So here are the questions, enjoy it.
How did you get into the music business, I know you had a Stage Lightening Company first, with Andy. But you're also involved in other bands?
AG: It has been a bit of a sandwich, really. I started off in music performance, took a few years off from that while I was studying and involved in production (lighting and sound engineering) and then, happily, have moved back to performance, arranging, teaching and writing.
NG: Why did you choose for playing a flute?
AG: The flute was a natural progression from recorder at school. I loved playing recorder, solo but particularly ensemble, but it wasn't taken seriously enough by many people. I went back to playing recorders in the Redforde Early Music Consort before I went to uni.
NG: Do you've a affection to bands with a flute, such as Jethro Tull or our Dutch Focus/ Thijs van Leer?
AG: Of course!
NG: Who are your main influences?
AG: In my playing I guess of course IA and TvL but only in the last 8 years, before that James Galway and David Munrow.
NG: What are you listening right now?
AG: Right now I'm listening to The Beekeeper, Tori Amos' new album. It's about the 100th time I've heard it. I haven't been like this about an album since I was at school! I know it's a cliche but it IS the sound-track to my summer. Before I got The Beekeeper I was very enthusiastic about With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails. Brilliant. (Hasten to add: Still waiting with bated breath for the rumoured and long awaited Kate Bush album).
NG: Is there time to go to a gig or to the cinema? Which band / movie did you see this year?
AG: I don't think I've been to the cinema since Troy. I work at a music venue part-time so see about 3 bands-a-night, 3 nights-a-week. The night after the Astoria show, Heather, Chris W & I went to Manchester to see Tori Amos. I could go on about that gig all day... but suffice to say she was awe-inspiring!
NG: Do you have other occupations besides music?
AG: As I said, I work at the music venue in York 2 or 3 night-a-week when we are \ at home. I love it there, the people are great and the shows are so enormously varied. I've learnt so much from the artists who pass through there.
I enjoy Yoga and I read a lot. I also have an interest in Wicca but at the moment I choose to spend most of my spare time playing music.
NG: Do you enjoy yoga on your own or do you enjoy it with your friends like Heather?
AG: Both.
NG: Wicca, so you're a free time witch? What do you do you lay down Tarot, do you make horoscopes, astrology, or do you delude interviewers, or ..?
AG: HAHA! Tarot...
NG: What excatly does it mean, doesn't Wicca is also a way of living with a lot of respect for nature and learn to listen to the nature, your body and use it?
AG: I couldn't have said it better myself.
NG: Iain, Heather and Bryan, write the songs and the lyrics, when they come into the studio with the whole band, are the songs complete? Or is it more a band decision how the finally version sounds?
AG: Whoever wrote the song decides how it sounds.
NG: Do you play keyboards, recorders at Heartlive?
AG: Live, yes, in the studio I played the recorders and sang backing vocals.
NG: "They've left the Celtic edge what was so characteristic for their first three albums. And so there isn't much room for Angela and her amazing flute, and that is a lost I think, because I like her playing extremely well. " (part of the review)
What is your opinion about this, is your role changing from flute to extra keyboards?
AG: The thing I respect about Mostly Autumn is that the music is the most important thing. There is exactly as much flute on Storms as was needed for the songs. I love the lines I play in the new material. As a musician I am consciously evolving into keyboard playing singer alongside my recorder and flute playing so I love the variety and that I can contribute to the live show in so many ways.
I disagree that the celtic edge is 'left', I just think it's more subtile. I'm busier in the show now than I have ever been.
Outside of MA I am playing more flute than ever before and loving it!
NG: Which song is your favourite? And why?
AG: Tricky question. Favourite to perform generally: Simple Ways, the emotion, the dynamics... much the same goes for Mother Nature. I love singing with Heather and feel very close to the songs Shrinking Violet and Heart Life. I have always loved The Last Bright Light. Anything from The Lord of the Rings, especially my husbands favourite, On Wings of Gwahir. I'm likely to play Hollow if I'm listening alone.
I'm cheating now, aren't I?
NG: I don't dare to say you're cheating, I've a lot of respect for witches ;-) And no you don't.
Do you want to add something?
AG: I'd like to thank all the people who have made the journey so far with Mostly Autumn so enjoyable. I write this 2 weeks before our trip to NL and the love and support we receive there make the shows and the whole trip a wonderful experience. I can't wait!

Thank you
Take care
Angela Gordon