JosieJo's Great Big Pair
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The JosieJo Show 15
Well hello. This is The
JosieJo Show presenting you with two great tracks from two different
artists for your aural delight and this week I may very well have a
sneaky little bonus track for you at the end because you've been so
good. Let's see what happens.
Caddy is the solo project of
Tomas Dahl form Norway. I found him because he's been played by
several American radio stations. These radio plays have all been by
people that are passionate about independent music and we've been
passing Tomas between us for a while now mostly because he has a
great new single out called “Beautiful Strange”. Tomas brought an
album out called “Electric Hero” back in 2010, although he has
been touring and working as a session musician with many different
bands for the past 15 years. He tells me that he's been in bands like
Turbonegro and the Yums Yums and while this doesn't mean much to me
I'm going to check them out after the show. I really like doing this
show for several reasons and finding Caddy has recently highlighted
some of those things for me. I love the journeys through music it
takes me on, like following up this show by going to listen to
Tomas's previous bands. I also love the community that I have found
which has nurtured me since finding, firstly Scrub Radio, and then
others. There are the others out there playing great music. Among
those that have played Tomas for instance are Sparky Shockpop on
Scrub Radio, the mighty Dennis “Songsmith” Holseybrook on
Hamilton radio, Steve Jarrott on Qstar and Deb Millstein's Crystal
Cavern Show on Hamilton Radio, Friday's 8pm Uk time 3pm EST.
Tomas was in a recent
edition of Deb's The Crystal Cavern where artists choose an original
favourite track of their own to be played alongside a track that they
think has influenced that music. It's an original and interesting
way of presenting new music and Deb would love it if you could tune
in sometime. Treat yourself and make it soon.
Back to Caddy and his new
single “Beautiful Strange”. It is the first single from a new
album and is pop harmony produced, written and recorded by Tomas
himself. It's a happy, upbeat track about sunlight, travelling and
promises. I love its sense of youth, motion, progress and life. This
is a good wake up track. It has hand claps, guitar solos and
tinkling percussion. I like it. Caddy and “Beautiful Strange.”
That was Caddy and
“Beautiful Strange” a project from Norwegian born Tomas Dahl.
Xander & The Keys are
the next band to have taken my fancy. From Bournemouth in the UK
Xander and the Keys formed after Luke Adams, their manager heard
Xander play and decided to team him up with The Keys. Xander is the
fun, bouncy front man who provides the vocals and guitar ably backed
up by Lee Hammond, on bass, and Marko Owen, also known as “The
Beast” on drums. Let's face it, it you're going to have a drummer
with a nickname you probably can't get much better than “The
Beast”. They've had a busy year, getting signed to Dorset based
Red Dragon Records which is where I found them and September 2012 saw
the launch of their debut EP “The First Marker”. They play live
at the Thomas Tripp in Christchurch, England on January 18th
2014, the 24th at The Forester's Arms, in Andover Uk,
followed up by a smattering of gigs within the South of England
including at Blandford Forum and Wimborne. Incidentally, last time I
looked Wimborne had a rather excellent Town Crier called Chris Brown,
also known as Dapper Dan who has an incredibly encyclopaedic
knowledge of music spanning back years and a passion for reggae like
no one I have ever met (and I've met some reggae monomaniacs in my
time).
This track, “Shivers” is
the third from the EP “First Marker” and it does indeed have the
ability to make me shiver. It has a floating start. The sound
flickers in and out of focus creating a sort of pulsating quality.
This makes it feel quite intense, like being in a crowded, noisy
party as someone leans over and whispers in your ear turning an aural
sensation into a physical one. Enjoy the exciting discomfort of
Xander & the Keys and the track “Shivers”
Nice... Xander & the
Keys there with “Shivers”
As a special meaty treat I'm
going to play you out with the track I found in 2013 that stood out,
for me, as a true anthem of my soul. Don't forget to follow me on
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so they can see and hear what you've been raving about. Now to play
us out with their super, life-affirming track “Dr. Feelgood” is
Ring Ring Rouge..oh and thank you for listening.
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