RICHARD ASHCROFT @ M&S BANK ARENA, LIVERPOOL (UK) OCTOBER 29, 2021 Richard Ashcroft released his new album Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1 on October 29 via RPA / BMG. It features 12 newly-recorded acoustic versions of classic songs from his back [...]
KEEPING IT REAL: THE REAL SUZI QUATRO! A CONVERSATION WITH ROCK MUSIC LEGEND SUZI QUATRO It’s got to be a very special release that has Suzi Quatro announce proudly: “The Devil In Me is the best album in my career to date!” After all, the [...]
IT’S SO DANGEROUS, ALL THIS BLAMELESSNESS A CONVERSATION WITH COREY LOWERY OF SEETHER Since forming in South Africa back in 1999, Seether have achieved massive global success. The band have recently released their eighth album, Si Vis [...]
DEVIL PUT THE COAL IN THE GROUND A CONVERSATION WITH MUSICAL LEGEND STEVE EARLE “When you make art for a living and someone doesn’t like it, it is their opinion, but it’s impossible not to take it personally because it does [...]
DIFFERENT SONG, SAME MELODY A CONVERSATION WITH GARY LIGHTBODY OF SNOW PATROL 25 years into a career that has taken in one billion global track streams, five UK platinum albums, an Ivor Novello award, and Grammy and Mercury Music Prize [...]
ALICE COOPER w/ THE STRANGLERS & MC5 @ MANCHESTER ARENA, MANCHESTER OCTOBER 4, 2019 Alice Cooper hit the stage tonight at Manchester Arena in support of his current release, Ol’ Black Eyes Is Back: Alice Cooper, along with opening acts [...]
SWEET, SWEET, SINISTER CANDY A CONVERSATION WITH RAYMOND WATTS OF <PIG> Post-punk stalwarts <PIG>’s upcoming covers album, Candy, is set for release on June 21, 2019 via Armalyte Industries. “I chose Candy as the album title [...]
STANDING ALONE A CONVERSATION WITH TIM BURGESS OF THE CHARLATANS Tim Burgess as singer of the Charlatans has been responsible for many classic songs and iconic anthems — a true legend of the Manchester music scene. Ahead of their new EP [...]
ANOTHER IN A LONG LINE OF JUKE BOX HEROES A CONVERSATION WITH JEFF PILSON OF FOREIGNER I was first introduced to Jeff Pilson in the MTV era of the eighties when his band Dokken appeared regularly on TV, promoting both their Tooth and Nail and [...]
EDDY GRANT’S RINGBANG TIME A CONVERSATION WITH EDDY GRANT Eddy Grant has had a long and diverse musical career. A founding member of the Equals, one of the United Kingdom’s first racially integrated pop groups, he is also known for a [...]
QUITTING IS NOT AN OPTION A CONVERSATION WITH ANTHRAX DRUMMER CHARLIE BENANTE Pretty much all Anthrax songs start with Charlie Benante. For their most recent album For All Kings, the band went into the studio with more songs than they have ever [...]
Simple Minds @ Albert Hall, Manchester February 14, 2018 St. Valentines Day and the idealist and retro surroundings of a former church would be the venue for Simple Minds return to Manchester with a different approach undertaken to promote [...]
REFLECTION AND FRESH DIRECTIONS A CONVERSATION WITH JIM KERR OF SIMPLE MINDS On February 2, BMG released Walk Between Worlds, Simple Minds’s first album of new material since 2014’s Big Music, which MOJO Magazine declared ‘their best album in 30 [...]
Erasure @ O2 Apollo, Manchester February 8, 2018 Growing up as a young rock fan in the eighties, Erasure were always one of my guilty listening pleasure. Alien totally to the rest of my hard-edged and heavier musical tastes. Since seeing them on [...]
BE YOUR OWN ISLAND A CONVERSATION WITH WITH SPIDER ONE – VOCALIST OF POWERMAN 5000 Powerman 5000 began soon after founder and frontman Spider One dropped out of the prestigious School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. ‘I [...]
I’M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE A CONVERSATION WITH ROLAND GIFT Roland Gift fronted The Fine Young Cannibals who rose to fame in the late 1980’s has decided to go out on a solo tour to promote his current release. He has been working on [...]
PROJECT MAMA EARTH A CONVERSATION WITH JOSS STONE Preparation is overrated. Impulse is everything. In June 2017, five world-renowned musicians met in Devon, England for a high-wire act unique in modern music. They had no songs. No chord charts. [...]
THE UK’S AMERICANA SWEETHEARTS A CONVERSATION WITH JD & THE STRAIGHT SHOT Americana band JD & The Straight Shot have released their vibrant sixth studio album Good Luck And Good Night on September 15th. The band comprises of [...]
Blondie @ O2 Apollo, Manchester November 11, 2017 With careers spanning nearly 50 years, the musical legends that form Blondie need no introduction. What many might not know about the group is that they formed as part of the NYC punk movement [...]
THE SINGING EARTH A Q&A CONVERSATION WITH BARRETT MARTIN Hi Barrett thanks for agreeing to do this-apologies that we couldn’t do it personally. SPILL: Currently enjoying the book that you have written. I appreciate that the whole [...]
LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU WELL A CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD JONES Howard Jones is a musician that achieved his biggest hits in the era of the eighties like so many other great artists. Unlike many other artists of that era, he has not vanished off [...]
SAVAGE A CONVERSATION WITH GARY NUMAN Gary Numan, innovator, genius and musical legend, has just released what many consider to be his best album in years. Critics have agreed with me on this — rave reviews and high chart placings are a [...]
GO AHEAD…..CALL US NASTY A CONVERSATION WITH THE NASTY HOUSEWIVES The Nasty Housewives, an interesting name for an interesting and unique band. The Nasty Housewives consist of Marcella Detroit (also known as Marcy Levy, Shakespears [...]
OUT OF ALL THIS BLUE AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE SCOTT OF THE WATERBOYS The Waterboys have announced their brand new double album entitled Out Of All This Blue, available now via BMG. This is their first album since recently signing with BMG. In [...]
