Click on the link here for Audio Player: Diving into more Retro tonight, this time by way of Spain. Dry Martina is a combination funk/retro/Spanish-Pop/Soul/Swing and a taste of Louis Prima headed up by singer Laura Insuasti-Malaga. The end result is a tasty, luxuriant blend, enhanced by some
Click on the link here for Audio Player: More festivals and more new acts tonight. Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs are a recent signing by the indie label Heavenly Records (who’ve been signing a lot of great acts recently) and their appearance at the London Calling 2013
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Definitely up-and-comers tonight. Telegram have been together less than a year – their appearance on The Marc Riley Program over BBC6 Music marked their third appearance anywhere. They won’t even start recording their first album until next month, and already
Click on the link here for Audio Player: One of the bands you probably won’t be hearing live, this festival season. Doves have been on hiatus since 2010, laying low and letting their music speak for itself. Together since 1998, Doves have had a good run so far.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Yet another sad passing to report. News today of the passing of Doors co-founder and author Ray Manzarek at 74 from a long bout with Cancer in Germany took a lot of people by surprise, me included. Despite reports coming
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Slight change of pace tonight. Pop with Indie leanings from Mexico City by way of Madrid in the form of Natalia Lafourcade. Recorded in session for the Conciertos de Radio 3 program on RNE Radio 3 in Madid, May 17,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Heyerdahl are a new band, less than a year old. But in that short period of time they’ve managed to garner a lot of favorable reviews and some genuine excitement for this Norwegian import. From their very first gig in
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Festival season is roaring along. This week from Brussels, Belgium and the Nuits Bontanique Festival 2013. Tonight it’s a set by Belgian Indie/Alternative/proto-Psych band Vismets, recorded on May 8th during the homegrown portion of the festival. Vismets have been
Become a Patron! Tonight one of those bands that had fiercely loyal fans or loudly damning detractors. Not soliciting that kind of reaction over here, they were moderately successful and enjoyed a good relationship with their American label Elektra until their extended hiatus, which began in 2006. One of the
Click on the link here for Audio Player: A very busy weekend, with two large festivals taking place simultaneously but in different parts of the world. Jazz Fest in New Orleans was heading into Week Number 2 with non-stop bands (and non-stop rain from the sounds of it),
