Great new music from independent labels and artists all around the world

Shades of blue this week with something for the purist and a couple of tracks that lead the blues off in interesting directions.
We’ve got news of CMJ – of particular interest to artists. So if you’re thinking you might try for an official spot this …

An interesting blend of blues and electro-swing, jazz and rock with a special guest and another guest joining us to mark to fact that two of your favourite music podcasts are each 8 years old this week.
The theme of the show could be based around …

A good showing from Brooklyn this week along with Italy, Cambridge, here in the UK, Santa Fe, Argentina and Nashville gaining a decent toe hold.
We’ve got new about the UK’s most important festival of independent music and I’ll be pointing you to a mainstream radio …

This week we’ve got a couple of remarkable tracks from men who are actually serious about their singing. This is about as far as male voices get from boy-bands; although frankly as far as I’m concerned, nowhere is far enough away.
With tracks from LA, New …

A selection of interesting music for you this week which is, in parts a little reflective. Particularly in the context of the recent death of Benjamin Curtis. We’ve six thoroughly worthwhile tracks from New York, Lyon, Paris and Melbourne.
We’ve also got a brief step back …

The first SnC of the new year and another variation from the standard show. In fact, I wonder if there is a standard show any more!
This week we’re got features on two very interesting international record labels-ish as well as a great selection of fine …

Those of us in the northern hemisphere mark the passing of winter solstice on Saturday, the shortest day and longest night of the year. I hear there’s something happening next week too but I’ll stick with the solstice which is proven to be true.
The music …

Old, new and even more some more paper and scissors this week in the form of a track title rather than a band. We’ve some interesting finds from New York, London, California, Yokohama and Kiev.
It seems that the common denominators du jour between at least …

A Suffolk ‘n’ Cool special this week featuring the sublime Paper Beat Scissors who I first came across at a Canadian music industry showcase event in London last year. From the very start, his set was obviously going to be something very different.
His vocal and …

A couple of dates to mark this week and we do so with a bunch of rather interesting music from Germany, Paris, Croydon, Margate, New York, France and Montreal.
From the wistful to the just plain wicked we’ve loads of fresh music to treat your ears.
 
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Tom Caruana brings a  maritime feel to the start of this week’s show with a magnificent tour of what used to be considered the finest broadcasting in the world – at least by those who produced it. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore.
We’ve got …

Something of a little extra dimension for you this week in the form of a sneek preview of a Canadian music showcase event in New York that’s coming up in a couple of weeks. We’ve got tracks from all four Manitoba-based bands that will be …

And with a single bound – well after three days without power or web last week – we’re back.
Nothing’s changed, just the same old quirky collection of new and interesting music to make up your blast of fresh musical air from a still drafty barn …