Andy Reilly chats to JP of Scottish psychedelic band Helicon and Al Lover. Al Lover if you don’t know is an experimental producer from Los Angeles, who specialises in a synthesis of trip hop, krautrock, boom bap, and dub. Two very different worlds. They have collaborated on what JP calls their most accessible record yet, Arise.

They talk about them both working across the two very different cultures and approaches to style.

Pushing outside your own natural boundaries to find fresh territory.

Making a vastly broad sounding album cohesive.

They also get into the thorny issue of just what is psychedelic music?

They get into the nuts and bolts of making the record, so there’s a good bit of chatting about the ins and outs of how they work in the studio and build their tracks, as well as working with Chris Geddes of Belle & Sebastian. 

They also chat about playing King Tut’s, potentially winning over Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s fans at their appearance at Kendal Calling later this year, and much more.

Listen to Helicon x Al Lover, Arise: https://heliconglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/arise

Helicon online: https://www.heliconglasgow.com/bio

Helicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heliconglasgow1/

AL LOVER online: https://www.al-lover.com/

AL LOVER Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/al_lover/

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WARNING: This interview may be distressing for some, with discussion of suicide. 

Andy Reilly chats to Hero Baldwin of Dutch electronic music group Tinlicker ahead of their 18th March gig at SWG3

They chat about:

Their experiences touring the toilet circuit 

The evolution of the band, taking ownership of your life and getting back on the perch after life’s knocks, working hard and living life fully.

They speak about her relationship to the new album, Dreams of the Machine, with being more fully involved in the band than she was previously. 

They also chat about, in the early age of AI, what it means to be human in these times – the positives and negatives of AI.

Hero also opens up on their track ‘Choosing Life’ and her struggles with her mental health, and being liberated by being on the other side of that.

Hero also talks about the joy of being in the moment as artists performing.

There may also be some jazz chat.

Tinlicker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinlicker/

Hero Baldwin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herobaldwin/

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Andy Reilly chats to Folk singer and songwriter, Birmingham’s Katherine Priddy. Her new album These Frightening Machines is out 6th March on Cooking Vinyl. We’re big fans of Katherine so we’re delighted to have her in for this chat.

They chat about Katherine playing at and collaborating at Transatlantic Women at the recent Tradfest in Dublin.

Playing the upcoming Tae Sup Wae A Fifer tour with Andy Irvine and Len Pennie, starting 18th February. 

The importance of support slots. Her upcoming Edinburgh gig with Amelia Coburn supporting. 

The joy in finding new ways to interpret songs for the live setting.

Women being set up to compete in the music industry and the importance of solidarity in these situations.

Letting go of ownership of a song on release and much much more.

Plus, Katherine gives us her dream artist lineup for PriddyFest, if such a thing was ever to exist.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katherinepriddy/

Website: https://www.katherinepriddy.co.uk/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KatherinePriddyOfficial

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Andry Reilly chats to Megan Black.

Megan is Scottish singer-songwriter known for her 70s-influenced blues-rock sound, featuring themes of feminism and mental health.

They chat about manifesting San Francisco, her new song’ You Have A Way’ and her new album, Rock Goddess, out on 13th February, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Perfect for all the heartbroken out there.

Her experience recently having taken up writing for film and tv. Working with people with complex mental health and addiction issues.

Her haunted recording studio in an ex-sales office.

Megan also talks about now being sober and what she calls ‘raw dogging real life’ without the crutch, working in a music industry seeped in addiction.

They also talk about bridging the divide between Megan Black the person and Megan Black the artist personna, and her dream festival line-up, if she was to create her own festival.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meganblackmusic/?hl=en

Bandcamp: https://meganblack.bandcamp.com/music

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Andy Reilly chats with musician Tessa Rose Jackson

They speak about her move from using her own name to the Someone moniker and back again.

Her new album ‘The Lighthouse’, writing the album in a tiny village in rural France and the influence this had on the music.

Her celebratory tone while dealing with the subject death and grief on the album.

Learning to live with the fact and fear of death.

Touring live as a way of discovering local culture

And loads more besides

https://www.tessarosejackson.com/

Glasgow Glad Cafe – 23rd January

Edinburgh Leith Depot – 18th March

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessarosejackson/

Substack: https://tessarosejackson.substack.com/

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Andy Reilly chats to Gem of experimental Glasgow alternative folk/moss band Megalichen.

Follow: https://www.instagram.com/megalichen/

Listen: https://megalichen.bandcamp.com/

Glasgow band Megalichen are born from Gem's fascination with clarinet harmonies and lichens, presents a symbiotic mix of woodwind, strings, and vocal harmonies.

They chat about their recent magical Celtic Connections gig, at Oran Mor, with Scottish alt-folk legends CLR Theory as support.

They also discuss:

Upcoming Medical Aid for Palestinians gig, coming up in February

Gem's experience joining Maz & the Phantasms on their European tour at the tail end of 2025

Operating ethically in an unethical music industry 

and more

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Andy Reilly chats to nu-folk singer/songwriter Zoë Bestel about her first gig of the new year as part of her new trio, winter gardening, touring Europe, her sinle 'another chai morning', keeping schtum on new projests, and a whole lot more.

https://zoebestel.co.uk/

Zoë Bestel at The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow, 28th January

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Chris Queen chats to Katarina Barruk, a Swedish Sámi singer, songwriter and pianist, who sings in the rare Ume Sámi language.

She talks about her Bicep collaboration, working across genre and her aversion to genre, the joy of being young leading to saying yes to more, and the rooting of language by place. She also speaks about the assimilation of and attempted erasure of the Ume Sámi language by national governments. Katrina and Chris also loosely discuss the parallels between the treatment of, and the importance of, Scottish Gaelic and Ume Sámi.

https://katarinabarruk.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/katarinabarruk/

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Andy Reilly chats to Scottish techno legend Mha Iri about the independence allowed by releasing on her own label, WHY DON'T YOU DANCE?, and how it leads to her being able to be more creative and experimental. She also speaks about trusting your work to resonate with the audience without the safety blanket and support of working with a larger label. Her new ‘Elements’ collection and engaging with her Instagram broadcast group community to create its artwork is also mentioned. Plus: The perils and joys of DJing on a busy train, surviving in an industry that can chew you up and spit you out, and embracing the feminine within the still male dominated world of techno.      

Listen to the music and follow Mha Iri online

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Andy Reilly chats with Simon Kent of Synth-pop / New Wave band Magnetic Skies about their new album, Fragments.

Interview recorded on Wednesday 19th November 2025 at Hug & Pint, Glasgow, before they took to the stage for their final gig of the recent tour.

https://magneticskies.com/

https://www.instagram.com/magneticskies/

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