Ad Infinitum, fronted by Swiss singer Melissa Bonny, have now released two albums during 2020. Their debut album “Chapter 1 – Monarchy” was released by Napalm Records in April. Unable to tour this year the band decided to record an acoustic version of that album, called “Chapter 1 – Revisited”, and this was released on 4th December.
I had the opportunity to chat with the delightful and talented Melissa Bonny about Ad Infinitum and their two albums via Skype on 7th December. We also talked about her involvement with Rage of Light, Evenmore, Warkings, Malefistum, Rock Meets Classic and Kamelot as well as her plans for the future etc.
The interview was featured on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 11th December. This Show is available via our MixCloud page - https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/interview-with-melissa-bonny-from-ad-infinitum-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-11th-dec/
The interview has been transcribed and posted below.
Read more: NI ROCKS Interview with MELISSA BONNY from AD INFINITUM / RAGE OF LIGHT
There are two NI Rocks Shows uploaded each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for those shows for the month of November – all of which are still available from the On Demand Player. There are tracks by around 130 different artists on the Shows this month. Playlists for October were published previously and these Shows are also available via the On Demand Player – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/3790-ni-rocks-playlists-for-october-2020.html
This month the Friday NI Rocks Shows include interviews with Reb Beach, Tony Hernando, Orianthi and Erik Martensson, all of whom released albums during November.
Swedish band Eclipse released their first ever live album, called “Viva La VicTOURia” on 6th November, through Frontiers Music. I had the opportunity to chat with frontman and guitarist Erik Mårtensson via Skype a couple of days before the album was released. We talked about the live album, working on the next Eclipse studio album, dealing with the Covid 19 pandemic, the upcoming W.E.T. album and other projects such as Ammunition and Nordic Union.
You can read the interview below or listen to the Friday NI Rocks Show for 20th November 2020 which in now available on our MixCloud page - https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/interview-with-erik-martensson-eclipse-wet-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-20th-nov-2020/
Read more: NI ROCKS Interview with ERIK MARTENSSON from ECLIPSE
Australian guitarist and singer Orianthi released her new album “O” through Frontiers Music on 6th November. I had the opportunity to chat to her via Skype a couple of days before the album was released. We talked about the new album, future plans, working with Richie Sambora on the RSO project and much more. That interview was featured on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 13th November 2020. You can read the inteview below or listen to the Show which is available on our MixCloud page - https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/interview-with-orianthi-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-13th-nov-2020/
I last interviewed Orianthi back in 2014 in the Ulster Hall in Belfast when she was on tour with Richie. You can find that interview on our MixCloud page or read it here - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1587-ni-rocks-interview-with-orianthi.html