musings on music and stuff
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2012
Led by the charismatic Yolanda Quartey and featuring Massive Attack collaborator Stew Jackson amongst their ranks, this Bristol five-piece have just released their second album, In The Pines, follow up to their self-titled 2008 debut. With Yolanda’s powerful, soulful, deeply impressionistic voice allied to some memorably melodic songs, Phantom Limb have developed a cult following [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2012
The original lead singer with Ultravox (they were initially known as Ultravox! but dropped the exclamation mark…) before being replaced by Midge Ure in 1979, John Foxx aka Dennis Leigh embarked on a solo career in 1979, whilst pursuing a parallel career in graphic design and education. A truly seminal figure in the pioneering musical [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2012
The great thing about 70′s UK Soul pioneers Kokomo is that their reputation as one of the finest ‘groove’ units ever to come out of this country has remained largely intact. Unlike rather better known contemporaries and touring mates, Kokomo’s status hasn’t been devalued by playing endlessly as something of a tribute to themselves with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2012
Earlier this year Michael Kiwanuka was announced as number one in the prestigious BBC Sound Poll of 2012. The previous winners since its inception in 2003 have been 50 Cent, Keane, The Bravery, Corrine Bailey Rae, Mika, Adele, Little Boots, Ellie Goulding and Jessie J. So, as a guide for future success, the poll has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 19th, 2012
Tracks from Michael Kiwanaku, Phantom Limb, Howler, Band of Skulls, fDeluxe, Dear Reader and others Radio Reverb Show 12 January 2012 by Jeff Hemmings on Mixcloud
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 6th, 2012
This is Brighton from Caleb Yule on Vimeo.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 9th, 2011
Interviews with John watts (Fischer-Z) and photographer Daniel Meadows plus tracks from Laura Marling, Dear Reader, Turin Brakes, Seth Lakeman… Radio Reverb Show 8 December 2011 by Jeff Hemmings on Mixcloud
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 6th, 2011
The former musical partner and lover of Damien Rice has most decidedly established herself as a singer songwriter in her own right, her second album Passenger even better than her superb debut See Saw, which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Featuring a seven-piece band that included the acclaimed singer songwriter John Smith, Hannigan [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 5th, 2011
Rarely has an artist been the brunt of so much opinion and controversy; oscillating between exalted status to that of gutter trash, Amy Winehouse must be one of the most mis-understood artists of recent times – her ‘problems’ revealing a worryingly high degree of castigation and lack of tolerance amongst mere mortals…. Her popularity and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 2nd, 2011
With Larkin Poe live in the studio, tracks from Field Music, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Fionn Regan, Cardinal, Forest Fire etc Radio Reverb 1 Dec 2011 by Jeff Hemmings on Mixcloud
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