FEATURE INTERVIEW: THE WILDFLOWERS – SUSSEX ROADTRIP
A break from my rock genre interviews: Following a feature hour on the band’s story in 2015, I jumped on the tour bus with The Wildflowers in March 2016 as they made their way to Brighton on their ‘Race to Calais’ tour. A spontaneous and magical interview that captures the true spirit of the band […]
SHORT INTERVIEW: TOTO
Summer 2015 – a backstage interview with David Paich and Steve Porcaro from Toto, an hour before the band’s London sell-out show to promote the Toto XIV album. The interview followed my feature interview with Steve Lukather two months earlier – and this backstage interview was aired on my rockshow as part of ‘An Evening […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW – LITTLE BROTHER ELI
From the interview archive, my first interview with Little Brother Eli from June 2016 on the eve of their debut album release, as part of an hour special on the story of the band. One of our finds of the year and the band closed 2016 in our top 10 bands of the year. An […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW – MASSIVE WAGONS: THE ROAD TO CAMDEN
A spur-of-the-moment live interview with the band from the tour bus en route down to London for a gig in February 2017. Whilst the nature of the telephone link up results in a sacrifice in audio quality, the fun interview gives an interesting ‘fly on the wall’ insight into a band from a tour bus […]
Listen again: Freddie Mercury – A Tribute
First broadcast on my rockshow on 24 November 2016, to mark 25 years since the tragic passing of Freddie Mercury, for this 2 hour 15 min tribute show, I spoke with 18 rock musicians about the inspiration and creative legacy of Freddie Mercury. Here the speech clips include moving tributes from musicians spanning Anathema, Jackaman, […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: BUFFALO SUMMER
The interview segments from an hour special on the band from the Great Music Stories archive, from Spring 2016. Darren talks about the band’s album and touring plans, the genesis of the band and the new generation of Welsh Classic Rock. References also to Fireroad, The Texas Flood – and Irish rockers, The Answer, as […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: BROKEN WITT REBELS
One of the exciting new talents not just in rock – but in British music in general. This interview from the Great Music Stories archive is from Spring 2016 and captures a moment in time when the band were releasing their ‘Georgia Pine’ EP. Aired with music as an hour special on my Friday rock […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: CAIRO SON
An insightful and entertaining interview with the full band from the sumptuous surroundings of Wildfire Festival coupled with a 2017 ‘year ahead’ interview with Magdy in the final days of 2016 looking ahead to the band’s plans and ambitions for 2017.
FEATURE INTERVIEW: GLENN HUGHES
Days before Glenn Hughes kicked off his 2017 UK tour, I spoke with him about plans for 2017. In a career spanning Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze, California Breed and Kings of Chaos – Glenn Hughes talks about the tour dates, the acclaimed ‘Resonate’ album and career high points. A true and enduring icon of […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: HELLBOUND HEARTS
An hour special that first aired on my rockshow in November 2016. The interview was undertaken at Wildfire Festival and clips of the interview aired in the months that followed. The full interview aired late 2016 and featured the first radio play of the band’s new single ‘Suffering the Radio.’