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At this past Stag & Dagger festival in Glasgow, we sat down with The Joy Formidable for a short interview talking about their origins in Wales, their debut release A Balloon Called Moaning, and what's planned for the future!

These guys have got a great, unique pop-rock sound that is sure to win over many in the next coming months, so catch 'em here FIRST at standrewsradio.com!

In the run up to a St Andrews Festival and a St Andrews student production of his first work, Gagarin Way, STAR met up with the award winning Scottish Playwright Gregory Burke to discuss his work, career and Scottishness. With his most acclaimed work to date, Black Watch, recently listed as a cultural landmark of the last decade Burke gives an insight into the inspiration, politics and human instincts that have driven his plays and ensured their success around the world.

Over the late November weekend of the St Andrews Festival, the STAR News Team got exclusive interviews with the organizers behind some of the best events the celebration had to offer. We spoke to Alison Jones, the artistic creator of the Wildfire show; Dr David Martin-Jones, a professor from the Film Studies department who launched a book on Scottish cinema; Ross Ashton, the designer who did the son et lumiere short films and light installations;
Gaita, a Medieval music band; and Jonathan Durie, director of the student production of Gagarin Way

Last week, Inklight came in to the STAR studios to read some original works and play some quality tunes. If you missed the special when it aired live, now you can download the podcast.