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Flights of Fancy from Paper Aeroplanes

PAPER AEROPLANES: “We’ve found our feet and found a darker edge. It’s nice to have something that encapsulates all our influences.”

4:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

TIM HUGHES talks to a folk-pop singer with a jet-setting second job – Sarah Howells from the band Paper Aeroplanes

Sweet sounds from Candy Says

CANDY SAYS: “We’ve taken a lot of the Velvet Underground’s spirit..."

4:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Tim Hughes talks to Julia Sophie Heslop about exchanging raucous rock for chic pop

Life of Brian

BRIAN MCFADDEN: “It’s like going back to school because I’ve got my first show on Sunday, 16 songs to learn and rehearsals. I’ve got to remember all the lyrics, but I’m really excited about it.”

4:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Former Westlife member Brian McFadden tells KATHERINE MACALISTER how much things have changed – and for the better – since they last talked

Miles Better: Miles Kane gets his groove on

Miles Kane: “I really thrive off the crowd going mental. Them losing their minds makes me lose mine!"

4:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Miles Kane tells TIM HUGHES about his new album and tour and much more besides

Colin Hay: Hay Fever

COLIN HAY: “I’d like to speed it up a bit, because I’m running out of life..."

4:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Former Man at Work Colin Hay reveals his serious side. And, as Tim Hughes discovers, it is a million miles from Down Under

Win tickets for Reading Festival!

Heading to Reading: Fall Out Boy

11:18am Thursday 9th May 2013

The countdown is on for the greatest celebration of rock in the land - Reading Festival

Gaz Coombes is bringing it all back home

Super Gaz: Gaz Coombes

4:55pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

Life after Supergrass is busy for Gaz Coombes, though, he tells TIM HUGHES, he wouldn’t have it any other way

Take a Punt for Oxford's best new music

Afro-pop: Nairobi

4:45pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

TIM HUGHES previews a one-night festival showcasing Oxford’s talent around the city

Wonky Folk

LAURA J MARTIN: “I really like playing intimate venues and engaging with the audience..."

4:00pm Thursday 25th April 2013

Tim Hughes is charmed by the fun and quirky multi-instrumentalist Laura J Martin

Street Smart

NIKKI LOY: “People have described my music as jazz, blues or soul, but I think I write pop songs"

4:00pm Thursday 25th April 2013

Tim Hughes talks to sassy busker-made-good, Nikki Loy






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