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SnC 314 – then two at once
OK, so the entire independent music business has migrated to Austin, Texas this week. Well, not quite. There are still a few of us suffering good home cooking, a decent pint of beer, grey skies and something of a chill. Plenty of tee-shirts in evidence this lunchtime onwww.earthcam.com/usa/texas/austin/as I record the show this evening. This…
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SnC 313 – Sick of party invitations
I’ve been getting a sudden gush of party invitations over the past couple of weeks but I’ve had to turn them down because, by strange coincidence, they are all in Austin, Texas. Yes, SXSW (South By South West)kicks off on Friday, with the music festival from 13-18 March so quite a few tracks this week are…
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SnC 312 – Ain’t communication wonderful?
Well, it’s been an interesting week complete with a bit of a panic last night entailing long calls to clinicians and a doctor visit at 2:30 am. This mean that I wasn’t able to record the show as usual on Wednesday and had to wait until this morning. Recording the show in daylight – novel!…
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AOTM February 2012 – Shayfer James
Based in Cranford, New Jersey, USA, Shayfer James can be described pointedly as a myth in wolf’s clothing. Referred to by his rapidly growing group of followers as The Villain King of New Jersey’s underground noirpop music scene, Mr. James is devilishly captivating and deliciously unusual. When Shayfer James approaches the piano, there is a…
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SnC 311 – Flashback time
Fat Tuesday yesterday and I can assure you that Suffolk’n’Cool is giving absolutely nothing up for Lent. If anything, I want to get more great music and features into the show. The major building project that I’ve been involved in here near the Barn (an annexe for an ageing relative) is almost complete so I’m…
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SnC 310 – Whatever tickles your fancy
I think we have an slightly different feeling show this week. Not so much for the locations of the artists, they’re from Sydney and Perth in Australia, LA and Brooklyn in the USA, there are a couple from the Netherlands and Stockholm, Sweden also makes its presence felt. It’s more for the sound. I seems…
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SnC 309 – Coming in from Siberia
I really don’t want to blather on about the weather like a meteorologically obsessed Englishman but, holy shit has it been cold this week. I’ve rarely felt cold like that in Southwold yesterday. In fact, a blast of really cold air came through in mid-afternoon and the temperature dropped by at least 3 degrees C…
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SnC 308 – Good to be back
Back after an enforced one show break due to a conspiracy of frail elderly relatives and an an unbelievably incompetent bank who very very nearly caused me to be fined or worse by the UK tax authorities for not paying on time. Santander, you owe me, big-time. Still, you know the collective noun for bank…
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AOTM December 2011 – Novi
Raised in Ashland, Oregon (now based in Los Angeles), this nova star of the electro-pop galaxy, Carolyne Neuman, now known as NOVI, is hitting the scene like a bullet straight from a rifle. The star marries the charm of her small-town upbringing with the edgier elements of big-city Los Angeles in her forthcoming EP, “Now…
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SnC 307a
Hey Folks For the first time in a very long time, I’m not able to offer you a Suffolk ‘n’ Cool this week. We have an elderly, confused and frail relation living with us who requires 24 hour care. After a month of night duty (and no sleep) every other night and a lot of…
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SnC 307 – Headphones can kill
Research has shown that loud headphones are sometimes not just bad for your hearing, they can kill you. Well, indirectly. Pic: A great sunrise yesterday but today, I’m not convinced that the sun rose at all. Big Woman – The D.A. (El Paso, Texas, USA) “All my friends are feral cats, hipsters and scaredy rats, hobos and…
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SnC 306 – A sky full of stars
A sky full of stars and aircraft tonight here in Suffolk. Unfortunately I was aware of that long before recording the show. Yip. Another late one but with a comely variety of styles and approaches from london and the UK, France, California and Canada. I hope you’ll enjoy the tracks and explore the artists sites.…