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July 2023 Playlist
In 1987 I went with three friends to my first gig at Earls Court in London to see Peter Gabriel. I was certainly not dragged along but of the four of us school buddies, I think I was the only one who had not bought Gabriel’s then massive hit album ‘So’ and definitely did not… Read more
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26th June 2023
Eilen Jewell – Lethal Love Eilen has for a couple of decades now been one of the essential artists on the country scene who remains frustratingly outside of the mainstream. That might have something to do with the uncompromising purity in her rockabilly sound, she never sounds anything other than wholly true to who she… Read more
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19th June 2023
Oracle Sisters – Hail Mary This is another Fresh Juice 2023 offering from the Oracle Sisters album ‘Hydranism’, a record that is fast becoming one of my favourites of the year thanks to its effortless deployment of pop classicism. ‘Hail Mary’ is a great example of this, essentially a piano ballad of the type that… Read more
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12th June 2023
Melenas – Bang Scintillating new psych-pop to kick things off this week, these are Melenas who are a Spanish quartet who I first playlisted in 2020 when the track ‘Primer Tiempo’ caught my ear. They are set to release their third album in September entitled ‘Ahora’ on the Trouble In Mind label and it would… Read more
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5th June 2023
The Nude Party – Somebody Tryin’ To Hoodoo Me This weeks half dozen new music selections is taking a slight detour to reflect on some of the best live performances I have seen over the previous two months. In fact this weekend just gone was a highlight of the year thus far having attended the… Read more
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June 2023 Playlist
I went to see BC Camplight a couple of nights ago, the artist who kicks off this months playlist is touring his wonderful and rather well received new album ‘The Last Rotation Of Earth’ as a solo performer, the BC Camplight live experience reduced to a charismatic if rather troubled singer, a piano and a… Read more
