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
Staying in Spain this week, as promised. Again, from Al Radio Encendida 2025 – the 11 hour extravaganza of Contemporary Spanish music, bringing in a sampling of Indie, Singer-Songwriter – Hip-Hop and New Folk under one roof and broadcasting it all live from the stage by RNE Radio 3.
Bambara in session for Steve Lamacq at BBC 6 Music – recorded at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios on October 28, 2019 Bambara formed in 2007 in Athens, Georgia, and are currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The trio consists of twin brothers Reid Bateh (lead vocals, guitar) and Blaze
HotWax in session tonight – Recorded yesterday (March 10) for Steve Lamacq at BBC 6 Music and hot on the release of their much anticipated debut album, Hot Shock which came out on the 7th of this month. Needless to say, lots of promoting, lots of touring – lots of
– Blodwyn Pig in session – 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – The name may not ring too many bells, unless you were a longtime follower of Jethro Tull, and then it would all make sense. Blodwyn Pig was founded by Guitarist Mick Abrahams who, if fans remember, was a
