JosieJo's Great Big Pair
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The JosieJo Show 18
Welcome to The JosieJo Show
number 18. This show I'll bring you two great tracks by two
different artists and a new release from Ring Ring Rouge. We've
played Ring Ring Rouge's track “Dr. Feelgood” on Show 15 of The
JosieJo Show and it was one of my chosen tracks of my birthday
special edition of Round At Milligan's last year. You can find easy
click links to all the Round At Milligan's shows and the archived
JosieJo Shows on my very own website www.josiejoshow.com.
There you can also find the back story of why I started producing
this show for you aswell as photos and links to the bands and artists
played on the show. If you like what you hear on those shows or in
the next 15 minutes then seek these guys out and tell them you like
them. Music is so readily available these days and that dialogue
between artist and fan is more essential than ever. For extra
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cross-media or whatever the term is. Enough of the business let's
get to the music.
First up a bit of Canadian
folk with a difference from Markus Michelucci and his project Sound
Refuge. Residing in London, England Markus brings you bardic ballads
and colourful, creative stories with bending guitar sounds and
growling harmonica. His full length album, “Excuse Me, I Think
You're In Neutral” and his single “Let It” are brought to you
with a deliberate intention to make you think that he is sitting in
the room with you, playing and performing just for you. He is about
to embark on a European tour in the spring of 2014 bringing his
passion and in depth knowledge of guitars and the subtle differences
that each one makes to a wider audience. This guy knows his axes and
you can read his tonal musings on his blog available on his website
www.soundrefugemusic.com
where you can also hear his folky blues style.
I say that because I'm not
going to play you a typical Sound Refuge track. “Refuge in E
Major” is an instrumental, but it's complicated. It almost feels
like several tracks blended together. I like the way it feels like a
beautiful country walk taken whilst listening to your favourite music
and at the same time conversing with a loved one and consuming a
great meal. What I'm trying to say is that there is a lot going on.
This really shows Markus's musicality. He gets sounds from the
guitar that I didn't know where possible whilst the harmonies swirl
around your head like colour changing smoke. There's very little
point describing it any more. Listen to it yourself. Sound Refuge
and “Refuge In E Major”
http://soundrefuge.bandcamp.com/
So that's what “Refuge In
E Major” sounds like. Check out his other tracks they are quite
different. Next up the title track from the brand new EP “Radiate”
from Australian born Bela Takes Chase. Bela does do small acoustic
sets, but recently she's been performing with her full band and it
really sounds great live. Excitingly though she's playing a very
special acoustic gig in the south of London UK on the 13th
February 2014 at the Bedford in Balham. She's playing, not just with
her usual super band, but also with a string section, a special
guest rapper Nash and Joshua Rigal on trumpet. She's always amazing
live and really presents a fragile, yet strong figure on stage. Her
intensity is well quite intense and you can almost feel the audience
fall in love with her as she draws them in. She's also on the bill
to play a festival very local to me called Buryfields in Chesham on
the 21st June 2014 and tickets for that are selling fast.
Check it out on Facebook if you're interested.
The track I'm playing you on
this show is quite exquisite and entrancing. It's called “Radiate”
and you can find a stunning video for it on youtube. I do love a
video that tells a story. It's gorgeous and really worth seeking
out, but it's the production of this track that I find really
stunning. It's mixed and layered with seemingly effortless
precision. The whole track swells from the outset, but its tempo and
mood changes really take you on a journey. It has a sense of golden
emotion that can travel half way across the world as she describes
her yearning for her home and those that she misses. It's a song
about knowing ourselves even when we are physically displaced. I can
almost feel the heat of the Australian sun as her warm vocal swirls
round the intricate keyboards, guitars and percussion.
Feel the love yourself from
Bela Takes Chase and “Radiate”
There you go. Bela Takes
Chase and the title track of the EP “Radiate” that was launched
just a few days ago in London. Don't forget that very special
acoustic gig in Balham on 13th February and join her 34
thousand followers on Facebook to keep up do date with Bela's gigs
and releases.
Thank you for listening. I
really do appreciate it. Now to play the show out I have another new
release from Ring Ring Rouge from Burnley in the UK and an anthem to
that wonderful Northern Town. This came out just yesterday on Jack
To Phono records and it's available right now from all the usual
outlets. This is “Strangers”
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