Extended Interviews

Some of our guests have more to say than can be accomodated in five minutes on-air. Below are links to mp3 files of those longer interviews.

August 2010  Celtic Road, Stimmen Festival. Ciarán, Roy and Maria spoke with some performers between rehearsals. Kathleen Dineen gives the background of the event: download interview here. Nell Ní Chróinín tells us a bit about sean nós and her first trip outside Ireland to sing: download interview here. Julie Fowlis talks about the role of music in preserving and promoting Scots Gaelic: download interview here. Tim Eriksen gives us some back ground on traditional choral singing in the United States: download interview here. Tomás Ó Canainn tells us a bit about the uilleann pipes, among a great many other things: download interview here.

June 2010 WFMU  Jersey City community  radio station manager Ken Freedman chats with Maria about happenings on a conference in open media last month, the free music archive, happenings in Basel on the cutting edge of radio evolution, and the benefits of benign dictatorship. Download interview here.

Mar 2010  Kieran Goss speaks with Maria about his upcoming concerts in Switzerland and Germany.  He plays with  Karan Casey  at the Kammgarn in Schaffhausen Friday April 23rd.  Download interview here.

Mar 2010 Maria and guest interviewer Claire Pearson chat with Imogen Heap at the Abart Club in Zürich on March 9th. Topics included why she loves touring in Switzerland, fave musical instruments and the pitfalls of attending a major award ceremony in an LED twitter dress.  Heap recently won her first Grammy - for her engineering work on her latest album, Ellipse.  Download interview here.

Dec 2009 - Ciarán interviews Basel's Regierungspräsident Guy Morin about his political background and the success of the Green Party in Basel politics. They also discussed the role of the English-speaking community in Basel and the importance of life sciences to the city. Download interview here.

Dec 2009 - Di Stuart interviews Felix White of Brighton rockers The Maccabees. Download interview here. That same afternoon we spoke with Ed Lay and Chris Urbanowicz  of Editors  and learned of the sacrifices they make for art the value of a practical education, and what the future holds for Editors.- download here  Click here for a google-streetview treasure hunt of across London of songs from their album In this Light and on this Evening.

August 2009 - Lead singer Adrian Sieber and keyboardist Stefan Wagner of the Lovebugs closed the 2009 AVO sessions.  Maria asked them about  Basel in the days before Radio X, why Adrian sings in English,  and  what it means to reach across the Röstigraben.

Mar 2009 - Roving Reporter Roy Zuckerman interviews Donovan Leitch on the recent release of a DVD-- a musical and cultural history of the last 40 years, told through the life story of Donovan. Also find out what's to come on his next CD release and his work with kids and Transcendental Meditation. Download interview here.

Jan 2009 - Delphine Shelby interviews Richard Gage of Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth.Download interview here.

Feb 2008 - Pete Shelby and Andrew Shields discuss The Omnivore's Dilemma - a locally-grown food manifesto written by Micheal Pollen, who has recently been recommended as Secretary of Agriculture for the USA.  Download interview here.