John Lees' Barclay James Harvest in conversation with Oldham Chronicle journalist Simon Smedley (Part 2 of 2)

AFTER looking at Barclay James Harvest’s glory years of the 1970s, 80s and 90s last week, today’s audio feature part two asks simply — what next for John Lees’s version of the band? Following the rather acrimonious split from Les Holroyd in the late 90s, Lees hooked up with ex-Off the Rails bassist Craig Fletcher and former Tony Auton and Lemonade drummer Kev Whitehead, then subsequently with keys wizard Jez Smith around 2009. Since then the melodic prog rockers have continued to tour the world — and in particular, Europe, where they are still massive. Listen to the band speaking exclusively to Oldham Chronicle music journalist Simon Smedley about just what's in store for 2017 and beyond.