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Wayward Sons

SHORT INTERVIEW: WAYWARD SONS – RAMBLIN’ MAN PREVIEW

In the countdown to the south east’s classic rock festival in July, I ran a series of weekly previews, each week speaking with a number of bands on the bill. My first interview with Toby from Wayward Sons, a band …

SHORT INTERVIEW: KNOCK OUT KAINE – RAMBLIN’ MAN PREVIEW

In the countdown to the south east’s classic rock festival in July, I ran a series of weekly previews, each week speaking with a number of bands on the bill. In this clip Dean talks about Knock Out Kaine’s work …

SHORT INTERVIEW: DEEVER – THE FIRST BAND INTERVIEW

The first radio interview Wil Taylor’s exciting new band Deever – recorded in the tour van before a rehearsal. The phone quality suffers in places, but the interview captures the sense of fun in the band and their excitement for …

Machine's Dream Back Science

FEATURE INTERVIEW: MACHINES DREAM – ‘BLACK SCIENCE’ ALBUM LAUNCH

First aired as a series over four weeks in June 2017 – and then as a full hour on 23 June 2017 – another spirited, involved and reflective conversation with Craig West. For this feature we discussed the band’s new …

New Device

FEATURE INTERVIEW: NEW DEVICE

First aired as a series over four weeks in June 2017, this interview captures the story of the band plus some passionate personal viewpoints on how the industry could change to better support new bands.

King King

FEATURE INTERVIEW: KING KING

The second hour special on the band from 2016 – this hour was aired at the end of 2016 to celebrate a milestone year for the band. It drew on highlights from my Spring 2016 telephone interview with Alan Nimmo …

WILDFIRE LIVE! SWAMP BORN ASSASSINS – WEB EXCLUSIVE

Uploaded from Wildfire, my first chat with the band following a knock out set to open day two of Wildfire on the Great Music Stories stage. A full feature interview with the band will be aired in the months ahead.

WILDFIRE LIVE! GASOLINE OUTLAWS – WEB EXCLUSIVE

Uploaded directly from Wildfire at the start of day 2 of the festival. Guy chats with Adam from the Gasoline Outlaws at breakfast time in the lodge about the band’s gig later that day. A full feature with the band …

WILDFIRE LIVE! SAFIRE – WEB EXCLUSIVE

Uploaded directly from Wildfire – moments before Safire stepped out for their debut festival on the mainland. Voices are raised as we were directly behind the main stage – but great to capture this milestone in the band’s career. A …

WILDFIRE LIVE! THEIA – WEB EXCLUSIVE

Uploaded directly from Wildfire – a few hours before the band’s set on day two of the festival. One of the standout bands of day two, a separate feature interview with the band will be airing soon.

album of the month

Ellis Mano Band - Access All Areas

ELLIS MANO BAND: ‘LIVE – ACCESS ALL AREAS’

Ellis Mano Band have been firm listener favourites with Great Music Stories for some years now. They’ve had two previous albums of the month, and then ‘Single of the Year’ for a song that was never actually a single, but magically – and totally organically – generated a massive groundswell of requests that kept it on the rockshow playlist for a year…

Previous album reviews

Jack J Hutchinson - Battles

JACK J HUTCHINSON –‘BATTLES’

As 2023 drew to a close, the rock community was greatly saddened by the news Tony Clarkin shared on his rare spinal condition and the band’s decision to cancel their 2024 tour dates. Over the Christmas period, I spent time returning to some of Magnum’s live albums – ‘The Spirit’, ‘Stronghold’ and the famous Symphony Hall release, three live releases that define the essence of Magnum as one of the great and enduring live bands.

Magnum - Here Comes the Rain

MAGNUM – ‘HERE COMES THE RAIN’

As 2023 drew to a close, the rock community was greatly saddened by the news Tony Clarkin shared on his rare spinal condition and the band’s decision to cancel their 2024 tour dates. Over the Christmas period, I spent time returning to some of Magnum’s live albums – ‘The Spirit’, ‘Stronghold’ and the famous Symphony Hall release, three live releases that define the essence of Magnum as one of the great and enduring live bands.

Empyre - Relentless

EMPYRE ‘RELENTLESS’

Following a mini review earlier this year, 2023 finished with us calling this modern-day opus as Album of the Year. ‘Relentless’ is the remarkable second studio album from one of British’s most accomplished rising rock bands – Empyre.

Recent show highlights

Friday Rock Show: 16 July 2021

The first hour of the Friday rockshow, news and music from a new generation of unsigned and rising bands: Music includes: Skam, The Autumn Killers,

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