Weathering some heavy technical issues, bassist Jose Ferro dialed in as a guest on a recent episode of CGCM Rock Radio’s Meister Music radio show. Also in the mix was CGCM Rock Radio host Bob Bannister as a guest host. Despite the technical gremlins wreaking havoc they had a fantastic chat with Jose Ferro. The […]
BLUE NATION – Luke, Neil And Nick @ SOS Festival 2023 (Interview)
Backstory I first came across the 3 piece outfit Blue Nation at a festival in Scotland where they (for me anyway) stole the weekend. Having spoken with the guys and their manager later in the evening in the bar and explained that I was a contributor to a website called CGCMand I wondered if I could […]
THE REINFORCEMENTS – COTW 2023 (Interview After The Event!)
Full Disclosure: The Reinforcements played on the Friday at Call Of The Wild 2023 and I hoped to chat with them whilst on site. Now strangely I kept missing the guys (maybe they knew I wanted to interview them😂) whilst my mate who drove me to and from the festival bumped into at least one of them […]
SHAPE OF WATER – SOS Festival 2023 (Interview)
Introduction After a fantastic performance and set at SOS Festival I had the opportunity on behalf of CGCM to chat with 2 of the guys from the wonderful Shape Of Water. The band who are quite unique, especially within the new classic rock scene (it is great to see fans taking to newer artists who are a […]
MATT FIELDER (Ransom) – COTW 2023 (Interview)
Things All Come Together: Over the weekend I along with the rest of the guys from CGCM saw many bands at Call Of The Wild that grabbed our attentions and without a doubt, Ransom were one of those bands. With a frontman with attitude and a great voice the band put on a powerhouse performance working the crowd […]
BETH BLADE – Call Of The Wild 2023 (2 For 1 Package!) (Interview)
Some Background To Doing Interviews: One of the things about writing for a music site and doing interviews during a festival is that sometimes you have to wait your turn to chat with a band. Oftentimes bands have multiple interviews to do and they can run late meaning things don’t run to perhaps a schedule […]
HUNCH POWER – Call Of The Wild 2023 (Interview)
After Hunch Power‘s performance at Call Of The Wild, I approached singer and guitarist Harvey Springfield to see if I could have a chat with him to get the low down on the band who had impressed me when they played the tent at the festival. I loved their sound and their thoughtful lyrics and wanted to know […]
MERCIA – Call Of The Wild 2023 (Interview)
Mercia the band from Stoke On Trent were the first to band play at 2023 Call Of The Wild Festival and you can read about their performance on Friday reviews of the festival. I was lucky enough to bump into one of the band’s guitarists up in the media area and as I rather enjoyed their show […]
CIRCUS 66 – Call Of The Wild 2023 (Interview)
Intense Explanations And Silliness After a blistering set on Saturday afternoon, I was able to eventually catch up with the 4-piece called Circus 66. It was one of those moments as an interviewer you are put through your paces with folks interjecting at various moments quite quickly, with at least 2 band members having fun […]
PERSEFONE – An Interview With Guitarist Carlos – Glasgow, May 2023 (Interview)
Who Speaks Proper English Anyway? Thanks to the good people at Metal Blade I had the pleasure to meet up with guitarist Carlos Lozano Quintanilla who is one of the original members of the band Persefone who hail from the small but beautiful country of Andorra. I also want to say a thank you to the staff and […]