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SnC 365 – Auto-respond?
With SXSW in full swing this week I’ve been thinking about setting up an auto-response for all the invitations to party, listen to live music, eat any number of food styles and generally hang out with what will, by this stage of the week be the increasingly strung out great and good of independent music.…
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SnC 364 – SXSW calling
It must be spring – assorted pasty pale musicians are emerging from the long winter hibernation blinking into the sunlight and migrating south by south west for the first of the season’s music festivals which happens next week in Austin, Texas. This week we’ve a selection of tracks by artists who will be playing in…
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SnC 363 – On the fiddle
We’ve a wealth of female fiddlers this week with tracks from Adia & The 7 Eyes and then a delicious take on a classic but totally surprising tune with which Amanda Shaw and The Cute Guys will be closing the show. Otherwise, the energy levels in the music are generally up this week. A quirky…
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SnC 362 – Swimming
A generally reflective feel to the music this week – probably picking up on my mood as we prepare to admit defeat in surviving looking after my dear and elderly mother-in-law and maintaining 24 hour care. Time to hand over to the professionals. Sad. It does, however, even in this relatively short show, give the…
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SnC 361 – Kiss Your Friend
A smattering of lurv songs close out this necessarily rather short edition on the eve of Valentine’s day. LA asserts itself as a music centre this week although Sunderland and Bromley well represented and we have a track from Venezuela too. Pett Level – Keston Cobblers Club (Bromley, UK) What a great night at…
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SnC 360 – Twin Graces
Perhaps a bit of a trippy feel to some of the tracks this week including some valuable lessons in the joys of stereophonic recording from Public Service Broadcasting. The twin Graces are Grace Valhalla and Grace Woodroofe who are actually back to back. We’ve another track from a band I’ll be seeing on Saturday and…
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SnC 359 – Seven year itch
So, it’s seven years this week since Suffolk’n’Cool was launched to a deafening roar of indifference back in 2006 with a mission to give support and encouragement to independent musicians all around the world and to deliver your blast of fresh musical air via the barn, here on the east coast of England. Coincidentally, SnC…
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SnC 358 – and a bit of prog
A delicious selection of hand-picked musical treats this week, one of which gives a wink and a nod in the direction of good old prog-rock. We have lots else besides including rather a rude bit of musical satire aimed at the bankers, politicians and bureaucrats. Lots to listen to and all part of your weekly…
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SnC 357 – Paper Beat Scissors
An unusual show this week in that it features just two artists. However, it does take on a slightly different form. We have the opportunity to hear a bit more depth and variety from one of the artists, Paper Beat Scissors. The show has a couple of other benefits in that it is shorter than…
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SnC 356 – Spicy
A varied mix of tracks this week with the promised second tune from Gramatik, this time teamed up with Griz as Grizmatic. We’ve a brand new track from Dan Turnbull AKA Funke and the Two Tone Baby, some melodica magic and more, lots more. The Ad – Novi (LA, CA. USA) It’s good to…
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SnC 355 – New Year delve
We’ve something different this week with a bit of a delve into what is known on the western side of the Atlantic as EDM, Electronic Dance Music. That’s after a few tracks from some fine artists who perform in traditional ways. I’m not saying that either is better but they are certainly both different! That’s…
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SnC 354 – A foot in both camps
We’ve a selection of American and European artists this week along with at least one who has a foot in each camp. I also had a fresh fumble around in the nether regions of the wonderful European net-label Jamendo, a fantastic source of quirky music from all over the shop. If you do (legally) download…