_{I got an e-mail recently suggesting that I check out a band from Alabama called Shallow Side. As I hadn’t heard of them, my first stop was the YouTube links for the tracks “Rebel” and “Renegade” (a cover of the Styx track). Liking what I heard, I posted a recommendation for their latest EP “One” (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews/2983-ni-rocks-recommends-qoneq-by-shallow-side.html ) and decided to send over some interview questions to find out more about the band. You’ll find these questions and the answers below.}

 

To coincide with the premiere of the official music video for her new single, 24 Angels, Erja Lyytinen is pleased to announce the release of her 10thstudio album Stolen Hearts – released by Tuohi Records on Friday 7th April, 2017.  Stolen Hearts is the first album to be released since 2015’s Live In London, and the first studio album to be release since 2014’s Elmore James tribute The Sky Is ...

_{There are some albums that you know you’re probably going to love before you listen to them, but that still really impress you when you do! “Silver” by Swiss rock legends Gotthard is one of those albums. It was released on 13th January via PIAS (Musikvertrieb in Switzerland). I’d played the single “Stay With Me” on the NI Rocks A-Z Show on 20th December and on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 13th January. The opening track “Silver River” is featured on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 20th January.}