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October 2021 Playlist
The Beatles story is arguably the most enduring in music history and it always seems to keep on giving. At the centre of it all was the creative partnership between Lennon and McCartney which was pretty much completely over by 1969. Following their bust up and subsequent 1971 song attacks on each other a truce… Read more
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Josienne Clarke
I’ll give you the bare bones of the low down on Josienne Clarke and invite you to dig deeper. She’s a singer songwriter who has risen to a respectable and acclaimed status, award winning even, as part of a traditional folk duo in which the relationship between herself and her partner turned dramatically sour and… Read more
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Nubya Garcia
It’s Proms season in England at the moment and, for all my interest in Classical music, the thing that has been a delight over the past few years is how major talent outside of the conventional Prom-like fields have been included. The pick this year has been a mesmerising set by the Jazz saxophonist Nubya… Read more
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Aaron Lee Tasjan
Aaron Lee Tasjan is not a new name to Fruit Tree Records, he registered on the radar at least three years ago with his own ear catching brand of cosmic Americana. Now though, he is really showing the roots of his musical excellence, to such a degree that with latest album ‘Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!’ even… Read more
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PM Warson
Here’s a new artist who absolutely has to be heard by record buyers who love that vintage Soul and R&B sound harvested by the likes of Nick Waterhouse, Eli Paperboy Reed or as heard on the funky Daptone label. PM Warson is very much cut from that same cloth and he has paid his dues… Read more
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September 2021 Playlist
This months cover star is Marizanne Kapp, a South African cricketer who really impressed during the first ever final of the women’s Hundred tournament this month. I thought it was a top drawer sporting spectacle really, no matter what all the Cricket purists might have to say. Kapp drove the Oval Invicibles to victory with… Read more
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