The songs are all bangers this week. All killer. No filler. Except the wham. Which gets talked up. As does aborted stargazing, Chinese Supermarkets, The Doomsday Clock (now out of date). Neil Atkinson hosts with John Gibbons and Stephanie Heneghan all do the business....
No Adam Melia again. He’s Swanning off around the globe. Gets slaughtered in his absence obviously. He and you would be disappointed otherwise. So there are nine tunes and nine helpings of wham. What tunes. What wham. It shows no sign of abating. Atkinson,...
Everyone in the same room – YES! The Rider are all together and happy to be all together. We have talk of Golden Globes and negative feedback. We have ten great songs. We have Adam about to leave again to go to Australia. We have all the fun of the fair. It is...
The Rider this week has no Stephanie Heneghan. She has lost her voice. But Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Adam Melia certainly haven’t. They are full throatedly behind 9 excellent songs. John has got stuck into BBC Introducing; a yearly tradition for The Rider....
As 2016 becomes 2017, Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Ms Stephanie Heneghan discuss their highlights and notable music moments of the year. There are 12 songs in all, including some of our favourites others have picked this year, some we missed and, because it’s...
As a special The Rider has hooked up with the Liverpool International Music Festival for the next month to talk about that festival, Liverpool’s music scene and the international scene as it stands. This week it is Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Stephanie...
BACK by popular demand, it’s our Glastonbury special. Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, Stephanie Hengehan, Adam Melia and Mo Stewart all pick their ones to watch for all three days if you are heading to Pilton or just watching TV. Mo is well into double figures on...
GLASTONBURY is upon us and Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Stephanie Heneghan pick a day each to tell you who you should be going to see. Or who you should be watching on the TV. Glastonbury expert Adam Melia phones one in too. 10 great songs and not a muddy trek in...
SOUND City Special with us locked in a tiny room with only two mics. But Stephanie Heneghan walks us through Friday, John Gibbons Saturday before Adam Melia rounds off the weekend with great tunes and tears. Throughout click the screen to buy tickets to Liverpool...
