SNACK Chats To

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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Push the Boat Out 2025 runs 20th-23rd November 2025 with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music and art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms. With over 120 artists on board you can expect a packed weekend full of fresh voices, and stories and experiences that surprise, challenge and delight, all while capturing the messy, marvellous complexity of the world we share.

Push The Boat Out is Scotland’s newest poetry and multi arts festival, with a growing year round programme and a strong community ethos. 

We spoke to Festival Director, Emma Collins, to find out more.

Find out more at https://pushtheboatout.org/

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Andy Reilly chats to JP of Helicon

Helicon Bancamp: https://heliconglasgow.bandcamp.com/

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

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

Andy Reilly: https://www.instagram.com/canorousoscillations/

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Natalie Jayne Clark chats to artist and writer Taylor Strickland.

https://taylorstrickland.co.uk/about

Taylor Strickland Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylor.strickland.arts/

Natalie Jayne Clark: https://www.instagram.com/natajayne/

Taylor is a writer and artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. His poems, translations, and essays have appeared in various literary journals. He also publishes photography and records the odd song. In 2011, he received his masters in creative writing from the University of St Andrews, after which he tended bar all over Scotland, taught middle school in Tacoma, Washington, learned how to pour a mean saison at Brasserie Saint Somewhere in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and almost learned how to write SQL as a data analyst in Denver, Colorado. Currently a doctoral candidate in literary translation at the University of Glasgow, he works on the Jacobite poet and provocateur, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair. Bidh e a’ bruidhinn beagan Gàidhlig cuideachd!

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Natalie Jayne Clark chats to Jack Hinks about his new concept album, Kintsugi, a homage to the Kübler-Ross stages of grief.

They chat about his tour, his Angel of Rock distortion pedal, persevering in light of loss or regret, his special listening notes booklet, and deepening the writing process through improvisation.

jackhinks.co.uk

Listen: https://jackhinks.bandcamp.com/album/kintsugi

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

Natalie Jayne Clark: https://www.instagram.com/natajayne/

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Auntie Flo (Brian d'Souza) Chats to SNACK's Leah Flint about new album 'Birds of Paradise', the roots of his musical alias, his Glasgow music roots, creating in a flow state, genesis and evolution is his creative process, and finding freedom in the music.

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