Billy Sloan

A music journalist and broadcaster alongside the likes of John Peel, Billy Sloan has interviewed Bruce Springsteen, Cher, David Bowie, Keith Richards and so many more. After becoming a music journalist in 1977, he has since worked as the Showbusiness Editor of The Sunday Mail and has written about music for several newspapers including The Daily Record, The Sunday Post, The Sunday Times, The Daily Express, The Evening Times and The Glasgow Herald. Billy was awarded a Tartan Clef by Nordoff Robbins for his contribution to the music industry and became the first journalist to be inducted into the Barrowland Hall of Fame. As a broadcaster he hosted a ground-breaking alternative new music show for Radio Clyde for 23 years and currently hosts his own show for BBC Radio Scotland.

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