In Conversation with Colin: Dave Stewart

In Conversation with Colin: Dave Stewart

Dave Stewart's Celebrated Career With a career spanning four decades and over 100,000,000 (yes, you read that correct, one hundred million) album sales worldwide, award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, producer, innovator and Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart is among the most respected and accomplished talents in music history. Colin Palmer sat down for a chat with the musical legend and talked about his new album Dave Does Dylan. Dave Stewart’s wide-ranging work has earned him a long list of prestigious honours, including […]

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In Conversation with Colin: Sari Schorr

From the Bronx to Cardiff: Sari Schorr’s Soulful Journey Sari Schorr is not just another talented artist, her songs are compelling and motivating, the strength of her voice plays a big part in her ability to capture and maintain an audience's attention. It allows her to project the sound to a larger space, ensuring everyone in the audience can hear and feel the music, and that remarkable ability will be on display at Acapela, Cardiff on Tuesday May 7th. Newport […]

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In Conversation With Colin: Walter Trout

Blues Journeys: Walter Trout Reflects on a Lifetime of Music and Memories Walter Trout, an American blues guitarist and singer songwriter whose career began on the New Jersey shore scene of the late 60’s and 70’s chats with Colin Palmer for Newport City Radio’s ‘The Rock Vault’ about his forthcoming tour of the UK, taking in Cardiff’s Tramshed on May 7th. Walter Trout is a veritable rock and blues god in Europe, where he routinely headlines major tours and releases albums […]

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In Conversation With Colin: Samantha Fish (2)

Full Throttle: Samantha Fish Unleashed It’s been a busy two years for blues rock star Samantha Fish, she has topped music charts and played in excess of 150 shows in the last year alone, a lot has happened as Colin Palmer discovered when he caught up with Samantha again, two years after their last chat. First there was the invitation from Eric Clapton to play at his 2023 Crossroads guitar festival in Los Angeles. Then there was the summer 2024 […]

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In Conversation with Colin: Ally Venable

Ally Venable: Living the Blues, Owning the Stage Newport City Radio’s Colin Palmer caught up with Ally Venable and chatted about some of the blues rock artists she has worked with as well as learning more about her latest album Money & Power.The blues genre of music has gotten far away from what it symbolised in the 1900’s. It’s happened to country music as well. Blues has a formulaic subject range and an attitude. Few of today’s blues musicians ever […]

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In Conversation With Colin: Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Playing to the Last Note: The Ozark Mountain Daredevils' Farewell Tour It’s no surprise that The Ozark Mountain Daredevils were called ‘a ragtag bunch of hippies, bohemians, and musicians of no fixed ambition’, it’s a description the band have never shied away from and have spent their entire five decade career living down to. Despite, or because of this, the band became a legendary name in Southern country rock circles. As they prepared for their farewell American tour after 52 […]

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In Conversation With Colin: Mike Scott of The Waterboys

Dennis Hopper, The Waterboy & The Boss From his home in Dublin, Mike Scott sat down with Newport City Radio’s Colin Palmer to chat about the new album from The Waterboys titled Life, Death And Dennis Hopper. In a career that spans the past 40 years or more, Mike Scott has continually rung the changes musically, while consistently maintaining a distinctive sound that is instantly identifiable as his very own. Born and raised in Scotland, Scott studied English literature at […]

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In Conversation With Colin: Dede Priest & Johnny Clark’s Outlaws

Blues Without Borders: The Electrifying Sound of Dede Priest & Johnny Clark’s Outlaws When your influences range from Big Mama Thornton to Rory Gallagher, you already have a lot to work with. Throw in the mix massive and innovative talent, and you end up with Dede Priest & Johnny Clark’s Outlaws. On the face of it an unlikely pairing when you consider Dede is from Texas and Johnny is Dutch, but it’s clearly a match made in heaven. Today, women […]

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In Conversation With Colin: Steve Forbert

Steve Forbert: From Mississippi Trains to Timeless Tunes In June 1976, singer-songwriter Steve Forbert at a mere 21 years of age boarded an Amtrak train from his native Meridian, Mississippi with his Martin guitar and harmonica. His destination was New York City, and his goal was to begin his career in music.It may be long ago and far away but with his vibrant performance style and clever lyrics the astonishing 1978 debut album, Alive On Arrival had critics proclaiming him […]

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In Conversation With Colin

In Conversation with Colin: Dave Stewart

In Conversation with Colin: Sari Schorr

In Conversation With Colin: Walter Trout

In Conversation With Colin: Samantha Fish (2)

In Conversation with Colin: Ally Venable

In Conversation With Colin: Ozark Mountain Daredevils

In Conversation With Colin: Mike Scott of The Waterboys

In Conversation With Colin: Dede Priest & Johnny Clark’s Outlaws

In Conversation With Colin: Steve Forbert

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