THIS WEEK: BOBBY WOTNOT Bobby Wotnot is an electronic musician/producer/remixer based in St Ives, Cornwall. It's fair to say I have known Bobby as part of the online music community we both frequent for a good - what - five years or so? We have yet to meet face-to-face but it's an enduring example of the power of internet that we have managed to maintain…
Read MoreTHIS 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 MoreI wanted to just drop a short line to say how pleased I am to see a band doing so well: a fine example to other's of how its possible to do it in my opinion. Stealing Sheep have been a long time favourite of Tom R, featuring many times on his BBC Introducing show - and alongside Tom I have had the pleasure of…
Read MoreEy oop chucks, how's your life? I thought I'd drop a line or two on the FOTN pages about a forthcoming album that is being given away as a gift. Yep, for free - no money, no empty promises, no love ya and leave ya... Just twenty individual artists and twenty individual songs that are as warm and welcoming as a toasty fire - like summer weather…
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