Interviews


Robert Forster

Robert Forster - Interview

Co-leader of cult Aussie indie rockers The Go-Betweens, Robert Forster chats to Denzil Watson about new solo LP ‘Strawberries’ and his upcoming October UK tour.


John McKay

John McKay - Interview

Resurfacing with his debut solo album ‘Sixes And Sevens’, legendary former Siouxsie and the Banshees guitarist John McKay chats about his time with the post-punk outfit and his current projects


Spear Of Destiny

Spear Of Destiny - Interview

Denzil Watson speaks to Sear of Destiny’s Kirk Brandon about their heavy-touring schedule and 'Janus', their new double album,.


Cathode Ray

Cathode Ray - Interview

Jeremy Thoms. the frontman in Edinburgh experimental outfit The Cathode Ray, speaks to John Clarkson about its fifth album, 'Advance Retreat'.


Sir Tim Rice

Sir Tim Rice - Interview

Award-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice talks to Nick Dent-Robinson about his new stage show, 'My :Life in Musicals - I Know Him So Well', in which he presents performed extracts from his own songs and talks about them.


Chris Wade

Chris Wade - Interview

Dodson and Fogg frontman Chris Wade has just released a memoir,, ]Adventures in Music Books and Film'. He talks to Malcolm Carter about it and his many projects, including, as well as recording albums, making films and writing books about film legends.


Fiona Hutchings

Fiona Hutchings - Interview

Fiona Hutchings, who has written for Pennyblack for over fifteen years, talks to John Clarkson about her second book of poetry ‘Uncommon Labels’, which has poems about her survival of a brain haemorrhage, music and what it means to be working class.


Armory Show

Armory Show - Interview with Richard Jobson

Skids' frontman Richard Jobson talks to John Clarkson about resurrecting his 80's project The Armory Show and its dark and nihilstic new album, 'Dead Souls'.


Loft

Loft - Interview

Denzil Watson speaks to Pete Astor and Andy Stricklanf from reformed indie band and Creation Records act The Loft about their debut album, ‘Everything Changes Everything Stays the Same’, which has come thirty-nine years after they acrimoniously split up.


Yardbirds

Yardbirds - Interview with Jim McCarty

Lisa Torem catches up with The Yardbirds co-founding member, Jim McCarty, on the band’s early history, current tour and his role as drummer.


Deb Googe and Cara Tivey

Deb Googe and Cara Tivey - Interview

My Bloody Valentine bassist Deb Googe and classically-trained pianist Cara Tivey talk about their unusual friendship and joint album, ‘The Golden Thread’.


Liz Mitchell

Liz Mitchell - Interview

Liz Mitchell talks to Adam Coxon about her time as a vocalist in Boney M. being in the first Western band to perform in Russia and the down side of fame,


John Philip Shenale

John Philip Shenale - Interview

Lisa Torem talks to John Philip Shenale about extending the sound palette of acoustic instruments and what’s beyond the cacophony of Cage?


Vapors

Vapors - Interview

Vapors' lead singer/songwriter David Fenton chats about the power pop band’s new album ‘Wasp In A Jar’, upcoming UK and US tours and the health challenges of being on the road


Dave Barbarossa

Dave Barbarossa - Interview

Dave Barbarossa, the former drummer with Adam and The Ants. Bow Wow Wow and Republica, talks to John Clarkson about his second novel ‘Mute’ and new band Third House.


Repomen

Repomen - Interview

Denzil Watson , the frontman with Sheffield indie band RepoMen, talks to John Clarkson about the death in 2023 of the group’s guitarist and songwriter Ric Bower, and the recent ‘A Concert for Ric’ in tribute to him.


Clive Langer

Clive Langer - Interview

Producer Clive Langer talks to Eoghan Lyng about his band project The Clang Group, their forthcoming second album 'New Clang' and his production work with Elvis Costello, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Morrissey and The Teardop Explodes.


Man From Delmonte

Man From Delmonte - Interview

Dixie Ernill talks to all four members of Manchester indiepop band The Man From Delmonte about their decision to reform for a series of gigs after an absence of 35 years.


Garfunkel and Garfunkel Jr.

Garfunkel and Garfunkel Jr. - Interview

Eoghan Lyng speaks to Art Grafunkel and his son Art Garfunkel Jr, about their new joint album 'Father and Son'


Chris Spedding

Chris Spedding - Interview

Top session guitarist Chris Spedding talks to Eoghan Lyng about working with The Sex Pistols, Paul McCartney, Roxy Music and The Wombles., and his band Sharks' recent film documentary, 'Not a Rock-Doc: A Shark's Tail'.