BBC Radio Ulster Single of the Week

Following our recent success achieving B List on BBC Radio 2 (yeay!) we are also being championed, over in Northern Ireland, by Alan Simpson on BBC Radio Ulster!

This is great news – and then it gets better when he requests that we do an interview with him! This aired on his afternoon show on Wednesday 15th Feb. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007cpty

To make things easy a live stream was set up locally (for us) from the BBC Studio in Birmingham’s Mailbox.

We arrived on Valentine’s Day afternoon, dressed in new clothes! It was just me (Lesley-Marie) and Matthew as all four of us wouldn’t fit in the studio.

Following a short wait at reception we were taken upstairs to the smallest tiniest box room we have ever seen. Myself and Matthew are both pretty tall, so we quickly understood why only the two of us were asked to go along.

With a microphone, two sets of headphones and some wires to accompany us, we were left alone. We waited with anticipation for BBC Ulster to dial in at 13:30. It got to 13:35 and still nothing…………. Then, the phone rings…

I answered, “Hello, the Musgraves speaking how can I help?”

It was the producer of the Alan Simpson show, who was surprised to be speaking direct to the band! Something had gone wrong and the studio live link wasn’t working. We desperately called various numbers listed on the phone as “technical help”, trying to get on air!

After 5 or 10 minutes we looked at each other as it dawned on us that there were no lights on. Surely a live link to a studio across the Irish Sea wouldn’t work without lights on any of the equipment?! In fact, none of the equipment was even switched on.

A ‘technical’ man lurking around the door said – “Hello, can I help?”
“We don’t think it’s turned on…………..”
“Oh yeah, you’re right!”, says the man. He flicks a switch right near the door and BOOM. Lights, camera (although it’s the radio), action.

“Ring ring!” It’s Alan Simpson! FINALLY!!!

We had a great giggle with the Alan, who was so welcoming and really friendly! We discussed our music, our influences, Cara Dillon, The Graham Norton Show and the stolen Glockenspiel. Overall the interview went really well.

Thank you BBC Radio Ulster and Alan Simpson for all the support, we hope to meet you in person sometime soon.

The show link won’t last for long so check it out now!

Much love, Lesley-Marie xx