: TONY WRIGHT
A feature interview with Tony ahead of the release of his solo album around the time of Ramblin Man 2016. A modern day musical poet, Tony speaks with great spirit about the creative process, the state of the music business and touring. First broadcast as an hour special in August 2016.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: HOTHOUSE FLOWERS
As Great Music Stories hits its second anniversary and 200th hour special in April 2017, it seemed a fitting time to delve deep into the archive and pull out some of the early 2015 interviews. This one was special. A feature interview with Fiachna O’Braonain from Hothouse Flowers, true purveyors of authenticity and spontaneity in music […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: SIMO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Following the very special ‘Southern Love Bus’ interview from Ramblin’ Man 2016, JD SIMO and I met up again, this time in Brighton at the end of the year for a follow-up feature for a Christmas week hour special. Brighton seemed a perfect setting for the return of the love (tour) bus, but this time […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: MAMMOTH MAMMOTH
My first interview with Mikey from the band – from what he described as the worst bar in Berlin! This interview first aired as an hour special on my radio rock show with a selection of tracks from the band’s new album and some deep cuts from their archive. Mikey talks about the Oz rock […]
THE JOKERS – FEATURE INTERVIEW: TWO YEARS AT WILDFIRE
June 2017 Great Music Stories will be a stage sponsor for the Wildfire Festival, which this year presents a dynamic showcase of a generation of emerging, breakthrough bands. Here is a Jokers double bill, spanning two years at Wildfire. First up is the feature interview from June 2016, first aired in full in November and […]
IDLEWAR: FEATURE INTERVIEW – THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Following my first interview with the band in November, they also had a Christmas special a month later. Here is the speech segment of that show featuring my interview with Pete from Idlewar, who reflects on a landmark 2016 and looks forward to the year ahead. Room also for a bit of Sinatra. Two other […]