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In 1976, Dave Robinson and Jake Riviera launched Stiff Records, unleashing an eclectic catalogue of records by artists like Elvis Costello, Ian Dury and a quirky bunch of pub rockers, before the label… Read more Audio

The late Scottish musician Martyn Bennett was a formidable piper, DJ, producer and live performer who passed away (aged 33) in 2005. In January, the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow marked the… Read more Audio

Mark Rye has a background that has seen him work for pioneering prog-rock label Harvest records in the early 70s and in artist management. Most recently, Rye has called upon his contacts to provide… Read more Audio

Trevor Reekie talks to outsider folk artist, Michael Hurley. Read more Audio

The Mockers' Andrew Fagan has sailed the seas as much as he has commandeered the airwaves with a musical and literary career that has resulted in books of poetry, an autobiography, a broadcasting… Read more Audio

Johnny Thunders, who died in 1991 aged 38, was the iconic guitarist for the New York Dolls and later the Heartbreakers, bands that would influence the English punk movement and a score of LA hair… Read more Audio

From Birmingham, Alabama, Lonnie Holley is a self-taught visual artist and musician. In his 64 years, Holley has overcome grinding poverty to pursue his art, and now his idiosyncratic improvised music… Read more Audio

Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley and Martin Kemp talk to Trevor Reekie about their career, from being posterboys of the New Romantic pop culture movement in the late 70s, to their acrimonious fall out… Read more Audio

When they called it a day in 1998 after nearly two decades together, Melbourne's Hunters & Collectors was a multi-platinum selling band, with a ferocious live reputation, and a catalogue of songs that… Read more Audio

Trevor Reekie talks with the recently appointed President of Blue Note Records, Don Was, about his vision for the label and maintaining its artistic integrity in the 21st Century musical landscape. Read more Audio

How a youtube clip captioned "Mind-blowing Psychedelia from Thailand" piqued the interest of L.A. producer Josh Marcy, leading him to a remote Thai village to record Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band. Read more Audio

Bernie Griffen and his new band The Thin Men have just released his sophomore LP Salvation, recorded in Auckland's The Lab recording studio, Trevor Reekie meets up with Griffen, his partner and… Read more Audio