Mar 27, 2020
Simon Duggal, with his brother
Diamond Duggal, is a hugely influential producer, promoter and now
record label manager.
They may not be that well known to you, but they work worldwide across as many genres as they can handle.
Like Ruby Turner, Steel Pulse and Apache Indian, they started out in Handsworth, Birmingham....
Mar 20, 2020
In this edition I'm talking with an
extraordinary, super-capable, veteran music pro from
the Black Country of the UK, who has,
quietly, had a massive influence on music making in this neck of
the woods and far, far beyond. Roy was one of the team that
launched the legendary JBs in Dudley, where
anybody who was anybody...
Mar 13, 2020
Dave Pegg has played Bass with one group for
half a century: the excellent Fairport Convention. Fairport have
one of the most tumultuous histories in British Folk-Rock. But,
like many groups that survive that long, they have a spectacularly
loyal following, and that now means that they are on a more stable
footing...
Mar 7, 2020
Ask any Lives in Music participant,
and you'll get the same answer - there's no easy or straight route
through life as a musician. You go where the work is, and if you're
very, very lucky, you get to call a few shots in due course. In
Stewart's case his life took him all over Europe and the UK as a
post-war Army brat,...
Feb 28, 2020
With some fifty years in the
business across a dizzying range of bands and activities, John
Mostyn is endlessly interesting. He's done the mega-deals, battled
with the music industry at the very top levels, and he's worked
just as hard on small local projects which simply deserved some
help. And he has some incredible...