NQL now has an hourly, monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio In this episode, I head to the hills as I try to regain my energies after the NQL Festival. I interview poet Dom Conlon at dawn in the shadow of Winter Hill, and ask the question what would ‘here’ look like from somewhere else. With music that includes songs from Pentangle, The Blue Nile, Inge Thomson and David Bowie. FULL PLAYLIST LISTEN TO ALL THE NQL SHOWS […]
NQL now has a monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. In the March episode I explore memory, and how it shapes us and affects our lives. Ahead of the Not Quite Light Festival at the end of March in Salford, I interview playwright Joshua Val Martin, who will be premiering a specially commissioned work at the festival, called Beneath These Tarmac Cracks, co-written with Ellie Scanlan. With music by Johnny Cash, The Unthanks and Brian Eno, amongst others. […]
NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. This month’s show sees me travel across the M62 to Hull to interview author Russ Litten. We discuss Hull fair, and how where we are from shapes who we are. I visit the room where I was actually born and wonder about sliding doors, and who i might have become if I’d lived in Hull. With music from The Doves, Willy Mason, Eric Random and Honeyfeet amongst […]
The latest NQL radio on reform Radio is now online. It was inspired by a recent visit to Manchester By The Sea in New England. The show is about connections, loss and overcoming emotional distress. It’s the 3rd episode of monthly recordings for Reform. The next show will be live on Nov 13th, and will explore ideas of identity and roots. CLICK HERE to listen to the October show CLICK HERE for the NQL Podcast page, and further episodes.</spa
NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. This month’s show is about connections and loss, and features an interview made in Manchester By The Sea, New England, made famous by the movie of the same name. It takes an unexpected and personal turn, and features music from both sides of the Atlantic, including Jane Weaver, Lonelady and I Am Kloot from the city of Manchester. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN PLAYLIST
NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. Click the link to listen to the July show online, which was partly recorded in Antwerp, Belgium. It explores themes of escape and love, when I meet up with an ex-girlfriend I haven’t seen for 16 years. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. Click the link to listen to the July show online: NQL ON REFORM RADIO
I’ve begun a monthly Not Quite Light radio show with Reform Radio. The first one was broadcast at 5am on July 24th, with the next one due to go out in August. The hour long programme consists of a mixture of readings, interviews and music inspired by the half light of dawn. This is the ‘listen again’ link to hear the first epiosode: NQL on Reform Radio