It was August 2008 back in the days when MySpace was still King that we first stumbled across Concrete (When We Were Invincible) by The October Game – a song of such aching emotional purity that it remains one of our all time Introducing classics. Everything about it was perfect – Luke WIlliams’ lovely yearning [...]
Fast, furious and with an echo of Pop Will Eat Itself at their agitrap finest.
OK – I was forwarded an email from Brian Eno this afternoon, asking people to circulate it as widely as possible. To declare an interest, I work for the BBC where the cynically-named Delivering Quality First cuts are about to take a bite out of my little corner of the world. So if this had [...]
On Thursday 3 February 2011 BBC Introducing hosted a unique event at two world famous studios, Abbey Road and Maida Vale, where 250 new musicians got an opportunity to hear from some of the biggest names in the industry – including established artists, record labels, managers, BBC DJs and many more. The list of experts [...]
Reblogged from Feeling My Age. An object lesson in How To Deliver A Dramatic Ballad… British acolytes from David Bowie to Marc Almond to Scott Walker to Bryan Ferry have all taken inspiration from the Belgian artist Jacques Brel, but none of them has ever come close to the original. Somehow when English people attempt [...]
Q: I’ve recently finished an album which is about to be released and I’d love your opinion. Could I send you a copy? A: Could you do us a favour and recommend your two favourite tracks to my show via tinyurl.com/recommendmusic – that way they’ll get logged and the whole programme team will be able [...]
Going through my stash of old tracks we’ve previously played on 6 Music Introducing, I came across this mysterious piece by the Portugese musician Joao Cabrita as part of his O Atlas project. The words are by the Welsh poet Kelvin Hayes, but delivered by Joao himself in this strange and slightly otherworldly performance, which [...]
At a party the other week Zoe Konez picked up a guitar, swiftly re-tuned it and performed this tune in front of a room full of gobsmacked people, me among them. Click play and hear it for yourself. Her percussionist Will Connor joined in with telepathic tightness, playing just one tiny hand-drum. A studio version [...]
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