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A really interesting selection of music again this week, quite a bit from the UK plus tracks from Nashville, New York, California and Denmark. There are a couple of rather quirky tracks that you should look forward to.Really cold, even in the barn, as I put the show together, but probably not as cold as…

A couple of electronica tracks on this week’s show from a very cold Suffolk along with some fine music from around the world. A call from one of our featured artists gives an insight into the life of a hard-working independent musician.Most of the leaves on the trees outside the barn are gone now.Those Damn…

OK, I’m getting travel sick – or at least sick of travel now. However, the journey back from Birmingham tonight was lightened by a look in at the Eurostar station at St Pancras (London). This delightful statue of the windswept (and train loving) poet Sir John Betjeman is in stark contrast with the champagne bars…

In London again yesterday and after a particularly stuffy-roomed meeting near the Houses of Parliament with a few rather difficult people, a lovely walk up St James’ Park and through Horseguards Parade (flags fluttering in the winter sun reflecting off ancient windows) up Charing Cross Road and through Soho to meet Jessie and pass the…

A week of heavy travelling with two trips to London and one to Ireland four hours after completing the show tonight as well as a most enjoyable visit to the North Norfolk coast (right) to meet up with a friend from a long way in the past.There really is some great music around and I’m…

Bonfire night in the UK and my ignorance was evident in the show. At the last possible moment – just as I was finishing the shownotes Our Graham (It’s a Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast) Holland sent a note through to say that his new show is up … along with a bit of info:"Here in…

Suddenly it is very wintery here in Suffolk. A cold blast of arctic air is streaming down the east coast of the UK bringing unusually low temperatures for this time of year – it was still freezing at lunchtime today. All a bit of a shock, I can tell you. Recording a little early this…

This strange voice is getting past a joke. It’s seven weeks now … and counting. I’ve had a few suggestions including chest rub, applied to the soles of the feet and encased in thick socks. How totally romantic!The first respectable frost of the autumn looked good on the meadow this morning.Struttin’ my stuff – Elvin…

Just been over to Aldeburgh on the coast for a traditional fish and chips supper. Cold though, standing on the beach looking out at the black sea with a few ships lights on the horizon. Had to be done though to help acclimatise Jessie to the food and climate of England now that she’s back…

All a bit frantic this week having spent Friday driving north to Richmond in Yorkshire en route to Northumberland. Fantastic hotel in Richmond (pic) and a great time with some very old friends in Northumberland going up a ravine to a spectacular waterfall – why spectacular – rain all day had swollen the normally fairly…

It seems that we are safe from the new Circle Line or whatever was in Switzerland that the New York Times referred to as as "the Large Hardon Collider” – I can only assume that someone has put hardon into their spell check dictionary!  Seems it has a touch of dysfunction problem now. There was…

A new track from an old friend this week, plus some tunes from the rcrdlbl.com collection mixed up with the best of new independent music wherever it comes from. Suffolk and Savannah seem to be suffering the onset of autumn. Jessie took great delight in the first decent rain for months in her part of…