ALEX HIGHTON - I Left The City A longstanding favourite artist here at FOTN, it's no surprise that this Alex Highton classic proved so popular with readers at the weekend. For those who missed his Prick'n'Ding feature last August, Alex grew up in Liverpool, spent a decade in London, then decamped with his family to rural Cambridgeshire. What he found was "an England he didn't…
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THIS WEEK : LIZ LAWRENCE Liz Lawrence is a singer/songtress based in East London. Songs come to you in lots of different ways,through the radio,YouTube,Soundcloud,from friends suggesting them,family members discarding them or a thousand other ways. We are very lucky on Fresh On The Net to have songs come to us through our Soundcloud Listening post so we can then ask you dear readers/listeners to have a…
Read MoreBad news for the many fine young Welsh artists currently singing lyrics in their own language, such as Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog (above). A BBC-wide directive has just been issued with immediate effect, stating that no more Welsh Language music can be played on air until further notice: This e-mail is being widely circulated across the BBC in order to ensure that the BBC does not…
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Ruth Kilpatrick (A&R/Content Creator at Amazing Radio) Here at Fresh On The Net we're all about promoting new music to the masses. It's something that we're passionate about. But we're not alone in feeling that way. There are plenty of others out there working tirelessly to find the next big thing, push the best emerging artists and develop new talent. So, for a new year…
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THE OTHER WOMAN: why 2013 is for the girls
[caption id="attachment_8812" align="aligncenter" width="576"] BBC Sound of... poll winners Haim[/caption] It’s high time we here at The Other Woman stood on our soapbox (er, beer crate) and triumphantly punched the air. It seems 2013 truly is the year of women in pop. Some will scoff at this statement and cite the last ten years as an excellent decade for women in music but that is…
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