The Fantastival Podcast

Here’s to you Ms Robinson, The Fantastival Podcast loves her more than she will know as for #133 we have the awesome new music pioneer Helen Robinson as our guest… We have Helen talking about how music and the new music community on twitter helped her via lockdown, her love of all things music including the acts she’s currently listening to and planning to see, how a forthcoming gig has impacted h...

We’re So Cool as for The Fantastival Podcast #132 we are joined by Mercedes Oller (lead vocalist & rhythm guitar) & Felipe Oller (bass) from one of our best musical finds of 2023, the wonderful Las Robertas… This was a joy to talk to Mercedes and Felipe all the way in Costa Rica who speak about being in a band with your sibling, the evolution of Las Robertas, their excellent ‘Love is The Answer’ a...

Dear Chicago, you’ll never guess (anyone know the lyric), we’re off to the city by the lake for The Fantastival Podcast #131 as Steve is delighted to be joined this week by the wonderful Diana Tenuto… An awesome episode awaits as Diana tells us about herself, talks about her musical tastes and experiences from an early age (including her father’s record collection, jukebox and his musical influenc...

You will find you’re better off alive, hell yes, we are off to Pennsylvania this week making Fantastival Podcast history for #130 as we have Matt DeAngelis (vocals / guitar) and Brandon Ballantyne (drum) from the brilliant Die Tired joining us as our guests… Matt and Brandon are talking all things music including how they got into playing music, how Die Tired came to form (which was clearly meant...

There’s anything but Grey Sky with The Fantastival Podcast #129 as Steve is joined by with Daniel Ash, who you might know better as Teenage Waitress… You Ain’t Got It Bad as Daniel talks about his brand new album ‘Your Cuckoo’ (which is stunning) how a trip to Madame Tussauds at a young age shaped his musical life, the experience of his first album ‘Love & Chemicals’ featuring in a Tim Burgess Lis...

Yes we’re back again and what a way to do as singer songwriter Michael Forsyth is our guest for The Fantastival Podcast #128 to celebrate the release of his self titled album… Run, See The Light and Escape The World as Michael talks about his excellent and long awaited album, putting out a single every Friday for the last 30 weeks and the thinking behind it, his musical upbringing and influence at...

Come on in and shine the light as The Fantastival Podcast #127 is a superb one with no problems as singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist from Reverend & The Makers, Mr Ed Cosens, is our guest… Ed talks about his wonderful album ‘Fortunes Favour’, his upcoming solo tour, everything Reverend & The Markers and recounts some great memories, chats all things music including his early musical memories...

Ah yeah you cosmic castaways as after a short break The Fantastival Podcast is back with a huge bang as this week we have FOUR amazing guests spread across THREE continents as Steve Atkins, Ali McKinnell, Alex Meadows and Nigel Nisbet from Electrasy are here for your listening pleasure… So whether it’s in the Morning Afterglow or late in the day, whether your Naked or not, get listening as the guy...

The Fantastival Podcast finally returns with #125 and we can’t wait to be back as we have such a great guest waiting for you in bass player from the excellent Senses and all round top man, it’s Ronan O’Connor… Ronan talks all about Senses from their start at a young age right to the present day including his and his bandmates musical tastes and their experiences, everything you need to know about...

There’s no Hanging Around as we’ve got One Of A Kind for you on The Fantastival Podcast #124 as joining Steve this week is the frontman of the fabulous Moonlight Parade, is Ben Todd… Ben talks to us about all things music including how he started playing the guitar, which bands he was into when he was younger, a chance meeting with Alex in his time in White Elephant, how Moonlight Parade started,...

What an honour it is to bring you The Fantastival Podcast #123 with my biggest musical find of 2023 (yes I know he’s been around for longer than that, but it’s taken a while) as this weeks guest is the brilliant Matthew Hickman from Brownbear… Matt will be telling stories only for you about the fantastic new Brownbear album ‘Demons’, how Brownbear got started, his musical tastes and influences, th...

Are you twisted little souls ready for #122 of The Fantastival Podcast as joining Steve this week is the lead singer from the brilliant Maze, the only and only, it’s Mr Gary Davis…  We’ve seen them all and it’s fair to say that Gary is a brilliant guest who you’ll enjoy listening to, a real people’s person and it was a pleasure hearing him talk about how he got into singing one night out of t...

Wow, what an awesome Fantastival Podcast awaits you as joining Steve for #121 is the singer-songwriter and acoustic solo performer who blew my mind when I saw him at the backend of last year, the one & only, Mr Jon Gomm…   Wonderful guitar playing. An all-round genius" - Stephen Fry (actor, writer)   Wonderful playing and singing. The whole package.” - David Crosby (Crosby,...

The Fantastival Podcast is getting ‘Older’ and here we are with #120 as joining our growing roster of Fantastival legends for this one is Mr Danny Tipping, from The Kynd, who are on the cusp of releasing their new album ‘Timelines’…   So get what you deserve and listen as Danny speaks in whispers and tones all about being in a band with his twin brother Tristan, the story of The Kynd fro...

Well, we’ve got a very special guest for #119 on The Fantastival Podcast as we have The Magic Mod joining Steve from his dressing room in Dublin, where he was supporting The Brian Jonestown Massacre on their recent tour and it’s fair to say he was absolutely loving life.   So listen up as the self confessed mixture of Paul Weller, Liam Gallagher, Paul Daniels and Tommy Cooper talks about...

What a treat lies ahead for you this week as Steve hasn’t just got one, or two, but has all 3 members of Cleethorpes ever greatest rock n roll band, and with a combined age of 44 they have lots more in the tank as Ben, Josh and Lewis from the awesome Revivalry are the guests for #118 of The Fantastival Podcast…   The guys talk about how they got into music, how Revivalry has become what...

You don’t have to sell your soul for #117 of The Fantastival Podcast as joining Steve this week we have Ross, the man behind AdoredClub (UK)…🍋🚧🏭   Listen as Ross talks about how he started AdoredClub (UK) and his reasons for doing so, about growing his brand through DJ sets, club nights, livestreams on Twitch, gigs and his exciting plans for the future whilst talking all about the mus...

It’s time for former Rude Boy turned purveyor of Scally Folk, formerly of The Dead 60s and The Specials, the one & only Matt McManamon to come on The Fantastival Podcast for #116 and boy are we going to have some fun…   It was an absolute pleasure to speak to Matt in one of Steve’s favourite episodes to date as Mr McManamon speaks all about his life in music from his first band, to P...

The Fantastival Podcast is back for 2023 and with a bang as we Journey To The Sun with one of the artists behind one of Steve’s favourite albums of 2022, the excellent Singer / Songwriter Dean Dovey…   Dean tells us all about how he got started on guitar, writing tunes, making his excellent ‘Journey To The Sun’ album, his first records, favourite gigs, plans for the future, a special sho...

It’s an absolute honour & a privilege to bring you The Fantastival Podcast Christmas 2022 Special and the last episode of the year…   After last years memorable episode with some of the guys from the excellent Mind Aid track, we wanted to have another 5 guest come together to collate their Christmas Fantasy Festival & we think we’ve outdone ourselves as we have the following lege...

We’re all about the soul in The Fantastival Podcast #113 and our penultimate offering in 2022 as Steve is joined by Producer/Songwriter, recorded all the way from Tokyo, the brilliant Joe Adhemar…   Joe talks all about getting into the production of music, learning all about it, working with some great acts, creating his own music with a very steady output, bringing out his latest album...

The A to D of Indie is finally here for #112 as our guest on The Fantastival Podcast this week is the marvellous Ady Hanson (after many failed attempts at trying to get him on)…   Listen to Ady talk all things music, his favourite acts, memories, experiences, how listening and taking one of his brothers cassettes shaped him musical journey, his shows on Radio Windrush and In Your Ears mu...

The Fantastival Podcast #111 awaits you as this week we have (taken from his twitter bio) ‘Northern lad, indie music lover, creator of the #VirtualPubCrawl and #IndieDisco’, it can only be, the one & only, Indie Rob…   Rob talks about all things music including the acts he was brought up on, the act that changed everything for him, how and why he created #VirtualPubCrawl & #Indie...

An absolute belter for #110 of The Fantastival Podcast awaits you as Steve is joined by singer, songwriter, BibleCode Sundays and Brand New Zeros tour de force, the brillIant Ronan MacManus…   Ronan talks all about his path in music to date, the influence of his musical family, growing up seeing his half brother Elvis Costello on stage and screen become huge, being in The BibleCode Sunda...

Home is where the heart is this week as Steve is all about Essex (can you believe this is my first music act on from here) as it’s The Fantastival Podcast #109 with the awesome acoustic folk-punk legend, podcaster, mental health guru, the one & only Fraser Morgan joining us this week…   Fraser will instantly put a smile on your face as not only do we talk all about his tunes, gigs, t...