Harvest of Highlights

  • September 2023 Playlist

    I have been watching the superb football based TV comedy ‘Ted Lasso’ this past week and have been loving it so much that I am already more than half way through all three seasons. As with all the best series, there are certain characters who are so well acted, written and realized that they become… Read more

  • 28th August 2023

    The Murlocs – Initiative I am heading off to the End Of The Road festival later this week for four days of cultural stimulation and so, this weeks Fresh Juice new music recommendations are plucked from the wide pool of musical acts I am looking forward to seeing over the next few days commencing with… Read more

  • 21st August 2023

    Iraina Mancini – What You Doin’ Pulling stylish influences from sixties soul, beat and freakbeat, Iraina is a woman out of time whose love of cool retro sounds goes deep but happily her influences are not so overwhelming that they prevent her from making stonking new sounds of her own. This is no mere pastiche,… Read more

  • 14th August 2023

    Selma French – Listen To The Kids OK so this is technically not a brand new record but Selma’s 2022 debut LP ‘Changes Like The Weather In The Mountain’ released on Grappa has flown far enough under my radar as to only come to my attention now. This live clip is a recent 2023 one… Read more

  • 7th August 2023

    Spellling – Under The Sun Back in 2021 I chanced upon the stunning third album by Spellling, the current performing identity of Chrystia Cabral, and it was a record that endured so much that year that I ended up writing about ‘The Turning Wheel’ and rating it as one of my albums of the year… Read more

  • August 2023 Playlist

    This months front cover image appeared on the front page of The Guardian a couple of days ago. It features a group of Kate Bush fans in Folkestone dancing to ‘Wuthering Heights’, dressed in homage to the artist as she appeared in the 1978 video for the hit single, on the occasion of Kate’s 65th… Read more