Music Stories with Tony Lloyd

Another first for Music Stories with a fascinating interview with the very talented Emeli Dondey - in Stockholm, Sweden - with a brilliant dance track sung in Swedish!  'Lyfta Blicken' is actually her first single release and she explains what took her that amount of time to release it.  I play a bit for you and it is very good! Have a little dance to it ! Emeli tells me an English versi...

A pleasure to chat to Col Gerrard about his music, he has a new track out 'The Way I Feel' and he tells me all about how it came about. Col is such a friendly guy and our conversation turned to food! He has some VERY good advice for fellow musicians about record contracts and companies which every musician should take on board. I play a bit of his song so you can hear it for yourself, an...

It was good to catch up with Bobby again as he has released a new song  'It's About Time' which I play a bit of in the interview for you. It's very good! So good in fact I also played it on my international radio show 'Love From Tony' on the 21st March 2025. Find the show at www.lovefromtony.com Bobby had a very difficult childhood being put into care very young, he t...

A pleasure to chat to Daniel James again, previously on Music Stories and on www.backstagetony.tv   His new single 'Promises (Runnin and Runnin) is out now (Feb 2025) and doing very well in the charts, and no wonder it's VERY catchy! A great song people are listening to whilst training at the Gym apparently!  I play a bit so you can hear what I mean.  Daniel was half of the duo 'Yel...

A pleasure to chat to Andy Case who teaches young people (how anybody does that beats me!) and is a very talented rock musician with his own label.  His new single 'Sinners Choice' is out now (Feb 2025) and he explains how the song came about. I play a bit for you to hear in the interview.  As you will hear Andy is a very genuine and friendly guy who has a great ethos in life and music,...

I talk to the very talented Qymira (pronounced Kai Meera) about her life in Hong Kong, The USA and London, how she started playing the piano aged 3, and being classically trained in Violin, Singing and Piano.  Her musical life story is truly inspirational including her giving up to look after her sick mother and she has valuable advice for fellow musicians to.   With her classical training behind...

I talk to the talented RaRa about how she started in music and she has a fascinating story to tell. At the time of the interview (January 2025) she was in Memphis to record her new album, actually in a hotel reception / bar! (Talking to me not recording !) As always on Music Stories I asked her for any advice for others trying to get somewhere in the music world, and she has some very good advice...

A pleasure to chat again with Nathalie who has a new single out 'Jamais'  It's very good and I play all of it which I think is a first for Music Stories ! Even if you can't speak French the essence of the song shines through, Jamais means Never and reflects on some of Nathalie's struggles in the music world, never giving up is her very inspirational message, something ever...

It's that time of the year (December 2024) and there's lots of great Christmas songs out ! Andrew Randall is a very experience singer as you will hear when you listen to his story, his single 'I don't Want to be Alone This Christmas' is very good and has a bit of Christmas rapping in it too! I play a bit so you can hear for yourself. Andrew has some VERY good advice for fe...

A pleasure to chat to Janet Devlin who's career has gone from strength to strength from the age of 16.   She has toured with Russell Crowe in Australia, came 5th in X Factor in 2011, been on TV, and had her music played on BBC Radio 2 as just some examples. I find out all about those events and what it was like and much more in the interview.  Janet tells me about her new song 'Best Life...

Very good to catch up with Katherine from The Mediaeval Baebes (yes it's spelt like that!) We last spoke almost exactly a year ago as December is the group's busiest time as you will hear in the interview. I play a bit of their song ' Gower Wassail' and Katherine explains the origin of the song. Their music is quite special and they are in demand for performances, you can find...

Music Stories is to hopefully help those in the music business with both publicity and to give tips and advice to others, in this interview with the inspirational Belen from Spain, I hear not only about her music ( which is excellent) but what it's like to start out in the creative music world too. During the interview her beautiful cat appeared and builders were working on her ceiling and sa...

Another first for Music Stories with a fascinating chat with Alan from the Dream Pop band ' Soft Cotton County'    I find out what Dream Pop is all about and together with Shira and Sascha their new Album ' 10 Years of Travel' is out now (Nov 2024) and the brilliant single 'Somewhere there's a Jukebox Playing' is superb!  I play a bit so you can hear it for yours...

Hattie is a professional Singer, Songwriter and Harpist with new music out now. A first for Music Stories as she is actually feeding her baby Noah throughout the interview! (Listen for the slurps and burbs!). Her single 'Ruined in The Rain' is about suicide and Hattie explains the inspiration behind the song, I play a bit for you, it's VERY good! The album 'Wild Medicine is sup...

Fantastic to catch up with the award winning Nashville Producer , singer songwriter Tony Mantor. We chat about how he started in the music business and transitioned from a performer to a producer. His new song is a cover of The Cascades sixties hit 'Rhythm of The Rain' and I play a bit for you, it's very good! Tony has valuable tips about becoming a music producer, and we talk about...

It was a pleasure to catch up with Vince again as he has a new single out 'Passing By' inspired by his time during the Pandemic as a Festival Barista! Vince tells me how that all came about and I play a bit of the song for you in the interview. Vince is touring with Scouting For Girls (2024) and he tells me what that is like, and he has some very good advice for fellow musicians about ho...

One of the nicest people I've interviewed and I've interviewed thousands. Chesney Hawkes chats to me about 'that' song which catapulted him to fame aged only 19, ( I play a few seconds of it to remind you!) and what he's been up to since then. His new single 'Get a Hold of Yourself' is awesome and as you will hear it's produced by the best too. I play some o...

A pleasure to talk to the one and only Nick Battle - he is one of those people who has so much experience in the music industry it's difficult to know where to start! In the seventies he was bass and violin player in the band 'After The Fire' and since then he's run his own record business with a long list of impressive clients including George Benson, Sir Cliff Richard, Engleb...

Andras Droppa is a Heavy rock & Blues guitarist singer songwriter who straight out of university more or less went on the road! With Hungarian and North Devon roots his music is amazing and he tells me how it all started. His band is on a massive tour of the UK - 'The Painted Ladies Tour' which is also the title of a track he has recently released. I play a bit of it for you - turn t...

Great to catchup with Miles again on Music Stories to find out what he and the band have been up to and what's happening in the future. Their latest release 'Black Hole' is sure to be a hit and I play a bit to show you what I mean. It's very good! We talk about the problems bands experience and he has great advice for others. Get more information about the new single and more a...

A first for Music Stories I think, an interview with another DJ !  Of course Pete Sherriff and I have a lot in common and could have talked for weeks! In fact there will be a Part 2 interview as he has so many interesting and inspirational stories to tell. My wife Emma and I watched Pete very professionally DJ and Compare at a festival in the summer, I was so impressed with his personality and pro...

A real pleasure to chat to the talented Dublin based Colm Gavin about his music and how it all started for him. He has just returned from performing in New York and festivals in the UK and has a new single released 'Song For Sam'. It's so good I played all of it in the interview which is a first for Music Stories! We talk about how and why the song was written. Colm has some differe...

A pleasure to talk again to the very talented Debby Campbell on Music Stories! Debby toured with her father Glen Campbell for 25 years and is still singing and performing. Her new release 'It looks like Rain' is beautiful and I play a bit for you in the interview. Glen suffered from Alzheimers and passed away 7 years ago, the song reflects what it is like being with someone who has the d...

Sabina Chantouria is one of the new rising stars in Swedish pop music. Her sound is as eclectic as her Georgian-Swedish roots.  In 2011, Sabina was selected for the World Championship of Performing Arts and was a 2017 Georgian National finalist for Eurovision!  This year, she won the category best artist of the Year at Caucasus Music  Her latest single, "Echoes," has been put in rotation...

A pleasure to talk to the very inspirational Canadian Singer Songwriter Raquel Kiaraa about her career and new single 'Feel With Me' - I play a bit of it for you as a taster. With over 2 million streams her music is increasingly successful and listening to it you can hear why. We talk about the stresses musicians endure like rejection for example and Raquel has great advice for up and co...