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November 2026 Playlist
One of the notable releases from this past month has been the latest album by Richard Thompson, ‘Hippies Thugs And Heroes.’ As always with Richard, the release was administered with only a moderate fanfare, nothing anywhere near the level of excitement an artist of his talent and importance should receive. That he will soon be… Read more
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The Cats Miaow – When You Smiled And Turned Away
The art of less is more, of deliberately working from a minimal palate and resisting the temptation to over embellish, is something that can be surprisingly powerful when executed with panache. The music of The Cats Miaow plays like a study in this exact style; they are on the face of it committed to a… Read more
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Hannah Gill – I Like The Sunrise
It begins with a gentle rustle, speedily developing into an erupting rumble before instantly exploding to life, the first rays of light breaking through with warmth, brightness and fresh spirit. I am speaking of the centrepiece to this album and also the title track, ‘I Like The Sunrise.’ The song encapsulates everything this new jazz… Read more
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Death Valley Girls – Welcome To Earth
Opening with the explosive title track, this latest from the Death Valley Girls parachutes the listener straight into a world of chaos and confusion. The song is a spinning maelstrom of sound, a hurricane of noise breaking through with a fanfare of brass atop twisted guitar slices, spitting out kneading saxophone phrases, echoing rhythmic pulses,… Read more
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New Mix: Fruit Tree Records – The Fruit Cellar Vol. 6
Welcome to the sixth instalment of our ‘Fruit Cellar’ Mixcloud show, this is the one that takes a random selection of some classic and some obscure selections from the Fruit Tree Records collection. Just like the Fresh Juice shows, the genres are a mixture but unlike those new music mixes, these ones cast the net… Read more
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Sid Griffin Interview
When I caught up with the musically eclectic, eyes and ears still wide open, renaissance man Sid Griffin at this summer’s Ely Folk Festival, he was briefly revisiting the Coal Porters section of his musical wardrobe. Admitting that over “seventeen years we went at it pretty hard,” they were tempted by the timing of Ely… Read more
