GANS tonight – in session for John Kennedy at Radio X – September 19th – Front Row Magazine has a few words to share about this duo – might give you a clue: Hailing from Birmingham, GANS is the electrifying duo made up of drummer Euan Woodman and bassist Tom Rhodes. Lifelong friends turned creative partners,
South Korean singer-songwriter Kim Sawol at the 2021 Reeperbahn Festival in Germany on September 23, 2021 and recorded for posterity by West German Radio. Kim Sawol debuted in 2014 with the extended play Secret, a collaboration with singer Kim Hae-won. The duo won Best New Artist and Best Folk Album the
Ride in session at Sveriges Radio P3 in Stockholm from November 13, 1990. Probably one of the most, if not the most influential bands to be part of the Shoegaze movement which started in the late 1980s. Ride’s first two albums, Nowhere (1990) and Going Blank Again (1992), have been
Digging through the vault tonight, unearthing gems I missed the past years. I came across this session by Cloud Control, recorded for Lauren Laverne’s BBC 6 Music program on September 17, 2013. No excuse why I didn’t run it twelve years ago – sometimes the onslaught of new sessions and
Nick Drake for a Monday night – featuring most all his sessions recorded for the BBC between the years 1969 and 1970. Since there is so precious little recorded by him, any session, demo or even home recording has been available in one form or another, almost since the time
The Bluetones – John Peel Session – August 4, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – The Bluetones tonight. Maybe a little overlooked and underrated to some, they were a very enjoyable band to listen to. They had a good long run and put out some great music between 1993 and
– Tin Machine – In Session for The BBC – BBC Radio 1 – 1991 – Tin Machine; short-lived, somewhat underrated, slightly overlooked but career rejuvenating for its front man, David Bowie. Put together at the spur of the moment in 1988, falling together effortlessly, David Bowie, along with Hunt
Atomic Rooster – In Session for Alan Freeman’s Saturday Rock Show – 1970 – BBC Radio 1 Atomic Rooster were a very interesting band, although they didn’t get the immediate response from the audience and critics they should have, and they didn’t receive any of the recognition they deserved in
Wandering around Music sites tonight, I ran across some German Indie by way of West German Radio. Power Plush are a relatively new band to the scene and are catching on with audiences in Europe. This from their Bandcamp site: Power Plush found each other in the Chemnitz music scene
Ending up the week in Madrid with another set from La Radio Encendida Festival in March of this year. Tonight it’s Mohama Saz, a four piece group who, like so much of what’s been going on of late; mashing up styles and genres. This time it works. Mohama Saz
