SHORT INTERVIEW: EMPYRE AT WILDFIRE FEST 2O21

Empyre

My full and unedited interview with Empyre ahead of their Sunday afternoon set at Wildfire Festival. Cheeky chat that reflected the shared excitement of live music opening up again after so long.

SHORT INTERVIEW: SCARLET REBELS AT WILDFIRE FEST 2O21

Scarlet Rebels artwork

Ahead of the band’s Saturday set at Wildfire Fest 2021, I spoke with Wayne Doyle about the return of live music, the band’s gig at Cardiff Castle with Those Damn Crows – and comments too on the special yellow vinyl edition of the new album ‘See Through Blue.’

SHORT INTERVIEW: HOSS THOMSON AT WILDFIRE FEST 2O21

Hoss Thompson

My full and unedited interview clip with Hoss over late lunch on the final afternoon of Wildfire 2021. Just after the band’s set, we spoke about the return of Wildfire and live music after almost 18 months of social restrictions.

LIVE FROM WILDFIRE 2019: DAY 2 WRAP: FAN REVIEW – PART 2

Wildfire 2019

Wildfire Festival returned in June 2019 and proved to be a great coming together of music fans and a ‘who’s who’ of today’s rising bands in a beautiful location. Over the 3-day weekend Great Music Stories interviewed 37 bands, giving each a chance to tell their story – and these features will be airing in […]

LIVE FROM WILDFIRE 2019: AS SIRENS FALL IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE

Wildfire 2019

Wildfire Festival returned in June 2019 and proved to be a great coming together of music fans and a ‘who’s who’ of today’s rising bands in a beautiful location. Over the 3-day weekend Great Music Stories interviewed 37 bands, giving each a chance to tell their story – and these features will be airing in […]

LIVE FROM WILDFIRE 2019: SWAMP BORN ASSASSINS AND THE ROCK XYLO

Wildfire 2019

Wildfire Festival returned in June 2019 and proved to be a great coming together of music fans and a ‘who’s who’ of today’s rising bands in a beautiful location. Over the 3-day weekend Great Music Stories interviewed 37 bands, giving each a chance to tell their story – and these features will be airing in […]

Tarot Rats: The Road to Wildfire (3 of 3)

Tarot Rats

As we countdown to a new generation of bands playing Wildfire Festival at the end of June 2019, local band Tarot Rats popped into the studio for an impromptu late night special. And special it was. Pink slippers, yellow pineapples, the return of ‘Black Keys and Cheese’, the rock cheeseboard presented on a studio clock […]

FEATURE INTERVIEW: SPIRIT OF WILDFIRE MASH

Spirit of Wildfire

On 23 June we hit the airwaves for 12 hours to air a 13-hour ‘Spirit of Wildfire’ radio special. More than 120 bands stepped forward to support a radio show to help support the return of a festival they wanted to support and see return in 2019. This audio clip features a mash up of […]