See - it's not just me. Here's Bethan Elfyn at this year's BBC Masterclass saying exactly the same thing I keep banging on about. When you're hassling people to come and check out your music, for God's sake supply some kind of factual - and if possible interesting - information about yourself on your Soundcloud or Facebook page. Also, needless to say, on the BBC…
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THIS WEEK:WOODMAN STONE Woodman Stone lives in a cabin in the woods somewhere in the Leicestershire countryside. He makes wonderful unashamed pop music that comes with an inbuilt English Pop sensibility running through to its very core. This week see's the release of his album ‘Someone Else’s Dreams Will Fill Our Home’ and its a 14 track corker. He's a lovely fella is Woodman Stone ,a cheeky…
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Another week, another batch of brand, spanking new music. This weeks publicly picked Fresh Faves include the most eclectic mix of genre-defying pieces of music that you'll find on any what's hot list out there on the interweb and it's been a pleasure to delve a little deeper into each artists background. It seems the FOTN web is an ever expanding one, this week taking…
Read MoreFollowing on from my 2010 post about Alexis Korner's guitars and amps - and the 50th anniversary of Blues Incorporated at the Ealing Club last year - here's a BBC Radio 2 documentary that I made about the great man himself in 1999. The script concludes: Alexis was so much more than the eminence grise who launched a thousand bands or who brought World Music…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK:THE PAPER SHADES The Paper Shades are a Folk duo comprised of Sarah Dollar and Jon Rixon from Southern England. They deliver blissful understated harmonies & gentle guitar refrains that dance in & out of subtle rhythms and 'Light of the Day 'will have you swaying,dreaming & toe tapping all in one full swoop. (more…)
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This week our Fresh Faves are reviewed by Simon Poole from Silent Radio: Here we are again, it’s Monday and it’s time to give you the best of the best from last week’s music. I must admit that this week has been pretty easy on the writing up duties. This may be down to us raising the bar a little on the last lot of…
Read MoreToo much music, too little airtime... This week we decided to raise the bar a little and reduce the number of tracks presented on our listening post, to make the task a little easier for our readers. But here are another 14 tracks submitted this week - in a variety of styles - that also tickled my fancy, even though we didn't have room to…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: DUOLOGUE Duologue are a 5 piece based in London making cracking eletronica fuelled Pop music. This line up is:-Tim Digby-Bell (Vocals), Toby Leeming (Live programming & beats), Seb Dilleyston (Violin), Toby Lee (guitars), Ross Stone (Bass). They have just released their debut album, ‘Song & Dance’ and the single 'Push It' through Killing Moon Records. (more…)
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It's that time of the week again! Team Freshnet always gets excited on a Sunday evening, as we calculate and reveal your faves. In my day job, I take my responsibility of sourcing fresh, new talent very seriously, but I'm often confined to specific specialist genres. However, the last few weeks have seen me do away with my normal radio shows as I embark upon…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK :YOB yoB (with a capital B) is a Songer Singwriter from Hackney,London. For the whole of 2013 at the end of every month he will releasing a free piece of music. Limited to 200 downloads with the overall project being called the Year of the yoB. With songs that cover heartbreak, paternity leave, make-up and immoral support. #YearoftheyoB. (more…)
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