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: Sixty years ago, almost to the day, America was muddling over the question “what’s happening to today’s youth?” – Crime was up, juvenile delinquency was up, unwanted pregnancies were up, drug and alcohol abuse were up, high-school drop-outs were up.
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: I originally ran this on my previous site a few years ago, but it seems as apropos now, maybe even more so, than it did then. There seems to be a resurgence in interest towards Folk Music of late. Perhaps
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The spirit of Psych and Space-pop is alive and well and melting minds in Barcelona these days. Stay have been around for a while, primarily making waves in their native Spain and in various pockets around the rest of Europe.
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: The 70s tonight. Silverhead were a brief foray into Glam by a band consisting of future luminaries Michael DesBarres and Nigel Harrison. Although they achieved a moderate amount of success, Silverhead didn’t last beyond 1974 when the group disbanded and
