Geoff chats to Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, and Pete Ellard of ScoutingFor Girls. The classic album is by Bad Company from 1974. In ‘Best of British’, we have The Kinks and Brinsley Schwarz. Hot new songs include Wolf Alice, Tom Odell, The Charlatans, Maddox Jones, The Speaker Wars, and Garbage. In the Rock …
Geoff chats to Hamish Hawk about Franz Ferdinand. Our classic album is by Queen from 1974. There is a ton of new music including Richard Ashcroft, The Lottery Winners feat. Chad Kroeger, Mark Ronson feat. Raye, the new album by Wet Leg: ‘Moisturizer’, and Amy MacDonald. In the Rock Almanac we have stories and music …
Geoff celebrates the 40th anniversary of Live Aid by chatting to artists who were performing on the day. These include: Midge Ure, Queen, Tony Hadley, The Who, Duran Duran, Nik Kershaw, Thomas Dolby, Francis Rossi of Status Quo, Howard Jones, Dire Straits, Paul Young, and David Paton of Pilot. Plus we have an in-depth chat …
Repeat of show originally broadcast week commencing 8th July 2024.
Geoff chats to Dave McCabe of The Zutons and Stephen Holt of Inspiral Carpets. There are new tracks from Alison Goldfrapp, The Stereophonics (from the new album), Elbow (from the new EP), Suede, Myles Smith, Robbie Williams feat. Tony Iommi, and Ed Sheeran (from his new album ‘Play’). The classic album is INXS from 1987. …
Geoff chats with ‘Hall of Fame’ songwriter John Bettis, who wrote Michael Jackson’s ‘Human Nature’. In the Rock Almanac, there are stories on Bob Dylan, The Verve, Santana, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, and Elvis Presley. Our classic album is The Steve Miller Band from 1976. There are hot new songs from Alex Warren feat. Jelly …
On this week’s show Geoff chats to Steve Smith from The Vapors. In the Rock Almanac, tracks come from Dire Straits, The Doors, Blink 182, Foo Fighters, and Led Zeppelin. Classic albums are from Cat Stevens in 1971 and Jethro Tull in 1972. New songs include Wet Leg, The Speaker Wars, Rachael Sage, The Chameleons, …
Geoff chats to Mike Dolbear about ‘National Drummer of The Year’. There is new music including James Smith, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Jessie J, Skerryvore, and the new album by The Eagles’ Don Felder. Classic albums are Tears For Fears in 1985 and Toto in 1983. In this week’s Rock Almanac, songs are by Thin Lizzy, …
Geoff chats to John Steel, a founder member of The Animals. There is hot new music including Tom Odell, Garbage, Wolf Alice, Depeche Mode, The Ting Tings, and Van Morrison. Our classic album is from ‘Wall of Fame’ inductee Roger Daltrey in 1973. This week in history we have music from The Eagles, CSN, Irene …