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Andy Reilly chats to Scottish techno legend Mha Iri about the independence allowed by releasing on her own label, WHY DON'T YOU DANCE?, and how it leads to her being able to be more creative and experimental. She also speaks about trusting your work to resonate with the audience without the safety blanket and support of working with a larger label. Her new ‘Elements’ collection and engaging with her Instagram broadcast group community to create its artwork is also mentioned. Plus: The perils and joys of DJing on a busy train, surviving in an industry that can chew you up and spit you out, and embracing the feminine within the still male dominated world of techno.      Listen to the music and follow Mha Iri online

Andy Reilly chats with Simon Kent of Synth-pop / New Wave band Magnetic Skies about their new album, Fragments.Interview recorded on Wednesday 19th November 2025 at Hug & Pint, Glasgow, before they took to the stage for their final gig of the recent tour.https://magneticskies.com/https://www.instagram.com/magneticskies/

Push the Boat Out 2025 runs 20th-23rd November 2025 with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music and art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms. With over 120 artists on board you can expect a packed weekend full of fresh voices, and stories and experiences that surprise, challenge and delight, all while capturing the messy, marvellous complexity of the world we share.Push The Boat Out is Scotland’s newest poetry and multi arts festival, with a growing year round programme and a strong community ethos. We spoke to Festival Director, Emma Collins, to find out more.Find out more at https://pushtheboatout.org/

Andy Reilly chats to JP of HeliconHelicon Bancamp: https://heliconglasgow.bandcamp.com/Helicon: https://www.heliconglasgow.com/bioInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heliconglasgow1/Andy Reilly: https://www.instagram.com/canorousoscillations/https://snackmag.co.uk/author/andy-reilly

Natalie Jayne Clark chats to artist and writer Taylor Strickland.https://taylorstrickland.co.uk/aboutTaylor Strickland Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylor.strickland.arts/Natalie Jayne Clark: https://www.instagram.com/natajayne/Taylor is a writer and artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. His poems, translations, and essays have appeared in various literary journals. He also publishes photography and records the odd song. In 2011, he received his masters in creative writing from the University of St Andrews, after which he tended bar all over Scotland, taught middle school in Tacoma, Washington, learned how to pour a mean saison at Brasserie Saint Somewhere in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and almost learned how to write SQL as a data analyst in Denver, Colorado. Currently a doctoral candidate in literary translation at the University of Glasgow, he works on the Jacobite poet and provocateur, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair. Bidh e a’ bruidhinn beagan Gàidhlig cuideachd!

Natalie Jayne Clark chats to Jack Hinks about his new concept album, Kintsugi, a homage to the Kübler-Ross stages of grief. They chat about his tour, his Angel of Rock distortion pedal, persevering in light of loss or regret, his special listening notes booklet, and deepening the writing process through improvisation.jackhinks.co.ukListen: https://jackhinks.bandcamp.com/album/kintsugiInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackhinksmusicNatalie Jayne Clark: https://www.instagram.com/natajayne/