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Using someone else’s voice this week on account of how mine has gone missing!I was in the historic (and very small "city" of Ely (near Cambridge) yesterday to meet up with Merle and Carole, distant relations from British Columbia, who are over for a couple of weeks and will be touring England, Scotland and Wales.…

Back from a flying visit to Ibiza, where my creaking old bones were taken out to Pacha well past their bedtime (we didn’t leave to GO there until about 1am). My what a classy joint. We were on the guest list (of course) but a bottle of beer and a gin and tonic cost 27…

A very different location for this week’s show since I was on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza getting an education about dance music including an unforgettable visit to Pacha and the VIP area at El Divino.Absolutely stunning and a real ear opener. My thanks to Jessie and her colleagues in Sant Antoni for arranging everything…

Harvest at last – been delayed by dreadful wet weather. The neighbours are out with their combines, tractors and trailers getting what they can from the fields around the farm. In fact, a track up to some fields passes right behind the barn, as you’ll hear!Love me when I leave – The Dares (Whittier, CA,…

Another packed show. This week, with something of an acoustic tendency. Summer still hasn’t established but wrap up warm and it’s still pretty good on the Suffolk coast. This week, looking across the mouth of the River Deben from Felixstowe Ferry.Sig tune: Happy – Jimmie Bratcher (Missouri, USA) www.jimmiebratcher.com/Mind over Maria – Soundside (Long Island,…

Serious clouds around the barn this afternoon. The summer seems to be a write-off. We had half an inch of rain in a single shower this morning. Still, so much great, great music for you – all in just one rather longer show.Daisies – Sick of Sarah (California, USA)Sick of Sarah began in Minneapolis, MN…

Music from Brighton here in the UK, California, Niort in France, Norway, Poland, Philadelphia and New York … I thought, then a very late change to the running order (during the show) made a complete mess of my predictions! Been prepping the show early this week knowing that today was going to be a high…

Music from The USA, Russia, Trinidad, Cardiff and Saarfen this week as your genial host Peter Clitheroe scours the world’s finest sources to bring musical delights for your delectation. Ah, he’s all heart!News about the SnC MySpace and the social event of the year which he missed out on by a cruel quirk of fate.…

Suddenly it is hazy mid-summer complete with flies and sweaty heat. Whatever happened to those lovely warm, fresh air days of early summer – oh yes, that’s right. It rained. However, the moon rising from the sea at Aldeburgh was pretty impressive. Diagnóstico Canalla – Diagnóstico Canalla (Barcelona, Spain)From their album "LA ESTACIÓN DE LAS…

A quirky selection from around the globe again. Finding the tracks is certainly enjoyable; I just need another day a week to do it!  Skamótxalo – Vagos Permanentes (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)In existence since : 05.2005www.vagospermanentes.com"Ouvrez grand vos oreilles” – Jamendo. What a great slogan.Honestly – Nancy Moran (Tennessee, USA)The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch called Moran…

A focus on some fine acoustic music (along with some great electric rock) this week as an equipment failure and lots of changes in the set-up create a rather different sound, I think. One of the most powerful rainbows I’ve seen over the house last night – when there was sun as well as rain.…

IntroHappy – Jimmie Bratcher (Missouri, USA)www.jimmiebratcher.com/Some amazing light on the sea at Aldeburgh.At the salon – The Mome Raths (Illinois, USA)Daniel Rath – Guitar & VocalsTracey Rath – Bass & VocalsSister Rath – Vocals & styleBoss Rath – Drums & HandclapsThe Mome Raths play raw, poppy, fast, catchy, garage punk rock that you can bust…