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

45 minutes or so of the finest new music from around the planet – well, from Germany, New York, UK, India, Georgia, Italy and Gravesend! Spring well and truely sprung on Saturday in Aldeburgh here on the Suffolk coast (right), where us celebs hang out together 😉 C’mon Babe – The Dots (Dresden and Berlin, Germany)If…

What a relief to be getting back into some interesting music again. Most of the week having been spent catching up with mundane admin stuff, VAT (tax) returns included.Really very cold over the weekend when Roy and Gwyneth came to visit – but we had a good time anyway, despite the fact that there is…

An all N. American selection this week. Honestly, I don’t plan it that way.Sadly I’m now flying the show solo, since my producer, companion and great friend Artois (right) was diagnosed with fairly advanced liver cancer on Saturday and immediately put down. I think a few of us have seen enough pain for one lifetime.…

A strange situation arose this afternoon. Just before recording the show we seemed to have two Suns. The second bright patch really was in the sky, rather like a very short bright section of rainbow. I guess it must have been something to do with the atmosphere and the low temperature.Some unusual diversions this week…

John Martyn 1948 – 2009My personal tribute to a fine musician and big man.Selecting just a few clips to play has been a painful process, not because of the memories it brings back but because there are so many masterpieces that have to be left out.Another great sadness is for all the people who never…

A "roit ol’ mix" of music this week. You’ll appreciate that despite the name of the show, most of the music I play comes from pretty much everywhere else in the world. This week is unique in that two tracks have connections with Suffolk. ’til the wheels fall off – That was Something (Michigan, USA)…

Congratulations are due to the people of the USA for electing Barack Obama to serve as their president. The inauguration yesterday was hugely impressive (even on TV here in the UK) and gives confidence that enough of the people are behind him to bring the perception of USA back into the realm of civilisation again.…

The snow has gone but after a prolonged very cold spell. Perhaps we do need some form of central heating in the house – for next year. As I came over to the barn early this morning, the moon was still glinting through the trees.Hot tips – The D’Urbervilles (Guelph/Hamilton/Toronto, Ontario, Canada)The D’Urbervilles began in…

It’s still really unusually cold here in eastern England. It means that the caffeine intake has been moderated because the water supply pipe to the Barn is frozen solid.However, the novelty is wearing off now and I am resolved to get a proper hearting system into the house before next winter – this is rather…

Another grey and cold day in the UK with frost hanging around all day and the prospect of freezing fog overnight. At least the weather can only get better.The music will, I hope prove cheering with a slightly longer show this week including a track from my  "Find of the year 2008" – Luthea Salom…

Energy levels were running very low earlier today but 45 minutes or so of interesting music has sorted that problem out completely. It really must be the cheapest therapy available – and pretty damned effective too.A rich mix of styles and challenges for you in this week’s show including a rare phenomenon and on, and…

Still rather chilly here in Suffolk – a kind of deep persistent cold that permeates the house … and my poor old bones! A pretty impressive sunrise this morning over the meadow with the old oak trees against the sky.The Winter Blues – Robin Grey (Hackney, London, UK)I thought I had played a track by…