Click on the link here for Audio Player: Los conciertos de Radio 3 – Maez – full session – 28_09_12 Ever since Mumford & Son quietly overwhelmed the Pop music scene, with their stripped-down, straight-ahead production and emphasis on acoustic rather than electric instruments, it has signalled something of an
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 2012_10_06-Rob da Bank_-Chapel Club – BBC Radio1_qrip Another band on the rise who have been getting good word of mouth going lately. Chapel Club have been around for a few years, but have undergone a direction change over the past two. Going
Taking a break this week from our perusal of French Radio transcriptions for another dose of Americana, this time by way of Roy Harris, a composer whose work and recognition have been pretty much limited down to one symphony of late – but a composer whose work needs serious revisiting
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Strypes – Live At BBC Maida Vale – Feb. 10, 2013 I found this hard to believe at first. The Strypes are an Irish four-piece, firmly in the retro-Hard Rock/Blues mold. Guitar legend Jeff Beck is a huge fan, and is
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 77 Bombay Street – Live At Eurosonic 2013 Back over to this months Eurosonic 2013 Festival in Holland, recorded by the venerable (and thorough) VPRO Radio Channel in Hilversum. A set by Swiss Alternative/Indie band 77 Bombay Street. I was under the
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Revolver – Le Mov’ Concert – Oct. 22, 2012 A side trip to Paris this weekend for a concert featuring Parisian Alternative/Indie band Revolver. Another European band that sings almost exclusively in English, Revolver have been together for a comparatively short time
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Mermonte – Live at Trans Musicales Rennes – Dec. 7, 2012 I’m noticing the Press are having a hard time putting this band in a category. Mermonte is a French ten-piece Progressive outfit based loosely on a lot of the Progressive bands
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Art Pepper – Live in Nice, France – 1980 Any one who is familiar with the story of Art Pepper knows what a brief and troubled career this brilliant musician had. Maybe not so much different than many others of his or subsequent
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Manfred Quartet in Concert – Nov. 20, 2012 Over to France this week, for the Dijon Auditorium Debussyades Series of concerts. This one features The Manfred Quartet in concert, recorded on October 7th of this year playing two works. Here’s what’s on
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Fernanda Takai – Intro Luz Negra Portuguese-Japanese singer Fernanda Takai is probably best known to most World Music collectors as the leader singer of the popular Brazilian Alternative band Pato Fu. In 2007 Takai released her first solo album and scored heavily
