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Get Into the Van with Alt Country musician Mike West as he sits down with guests from all walks of life as they share their hard earned wisdom and insights, what makes them tick, discuss their craft and inspirations and all else in between. Mike chats to musicians, promoters, artists and anyone else passionate about what they do to inspire listeners to follow their creative outlets.
Episodes
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Into the Van we go with the wonderful Josh Beddis! Hailing from West Wales and bringing a Neo-traditional sound to Country music here in the UK, we talk about opening Sierra Ferrell's sold out show, writing music, building a community, Rogue Country and so much more! There is an extra bonus recording at the end of the episode from last year where we started to record an episode and the battery died.
https://www.facebook.com/joshbeddismusic
https://joshbeddis.bandcamp.com/
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Today we go Into the Van with the brilliant Tan Sanders and Warren Davies! A country artist with genuine punk roots from a small town in North Carolina. His new album "When Am I Going To Have My Day?" is out everywhere now and is going to be your new favourite record!
We talk skateboarding, Reddit, touring and so much more! Listen now
https://www.facebook.com/tansandersmusic/
https://tansanders.com/
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
Into the Van we go with Sheffield based Americana legend, Banjo Jen!
With the release of her latest single "Fine Line" and upcoming album, I talked to Jen about moving to Sheffield, watching the UK scene grow, life, songwriting and all else in between!
https://www.facebook.com/banjojenmusic
https://www.banjojen.com/
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Into the Van we go with the talented David Quinn! I sit down with David to talk his new album "Country Fresh" that was inspired by an ash tray in the recording studio, songwriting, building a local following, Midwestern Country and Black Dirt Country, sock puppets and so much more!
Country Fresh is out right now and you really should listen to it!
https://www.davidquinnmusic.net/
https://open.spotify.com/album/5sXo43wrmeZpXx1RgS7bQE
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
I sat down with the legendary, award winning artist JH Williams III to talk about his new book Echolands, meeting Blondie and creating album artwork for them as well as for artists like The Sword, music, creativity, art and so much more!
This was an absolute joy of a talk and you're going to love it!
https://www.jhwilliams3.com/
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Into the van we go with the hardworking and talented Tom Saenen. From organising Picking Bones, his epic festival in Belgium, to Black Metal and watching the roots scene grow in Europe to the most important things you need to know to start live events, this is definitely one to listen to!
https://www.facebook.com/Pickingbonesfest
https://pickingbonesfest.com/tickets/
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
I sat down with Alexis May to talk about songwriting, George Jones, Nashville and so much more! This Honky Tonk songwriter released a great EP last year, "Killing Pain, Memories and Time" and May is definitely one to watch!
Listen now!
https://www.facebook.com/alexismaymusic
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Ahead of his first UK tour, I sit down with Baker aka Gravedancer to talk about Christmas, viral videos, songwriting, American vs British sitcoms and so much more! Gravedancer wears his heart on his sleeve and is a phenomenal songwriter so give this episode a listen, go listen to his record Every Kind of Dog and then go see him on tour!
https://gravedancermusic.com/
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
I took a bit of a hiatus from Into the Van from October to rest, recharge and get married and now we're back!
Looking forward to sitting down with some incredibly talented people this year and sharing it with you all!
Stay tuned!