Tag: interview

Finishing the Story: The Catchmen on Orchestras, Unfinished Business and Returning to Stockport

March 12, 2026

When The Catchmen first emerged from the Burnage–Stockport border in the late ’80s, they were part of the same restless northern ferment that would soon define an era. They supported rising names, hosted Oasis at the Boardwalk, and dreamed of making widescreen, orchestral indie long before they had the means to realise it. Life, however, had other plans. Decades on, after BAFTAs, Ivor Novellos, film scores and global productions, Michael Knowles and Ian Livingstone have returned not for nostalgia, but to complete something they began as teenagers.

AC Scott On Finding Her Voice, Crossing Oceans, And Starting Again When It Mattered Most

February 26, 2026

For most of her life, Alison Craig, now recording as AC Scott, was the one asking the questions. As a celebrated broadcaster and interviewer, she built a career drawing stories out of others. But after a life-altering diagnosis forced her off the air, something unexpected happened: songs began to surface. Written quietly at her late father’s desk and carried across oceans to studios in London and Los Angeles, those songs became ‘Out Of The Blue’, a debut that feels less like a beginning and more like a return. We spoke to Scott about finally holding her own record in her hands, the track that still surprises her, and why it’s never too late to listen to the voice within.