Time For Heroes

Welcome back to Time For Heroes Podcast, Episode 13 is here and it's with Adrian Hunter. Growing up in the West of Scotland, Adrian moved to London in his twenties and found himself in the music industry, we here what its like working with artists such as Peter Doherty, The View, Brownbear, Retro Video Club and George O'Hanlon He also helps out with Support Act, a charity helping people in the mus...

Welcome back to Time For Heroes Podcast, after nearly six weeks without a release I'm back with a brand spanking new episode for you all, and it's a cracker even if I do say myself. Here we! Here we Here we fucking go! Its Rab Allan, guitarist of Glasgow band Glasvegas. We talked about Glasvegas career to date which includes 4 studio albums, we spoke about growing up in Glasgow, being in a band wi...

Episode 11 is here and it's my very first female guest, I'm delighted to be speaking to Gemma Clarke. Gemma was the original drummer of Babyshambles, we spoke about her time with the band, as well as The Suffrajets and The Krak, and, after a decade out doing the school run she's back banging the drums with JW Paris! Gemma was an amazing guest, and we spoke about so much more and as always, she pic...

Episode 10 of Time For Heroes Podcast is here! This week i'm speaking to Mark Beaumont, Mark writes for NME as well as The Guardian, Uncut and Shortlist. He has also written several biography's for artists such as Bon Iver, Muse, The Killers, Jay Z and Kanye West. I spoke to Mark about all of this and at the end he picked his heroes to come for dinner. I hope you all enjoy the podcast! You can fin...

Welcome to Episode 9 of Time For Heroes Podcast, this time we have a mammoth chat with comedian Nick Helm. We spoke about Nick's career which includes playing Edinburgh Fringe almost every year since 2010, regular slots on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and his roles in BBC shows Uncle and Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment. We spoke about all of that and a whole lot more and then at the end Nick pi...

Welcome back to Time For Heroes Podcast! It's been a while but I've been busy recording so get ready for a fresh batch of episodes, starting with this one with Del O'Reilly. Del comes from the same area as myself, Muirhouse in Motherwell. He has recently started his own podcast, The Celtic Supporters Podcast which is available on YouTube. Del is a boy who never sits still, as well as the podcast h...

Welcome again to Time For Heroes podcast! This episode I'm delighted to be speaking to Mark Sharp of Mark Sharp & The Bicycle Thieves (MS&TBT) Hailing from the same area as Lewis Capaldi and The Snuts, it seems only a matter of time before they become the next big talent to come out of Whitburn. They've played all over Scotland with support slots with their mates above as well as Kyle Falc...

Here we go with another episode of Time For Heroes Podcast, this weeks guest is Chris Helme. Chris came to prominence as the lead singer of The Seahorses, who if you're not aware, were John Squire's band after The Stone Roses split. We spoke about how Chris came to be in the band, what it was like playing alongside a british guitar legend and what happened once the band split after only one album....

Episode 5 of the podcast is here and this week I am speaking to Jay McAllister AKA Beans On Toast. He describes himself as a drunk folk singer! Starting out in Braintree, Essex, he moved to London where he ran FROG, one of the most successful clubnights in the indie music scene in the mid noughties. On the 1st of December 2009, he released his first album and he has continued to release an album e...

Here we go with episode 4 of the pod, this week I speak to Cobain Jones. Cobain Jones is, at 20 years of age, an up and coming singer-songwriter hailing from the outskirts of Manchester.  Championed by Clint Boon and Tom Hingley and with an EP produced by James Skelly of The Coral, I'm expecting big things from Cobain in the next few years! We spoke about his music, his future plans and how he cop...

Back again with episode 3 and this time out I'm speaking too Jamie Pollock! Jamie is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Alloa. Previously in Vida, Jamie is now embarking on a solo career and we spoke about his recent releases and what he's got coming up. As always, at the end he picked four heroes to come for dinner. Check out Jamie's music here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xHKICFwdFUtJVlOiKtk...

Welcome back to episode two of Time For Heroes, I hope you all enjoyed the first episode, there's plenty more to come! Thix weeks guest is Jamie Keenan. Jamie is the drummer and singer in Scottish band The Lafontaines. We discussed the bands career to date, which includes, three albums, a book (with another in the pipeline) and a critically acclaimed podcast of their own!!! Also at the end Jamie p...

Welcome to Time For Heroes, an interview style podcast, where at the the end, my guest will pick 4 heroes to come to a dinner party and they'll decide what they're cooking them too!!! My first guest is Des McAnulty. Des is a Scottish writer with 2 books published, Life Is Local and You Can't Trust Water. We spoke about how Des became a writer, what drives him on and whats coming next for him. Last...