Great new music from independent labels and artists all around the world
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SnC 386 – Challenge and delight
Another quirky selection to challenge and delight. A challenge for me too because I didn’t think I liked “Hip Hop, Indie Pop, Electronica, and Ambient” music fused into a soulful funk but I just love a track coming up from Black Eskimo. We’ve got a couple of reggae tracks too, one from Ireland and the…
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SnC 385 – Back, and fully released
It’s so good to be back after the summer break which was half forced on me by the dearth of good enough music to play for you and half caused by something rather like exhaustion from all the crap that’s been going on with family health issues. None, thankfully affecting me, but time and energy…
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SnC 384 – Break time
I had rather hoped we’d be back to normal this week but I’ve spent the past five hours auditioning tracks for the show and I’ve come up with a total of two that I think make the grade for you. The supply just seems to be dominated by shallow, pointless light-weight and poorly played summer…
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SnC 383 – We’re AMPed
An unusual show for you this week. We have rather demanding family circumstances entailing an elderly parent’s funeral to arrange for Friday. I’m dealing with the bureaucratic ramifications of registering deaths, getting all the paperwork in place for cremation, etc. I’m afraid SnC is one of a number of things that have had to be…
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SnC 382 – Aynsley Lister
What? SnC released a couple of days early? Well there’s a good reason. I wanted to give UK listeners maximum opportunity to arrange their Thursday evening so as to catch Aynsley Liater at the New Crawdaddy Club in Essex. It’s a short show this week because of a coupe of health-related issues in the immediate…
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SnC 381a – Independents’ Day
Just a quick moment to wish all those who celebrate on the other side of the pond, and elsewhere, a very happy Independence Day. Or should that be Independent’s Day? Independence Day – Jesta (UK) jestamusic.com/
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SnC 381 – Jordan Reyne
A welcome catch-up with New Zealander and highly talented musician, Jordan Reyne. This time Jordan is on the line from her new base in Birmingham in the English Midlands although you can catch her most days playing shows in Second Life. Details of times and locations of both her virtual world and real world shows…
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SnC 380 – Hand picked by humans
A fine selection of new independent music that you’ve probably not heard before, selected by a real live human being (that’s me) on the basis that I think each track has something about it that is well worth a listen. It may not all be just like the music you normally listen to but that’s…
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SnC 379 – Gift wrapped
An outrageously quirky mix this week of everything from up-beat ska to girl-pop to a beautiful lament by way of some great electric blues so this is your breath of fresh music air from all around the world selected and gift wrapped for you in a barn on the east coast of England. Baila…
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SnC 378 – Mojito please
It actually got light for an hour or two today in the middle of what is laughingly called summer here in the northern hemisphere so this week we have a couple of thoroughly summery tunes. Well, if we can’t have the weather we can at least have the music. EXPLICIT Just a warning that one of…
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SnC 377 – Late from Reykjavík
Suffolk ’n’ Cool’s a few hours late this week but I don’t think that’ll affect the music … at all. We’ve got an interesting mix of genres again this week as we return to our Icelandic theme which got slightly derailed by The Great Escape specials. It’s always a temptation to generalise about Icelandic music…
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SnC 376 – The Great Escape 2
A final official visit to The Great Escape again this week – this time featuring some of the bands we didn’t see as well as couple that were experienced. My personal CD blagger Pete Cogle picked up a couple of particularly interesting albums that we’ll be taking a listen to and we’ve a couple more…