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A fifth Modern Rock CD compilation album is on the way for the start of May, featuring 33 standout songs from the grassroots and rising scene. As with previous years, the free CDs will be given out to music fans to support music discovery – and ahead of the albums being posted out, a band page will go up on GreatMusicStories.com, encouraging people that like the music to visit the band sites and buy some physicals or give them a follow. The last four Band of the Year winners – Scarlet Rebels (2019), As Sirens Fall (2020), Amongst Liars (2021) and DeadBlondeStars (2022) lead the line, joined by 29 other wonderful acts. These 29 will be announced on a special rock show GuyB will be broadcasting on Monday […]

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Following the success of Volumes 1 and 2, Great Music Stories is giving away the third instalment of its Modern Rock CD compilation series for June, showcasing 16 artists to celebrate the rich diversity of today’s rising guitar music scene. As before, the CDs will be a free thank-you to music fans who tune into the Friday show or follow the interviews on the site. […]

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After an impressive run of critically acclaimed, career-best albums in recent years, The Quireboys have gone back to the beginning. In recent weeks, they have been in the studio re-recording a brand-new, 30th anniversary version of their chart-topping debut album ‘A Bit Of What You Fancy’. We too are going back to our beginnings with The Quireboys this coming weekend. For the first and only time, the complete Great Music Stories interview archive with the band will be unleashed […]

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This Friday, SKAM return with the release of their hugely anticipated new EP ‘Intra’ – the first EP of a two-part anthology making up the 4th full length release. Internet Radio Station Great Music Stories has teamed up with the band to broadcast a three-hour SKAM radio launch party this Friday 5-8pm before the band unleash an exclusive live streamed concert from Leicester’s The Soundhouse – with free tickets to everyone that has […]

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After a year of heartache, loss and hardship, Great Music Stories is finishing its 2020 run of Friday rock shows on a high note with Earache Records. From 5pm on Friday, the five-hour Christmas Special will celebrate a new generation of rising bands and the record label – Earache Records – that, with great frequency, is crashing rock bands back in the mainstream Official Album […]

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With national lockdown ending this week, so does the daily run of lunchtime grassroots radio broadcasts from Great Music Stories radio. As with the first lockdown in March, throughout November Great Music Stories has switched to lunchtime broadcasting, airing three speech interview hours with rising artists through every day of lockdown. Interviews with acts such as Ravenbreed, Verity White, Jack J Hutchinson, As Sirens Fall, DeadBlondeStars and Elles Bailey have allowed a platform for artists to keep their music out there at a critical time and to engage with listeners on […]