Steve Kilbey, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of The Church has headed the Australian band since its formation in 1980. Releasing 25 albums throughout their career, the band was tapped for the Australian Recording Industry Association's Hall of Fame in 2010. Steve has also released over a dozen solo albums and is a prolific songwriter. The Church has landed on the U.S. singles charts on several occastions with "Under The Milky Way" garnering enormous international success. In our April of 2023 interview with Steve, multi-award winning program director Ray White talked in depth about The Church's latest album The Hypnogogue and the state of the music industry today. In our showcase segment, we feature a band that has had numerous Top 40 singles on the alternative rock charts - Blue October. Their latest album is Spinning The Truth Around - Part 2. Alternative music at its best from your friends at Classic Artists Today!
Keith Reid was best known as the co-founder of Procol Harum and their lyricist and songwriter. He's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the song "A Whiter Shade of Pale." Towards the end of his career, he led The Keith Reid Project, who released two albums, the last one titled In My Head. Keith passed away on March 23, 2023. Multi-award winning program director Ray White hooked up with Keith in April of 2009 to talk about his The Common Thread album, which included a highly-impressive group of singers including John Waite, Chris Thompson and Southside Johnny. His final release with Procol Harum was The Well's On Fire, in 2003.