31. The Session: New lease of life for Amys Ghost

32. Rising stars at Club Velocity's eighth anniversary gig

33. The Session: Hoosiers going it alone

So there they are, signing in at BBC Berkshire's reception – The Hoosiers.

34. The Session: Introducing at The Reading Festival

So, with the Reading Festival not that far off, I’m starting to get the usual flurry of emails from eager bands wanting to know how to get themselves on to the BBC Introducing stage.

35. The Session: Dead Mask Club

Alex Burrington and Martyn Edwards from Dead Mask Club are sitting before me and chatting affably about why they decided to change their band name and their sound.

36. The Session: Royal knees up at Club Velocity

37. The Session: Lost Boys

Of all the dreams a young band can have, recording an album on a Caribbean island surely has to be one of them.

38. The Session: The Handsome Family

Romance will be wafting through the air of South Street arts centre in Reading when The Handsome Family come to town.

39. The Session: Laidback Willy Mason

Willy Mason answers his phone with such a slow American drawl that the laidback accent is practically horizontal.

40. The Session: Pete and the Pirates

I’m led into a rather stuffy room backstage at Sub89 in Reading – Pete and the Pirates’ dressing room to be exact – to have a chat with the band before their hometown gig.