Photo and text from Mind Out for Mental Health‘s 1 in 4 project, 2002. One way of looking at mental health problems is as a gap between the way we view the world internally and the way we experience it externally. If there’s too big a gap we get into trouble. I went to a co-ed boarding school in the 60s and fell in love…
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THIS WEEK:PAUL MOSLEY Paul Mosley is a musician/composer & so much more based in London, Leeds and Hartlepool. I first heard Paul's new album ' A Chattering of Birds' a few weeks ago and was instantly smitten.It is truly a fantastic album & is full of glorious songs,I haven't liked an album as much as this one in ages-Folkwit Records are on a mega roll atm,delivering…
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-ROB MARR Rob Marr is a singer/multi instrumentalist based in Brockley, South East London. What is it about Rob's music that is so damn listenable? Quirky offbeat beats,rhymes & vocals? Maybe but quirky is a tag that has a habit of following you around when you are not so easily defined as a musician so I won't put that one on Rob. Is it the…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK:CHRISTA VI Christa Vi is an Australian / German Singer Songwriter, based in East London. Christa first came to my attention when her lovely song 'Small way through' (see below) was voted by you dear FOTN readers/listeners onto Batch 29 of the Fresh Faves. And put simply,what's not to like about this gorgeous piece of synth folk? As I put it in the Fresh…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: THOMAS McCONNELL Thomas is a singer/songwriter from Liverpool. Thomas was chosen by you dear FOTN regulars for Fresh Faves week 16 with his song 'So long, Souvenirs'(see below) a blissed out Liverpool infused beaut of a song full of mouth clicks, reverbed-up organs and 60?s psychedelic overtures. Thomas wears his 60's influences on his sleeve,his Liverpool roots in his voice and his ties in…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: JAY STANSFIELD Jay Stansfield is a singer/musician from Lancashire making lovely left of centre music that seems to be neither pop, folk or rock but a little of each (and that's a good thing in my book). I was meant to see him play last month at one of Battery In Your Leg's fine gigs alongside The Big I Am and Port Isla but life wouldn't…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK : MYLITTLEBROTHER Based in Carlisle mylittlebrother is Will Harris (when recording) plus a group of interchanging people (when playing live). I've really liked the music Will and others make as mylittlebrother ever since early August - when NoseDive was submitted to our Listening Post and subsequently voted by the public into that week's Fresh Faves. It was the initial echoes of Tunng that…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: PORT ISLA Port Isla are a folk-rock four-piece based in Norwich and London. They were formed by Will Bloomfield last year when he enlisted fellow UEA students Stanley Spilman and Henry Kilmisterand - and the lineup was finally completed with the arrival of Will Olenski. The band first came to our attention here at Fresh On The Net when they submitted their wonderful…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: WIM OUDIJK Wim Oudijk is a singer, musician, composer and producer from The Netherlands. I've known Wim for a fair few years now; we met in the halycon days of MySpace and have continued to collaborate on all sorts of projects - although it always surprises people that we have yet to meet face to face. The power of the internet, eh! Wim…
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