Probably the hottest young band in Norwich right now, Magnolia claim to produce an incoherent cacophony of noise particles floating through the dark and futile abyss, we know not where they come from, nor where their loyalty's lie. Shepherded by Norwich's electro pop queen, Gemma Cullingford, the band are about to release their debut single on Gemma's label, with an upcoming launch show at Voodoo Daddys on 17 May ...

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A fascinating conversation with Mary Lovett who talks us through her creative life from her musical childhood through to becoming a composer, singer and producer of driving electronica soundscapes underpinning ethereal vocals, designer of bonkers automata machines, maker of immersive shows, facilitator of community singing groups, mother of four, and a neurodivergent mature grown ass woman who’s not ready to shut up yet.

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Maria talks us through her journey, from growing up black in Norwich, through the bands The Incidentals, Girl In A Thunderbolt and Sink Ya Teeth, to her recent, critically acclaimed solo album Soft Cuts, which "twists and mutates it’s way through it’s influences, chewing up the sum of it’s parts and spitting out a groove-laden mash-up that nods to both 90s rave culture and Afro-futurism".

José McGill takes us on a journey from playing in his irascible father's band to forming Norwich roots music legends The Vagaband, known for their annual Midwinter Moonshine shows, among other things, including performing with youth orchestra, soundtracking a government information campaign, playing in all sorts of places, including a small island off Goa, only accessible at low tide, and most recently championing new kids on the Norwich roots music scene, Brown Horse.

The garage punk duo take a break on the Norwich leg of their extensive Summer of Punk tour playing flash gigs in town centres around the UK to talk about their journey from playing the Eaton Skate Park, via Downing Street to after parties for the likes of My Chemical Romance, with a an unequivocal message, best summed up by their tune Fuck The Tories.

Sean O'Neill, best known for promoting gigs under the name Ideal Surreal and co-author of recent book I'm Not From Here But It Feels Like Home: 20 Years Of LoFi In Norwich talks the glory years of Norwichcore, Mummy Where's The Milkman Records, and John Peel and Steve Lamacq appreciation of the scene, up to today's shifting sands of Norwich music venues, and why Great Yarmouth is the up and coming place for new music.

Benjamin of Venus Vinyl on Magdalen Street chats record and craft ale retailing in NR3, the Norwich music scene, the ups and downs of living the "High Fidelity" dream, why Record Store Day is both a blessing and a curse and the joy of selling an Ed Sheeran record to an Ed Sheeran lookalike, among many other things.

Norwich synth-pop and electronica artist Kiffie talks music, politics and mental health awareness, and everything that goes into writing, recording and producing his what Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music) described as sounding "like a long lost early 80s Depeche Mode”, and who Mat Smith of Electronic Sound Magazine described as “a talented and phenomenally productive artist... a remarkably fluid set of influences framing lyrics that carry an emotional sensitivity and worldly awareness”.