Dave Travis' Freak Scene Brum Radio

Dave Travis invites R John Webb from Rhino and the Ranters into the studio to play a selection from his new output, including his new single: Deadlands. They also talk Rhino and the Ranters gigs and Ryan's influences over the years. But they mainly talk about the Hare and Hounds in Birmingham for some reason.

Legendary Birmingham Drummer Paul Apperley drops by the Brum Radio studios to chat to Dave Travis about punk gigs in Birmingham, performing with Frank Skinner pre-comedy, being at legendary Sex Pistols gigs, Joy Division and a host of other legendary names he's either performed with or seen.

Dave Travis invites Jim Simpson of Big Bear Records in to Freak Scene for this episode for music and anecdotes from his time on the Birmingham and international music scene. Jim reminisces about Black Sabbath, photographing American Jazz artists and missing out on managing The Charlie Daniels band amongst other stories.

Dave talks to Lisa Travers about the the many brilliant gigs she staged at the Blue Piano and what it was like growing up having UB40 saxophonist Brian Travers as her father.

Dave Travis talks to Eddie Argos from Art Brut and Dave Newton from the Mighty Lemon drops about their recent projects, including their collaboration with each other.

On this edition of Freak Scene, Dave Travis brings Micheal Valentine West to the studio to discuss his music both past, present and future.

Michael Valentine West is a composer/decomposer utilising lessons learnt from various musical disciplines such as minimal, ambient, glitch, hip hop, jazz and sound design. He has recorded, produced and remixed using aliases such as Twiggy And The K-Mesons, K-Meson 4, Suck Susan, Lower Third, Mikimo Sosumi, Anal Teens and of course MVW. He has also scored music and contributed songs to soundtracks for several independent films.