Melody’s Echo Chamber – Live At Primavera 2013, Barcelona Spain – May 25, 2013 – RNE Radio 3 One of the surprise hits at the 2013 Primavera Festival, Melody’s Echo Chamber. An engaging new band made more engaging by the enthralling voice and presence of Melody Prochet whose band it
Over to Brussels this week for a concert by The Accords Guitar Trio and featuring Croatian Guitar virtuoso Ana Vidovic. The concert was recorded by RTBF Musiq 3 in Brussels on April 27th of 2013 and part of the International Guitar Festival in Brussels. A wide-ranging program with music by
The Snuts – in concert at TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow and preserved for posterity by BBC Scotland on July 7, 2024 The Snuts released their first ‘proper’ single, “Seasons” in June 2018, described as ‘conventional in a much-needed and refreshing way’, a ‘total throwback to the last renaissance of alternative
Slowdive – Alive and well and living in the sound. Slowdive for this Lunch Hour – recorded live at BBK Bilbao, Spain on July 13, 2024 by RNE Radio 3. Slowdive, picking up where they left off after their 1995 hiatus to reunite in 2014, giving the audience a giant
XX in concert at Glastonbury 2017 for this lunchtime Thursday – recorded from the Pyramid stage by the venerable BBC 6 Music on June 23, 2017. The xx are from Wandsworth, London, formed in 2005. The band consists of Romy Madley Croft (guitar, vocals), Oliver Sim (bass guitar, vocals), Jamie Smith, also known as Jamie xx (beats, MPC, record production),
Changing it up a bit this afternoon. A set from the 2024 Glastonbury festival by rising star Nigerian Singer-Songwriter Ayra Starr, recorded by BBC 6 Music on June 29, 2024. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: Sarah Oyinkansola Aderibigbe , known professionally as Ayra Starr, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. She achieved mainstream
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
Over to Barcelona this weekend for a 2010 performance by NEU! from Primavera Sound – recorded on May 29, 2010 by Radio Nacional España. NEU! is Michael Rother – who co-founded the original NEU! in 1971 with Klaus Dinger. During that time it has become Ground Zero for much of
Ending out the week with a taste of Americana via Real Estate at The Pitchfork Festival in Chicago from July 15, 2012. Real Estate is from Ridgewood, New Jersey. They formed in 2008. The band is currently based in Brooklyn, New York, and consists of Martin Courtney (vocals, guitar), Alex
Tuesday Lunch hour with Throwing Muses – one of the bands that renewed my faith in contemporary music from the 80s onwards. They are here in this RNE Radio 3 broadcast, performing at the Primavera Sound Festival on May 29, 2009 and in stellar form. Throwing Muses is chiefly Kristen
