_{Normally I’d refuse to make any mention of Christmas until we’ve had Halloween – and even then not until December if possible. However, I was rather intrigued with the press release from Duff Press about a Christmas album from Tarja. The album is called “From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)” and it will be released via earMusic on November 17. The press release is provided below.}

_{“Aerial” is the 11th studio album from Newman, the band fronted by singer song-writer Steve Newman since 1997. The albums are generally at the mellower end of the melodic rock / AOR spectrum, but well within my boundaries and I’ve always found them to be a great listen. The latest album was released on 22nd September on the AOR Heaven label. I included the track “High Tonight (Aerial)” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 29th September.}

_{Local rockers Trucker Diablo recently released their excellent new album “Fighting for Everything” after a successful Pledge Music campaign (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews/3211-ni-rocks-recommends-qfighting-for-everythingq-by-trucker-diablo.html ).}

_{I’d posted a e-mail interview with lead singer Tom Harte back in April 2013  and he’d also been a guest on the show in March 2015 following the release of “Rise Above The Noise”. So rather than do another full interview I decided to get Tom onto the Show for a quick chat and to focus on telling us something about a few of the tracks on the new album. You can hear that conversation and five tracks from “Fighting For Everything” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 29th September – available now via our MixCloud page.}

_{https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/interview-with-tom-harte-from-trucker-diablo-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-on-29th-sept-2017/}