Now Spinning Music Magazine - Artist Interviews and Music Reviews

• How Music Helps People With Dementia - Podcast

  In this special Now Spinning Magazine conversation, I talk to Amy Shackleton and Lizzie Hoskin from Music for Dementia about practical, hopeful ways to reconnect people living with dementia — and their carers — to the music they love.We discuss:How music reduces anxiety, calms agitation, and rekindles memoryWhy streaming and modern devices can accidentally shut older listeners outm4dRADIO — a free, ad-free station by decade (1940s–1980s) designed as a safe listening spaceThe Yoto Player trial — simple, screen-free listening that helps families “just press play”Easy steps anyone can take: 10-song starter playlists, routines, and community👉 Learn more: musicfordementia.org.uk🎧 Listen free: m4dRADIO.comPhil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine

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• Steve Morse Interview : on Loss, Hope and Instrumental Storytelling

  Steve Morse Interview : on Loss, Hope and Instrumental StorytellingTaken by an Angel: Steve Morse on Loss, Hope and Instrumental StorytellingIn this episode of the Now Spinning Magazine podcast, I sit down with legendary guitarist Steve Morse to dive deep into his new instrumental album Triangulation.Steve talks about the freedom of making a record with no industry expectations, the almost telepathic musical connection he shares with Dave LaRue, and how tracks like “Too Many Parts” grew into ambitious, multi-section odysseys.He also opens up about the deeply personal closing piece “Taken by an Angel”, recorded with his son Kevin in memory of Steve’s late wife – a story of grief, love and hope told entirely through melody.We discuss adapting his technique as his hands change with age, why melody now matters more than ever in his writing, and how guest appearances from John Petrucci and Eric Johnson came together.If you’re a fan of Steve Morse, Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, or you’re a guitarist who loves thoughtful, emotional instrumental music, this conversation is a must-listen.Triangulation is out now on Mascot – please support the music by picking up the CD or vinyl and, of course, by sharing this episode with fellow fans.Phil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine

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• Seven Decades of Deep Purple with Martin Popoff - Podcast

  Seven Decades of Deep PurpleJoin me, Phil Aston, for a heartfelt conversation with music writer Martin Popoff, as we explore his monumental new book Seven Decades of Deep Purple — a 640-page celebration of every era of the band that changed rock forever.We discuss:How Martin rebuilt and expanded his earlier Purple booksThe emotional connection he has with the bandWhy the Purpendicular–present era may be Purple’s strongestThe “walk in Portugal” that changed everythingHow the band’s sound and spirit survived endless lineup changesSlaves & Masters, Made in Japan, improvisation, album art, Simon McBride and moreWhat =1 represents — and whether it would be a fitting final chapterThis is one of the most insightful and passionate Deep Purple discussions you’ll ever hear — from two lifelong fans who could happily talk Purple for days.If you love Deep Purple, this episode is unmissable.Phil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine

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• Mariusz Duda Interview : From Riverside to Lunatic Soul

  “Lunatic Soul was never the ‘bassist’s side project’. It’s the composer’s project—the place I can be completely free.” Mariusz DudaThere aren’t many artists who can glide between rock, ambient, electronic and filmic sound design with the grace of Mariusz Duda. As the voice, bassist and principal composer behind Riverside, Duda is already a towering presence in modern progressive music. But it’s under his Lunatic Soul banner that he explores the liminal spaces: trance, repetition, eastern folk colours, synth arpeggios, and those instantly recognisable melodic bass motifs that seem to burrow under the skin.Phil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine

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• Richard Digby Smith Interview on Free, Led Zeppelin, Sparks, Black Sabbath Deep Purple

  From Island Studios to Super-Deluxe Box Sets: The Engineer Richard Digby SmithOn this episode, I'm delighted to welcome one of the true unsung heroes of classic rock (or rock music in general any era, really), and that is engineer and producer Richard Digby Smith. His career spans decades from the golden age of the early 70s on Island Studios with bands like Free, Traffic, Led Zeppelin, Sparks, Detective right through to his incredible recent work with Black Sabbath and even more recently Deep Purple’s 50th anniversary of Made in Japan.We’re going to look back at some of those classic sessions — the young bands, big ambitions, fast-paced studio life — and also dig into the modern world of archiving, remixing and preserving those recordings for new generations. Richard will share stories of the tech, the people, the accidents (yes, including the one where a guitar sleeve switch caused a famous moment), and the philosophy behind bringing timeless rock to life.So pour yourself a drink, fire up your headphones, and join us behind the console with a man who’s been doing this for four decades.Phil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine

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