A guest! We love a guest and this week The Rider is overjoyed to be Mike Carney from Bantam Lions to talk about his fabulous new album Short Stories and the making of that record and why he doesn't just released things. It's a fascinating insight into the creative process.

What else? The usual wham with additional shout outs from Social Media's own Stephanie Heneghan. Adam Melia had a massive Saturday and John Gibbons did too. Neil Atkinson hosts and The Rider is in fine voice.

The songs are the business. Are we recording?

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