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Alastair ArtingstallA rather different programme this week – just for a change. I sat down for a chat with Alastair Artingstall at the end of a UK tour (and just before his show in Norwich) last week to talk about life on the road and the traumas of putting an album together. Alastair has been on the road for all of his working life, as a band player and as sound engineer for bands such as Keane. He’s certainly "been there" and mostly "done that", all except to get out as a solo performer to plough his own furrow. Until now.Featured tracks:Touch the one you loveMarried lifeIf it’s trueare taken from his current album Four Lawn Hope. Available from iTunes.www.myspace.com/alastairartingstall