_{Australian guitarist and singer Orianthi released her new album “O” through Frontiers Music on 6th November. I had the opportunity to chat to her via Skype a couple of days before the album was released. We talked about the new album, future plans, working with Richie Sambora on the RSO project and much more. That interview was featured on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 13th November 2020. You can read the inteview below or listen to the Show which is available on our MixCloud page - https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/interview-with-orianthi-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-13th-nov-2020/}

_{I last interviewed Orianthi back in 2014 in the Ulster Hall in Belfast when she was on tour with Richie. You can find that interview on our MixCloud page or read it here -} ^{http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1587-ni-rocks-interview-with-orianthi.html}

_{There are two NI Rocks Shows uploaded each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for those shows for the month of October – all of which are still available from the On Demand Player. There are tracks by around 140 different artists on the Shows this month. Playlists for September were published previously and these Shows are also available via the On Demand Player – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/3786-ni-rocks-playlists-for-september-2020.html}

_{This month the Friday NI Rocks Shows included a repeat of the recent interview with Elize Ryd from Amaranthe to coincide with the release of their new album.}

_{In addition there were special promo features with Joe Bonnamassa, Sevendust and Black Stone Cherry to coincide with the release of their new albums during the month.}

_{Guitarist Reb Beach will be best known as a member of iconic bands Whitesnake and Winger and more recently as part of all star band Black Swan. On 6th November however he released a new solo instrumental album through Frontiers Music called “A View From The Inside”. I had the opportunity to chat with Reb via Skype on 3rd November to talk about that new album. We also talked about progress on the new Winger album as well as about Whitesnake, Black Swan and the late, great Eddie Van Halen.}

_{The interview was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 6th November. That Show also included an interview with guitarist Tony Hernando from Lords of Black and it can now be heard on our MixCloud page - https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/interviews-with-reb-beach-and-tony-hernando-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-6th-nov-2020/}

 The interview has been transcribed below.