Steve Coats-Dennis

Steve Coats-Dennis

Alison Moyet's Media Manager since 2007. Cannot pronounce "Moyet" properly

Appears in 41 Episodes

Episode 20 - Wishing You Were Here

It's the halfway point of the 40 Moyet Moments. Steve Coats-Dennis asks Alison Moyet for the inspiration behind the song Wishing You Were Here, the second single from ...

Episode 21 - This House

Alison Moyet discusses a song that has become a real fan favourite over the years - This House! And responds to the rumour that has surrounded the song...

Episode 22 - The album, Essex

Alison Moyet chats about the challenges to release her fourth solo album Essex. With her trademark brutal honesty, Alison discusses being friendless at Sony, recording...

Episode 23 - Falling

In Episode 23 of Moyet Moments, Alison reveals the unusual motivation to the song Falling - as well as explaining what it's like to forget her words onstage. 

Episode 24 - Whispering Your Name

Chatting to Steve Coats-Dennis about Whispering Your Name, Alison Moyet discusses why she loves the song, what she thinks of the remixes of the 1990s and reveals some ...

Episode 25 - Blue

In the twenty-fifth Moyet Moment, Alison Moyet discusses her song Blue, a track that became the theme tune to the BBC TV series 'Playing The Field', and her love for S...

Episode 26 - The End of the Sony Era

Having released four solo albums with them, Alison Moyet's relationship with her record label reach an all-time low as they stop taking her calls. 

Episode 27 - Chicago The Musical

Unable to record because of the impasse with her label, Alison Moyet finds work in the unlikeliest of places - the West End stage. In one of the first examples of so-c...

Episode 28 - The album, Hometime

In Moyet Moment 28, Alison's impasse with her then-record label is broken and finally there is an opportunity to release her fifth solo studio album, Hometime. 

Episode 29 - The album, Voice

Bruised from the effort to get her Hometime album released, Alison wants a moment just to sing. Moyet Moment 29 explores Alison Moyet's sixth solo album, Voice. 

Episode 30 - Smaller The Play

Alison Moyet chats to Steve Coats-Dennis about her return to the West End stage with Smaller: from working with Dawn French and being directed by Kathy Burke to writin...

Episode 31 - The album, The Turn

Alison Moyet chats with Steve Coats-Dennis about her seventh solo studio album, The Turn - the "album that got away". She explores how an album full of good songs can ...

Episode 32 - Yazoo Reconnected

It was the reunion that no-one saw coming - Alison Moyet reveals how she and Vince Clarke reformed as Yazoo for the 2008 Reconnected tour, her memories of the tour and...

Episode 33 - My Robot Friend

Alison Moyet discusses the song Waiting, her 2010 single with electronic musician My Robot Friend - as well as chatting about how musical collaborations with her can h...

Episode 34 - Rare and Obscured

Moyet Moment #34 explores the three-show run which Alison played in October 2012 at Ronnie Scott's in London - where she explored the less-examined parts of her back c...

Episode 35 - When I Was Your Girl

Moyet Moment #35 explores the minutes' first single When I Was Your Girl as well as diversions into radio playlisting, Top of The Pops, Neil Tennant and social media.

Episode 36 - The album, the minutes

Moyet Moment 36 explores Alison's 2013 album, the minutes: her first collaboration with producer Guy Sigsworth, how a record deal was forfeited and the joy of the reco...

Episode 37 - Changeling

Episode 37 explores Changeling, a single from the minutes album - its inspiration, how it was created and the song's striking video.

Episode 38 - The album, Other

Moyet Moment #38 sees Alison Moyet discussing her ninth solo album, Other, the times she has felt other and advice to anyone struggling with their own sense of otherness.

Episode 39 - The Concorde 2 gig

In 2022, Alison Moyet played a relatively impromtu gig at the Concorde 2 in Brighton. For Moyet Moment #39, Steve Coats-Dennis asks about how that particular gig came ...

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