The interview began on a high, all the technology worked first time without any faffing about!  We began with the introductions.  Reno and Rome’s current incarnation consists of Ash on drums, Alex on bass, Gryphen on vocals and guitar and Nic, who apparently does ‘other stuff’. Curious, I asked about the name, Remo & Rome:…

I recently had the privilege of chatting with British blues guitarist Clare Free to find our what her plans are now that we are all getting back to something like normal living. TB: How are you Clare? CF: Surviving is the best I can say, I’m very much feeling on the up at the moment,…

Grapevine Magazine, the East of England’s entertainment guide, turns thirty this month. To kick off a year of birthday celebrations, Tony Bell turns the tables and interviews Stephen ‘Foz’ Foster, a man well known for interviewing others on radio, and someone who has been writing for Grapevine Magazine since issue one. TB: How did you…

Blues singer and guitarist Dave Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales but now resides in Norfolk. He runs the regular Fine City Blues sessions at The Louis Marchesi pub in Norwich – or at least he used to before the world turned upside down in March of this year. He played his first gig…

My telephone interview with JJ Burnel of The Stranglers, one of the most continuously successful band to come out of the punk era, got off to a shaky bi-lingual start but that was just his way of testing me, soon we were talking comfortabaly about the world we live in, venues and advice for upcoming…