This week's free downloadable BBC Introducing Mixtape features tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader by LAISH, ALBERT JONES, ASTRALUNA, HASHTAGOBI, FEDERATION OF SALVATION, CAMERON A G, JULIE ANNE McCAMBRIDGE, ELF & STACY, MIKE VASS, JANGLE, FAUNA TWIN, TRADEMARK BLUD, BRYDE, PERFECT MACHINE, THE BOOKSHOP BAND, CELLARSCAPE and DEMENTIO13 handpicked by Tom Robinson. The BBC Introducing Mixtape is a 60 minute radio show broadcast on BBC…
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Today's guest blog post comes from Stephen Gilchrist of Brixton Hill Studios and founder of new label Brixton Hillbilly Records. "...tracks arrive hotfooted from Brixton Hill Studios – perhaps the funkiest creative hub to be found anywhere in South London." Tom Robinson - BBC 6music Not our words, but the words of hero and musical mentor Tom Robinson. What a brilliant endorsement to get -…
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These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and are reviewed this week by guest writer Max Pilley - who writes for such websites as Silent Radio and Treble - and hosts his own blog at findingmyedge.wordpress.com. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. AKO - Nightforest How appropriate for the first track on a playlist released…
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This week's free downloadable BBC Introducing Mixtape features tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader by SONS OF NOEL+ADRIAN, STRANGER STRANGER, ECHOS, MOTOR TAPES, LA SALAMI, GEORGIA RUTH, RIIB, STOP THE WHEEL, DANIEL LAND, LEON HEART, YOWL, A LOVELY WAR, GEORGE MONTAGUE, SIAN CROSS and RAPHAEL DOYLE handpicked by Tom Robinson. The BBC Introducing Mixtape is a 60 minute radio show broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music from…
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Regular visitors to The Listening Post may well be familiar with Folkstock Records, a prolific boutique label well known for championing new, acoustic folk and roots music. It's a testament to the excellence we've come to expect from them that their artists frequently make it through to the Fresh Faves, including Sera who appeared in Bobby's reviews of batch 212 - but rock? That would…
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These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by recent Fresh On The Net recruit Sharon Pearce this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. DANIEL LAND - New York Boogie-Woogie Daniel Land, originally from Devon, is a solo artist currently living in London. An experienced artist, previously fronting Manchester based Daniel Landing…
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Fresh On The Net's Rob Ball interviews London based band The King's Parade about the finer points of going full time. Being a long time watcher of up-and-coming acts, and having seen bands decide to go all-in and make music full time, I’ve often wondered what it’s really like. When earlier this year I put up one of my weekly work 'Because it’s Friday' playlists,…
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This week's free downloadable BBC Introducing Mixtape features tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader by AKA GEORGE, LEADER, RUTH THEODORE, HUMOR, DA VILLAGE WOES, RUTH OWENS, EVERY KID KNOWS, JAMES DEY, TIJUANA & STUART ROBIN, JOSEPH MOTT, LOUISE GOLBEY, TREV GIBB, TO BEAR SIR, HUNTSMAN, FAITH ELIOTT and OSCAR JEROME handpicked by Tom Robinson. The BBC Introducing Mixtape is a 60 minute radio show broadcast on BBC…
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These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and are reviewed here by long-standing Fresh On The Net devotee, Derval McCloat, this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. DA VILLAGE WOES - Lend Me Some Sleep Oddly enough, this could have been my mantra at 4am this morning when having been woken up by…
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Palestine Music Expo 2017
This email arrived today from Martin Goldschmidt - the founder and chairman of legendary UK indie label Cooking Vinyl "Last November I went to Israel for the first time to see the industry showcase Tune In Tel Aviv. Jeremy from Tune in Tel Aviv kindly also hooked me up with some Palestinian musicians who took me around the West Bank. We met their fellow musicians…
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