Great new music from independent labels and artists all around the world

A retrospective show this week to celebrate the past (almost) nine years of weekly Suffolk’n’Cool shows.
There’s a mixture of old and relatively new music from artists that have a significance for me always, initially for their music and also , in many cases for the …

More variety than you can shake a stick at this week with tracks from France, New York, The Maldives, Germany and Texas. We’ve news of a festival that punctures the “grandness” of South By South West, a couple of items of tour information and an …

Those of us in the northern hemisphere mark the passing of winter solstice on Saturday, the shortest day and longest night of the year. I hear there’s something happening next week too but I’ll stick with the solstice which is proven to be true.
The music …

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 …

Music from Glasgow, London, Northampton MA, Seattle and Paris this week with a couple of specials including the result of the Adnams Artist of the Month.
It was for the AOTM interview that I went over to Southwold this morning. A fabulous day of dramatic clouds, …

Inspired by an idea from my fellow AMP members, I really wanted to put out a show of tracks from artists who I think are worth keeping an eye on in 2012. When I sat down to compile the show, I found that I had …

This week a few of the artists that impressed during CMJ week.
I’ve not really had time to go through everything and take proper stock but for now here’s a taste of just some of the music which made it through to my ears. I know …

This week, lots of great music, of course, but on two themes.
The second half of the show illustrates some of the variety that can be found in showcase events at festivals.
First though, machine noises are increasingly finding their way into music as musicians with an …

One of our occasional series of Sessions at the Barn. This time it’s a live session with New Zealand musician Jordan Reyne, recorded last Friday at the Suffolk ‘n’ Cool barn near the east coast of England.
Children of a Factory Nation, the new and, as yet, …