THIS WEEK:VINNY PECULIAR Vinny Peculiar is a songwriter/poet based in Manchester - with an acute pop music sensibility running through his work. It's as if he's logged all the best bits of 20th and 21st century UK culture, distilled them at Gas Mark 6 for a while, and then re-imagined them in the form of a shapely new song. There's something familiar and trusting in…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: MR BIRD Mr Bird is musician/DJ and producer Steve Bird - originally from Newcastle and now based in sunny Lisbon in Portugal. He has been co-running two record labels - Master Press Recordings and Heavy Duty Booty - and has just started a third - Fat Bird Sounds. Steve also has an album coming out early next year on BBE Records with UK…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK : GREG BLACKMAN Greg Blackman is a soul singer,songwriter & musician based in Colchester,Essex. As well as being an independent singer, songwriter and professional musician in his own right, GB also forms one half of 'The Paragons Of Goodness' with long-time friend & collaborator Nathan Wacey of Long Track Studios and works as a songwriter and vocalist with and for DJ Vadim, Nightmares…
Read MoreThis week: KEVIN PEARCE Kevin Pearce is a singer/songsmith of great potential from a ramshackle corner of Essex who makes wonderful heartfelt music that feels folk at its heart - yet has a great big dollop of pop sensibility flowing through its veins: It was not only Kevin's skill in writing a well turned-out tune that grabbed my ears and said "LISTEN Johnno!". It was…
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