Buckingham New University in High Wycombe generously presented me with an honorary Phd last week. Pic shows yrs trly in borrowed finery with Vice-Chancellor Prof Ruth Farwell. It was surprising – not to mention deeply flattering – to follow the likes of Trevor Baylis, Terry Pratchett and Edwyn Collins in being honoured by the Faculty. [...]
“Would an artist only let people see half a canvas then expect them to buy the painting?” Jonny Taylor tweeted this morning: “One of my very best mates @edsheeran released his Album ‘+‘ today!! It’s a great day for UK music!! Go buy it now!! #nothingbutlove”. I’ve loved Ed Sheeran’s songwriting, stagecraft, hard work ethic and [...]
Was pleased and highly flattered to see that my song Glad To Be Gay has made it into Time Out’s list of 100 Songs That Changed History, amid VERY illustrious company indeed. Stravinsky’s Rite Of Spring ? Blimey. Click on the image above to go to the full list. The song also has a dedicated [...]
Tom Robinson on Green Man FM by Green Man Radio on Mixcloud PLAYLIST: LAZYBOY – Underwear Goes Inside The Pants THE STREETS – Weak Become Heroes HANNAH PEEL – Caitlin Deas Cruite Na Mbo (live) BISCUITHEAD & THE BISCUIT BADGERS – There’s Seaweed Under The Sofa THE BELLRAYS – They Glued Your Head On Upside [...]
Reblogged from by Generator on Tuesday 9th August 2011 Posted in Independent, Learning Zone, Major Labels, News A huge number of independent labels are in turmoil today after a fire at their distribution warehouse destroyed much of their stock in unprecedented rioting on the streets of London this week. Shocking footage throughout the early hours [...]
The battle of the sexes as depicted in this vivid and unsettling video by Bitter Ruin for their forthcoming single “Trust”. We first played the song after hearing it on their MySpace page in November 2008, but it’s now getting a full release - backed by a tour – on October 3rd, 2011. Full marks [...]
This week, in the run-up to the AIM Independent Music Awards this November I was asked to nominate the most pioneering UK Indie label founder and most inspirational Uk indie artist of all time. Before choosing it seemed wise to take soundings from my friends on Twitter and I duly threw out the question. There [...]
There’s a new BBC Music Showcase of my favourite performances from the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury 2011 online here. For more details on each artist – plus links to their own websites – see the list below. You can also hear audio of these tracks in my BBC Introducing show this coming Sunday morning [...]
Dear Tom After reading your ” how to send cds to radio stations” which I found a great help, I wanted to write and ask if you would listen to some of my music. I have just released an album of Urban Folk on iTunes and Amazon and am trying to promote it. Though it [...]
Last night during NowPlaying@6Music the fine blogger and friend of our show Andy Von Pip tweeted: “I saw Three Trapped Tigers live last week. I thought I was seeing Tigers That Talked & as such I was incredibly confused”. The band Tigers That Talked themselves weren’t surprised: “Haha” they tweeted back “we’ve had a silent [...]
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