An Alternative Playlist of tracks that have caught my fancy in our dropbox over recent weeks. The fact is that there’s far more interesting music being made than than we can possibly fit on our Listening Post – and even my BBC Introducing Mixtape only features an hour of music every week. So here’s a more »
Our latest Listening Post is ready for your enjoyment this weekend… Why not take a break, make a cup of tea, put your feet up and have a nice relaxing listen to these 30 handpicked tunes. Then share your five favourites with the rest of us in a comment and pass on your feedback to more »
Our Fresh Faves are reviewed this week by Jim Craigen from AlternativeFriday.com. Although it was a bumper week for discovering new music, discovering anything about the artists who made it proved a lot harder. Time and again Jim found himself wishing bands would read our advice on How To Write A Band Biog… Thirty excellent more »
This week’s Fresh Faves were chosen by genuine readers of our Listening Post over the weekend and are reviewed here by Team Freshnet’s Nico Franks: It’s a Bank Holiday Monday, so whether you’re prepping the garden for a BBQ, doing the DIY or waiting for the sun to eventually come out, here is the perfect more »
Download or subscribe to Tom’s BBC Introducing Mixtape Every Sunday night/Monday morning on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader in an hour-long music mixtape. Some of the tunes are recommended by BBC friends and colleagues, others are handpicked by me more »
Earlier today at Liverpool Sound City, I chaired a discussion panel on funding options for musicians and songwriters entitled Money And How To Get It. It featured Joe Frankland from Generator, Laura Whitticase from the PRS For Music Foundation and our very own Chris Bye wearing his hat as an employee of Arts Council England. more »
After a big break in our Six Degrees section I am back with another group of new releases of our Fresh On The Net bands. Today we are opening our section with the new video by Liverpool band Vasco da Gama. The video was released on April 29 and it is taken from the EP more »
This week’s Fresh Faves are reviewed by special guest Andy Von Pip from The Von Pip Musical Express: Hello! Thought I’d better quickly introduce myself, I’m Andy from the Von Pip Musical Express Blog. We’ve been around for about five years and spend most of our waking hours immersed in new music! We’re based in more »
Download or subscribe to Tom’s BBC Introducing Mixtape Every Sunday night/Monday morning on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader in an hour-long music mixtape. Some of the tunes are recommended by BBC friends and colleagues, others are handpicked by me more »
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Guest rant by Robin Millar Robin is a musician who has conquered blindness to become a world famous record producer with over 150 gold, silver and platinum discs to his credit – not to mention 55 million record sales. He was made a CBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours. He has contributed this post to more »