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Welcome to The JosieJo Show. This
week's two top tracks are brand new releases one from one man band
Funke and the Two Tone Baby and the other from swedish Electro-pop
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It's two great tunes hot off the press.
Music doesn't get much fresher than this. Thank you for listening
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So Funke and the Two Tone Baby. I
actually can't believe that I haven't played him on The JosieJo Show
before. Dan Turnbull is a one man band with the force of twenty.
He's one of my absolute favourite discoveries of the last few years
and he's tireless. Last year he played over 150 gigs. He's playing
many festivals this year and he's one of the main reasons I'm going
to Dogfest, Ferocious Dog's festival, in December 2014. Given how
often he plays and how many towns and cities round Britain he appears
at I can't believe I haven't managed to catch him live. Let me give
you an idea of how hard he works. Think of a festival and this
guy will be at it soon. May 1<sup>st</sup> Maidstone Fringe Festival,
Kent? Yep he's there. The Cosmic Puffin Festival, Mersea Island,
Essex? Yep! Funke and the Two Tone Baby will be there on Friday May
2<sup>nd</sup>. Then on the 3<sup>rd</sup> May he's playing Sweeps
Festival in Rochester, Kent AND The Renegade Festival at Cafe Rene in
Gloucester and on the 4<sup>th</sup> May he's at Filey Folk Festival
in Yokshore. I like Funke so much I had to go back to all the old
JosieJo shows to check I hadn't played him for you before. For a
full review of his excellent album “Battles” stand by for it on
Tumblr or go to my blogger page. Are you getting the idea that I
really like this guys music? When I heard he had a new four track EP
out called “The Last Thing We See is the Sea” I lapped it up.
See what I did there? Lapping of waves. Never mind let's move on to
the track. The track I'm going to play you is from that EP. It's
called “The Great Storm” and it's chorus is the title of that EP.
It has a great video which makes very moody atmospheric use of back
projection and it really shows Funke's energy. It's really this
energy that is so engaging about the music. This guy is a one man
band. You know like with a guitar and harmonica strapped round his
neck and percussion produced with any free limb he has, but he
engages with his audience so much, even asking the fans to come down
and soak him with water for one video and to film the song themselves
for another, that he manages to become an interactive phenomenon. He
pulls on the resources around him including his audience. “The
Great Storm” is characterised by its passion. It feels like a tale
told by a smoky fireplace by a wizened old man warning of the dangers
of living too much and for too long. There is an almost biblical feel
to it. The pace and energy kicks in right from the start, but watch
out for the middle section which floats into a false sense of calm
before the waves pound over you again sweeping you to the end of the
track. The wonderful and indefatigable Funke and the Two Tone Baby
and “The Great Storm”</div>
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Brilliant. That is out on the 16<sup>th</sup>
June 2014. Try and catch him live and report back to me if you do.
I'm making it my mission to catch him live at least once this year.
All his gig dates are on his website <a href="http://www.funkeandthetwotonebaby.co.uk/">www.funkeandthetwotonebaby.co.uk</a>
Aswell as being quite remarkable himself he obviously surrounds
himself with super talented people because his videos are all
superbly produced and his fans are so loyal. It's for talent like
that that I spend hours each week trawling through the internet,
going to gigs and pestering everyone I meet for suggestions and
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This journey takes me in all sorts of
directions and I hope that you enjoy it with me. Let's take you to
Sweden next for electronic indie pop 'n' roll. Intrigued by that
description I discovered Colleagues. They have just signed to In
Stereo records which is a new label launched by Fierce Panda Records.
I don't understand how the music industry works these days and I
care even less. I know that I'll listen to anything and am
indifferent to what people call genres, but I'm also aware that we
like to call stuff by a name. All I know is that this is a great
tune to dance to. It's called “Tears” and it's one track from a
two track single “Tears/Parent's House” which comes with a free
tote bag and is out on the 28<sup>th</sup> of April. I love the
added value of music. I get quite inspired when releases become
events or have extra interest, but when it comes down to it it is all
about the track. “Tears” is about perspective, the passage of
time, heartbreak and of finding who you really are. It has swirling
dance beats and almost psychedelic sound. These make it feel as
though we are watching our own selves from a great height; like an
out of body experience or an epiphany. Time becomes an ever changing
thing in this track. This is Colleagues and “Tears”</div>
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There you go two tracks by two
different bands. I'm going to play out with another of my favourite
discoveries “Mountains in My Sunglasses” by Beartown Zodiac
because this is a “lift me up when I'm down” track and I really
want to share it with you. Please let me know if you have any
suggestions for bands or if you know of any gigs that I really
shouldn't miss email me on josiejo@josiejoshow.com Follow me on
twitter to hear about gigs and new releases from bands around the
world and thank you for listening. I wanted this week's outro to be
in Swedish in honour of Colleagues, but I don't know anyone that
speaks Swedish. I do, however have a German speaking friend so I got
her to have the final word. Standby for that right at the end. In
the meantime this is Beartown Zodiac and “Mountains in My
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The JosieJo Show 28</div>
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Are you listening up? Right
I'll get straight down to it. Two tracks by two very different
artists. I want to sum them up succinctly, but I've really no idea
how to do that this week. Let's just say that they are quite
different. Remember to listen right to the end for a bonus third
track and a meluferious ending to the show.</div>
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First up is something down
right delightful. This is Worsted headed up by the irresistable Paul
Gunn, who trained in Paris, but has a suave seduction and a
qunitiessentaly English quality to his delivery and charm. On drums
there is David Rohonan from Guyana, South Africa who honed his jazz
improvisations when Ian Dury talked him into joining The Kilburns.
There is also Madras born Leslee Booth who studied music in Los
Angles and is rooted in American jazz with Indian influences. Adrian
Northover who adds sax, studied at St. Martin's School of Art, played
with Billy Bragg in the Sonicphonics and, along with Vladimir Miller
and Helen Macdonald, toured Russia with a project celebrating the
poet Alexandra Pushkin. Vladimir Miller whom I just mentioned
actually composes for Worsted and this track is one of his. It is
wonderfully titled “The Arts of Seduction of Hat Doffing” and is
available along with two other tracks on their EP “Chapology”
Such a selection of talented, experienced and educated musicians has
got to intrigue you surely? This track really is a sort of English
gentleman's handbook on “getting the girl” with the correct
amount of hat doffing, in the correct manner and with style and
grace. The track is obviously witty, but it is so much more than
that. It starts like tango and then swishs into indian influences
with improvised jazz sounds, English ballroom beats and percussion to
tap your toe to. It's gin and tonic with a slice of lime, a fine
crafted brolly with a hook handle, a sophisticated “hello”. It's
just brilliant and I know that friends Dave Milligan and Tony
Dickson, both dapper hat wearers will just adore this track. Twirl
your mustache, straighten your tie and assume a quirky, wry
expression. This is Paul Gunn and Worsted with “The Arts of
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From that to American surf
rock inspired instrumental. Keep up at the back there's no lagging
behind on this show. This is a project that John Maloney from the
Rotary Prophets is involved in. I played the Rotary prophets back on
show 13 and all the archived shows can be found by going to the
mothership of the JosieJo Show <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
and click “Listen To The Show” they are all there clamouring for
your attention. Pick one you fancy and give it a play, but back to
show 28. Here we have Space Gramps with Hang ten Toby on guitars,
Johnny Red Rocket on bass and Anti-Matter Frank on drums and guitars
with some of their other mates chipping in on other tracks on their
debut album Space Cramp. Are you still with me? The project is
called Space Gramps, the album is called Space Cramp and this track
is called “Cracker Sniffer” It's sort of a sound track to a
cowboy surf eighties silent film. I know that doesn't make any
sense, but why should it? With guitar gymnastics, belting drums and
good time rolling sounds this track kicks butt, or something. Wait
for the pace change and howling solitary calls at the end as if the
guitar just doesn't want to stop the party. Saddle up your surf
boards this is “Cracker Sniffer” by Space Gramps.</div>
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You see two different tracks
by two different bands. You can't get simpler than that. Well I
suppose you could just have one track by one artist, that would be
simpler. I hope that you enjoyed it anyway. Don't forget to follow
me on twitter josiejoshow for news events, gigs and releases and on
mixcloud so you never miss a show. Please leave feedback in the
comment sections and tell your friends. The more people that listen,
the more the good stuff gets heard. To play us out I'll hand over to
John Maloney's other band The Rotary Prophets from Somerville
Massechuttes and listen right to the end for a little message in
English and Welsh. Cosmopolitan or what? Take it away the Rotary
Prophets and “Rose Coloured Glasses” from their album “Faith
Lost Love”
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Welcome to the JosieJo Show.
It's quite simple. It's two tracks by two different bands or artists
that you may not have heard before. Show 26 last week was the
celebration of the short song and actually had five tracks on it, but
this week we're back to normal. This week I have two great yet dark
tracks for you in true indie angst style and then a third song this
time from perky Sarah Holburn from her excellent and newly released
debut album “In Too Deep”</div>
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These tracks are going to
intrigue you, romance you and then spin you around. Think dark night
clubs of the 1980's were promises were made and dancing was done in
semi-shrouded corners. Was that just me then? Actually it wasn't
really me at all, but my cool pseudo memory of a much slicker and
gothier me might have encountered that sort of thing. The real me
though is just captivated by the two tracks I'm going to play you
today. The first is by In Isolation a Nottingham based three piece
band who are Ryan Swift, John Berry and Tony Ghost. They have a very
dark indie beauty about their sound. I think that the guitar sounds
like it's pacing a cage or straining at a lease. The vocal, on the
other hand, is smooth and shadowy. This isn't gin and tonic, or
brutally chilled chardonnay. This music is perfectly poured Guiness
or Diamond White and Castaway when the club is hot and hardly lit and
the room is packed with music and dancing bodies. This track “Tears”
is about just that: tears. It's a break up song and which one of us
hasn't felt the agony of splitting up. That awful splitting up of
the vinyl collection that you never imagined you would ever have to
do. The sound is sophisticated and produced with real sensitivity to
the band as a whole, whilst the lyrics move me and I hear something
clever in every new listen. This is due out in May/June 2014 when
the video is completed, but you can hear it here first. In Isolation
and “Tears”</div>
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They ya go a pre-release
play of “Tears” by In Isolation. That may not have been dark
enough for you so stand by I've got something even more challenging.
The next artist is Annette Berlin and along with Keith Hall she
creates grungy new wave blues. This is concave, quirky and off beat.
She is Bristol based and plays on the bill with St. Pierre Snake
Invasion on May the 23<sup>rd</sup> at The Louisiana in Bristol. I
played St. Pierre Snake Invasion way back on Show 4 and if you think
that they are growly, power chordy and disturbing, wait until you
hear Annette Berlin. If you can't wait to catch her in Bristol you
can she her and Keith play the Audacious Art Experiment in Sheffield
UK on the 26<sup>th</sup> April 2014. I'm going to play you “The
Playground” because I think that it's a good introduction to her
duality and the honesty of bathos in her work. She takes the happy
place of the playground and shows us how it can be sinister and
intimidating. It reminds me of the welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his
work “Hunchback In The Park” or the end couplet of his poem
“Should Lanterns Shine” “<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
ball I threw while playing in the park Has not yet reached the
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track is spiky and faltering. There is little flow you sweep you
along. It's starts quietly in the sunshine with butterflies and then
punches you in the face. I really felt that I had to work for this
emotion and boy what emotion this track is full of. If Annette's
sound was a colour I think it would be dark purple and black and bit
like a bruise. See what you make of it Annette Berlin and “The
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boy see what I mean. You're not left in any doubt that you just
heard something emotional. I love its macabreness. Apparently
macabreness isn't a real word. Sorry. For real words that do tell
you about news, event, gigs and releases follow me on twitter under
the handle JosieJo Show. For extra content go to my Facebook page
and you can read this show on Blogger and </span></span><a href="http://www.josiejoshow.tumblr.com/">www.josiejoshow.tumblr.com</a><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">
look out for the hundreds of JosieJo Show screen cloths that are in
circulation and if you want one yourself get in touch with me
josiejo@josiejoshow.com Maybe I should give you something quirky,
clever and fun to end with. This is from the brand new album “In
Too Deep” by the atonishingly lovely and very talented Sarah
Holburn. This is “Ice-cream” Thank you for listening.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #685952;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This
is The JosieJo Show and it's show 26 a celebration of the short song.
Normally I play two different tracks by two different artists or
bands and then end with a third track by a band that I've played on
the show before, but last week the final track was “Cheer Me Up”
by Misty's Big Adventure and it got me thinking that good tunes are
good tunes and some are made great because of their brevity. I don't
mean that in a sarcastic way. I am myself considered shorter than the
norm and am therefore a champion of the “small, but perfectly
formed”. So I decided to concentrate this week on the tiny track.
Those tunes that storm into your life, give you a big sloppy kiss,
slap in the face or ruffle of the hair and then leave while you stand
there blinking, wondering what that was all about and wanting to lean
forward and press repeat repeat repeat. Two tracks by two different
artists in a show celebrating the short track though was going to
make for a very brief show 26 so this week you get five tracks. Five
tracks by five different artists none of which have been played on
The JosieJo Show before. Stand by and concentrate this is going to
whizz by.</span></span></span></div>
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up is Swimsuit Addition from Chicago, Illinois. A four piece with
passion. They are Jem, Becca, Sam and Sarah and are all girl
bubblepunk. Like a sort of pink punk or Hello Kitty with it's eyes
gouged out. They have an EP out called Kittyhawk and play mostly
round Chicago and the surrounding area, but they're looking to tour
Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburg, you get the idea so if you like what
you hear and you know of places that would love this sound then get
in touch with them via their Facebook page.</span></span></span></div>
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track “Gimme, Gimme” is forty eight seconds of in yer face sound.
At the end you'll be pinned against the wall and in no doubt of just
when they want it. It's impossible for me to make this intro shorter
than the track itself, but let's limit the damage and jump straight
in. So here it is Swimsuit Addition and “Gimme, Gimme” </span></span></span>
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Just brilliant. Forty eight seconds of fun, frenzied punk. They do
have much longer tracks and you can find them at the somewhat
disturbing, yet fun website <a href="http://www.swimsuitadditon.com/">www.swimsuitadditon.com</a>
It gets me thinking that if you're only going to have less than a
minute to grab your listeners then you need to wake them up fairly
quickly. No lengthy intros or navel gazing introversion. This
brought me to my next band and Steam punk heroes The Men That Will
Not Be Blamed For Nothing. What's steam punk? Well think
Victoriana, Engineer minded, Dr. Who loving, waxed mustachioed punk
rockers. I'll dig out some photos I've taken at their gigs and pop
them onto my Facebook page. Just find me by searching for JosieJo
Show. This London based band have been recently steaming themselves
through America and are due to play The Balcony on the lower east
side in New York City on May 15<sup>th</sup>. They have songs about
gin, Nikoli Tesla and this one, my favourite, about Isambard kingdom
Brunel. It's longer than the last track, but gives you no time for
tea. Saying their name is almost longer than the track itself. This
is The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing and “Brunel”</span></span></span></div>
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of you that are super smart/geeky will know, of course, that it
wasn't actually Isambard Kingdom Brunel that built the tunnel under
the Thames at Rotherhithe, but his father Isambard Marc Brunel (now
known as Marc Brunel to avoid confusion), but IKB did work for his
father on the tunnel as an engineer and in fact nearly drowned when
the entrance hall flooded. You can still visit that entrance hall
and the tunnels themselves are still used by the London Underground.
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<span style="color: #685952;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Master
Solo from Norwich England. This band sort grew round the solo
project of Mark Jennings to create the folk, blues five piece
consisting of Mark, Kat Mcgregor, Zoe Ward, Mark Bromley and my
colleague, and fellow soundie Rich Williams. The sound of this band
is extraordinary. It is led mostly by the deep, deep, deep gravelly
lead male vocal harmonised by the sweet female voice. Woven into this
are often pianos, organs, glockenspiels, drums, bass, guitars and the
odd melodica. The tracks are tales and tribulations delivered with
wit and beats, simple yet beautifully effective. The cleverness of
this band is in its naivete. The candour of the tunes engage you and
the seemingly guilelessness of the structure is, in itself, clever.
You expect to hear this band in the corner of a pub gradually
commanding your attention.</span></span></span></div>
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track “The Pirate and the Nun” seems like a song that should be
sung round a campfire. It’s from their album “Shepherd
(unmastered)” which is available as a free download on
http://mastersolo.bandcamp.com/page. It's a song about falling
for a girl whilst dressed in fancy dress. Their whole relationship
plays out in one and a half minutes. Wallow in the wonderful sound
of Master Solo and “The Pirate and the Nun”</span></span></span></div>
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You see not every short track has to be Boom boom in your face.
Sometimes they are a sweet tale condensed into a few minutes and
sometimes they are just an idea given form. The next track is of
that kind. Two sisters Shelly and Karen Poole, Alisha's Attic were
huge in the 1990s and I played and played and played their album
Alisha's World. This track “Personality Lines” is a fine
example of how a little idea can be captured and presented within a
whole album and still hold its own and get inside your head. I'll
just play it because it pretty much speaks for itself. Alisha's
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Love it. Shelly is still performing with her new project Red Sky
July and recently played the wonderful Green Note Cafe in Camden
North London. The Green Note is a constant source of great music
for me and if you are ever in the area I can highly recommend that
you try and catch some live music there. It's always packed so grab
your table early. Well that's it for my short tracks . I'm going
to end with a whopping three minuter, but I always think of this
track as a sweet little track so it seems fitting, plus it is in the
top forty four of my friend Liam's all time favourite tracks. Again
it's from a very successful Swedish band called I'm From Barcelona
who are just happy and fun. When me and Liam saw them at End of the
Road Festival I think that they broke the record for the amount of
band members on the stage. I think it was about thirty or so. Then
the lead singer crowd surfed on a pink li-lo. You couldn't make it
up. Hope you enjoyed this show. I know it was a bit different, but
back to normal next week as soon as I work out what normal is.
Follow me on Twitter under the handle josiejoshow and on Facebook
for extra content. All the shows are up on Mixcloud and can be
found in blog form on Tumblr and Blogger. Stay to the end for an
outro in Mandarin and thank, as always, for listening. This is I'm
From Barcelona and “Treehouse”</div>
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The JosieJo Show 25</div>
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What have we got for you
today? Well essentially this show is two great tracks by two
different bands or artists that I haven't played before and you may
not have encountered before. I think that they deserve more exposure
and I want to share them with you in that sort of Mixtape way that we
used to do. The third track I'll play is a bit of a bonus by a band
I've played on a previous show. This week we have an electronica
five piece from London, power-pop rockers from Canada and to play us
out a whimsical little track to cheer you up. It's The josieJo Show
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Talk In Colour have been
steadily making their way through the notoriously difficult music
scene in London, England creating gentle waves of interest and
sparking a following. They are at the moment working on a soundtrack
for a British film, preparing for the festival season and recording
an album. They are about to release an single called “The Cell”
on 20<sup>th</sup> April 2014 and that's what I'm going to play you
in this show. It's soulful electronica with gentle, balmy vocals.
That's balmy in the fragrant evocative sense, not the mad crazy
sense. There are layers of sound including harp and keyboard
creations in every track they do, but this one really has a sense of
changing space. Even though it is “just music” it reminds me of
the work of the British artist, Anthony Gormley particulary his work
“Blind Light” If you're not familiar with this piece it is a
massive clear box full of fog that the spectator enters and
experiences the artwork from inside and out as you and others move
around in this fog. The colours, sound and sense of perspective
changes as you move around and that is what this track reminds me of.
I find that interesting from a band whose name itself plays with
the senses of sound and sight. This is Talk In Colour and “The
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That track “The Cell” by
Talk In Colour is available for download on the 20<sup>th</sup> April
2014, but you can stream it for free right now by going to their
soundcloud page. Find links to that on their facebook page and I'll
post a link to it in my blogger, facebook and tumblr pages. Go to
<a href="http://www.josiejoshow.tumblr.com/">www.josiejoshow.tumblr.com</a>
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Enough of that business
let's give you some unashamed, crafted and clever power-pop from
Toronto, Canada. Clockwise have been on the music scene for a very
long time now and the current line-up is formed from several vintage
bands. They love music and share and swap it constantly via their
facebook page. These guys know how to rock and yet, despite that
experience they have a freshness and young at heart attitude that
exudes from every guitar growl and drum beat. They take the art of
the three minute pop track and give a good old shake down. Although
they come from Canada I have seen them play the Cavern Club,
Liverpool several times now as part of David Bash's International Pop
overthrow and every time they rock the stage with youthful enthusiasm
and greet their fans, of which I am most definitely one, with charm
and unsophisticated fun. This track “Boomtown” comes from their
album “Faders On Stun”, which is, at the moment available for
“pay what you like” via their website <a href="http://www.clockwisecanada.com/">www.clockwisecanada.com</a>
This track is about what it's like to have it all in the city. Like
most of their music it has grown-up themes with innocent voom. Men
that have never quite grown up and are still playing guitars with
their mates and having a ball. This is the ever enthusiastic
Clockwise and “Boomtown”</div>
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There you go Clockwise and
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For news, events, gigs and
releases about the bands I've played on the shows and those to come
follow me on twitter under the handle josiejoshow. Contact me via my
facebook page josiejoshow or use good old fashioned email
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You can recommend bands for me to play, send me your very own outro
or just say hello. If you like what you heard please comment at the
bottom of the Mixcloud page. The bands do follow the show and really
do appreciate your encouragement and comments. Thank you for
listening and to play us out here's a whimiscal happy tune from the
mighty Misty's Big Adventure “Cheer Me Up”</div>
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Hooray. You made it. I'm
very glad you're here. Let me tell you what this is all about if you
don't already know. It's a simple little show that is essentially
two great tracks by two different bands or artists that have been
producing and creating music. It's all available out there, but you
may well not have heard of them. Then I normally end with a track by
a band I've played before. Having said that I don't stick to even my
own rules so don't count on anything. You may not like everything you
hear on the show. In fact the likelihood is that there will be some
stuff that just doesn't do it for you, but stick around. You may
just come across your new favourite band and on that journey you're
hearing tunes and sharing music in that good old fashioned Mixtape
way that we used to do. The JosieJo Show is a trans-genre show.
Normally the bands have no link and there is no pattern to the plays,
but this week both bands have been recommended to me by Jon Raleigh
of Boston band Rollo Time. I played Rollo Time when I used to do
this feature as JosieJo's Great Big Pair of Tips on Round At
Milligan's and I will play Jon's band on this show in the future when
they come over to the UK for a few gigs in May. The two tracks for
this show, though, came together as I was listening randomly to music
on the train the other day and they do seem to work as a mini
playlist. The third track is the opening track from The Magic
Brothers album “The Magic Line” and I'm playing that because I
finally got to see Nicky and Woody play live at The Dublin Castle
this week and it was a superb night with lots of love and laughter.
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So starting with The Queue
from Chicago, Illinois they are an unsigned four piece with British
Pop influences and power pop freakiness. They are playing
International Pop Overthrow festival in Chicago on the 12<sup>th</sup>
April 2014.</div>
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I'm going to play you “God
Save The Queen”. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking the
Sex Pistols and that classic line “God Save The Queen, the fascist
regime” It's not that. It's not about the Queen of England at all
as far as I can tell. I have to admit to not really knowing at all
exactly what it's about. I'm pretty certain that it's about a “deep
psychosis.” At least the chorus repeats that a lot. I think it's
the chorus. I don't really understand these things, but its
clashing, jangly rock guitars amongst its swirl of some kind of
morphine induced wobbly is very appealing. It's quite cross so I'm
playing you the radio edit. For the full powerful punch go to
https://www.facebook.com/thequeue/app_2405167945 but for now here's
the mind growl that is The Queue and “God Save the Queen”</div>
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wooo wooo wooo wooo. I love
that sort of out of focus/in focus wobble at the end. I was going to
play you a drinking song after that one called “Whiskey Rainclouds”
by Bob's Yer Uncle”, but in my prep for the show this track by
Bob's Yer Uncle came on my player right after the Queue's track and
they seemed to work very well together. Never one to turn down
fortuitous coincidence I decided to “go with the flow” (I often
turn down unfortuitous coincidence and just put bad omens down to the
random chaos of the universe. Self delusion keeps us all sane). So
Bob's Yer Uncle then. Another Chicago band and, like The Queue,
they're playing Chicago's International Pop Overthrow at The Red Tap
Line on the 19<sup>th</sup> April. They also have that sort of
British pop undertone which is possibly due to the lead singer and
guitarist, Adrian's Liverpuddlian roots. I love the word
Liverpuddlian. And I also like the suggested etymology of the phrase
“Bob's yer uncle” which seems to have several possibilities most
of which are based on stories of nepotism in the British political
system or military promotions. In case you don't know it is pretty
similar to the French phrase “voila”. Their music is very much
straight forward. This track is no exception and it's from their
album Xplot-i-mite.</div>
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“Sex Wars” is great.
It's a call and response from the two voices, first a female and then
a male warring over the nuances of relationships. It has some great
use of those usual lines you associate with “you did this you did
that” round and round arguments of clashing couples whilst at the
same time it sounds all “sweetie and darling.” The opening
begins very cordially and, as the track progresses the lyrics and the
music mirror the inevitable descent into discordance. I love the
trippy synths and pause before the repetition of the closing lines.
Give it to us straight Bob's Yer uncle and “Sex Wars”</div>
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Ok they seem to think that
every relationship ends like that so let's reinstate your faith in
human nature. This track is on the album The Magic Line by The Magic
Brothers. The Magic Brothers are Woody, the drummer from Madness and
his super talented brother, Nicky Woodgate. As I record this show
they are in the middle of a five gig residency at The Dublin Castle
in North London and me and Dave Milligan went to see them play live
last week. This fulfilled an ambition I have had to see Nicky play
since falling in love with his album Magic Carpets. There's a lot of
magic in the Woodgate world. See the photos I took of the gig by
going to my Facebook page JosieJo Show and share the love by liking
my page whilst you're there. Thank you for listening. This is The
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welcome, welcome to the JosieJo Show and in tribute to the recent
International Women’s Day that was on March 8</span></span></span><span style="color: #1049bc;"><sup><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup></span><span style="color: #1049bc;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">
2014 I’ve got two wonderful female singer-songwriters to inspire
and delight. Both tracks are just three and a half minutes long
and each is brimming with soul, wit and something of the essential
essence of what it means to be a woman in this world of wonder. It’s
going to be a beautiful fifteen minutes and I’m happy to share it
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I introduce you to a delightful and youthful singer-songwriter Phoebe
Warden? A Nineteen year old from Canterbury, England she’s been
immersing herself in the local busking scene for a while now.
I’ve mentioned the Canterbury busking scene before when I played
CoCo and The Butterfields and indeed it was at a CoCo and The
Butterfields gig in December 2013 that I first encountered Phoebe and
she blew my socks off with her super charming, self-effacing calm.
She’s folk indie of the 21</span></span></span><span style="color: #1049bc;"><sup><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">st</span></span></sup></span><span style="color: #1049bc;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">
Century. I couldn’t help but compare her to Joni Mitchell as
she played live and listening to her music since she reminds me of a
soothing Caitlin Rose especially in this song “Hotel Bar”.
With its cute drinking theme, assonance and terse rhymes it tickles
my eardrums and makes me smile. It’s a song she wrote as she
sat in a hotel bar waiting for her date who never showed up.
Once she’s beguiled you with her tune you’ll want to shout “you
cad” to that fellow or, as Dave Milligan did at The Green Note café
that night, “you were stood up? Unbelievable”. Why
would anyone stand-up the charming Phoebe Warden? She doesn’t
demand sympathy though. It’s a happy, hearty, hand-clappy
bounce. This tune is sung beautifully and attentively
produced. Tell us the story Phoebe Warden and “Hotel Bar”.</span></span></span></div>
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isn’t it? Phoebe is just a delight to chat to and she is
often found supporting the mighty CoCo and the Butterfields.
I’ll be tweeting the dates of their mini tour as they continue on
it so follow me on twitter under the tag josiejoshow and if you get
along to a live event or two you’ll probably catch Phoebe sooner or
later. It’ll be like being in Venice Beach in the sixties and
you will be able to say that you were there. </span></span></span></div>
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next musician is Fanny Hulter Salinder and she’s also an artist and
producer based in Stockholm, Sweden. Her musical project goes
under the name of Nuoli. She is staunchly feminist and
passionate about challenging stereotypes. Her music is about
questioning what it is to be human and she is being very successful
in spreading her word globally denouncing inequality wherever it
exists. In the Berlin based blog Nordic By Nature she recently
described her project as being born from the simple fact that “time
and pressure makes diamonds”</span></span></span></div>
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think that this track “My Curse Is My Mind” is one of those
diamonds. It’s a call to arms against unfairness and
disrespect. It's swirling sound uses percussion in many
different ways which underlines the sort of fragile strength that
she, herself, possesses. Sometimes it’s a tub-thumping beat,
next it’s a tinkly twinkle and sometimes it’s both of those at
once. This track has a beautiful soaring quality that
leaves you uplifted and the end fades away like stones turning paler
as they dry in the sunshine. Sit back and enjoy this. It’s
quite wonderful Nuoli and “My Curse Is My Mind”</span></span></span></div>
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never want that track to end. Nuoli’s new single “My Curse Is My
Mind” and you can read her answers to Nordic By Nature’s
questions on their website </span></span></span><a href="http://nordicbynatureberlin.com/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"><u>http://nordicbynatureberlin.com/</u></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #1049bc;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">
I’ll be plundering that website for great bands in the near future
I’ll be bound. Visit my Facebook page for photos I've taken of
Phoebe Warden aswell as much more extra content and my website for
links to all the archived shows and links to the bands. In respect of
International Women's Day I'll end this show with a track by another
great female singer songwriter this time from </span></span></span><span style="color: #1049bc;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Vlissingen,
Nederland</span></span></span><span style="color: #1049bc;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">
This is Eva Auad and “Roll It Over Me”</span></span></span></div>
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You are very welcome to the
JosieJo Show. I really appreciate you listening. Each show I
present you with two great bands or artists that you may, very well
have not heard before, but I think they deserve some greater acclaim.
I go to gigs, I dig around on the internet and I ask other people
what they are listening to. The other thing I do is listen radio, a
lot of radio. Some of my favourite stations are based in the US
including www.scrubradio.com, www.qstarradio.com and the mighty
Songsmith's show on Hamilton radio www.hamiltonradio.com. One of my
absolute favourite shows though is on Forest FM on a Friday night. I
can't listen live, but the lovely Alan Dorey is good enough to post
the whole two and a half hours up on Mixcloud and I unashamedly
plunder his show the Musical Box for bands I want to share with you.
He often listens to my show and pricks up his ears at a band or two
and then plays them on his show. It's a cyclical, swirl of mutual
music love. My first band this week is, indeed, one of Alan's finds
and my second track is one of my favourite songs of all time. Stick
around, it's going to be a fun fifteen minutes. This is The JosieJo
Show and I'm very glad you're here.</div>
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So the first track was
played on Alan Dorey's Musical Box and what a good opener. This six
piece from London are called GoldHeart Assembly and they have
attitude in abundance, oh yes they have. They have a great sound and
top life affirming, crowd rousing, melodies that simply shout “let's
get dancing”. Very, very excitingly they will be playing their
debut album “Wolves and Thieves” live from start to finish at the
Lexington in Islington, London on 7<sup>th</sup> March 2014</div>
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This is not something that
they do very often so make the effort and then you can say you were
there. They also have an album called “Long Distance Song Effects”
out now, but better than that their single “Oh Really” is
available free on soundcloud. Even better than that is the fact that
if you wait just a little bit longer, that very single will be
available on vinyl.
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Do wanna hear that single
right now? Oh course you do. It's punchy, swinging and purely
danceable to. It has great pace changes, gymnastic vocals,
machine-gun drums and a lovely buzzy guitar sound. It's a track
about releasing music and the whole music machine. In a world where
Cliff Richard, gawd bless him, has an article in what I always
assumed was anti-mainstream music magazine NME I wonder where all the
dissident music has gone. Maybe I'm out of touch, but I have to say
I love the pure balls of these guys. Without trying challenging
chord sequences or alienating spikiness these guys bring attitude in
the bucketload. Standby for this track. It dives you straight in
with a commanding count in. I'm guessing it begins with a “One,
two, three, four, ah, ah, ah,ah”, but I could be wrong and I can
only guess at the language it's in. Don't worry their London roots
come screaming out and their Camden confidence pushes through like a
speeding tube train. Brace yourselves. This Goldheart Assembly and
“Oh Really”</div>
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ooooooh yes! Thank you Mr.
Alan Dorey for dropping them in my lap. I like them a lot. Let's
stay just North of the Thames and bring you something perhaps more
understated. There is a quirky, eccentric, undefinable gentleman
from Clerkenwell who has a band called The Real Tuesday Weld. He's
been making tunes for a long time now and named his band after the
actress Tuesday Weld. Perhaps not surprisingly he received a desist
and remove order from the aforementioned lady he changed his name to
The Real Tuesday Weld. This guy is a real character. Live, I'm
told, the band sounds like a lounge suited, jazz outfit, but really
what this gentleman does is all well just quite different really.
Here's an example of just one of the myriad of projects he's been
involved in over the years. He was commissioned to provide music for
the Mark Rothko room at London's modern art museum The Tate Modern.
There is always something artistic and aesthetic he is entwined in.
You can check out his latest projects at www.tuesdayweld.com or buy
his latest crazy release, five tracks on an umbrella. What else
could you need? Three versions of the track “I Love the Rain”
plus “Snowballs” and “Golden April Showers” available to hear
on that epitomy of controlled English eccentricity, the gentleman's
black umbrella. Weather tunes as you defeat the weather. I don't
quite know how the mechanics of this works, but who cares? Resist if
you can, but why would you? Visit <a href="http://www.antiquebeat.co.uk/">www.antiquebeat.co.uk</a>
for more information and the whole of his back catalogue including
his solo projects under the name of the Clerkenwell kid. He recycles
and re-releases his tunes over and over again. For example, this
track, “Anything But Love” is available on the 2001 release “When
Cupid Meets Pysche” in the Uk and yet in the US the EP was similar,
but different and released under the name “When Pysche Meets Cupid”
Why am I playing you a tune that is essentially so old? Why?
Because it is, in my opinion, one of the best songs ever recorded.
It would almost be worth finding someone to marry me for just so I
can have it at my wedding. I am definitely having it at my funeral
and it's my mantra, my reset button and quite often my reason for
living some days. It pretty much says it all really. It's
understated, quirky, and pragmatic. Are you getting the idea yet
that it's one of my favourite songs ever? It's The Real Tuesday Weld
and “Anything But Love”</div>
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Brilliant, just brilliant.
That probably explains a lot about me. I'm going to play you out
with a new track by Thomas Dahl and his project Caddy. I played
Thomas on an earlier show. You can check out all the archived shows
by going to <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
and click “Listen To The Show” That'll take you right to the
Mixcloud page and you can choose a show or two or go right back to
show one and listen to them all in order. Each show is ten to
fifteen minutes or so long and they are all crafted with love and
care. Contact me by email <a href="mailto:josiejo@josiejoshow.com">josiejo@josiejoshow.com</a>
and follow me on twitter, tumblr and blogger under the handle JosieJo
Show. You can also check out and like my Facebook page for extra
content including photos and videos of the bands. You can even get
embroiled in the the vote for your very favourite JosieJo Show logo.
Thank you for listening. And finally here's Caddy and “Something
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Hooray! It's Show 21 of The
JosieJo Show. The coming of age, if you will. The JosieJo Show is a
trans genre show and have we got a hodgepodge this time. Are you
ready? You'd better be. You are in very good company and you're very
welcome. I'm going to wake you up with pop-punk from Wales and then
swing you into a sort of Scottishy folky, catchy love ballad and end
with an beautiful track by Irish singer-songwriter, Paula Ryan that
may well change the world. This is the weirdest combination of
tunes, but hey great tunes are great tunes. It's The JosieJo Show.
Two great tracks, by two different artists and a special sneaky bonus
track for you right at the end.</div>
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Let's start by telling you
about My Favourite Runner Up. My Favourite Runner Up – what a
great name for a band? It's like celebrating the average, that sort
of commendation of the “ok”. We can't all be gold medal speed
skaters or impossibly thin ski-jumpers flying for glory in Sochi at
the winter Olympics, but we can all have a go. The compliment “My
Favourite Runner Up” though is like a double disappointment, the
one that didn't make it, but is so bad at not coming first they need
to be told they are the favourite of the best of the rest. It's
kinda sweet and insulting at the same time. It makes me laugh. My
Favourite Runner Up are a five piece from Aberystwyth, Mid Wales, but
they've been playing North Wales and the area for a long time now.
They came to me from a recommendation by Skip from the grrrrringly
great North wales punk rock band The No Name Janes and I can see why
he likes them. Formed in 2006 My Favourite Runner Up are Tom Carr
on drums, Andrew Towell and Lee Walker on Guitar and Tom Hawkes on
bass all backing up Chris Evans on vocals and guitar. They launched
their latest album “Crossroads” last week. The last track of
show 20, “Light a Fire” was from that album, and I said it last
week and I'll say it again, it's stonkingly good. It's produced by
ROMESH DODANGODA and you can really hear his experience and talent in
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This track “Poison” is
from that new album and it's paced and fiery. It's a song about
drinking and touring in a van. If that isn't wonderful enough for
you it has a great use of whoo hoos. I do like a good use of a whoo
hoo. The message of the track? Regret stuff , but never learn from
your mistakes. This is summed up in the line “did you honestly
think I'd ever change?”. It's noise that is really mixed well. It
ticks all the boxes really: you can bop to it, it is clear and
clever, it has a catchy hook and driving percussion. It's an anthem.
C'mon. This is My Favourite Runner Up and “Poison”</div>
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Yep! So wrong, but so right.
Love it. My Favourite Runner Up play the Central Station in Wrexham
North Wales on the 12<sup>th</sup> of March and if you want details
of their first EP “Thoughts, Feelings, Actions” or how to buy
their great new album “Crossroads” visit their website
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And now, as the great Monty
Python would say, for something completely different. Based in
Edinburgh, Scotland the genuinely lovely Nathan Fynn. This guy is
simply immersed in music. He is one of the world's music grafters.
He plays live music in Edinburgh at least four days a week. I saw
him at The White Hart Bar in Grassmarket and he charmingly, yet
reticently hands out lists of tunes that you can choose from and
he'll play them and his repertoire is phenomenenal. I tried to
convince him to play his own tunes for me, but the crowd weren't
quite warmed up enough for that, so I came home and looked up his own
tunes for myself. This has resulted in me wanting to launch my own
campaign to get the bars of Edinburgh having him play his own tunes
seven nights a week. I think it would go down a storm. Edinburgh is
a city of music with its own heart and colour palette. It's grey,
yes, but it has this glorious depth of grey and green. I can't
explain it really. It's enough to say that it has its own quality
and Nathan has embraced the place, made it his own and through its
folk blues his music shimmers with that Edinburgh soul. He says on
his website “I hear music in everything; traffic, trees, weather,
footsteps, doors. It's everywhere for me.” You can hear him play
every Wednesday at The Rose and Crown, every friday and Saturday
night at The White Hart in Grassmarket and every Sunday afternoon
with his acoustic duo The Hanovers at the wonderful Grosvenor Bar
again in Edinburgh. Ahhh! The Grosvenor Bar Edinburgh, now there's a
place that I've got happy history with. Let's move on.</div>
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Let's have another drinking
tune. “The Ballad of Sweet Louise” is from Nathan's EP “The
Bullet and the Bridge” which is available for a “pay what you
like” fee from <a href="http://www.nathanfynn.co.uk/">www.nathanfynn.co.uk</a>
It's a tune about a girl. Of course it is and who wouldn't fall
inappropriately in love with a girl who drinks from a whiskey jar and
looks you straight in the eye. Just don't play his guitar without
asking. That sounds like I tried to do it when I saw him live. I
didn't. It was Sweet Louise. His guitar playing is great and he
plays one guitar so that it sounds like several. It's a great track
and makes no excuses for itself. This is a guy that loves, music,
life, women and Edinburgh. This is Nathan Fynn and “The Ballad of
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And that was The JosieJo Show. For news events gigs and releases
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JosieJoShow.tumblr.com to read this show in text format and to get
links to the tunes. Go to my facebook page JosieJo Show for extra
content including photos and videos and to vote on your favourite
JosieJo Show logo and don't forget to contact the bands you've fallen
in love with on the show. They really appreciate the feedback and
you will be adding to your already uber coolness factor by being
there for their own musical journeys. Let's make this world a better
place. On that note I've got a moving track by Paula Ryan to play
the show out. She's playing <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">on
Thursday 27th February as part of the Oxford Human Rights Festival at
the Truck Store in Oxford alongside Stickin The Wheel and George The
Poet and she'd really</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">
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your company if you can join her.
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you for listening. Music and you really do make the world a
wonderful place. Over to you Paula Ryan and “Our So Called
Civilised World”</span></span></div>
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Welcome to The JosieJo Show.
I usually say this last, but this week I'm going to say it first
while you're still paying attention “thank you for listening”. I
really do enjoy doing this show. I do try to inform and entertain.
One thing I can promise you is that each show I'll bring you tracks
that I like and hopefully every now and again you'll like some too.
Who knows, you may even find your new favourite tune. This week I
have a haunting duo from Liverpool, a wonderful singer-songwriter
from Southend-On-Sea in Essex, England and a sneak preview at one
next week's pop-punk band from North Wales.</div>
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First up that duo from the
city of song. Windmill are Mick Dolan and Dawn Williams and they are
on the superb Jack To Phono record label; that's the same label that
Ring Ring Rouge are on. You may have heard Ring Ring Rouge on
previous JosieJo Shows. If not get yourself to the archived shows
after you've listened to this one. Go to <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
and click “listen to the show” Other Jack To Phono artists I can
highly recommend are Bird, The Tea Street Band and Thomas Eno.
Windmill are worthy of this company. They sound much greater than
just a duo. Their sound is beautiful and has been described as
“harrowing”. For a more eloquent description of Windmill than I
could ever give check out Lauren Jones' blog <a href="http://www.themusicmanual.co.uk/">www.themusicmanual.co.uk</a>
, but until you get chance to do that I'll try to do them justice
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This single “Birdman” is
available Monday 17<sup>th</sup> February 2014 and it is stirring.
It has a tribal drumbeat that almost seems like the very heartbeat of
the song. The vocal is almost ecclesiastical and soaring. If only
we could fly away like this. It rises so high that it almost gives
me vertigo. It has a sense that you are floating in a dream or
separated from reality in the arms of a loved one. This duo is
stunning and this track mesmeric. This is Windmill and “Birdman”</div>
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That was Windmill and their
single “Birdman” available 17<sup>th</sup> February 2014 on Jack
To Phono Records. From one beautiful vocal to another. Next up is
Sarah Holburn from Southend-On-Sea in Essex, England. Sarah comes
from a musical pedigree; her father is Jonny Holburn the drummer from
The Penguin Party. Her talent saw her power through to the final of
the Open Mic Uk competition at the National Exhibition Centre,
Birmingham in early 2014. Her original music seems to have a
charming simplicity, but the tracks are often connected with each
other in subtle ways that are honest, unpretentious and informed by
her upbringing by the British seaside. She released a 4 track EP “Oh
My Goodness” in 2012. You can download her track “Ice-Cream”
for free on her bandcamp page and her album “In Too Deep” is due
for release in April 2014.</div>
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Here's an example of that
network within her work. “In too deep” is not the title of this
track “Shelter”. Well obviously it's not, otherwise it would be
called “In Too Deep” not “Shelter”, but it is an important
line in this tune. It's a sea song like many of her others, but it
is also a song about a relationship hence the line “in too deep”
. You can see how that sense of the word “deep” works on several
levels in her song. It has keyboards, great percussion and I love
the use of pause and response. It is a song to sway to and the
video, like the track itself, plays with angles and perspectives.
Fall in love with Sarah Holburn, like so many others have before you
and so many others will after you, this is “Shelter”.</div>
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Just brilliant. That's
Sarah Holburn and guess what? I've got another track for you. This
is from the Welsh pop punks, My Favourite Runner Up and I'm going to
make them one of my featured bands on show 21, but they have an album
out 17<sup>th</sup> February 2014, see I told you that it's all going
on at the moment. The album is called “Crossroads” and what I've
heard of it so far is stonkingly good. This track will wake you up
good and proper and it's going to play us out, but listen right to
the end of the show because this show my Mum has the last word,
mostly because it was her birthday this weekend and because she still
rocks at 70. Thanks for listening, this is My Favourite Runner Up
and “Light A Fire”</div>
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Welcome to the JosieJo Show.
Each week I try and bring you two tracks from two different bands or
artists. I dig around on the internet, I go to gigs, I listen to
lots and lots of music from all around the world, across many genres
and I find tunes that really appeal to me. Then I put them into this
show and upload it for you to enjoy in your own time, wherever and
whenever you like. Share it around, introduce friends to it or just
sneak a listen to it on your own and make it your special treat.</div>
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First track is by a really
special lady. Leyla McCalla was born in New York to Haitian parents
and her solo music is really informed by this cultural influence.
After spending time in Accra, Ghana and returning to America to study
music she found herself playing her cello on the streets of New
Orleans. Leyla found the spirit and French influences of New Orleans
really inspiring and joined the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an
African-American string band. Her solo album “Vari-Coloured Songs”
is a tribute to American poet and author Langston Hughes and calls on
his work as well as her own original music and Creole influences from
Haiti. She also calls on her friends from The Carolina Chocolate
Drops as well as New Orleans' Don Vappie on tenor banjo and Luke
Winslow King on guitar. I was introduced to Leyla's work by a friend,
Charmion who is fascinated and passionate about world music. One of
Leyla's track featured on a compilation CD that came with Charmion's
subscription to Songwriter magazine and she immediately found Leyla's
tunes inspiring. She plays the album whenever she needs a lift. She
plays it to her children and in the car, whenever she needs a bit of
oomph.
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The album is really quite
awesome and can be found on Leyla's website <a href="http://www.leylamccalla.com/">www.leylamccalla.com</a>
This track “Girl” is available as a free download on her bandcamp
page. It maybe isn't the jolly track you might be expecting
considering the introduction so far, but it's a moving story told
with an exceptional voice, with an unexpected string section that
bends and weaves through the tale. Its slow start, bluegrass pace
and directional changes make the abrupt end shocking every time I
hear it. Crafted and thoughtful this is Leyla McCalla and “Girl”</div>
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Yep. It gets me every time.
Leyla is gigging crazy right now. What I've seen of her on YouTube
she is beautiful and dignified live. So what's next I hear you cry?
3 Daft Monkeys of course. This is essentially a band of wanderers.
Formed in 1999 by Tim Ashton and Athene Roberts. They have extremely
strong celtic roots and a theatrical style that goes through and
beyond the music and these guys have music in their very souls.
Athene the fiddle player started playing at just four years old when
she started using an tiny violin which was an ornament on a friend's
wall. The drummer, Richie used coloured pencils as drumsticks on
empty ice-cream containers when his percussion education began. Luke,
the bass player, has his own solo projects and is on the bill to play
Ferocious Dog's December festival Dogfest in Warsop England. I'll be
there and I can't wait. 3 Daft Monkeys are playing a gig in La
Verriere in France on the 21<sup>st</sup> March 2014 and lots of UK
Festivals, amongst others, Bearded Theory, Boomtown and on the 12<sup>th</sup>
April they are on the list of superb acts to play Dan's birthday
bash. That's Dan from Ferocious Dog. I really will have to play you
some of their tracks, but for now back to 3 Daft Monkeys.</div>
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Their sixth and new album
“Of Stones and Bones” is out right now and it is rooted in the
landscape and heritage of Cornwall, England. The tracks are based
round the stories and myths of this mystic and celtic land. This
track “Morwenna” is no exception. It is evocative and emotional
and has a swirling gypsy feel. It feels almost mesmeric which is
beautifully fitting since it is a tale of a watery siren drawing the
hero into an impossible relationship. It's heart breaking stuff, but
the track really takes off in a very life affirming way. It's folk,
rock, gypsy madness in the best possible way.</div>
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Get seduced by 3 Daft
Monkeys and “Morwenna”</div>
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If you want to hear this
track then go to <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
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You can hear 3 Daft Monkey's
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Such a great track and a
superb ending. Follow me on twitter @josiejoshow for news, events,
gigs and releases, find me on Facebook for extra content and read a
text version of the show on Blogger and Tumblr under the handle
JosieJo Show.</div>
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Tell your friends about me
and up my likes on Facebook for some juicy good karma. I'll going to
play you one more track by Hatmendo, the solo project of the late,
great Andy Ropek. Andy used to run the amazing music evenings the
Icarus Club in and around London. His legacy is continued by his
good friend Phil Dearing. This is a great track and Dave played it
on show 60 of Round At Milligan's. To hear that whole two hour show
go to my website <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
and click on the link to listen to Round At Milligan's. They are all
there just waiting for you to listen to. Thanks to you for listening
to the JosieJo Show. Here's Hatmendo and “I Could Be Persuaded”</div>
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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 <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>.
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
content including videos and links to free downloads go to my
Facebook page; search for josiejo (all one word) and show and it'll
take you right there. For news, events, gigs and releases follow me
on twitter @josiejoshow and to read a text version of the show with
links to the tracks find me on Blogger and Tumblr. Oh I am so
cross-media or whatever the term is. Enough of the business let's
get to the music.</div>
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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
<a href="http://www.soundrefugemusic.com/">www.soundrefugemusic.com</a><a href="http://www.soundrefugemusic.com/">
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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”</div>
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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 13<sup>th</sup>
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 21<sup>st</sup> June 2014 and tickets for that are selling fast.
Check it out on Facebook if you're interested.</div>
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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.</div>
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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 13<sup>th</sup> February and join her 34
thousand followers on Facebook to keep up do date with Bela's gigs
and releases.</div>
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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”</div>
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Well hello. This is the
JosieJo Show - two great tracks by two different artists brought to
you for your aural delight. Music is intensely important to me and I
hope to convey this to you, but most of all I just hope that you like
what these musicians do. You may not like everything I play. Maybe
though you'll prick up your ears and go “ooo I like that. Who's
that?” If you come across a new favourite band or artist and they
move or inspire you in any way, then all my work will be worth it.
What do I have for you this week? Two English blokes both immersed
in music from an early age, both super musically multi-talented and
both producing great music.</div>
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The first of these is King
Size Slim the fat roots and blues, musical production of beautifully
bearded Toby Barelli. He was sent to me via Funke & The Two Tone
Baby and like Funke he's insanely hard working. He did over 152 gigs
in 2013. Think about that...that is half the year..like every other
day, often three or four gigs a week. Bloody astonishing if you ask
me. A quick tour round his website <a href="http://www.kingsizeslim.com/">www.kingsizeslim.com</a>
and you get the impression that he takes his guitar everywhere and
creates music on the move. His videos show him playing on the back
of a golf buggy at The Big Chill festival and going unconcernedly up
and down on the Funicular railway at Hastings. He's not just a
guitar player though. Oh no, his music is hand clapping, broom
sweeping pot and pan bashing, rooted in blues brilliance. He started
playing with whoever would let him when he was just 14 and his
persistence gained him a place in the 80's Two Tone legends that are
The Selector. His massive experience makes his sound live and direct
even on his latest recording “Milk Drunk” his album released by
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This track, “Wake Up The
Town” is from that album and it's anything but blue. It is foot
stomping , hand clapping stuff that is a call to arms to bring the
music to the people. It has an infectious start and a rising chorus
that kicks in early and won't leave your head. The vocal is like a
pulpit, thumping sermon and the instrumental police sirens are a
clever, witty touch. Get your blues boogie on with King Size Slim
and “Wake Up The Town”</div>
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Sirens should be used as
second fiddles in more tunes in my opinion. That was King Size Slim
and “Wake Up The Town” British Blues cool. My next British
singer song writer first picked up a guitar when he was seven years
old and has had music in his soul ever since. Jim Cemlyn Jones
started a busking band in Bristol way back in 1985 and braved the
streets of Bath, Paris and London before ending up in an Acid Jazz
Funk outfit in the 1990s. I've known Jim for a while now, but it was
when, in some down time at work I stumbled into an outside broadcast
van to get another microphone or something and instead found,
snuggled in amongst the boxes Jim with his guitar playing some
chords and jotting down ideas. He played me some of his tunes,
handed me a CD and I realised that jim was not just a great
cameraman and a throughly nice bloke, but he is also a cool
singer/song writer. If you want to read some very funny stories of
his career in television and get a free download of the song I'm
going to play head to his website <a href="http://www.cemlynjones.com/">www.cemlynjones.com</a><a href="http://www.cemlynjones.com/">
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So the song I'm going to
play is “Love The Feeling” Great story about this track. Jim
played an acoustic version to the audience at a snooker match when a
power failure made play impossible. Considering the crowd were there
to sit quietly watching slow paced snooker they did an admirable job
at rewarding Jim's impromptu performance with a rousing round of
applause and he did a superb triumphant fist pump at the end. You
see it's always worth carrying your guitar around and being ready at
the flick of a fuse to perform. Legend. I'll put a link to a video
of that exploit on my facebook page, but the recorded track that you
get in this show is much more of a production. It's a carnival tune
about recharging your batteries with your loved one at the end of a
hard working day. You know that feeling when you look at your
partner and think “I can't believe my luck that they are with me”?
That feeling? Well that's what it's all about. Don't look at me
like that. You do know that feeling. If you don't then just listen
to this track and it'll make you feel like you do. I really love the
sentiment of this song and especially the line “All the money in
the world, couldn't buy this kind of wonderful”. It has a kicking
guitar solo, multi-layered percussion and soaring brass section. The
long fade out just makes you think that feeling will never end. This
really is some kind of wonderful. Jim Cemlyn Jones and “Love The
Feeling”</div>
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Oh it's so good. You know
I'm going to be extra lovely this week and let Jim play you out with
an acoustic track that he wrote whilst looking out of an apartment
window and observing the rhythm of the day. He also includes the
experience of seeing a couple ballroom dancing in full sequinned
regalia in a park in China. Don't forget to follow me on Mixcloud so
you'll know when the next show is uploaded, follow me on twitter for
news, events gigs and releases and visit and like my Facebook to make
me feel loved and get extra content. In all cases if you search for
JosieJo (all one word) and show and you'll get right there. I also
post to blogger and tumblr under JosieJo Show and if you have any
suggestions or comments get in touch by messaging or tweeting me or
email me <a href="mailto:josiejo@josiejoshow.com">josiejo@josiejoshow.com</a>
Finally here's second track by Jim Cemlyn Jones. It's “Skateboard
Park” Enjoy.</div>
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Well hello. I like that
introduction I might keep it. It suits my husky voice this week.
Well I'm telling myself that anyway. Please bear with me. Show 16
seems to be the croaky show, but I'll soldier on because that's how I
roll. This show is simply good music. Two tracks from two different
bands or artists that you may just fall for in a big way. Let's see
what we've got for you.</div>
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From Canterbury, U.K. We
have a five piece called CoCo & The Butterfields. They came
together through the “busking scene”. How wonderful is that?
Canterbury has a busking scene and these guys kept bumping into each
other and have formed this wonderful collection re-inventing and
re-enforcing each others talents to come up with a great band and a
whole new genre. What would you get if you fuse hip-hop with folk?
Fip Fok of course. It's superb and such a great concept they named
their first EP after it. I discovered them when I stumbled on a
brilliantly creative video made with stop-frame animation to their
excellent track “Astronaut”. The whole band is a creative
melting pot. Their latest single “Warriors” has a video that has
created a whole world including maps, glorious costumes and tribes of
peoples. It's genius and I'll post a link to those videos on the
JosieJo Show facebook page. Go there and you'll also find a video I
filmed at a recent gig of theirs of one of my favourite tracks of
theirs “Tipperary Boy” it's a bit wobbly because I was dancing
so much, but I hope that it captures just how infectious they are
live. It was a blinding night and seeing them live is highly
recommended. They start a little big tour of the Uk on the 24<sup>th</sup>
of April in Swindon taking in cities including London, Bristol,York
and Sheffield amongst many others. Follow me on twitter @JosieJoShow
and I'll try and keep you up to date with where they're off to next.</div>
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So why are they so good?
Well it's the sum of their parts really. This track “Walls” is
like the signature tune for CoCo & the Butterfields. It has
pretty much everything. Beat boxing, fiddle, banjo, double bass
guitar and cracking lyrics. It's about striving. Oh and not letting
anyone tell you when or how to feel. I completely agree with this
track's sentiment that no one can tell you when to stop loving
them.The line “I'll only stop loving you when I'm dead” just
seems so defiant, independent and honest. I love the timing as it
stop and starts, swings and rises higher and higher. Stand by. This
is high energy stuff. CoCo & the Butterfields and “Walls”</div>
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Oh yeah! And that, my
friends is what you get when you collaborate hip-hop and folk. It's
Fip Fok. It occurs to me that I don't actually know what a
Butterfield is, but since my word processing programme never throws
it up as a spelling mistake then it must be a word. I imagine it
involves something like rural fields of buttercups skipping and long
skirts. They have a new six track EP out called “King of the
Corner” It's incredibly reasonably priced. Go to
<a href="http://www.cocoandthebutterfields.com/">www.cocoandthebutterfields.com</a>
for all that and more.</div>
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So that was Fip Fok. I know
what you need next... some post grunge, post indie rock from
Yekaterinburg in Russia. This next band is Sundoze, five rocking
dudes playing their hearts out that won my heart back in 2013. We've
played them on Round At Milligan's and for my very special birthday
show they sent in a really cool happy birthday message. They have
bags of personality and care deeply about live music, and serious
fun. I'm bringing them to The JosieJo Show because I really believe
in them. They released their EP “Waking Signs” in 2012, but I'm
pleased to announce that they have just released a new single
“Closure”. Its graphic is shockingly sparse; a white, blank
cover with a tiny, delicate red logo that really made me sit up and
take notice. “Closure” is a plea for peace, a track about faith.
Its vocal has a silky slur that helps its sincerity and it has a
poetry that plays with twisting cliches. I love the way they play
with your senses and ask you to “breathe in the silence.” That
driving vocal and pushing timing mean that I'll take the risks they
ask me to. Ladies and Gentlemen, from Yerkateringburg, Russia I
present you Sundoze and “Closure.”</div>
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Aww. From Russia with peace
and love from Sundoze. Extraordinary. They'd love to hear what you
think of their sound so get in touch with them on bandcamp or via
their Facebook page. Links to all the bands I've played on the
JosieJo Show are right there on my website <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
My Facebook page has extra content including photos and videos of
CoCo & the Butterfields and a link to that Round At Milligan's
show I was talking about. Thank you for listening and finally if you
grew up in the UK in the 1980's and watched darts themed quiz shows
you'll know what I mean when I say listen to Tony.</div>
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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.
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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.
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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.</div>
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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.”</div>
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That was Caddy and
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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 18<sup>th</sup>
2014, the 24<sup>th</sup> 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).</div>
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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”</div>
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Nice... Xander & the
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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
Mixcloud so you'll always know when the next show is available, on
Twitter @JosieJoShow for news events, gigs and releases, on the
JosieJo Show facebook page for extra content and on Blogger and
Tumblr for the show in text form including links to the tracks. Tell
your friends and send them to <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
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.</div>
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Hello there. This is The
JosieJo Show where I bring you two tracks from two different bands or
artists that I just really like. This is show number 14. The very
first of 2014. Oh the synergy of show 14 being the first of 2014.
Just like 2014 this is going to be better than the sum its parts and
those parts are two bands from America, one from Boston and one from
Concord, New Hampshire. Are you excited? You should be.</div>
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The JosieJo Show is all
about great original music and there is a bar in Cambridge,
Massachusetts called TOAD and it is beloved by my first band Tad
Overbaugh and The Late Arrivals. I'll tell you about Tad in a
minute, but first let me wax lyrical about TOAD. I've never been
there, but it is now on my list of places I have to go to. TOAD is a
live music venue that has a board outside that states, in no
uncertain terms “Never a cover” and I'm all for that. Plus,
apparently it has great food and does a decent pint of IPA. Now that
is my kinda place and Tad Overbaugh and the Late Arrivals play there
and they are my kinda band. This band is headed up by Tad himself who
provides the tunes, guitar and lead vocals skilfully supported by,
Rick Cranford on drums, Bruce Freisinger on lead guitar and BV's
(that's backing vocals. Get me and my abbreviations) and Matt Arnold
on bass (wasn't he a 19<sup>th</sup> Century poet?). Tad used to
play with his band The Kickbacks, but he is producing his new album
with the Late Arrivals right now on Peeled Label Records. It's being
worked on in two different states and should be available in the
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He also has a solo album out
called “End of the Decade” which is a lovely sampler of his work
from 1998-2008 and includes the much acclaimed track “Banged Up
Black and Blue”. I do like that track very much, but it's quite
sad and I'd like to start the new year off with something a little
less harsh so I'm going to play you “Lazy Eye”. This is a great
bar room track that plays with imagery and tells a cute tale of eyes
meeting across a crowded room. It doesn't need over-analysing. It's
a tune to bop to and I just love that raucous, power-pop, churning
guitar. Take it away Tad Overbaugh and the Late Arrivals, and their
cracking tune “Lazy Eye”</div>
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For such a happy, bouncy tune I think
that has quite a sad end chord. “Lazy Eye” by Tad Overbaugh and
The Late Arrivals. I found Tad by following links from the Boston
IPO festival November 2013 run by the mighty David Bash. It was such
a good line up that I got the next band from there too. The Tripping
Souls is the creative talent of Paul Makris. With the help of his
mates on drums and bass he writes, sings, tickles the keyboard and
plays guitars to produce really super, alternative rock. Oh yes and
he's a rather cool dude; a sort of better looking version of Paul
Weller. He's had a great nine months including releasing an EP self
titled The Tripping Souls. He's played IPO Boston, as I mentioned,
and get this...he opened for Deer Tick at the Sneakers and Speakers
Festival in July 2013. 2014 looks like it's going to be a prosperous
year for The Tripping Souls as he starts a run of gigs on the 11<sup>th</sup>
January 2014. Catch him, if you can, opening for Big Bad Voodoo
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My favourite The Tripping Souls track
is of course the one I'm going to play you, but if you go to my
JosieJo show facebook page I'll post a link to his reverbnation site
where you can hear several of his tunes and really get a feel of his
American take on the Brit-pop sound. I struggled to choose a track
from The Tripping Souls because I genuinely think they are all
strong, but I chose this one because it reminds me of that great
Robert Frost poem “The Road Not Taken”. “The Narrow Road” by
The Tripping Souls, has that self-aware assurance, whilst at the same
time portraying that feeling that you just can't be everywhere you
need to be all at the same time. Its musicality is superb. The tune
and lyrics are all part of its poetry. I love the beginning, middle
and end of this track. This is the journey that is The Tripping
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Awesome. Thanks to Boston IPO for
providing two great bands for me to play. Keep listening to the
JosieJo Show in 2014 for more tunes. I really appreciate all your
support and remember that the bands and artists do too so if you like
what you hear on The JosieJo Show please seek out them out and tell
them you care. Oh and tell them I sent ya. Follow me on twitter
@josiejoshow for news, events, gigs and releases and my facebook page
for extra content including free music and great projects. Let's
keep the good stuff coming. Thank you for listening.</div>
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This is the JosieJo Show and
each show contains two great tracks from two different artists, bands
or other musical brilliantness type people for your aural delight.
You deserve a bit of you time and I think you deserve a bit more
right now so gather your nearest and dearest round the laptop, PC,
tablet or other mobile device for a new seasonal
tradition...listening to The JosieJo Show. Heck you can even listen
on your own and guess what? I'm giving you four great tracks in this
show. We'll start with a tribute to the late, great Nelson Mandela
and then launch into three Christmas tunes that you may not have
heard before, but may well become your traditional treats. It's the
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So let's first give you the
super wonderful world music talent of Paula Ryan. Paula was born in
the Irish town of Colnmel. I stayed there this year and as far as I
could see, as well as being stunningly beautiful, is a town built on
the production of cider. As you can imagine it has a great tradition
of live music and an incredible disappearing/reappearing mountain as
the weather descends and lifts again. Paula has been producing music
for many a year now and her style is incredibly diverse. Sometimes
her sound is pure irish folk, then the next track will be good old American country, but the track I'm going to play has African roots
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She sent me this track “Lion
In A Cage” just a few days after Nelson Mandela died and I meant to
include it in a show just after his funeral, but I believe that it is
still relevant now and will be as long as people remember the man and
continue to celebrate his life through music. I never had the
opportunity to meet him, but I was in the same room as him several
times and I can honestly say that the effect of his presence seemed
to change even the air we breathed. He seemed to invoke a sense of
peace and calm over everyone present and this track really conveys
that golden freedom. I have no idea how Paula creates these sounds
and backgrounds to this track. Her website talks of tongue drums and
darabukas and Jo, my percussion friend has just told me what those
are, but quite frankly I just love the whole world feel of this music
and this track is really up-lifting. Please enjoy Paula Ryan and
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Awesome man and a wonderful
tribute I think. Paula recently performed that track as part of a
Mandela tribute and all accounts talk of it being very moving. So do
you fancy a Christmas track? Do ya?</div>
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Well Beartown Zodiac are a
Bournemouth band that have a Charity Christmas track out and I'm
simply joyous to play you it. Beartown Zodiac are a four piece
headed up by David Bird-Hawkins and I discovered them because I loved
the fact that many of their songs were written whilst David travelled
the world with his white, flying-V ukele and “Mountains in my
Sunglasses” still rates as one of my absolute favourite tracks
discovered in 2013. They also feature on a very exciting 10 inch
vinyl compilation with three other artists from the Bournemouth
recording studios of The Burrow and it's called The Burrow
Compilation. However Beartown Zodiac have produced this Christmas
track “Keep Christmas Just For Us” as a Charity single for Save
The Children and it's available right now on their website
<a href="http://www.beartownzodiac.co.uk/">www.beartownzodiac.co.uk</a>
so if you need one more wonderful present get yourself to there and
purchase it for a good cause. It's a sweet track and perfect if you
want to tell someone what they mean to you. Christmas comes with all
sorts of pressures and stress, but this track will allow you a little
time out to just care. Beartown Zodiac and “Keep Christmas Just
For Us”</div>
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aww sweet! Are you fed up
of Christmas yet? Are you? Fancy an antidote song? This next track
is from JosieJo Show favourites The Penguin Party and I'm playing it
because I can. Also I told Dave Milligan, who wrote this song about
the fact that Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas and he included that
fact in this track. It's cheery in its tune and grumpy in its
sentiment. The Penguin Party and “It's Only Christmas, It'll Soon
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Genius. Go to
penguinparty.bandcamp.co.uk to get your free download of that and
check out their facebook page or mine to get a link to a great and
very funny video of the song. You'll never be able to look at a
cuddly penguin in the same way again after that. Righto. Getting
Christmassy yet? Here's the mighty Stonehead from Norfolk England.
Stonehead is a sculptor and musician of great talent and he can
genuinely create anything out of pewter so if you have a belt buckle
commission then visit his site <a href="http://www.badge-supplies.co.uk/">www.badge-supplies.co.uk</a>.
Ok Folks. Get yourselves set for tuneful punk, and the Christmas
song that every over forty- year old really wants to sing. Stonehead
and “Gimme Toys”</div>
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So here's the thing. It's
Show 13 of the JosieJo Show and the last one that will be posted in
2013 so I need to bring you two tracks. One to take you out of 2013
and one to take you into 2014. Do we go out with a bang and float
you into the new year on a soothing ballad, or do I soothe you out of
2013 and bring 2014 in with a big celebratory bang? You know you
don't need me to tell you what tracks to listen to depending on your
mood. All I aim to do is to introduce bands or artists that you
wouldn't necessarily come across and you may even find you new
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So here's a band from
London, England. The Mouth of Ghosts are alternative rock with
gorgeous electronic sounds informed by lots of intelligent influences
and passionate love of music. They've worked hard since being
together and are intensely loyal to their fans. Their first album
was released just to fans, in late 2012 and they've really dug deep
to get lots of airplay and gigs in 2013. They have just released a
second EP called “You Will Go Again” and the track “Wrong”
which has a disturbing and beautifully rule-breaking video available
on youtube, will surely continue that success into next year for
them. That EP is available on soundcloud right now and links to that
are available on their facebook page and it will also be available as
extra content on my facebook page. It's soothing and unnerving all
at the same time. A quick look round though and I discover, much to
my fragile ego's delight, that my favourite of their tracks “When
The Sun Sets” seems to be the track most played by other discerning
and impeccably tasted people of radio land. “impeccably tasted”
sort of didn't really come out the way I meant it, but I'll push on
regardless and hope that you'll work out what I meant. It seems very
fitting that as we wave goodbye to one randomly imposed, socially
agreed time period, that I play a track about goodbyes. This track
though is more about welcomes, possibilities and meetings. Just when
you think everything is over, that's when the real stuff happens to
watch over your dreams. The music happens in layers in this track
almost like instruments coming in and out of hearing. It starts with
a tinkly playfulness, but gently develops. Just when you think you
have a handle on one sound it changes and moves into something else.
Let the darkness reveal its possibility to you with The Mouth Of
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love the way that track ends so hauntingly. I found Mouth of Ghosts
on the Straight To Your Head podcast and if you listen out in 2014 I
think you'll hear from them again. So if that was the gentle goodbye
to 2013 then let's bring 2014 in with some good old fashioned roots,
rock, Americana power-pop. Ladies and gentlemen from Somerville,
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The Rotary Prophets. This
band is a five piece that have been together for just over a year,
but they've been in the music game for much longer. How can you not
love a band with a guy who plays piano, organ and lap steel? That's
good old Ted Collins. The main songwriter is John Maloney and the
other three members are Dave Coughlan, Ray Boyce and Damon Vrettos.
They have a deep rooted love of story songs and their five song EP
called “Faith-Lost-Love” is jam packed with American tales and
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I'm going to play you the
first track from that EP. It's called “Sandusky, Ohio”, but its
second, bracketted title is “Sweet Vanessa”. It's a song about
an unrequited love. What I call escalator love. When you fall in
love with someone you see going the other way on an escalator. That
bit of your day when you fall in love with a stranger you pass just
by chance, you make eye contact, you know it could never work, but
just for a second “it's sweet to feel that way”. I make
absolutely no apology for liking this track and oh boy, that
instrumental bit in the middle eight or what ever you call that bit.
Oh boy. It's just great. Get yourself swinging your partner round
to a honky tonk piano The Rotary Prophets and “Sandusky, Ohio
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So that was my Show 13, my
goodbye to 2013 and hello to 2014. follow me on Mixcloud and you'll
get an update when Show 14 is up, that will be the first Show of 2014
and you can't miss that. Follow me on twitter @josiejoshow for news,
events, gigs and releases and check out my Facebook page for extra
content and links to cool things. See if you can find me in two
Tingle Jingle Mingles and enjoy yourselves wherever you are. Happy
everything everyone and thank you for listening.</div>
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Are you listening up? I
hope so. I normally say this at the end, but I'm going to say it now
because I mean it so much “Thank you for listening”. This is the
JosieJo Show and each show includes two tracks from two different
artists or bands and by the end of the show I do very much hope that
you'll be glad you listened up. This show includes Israeli
electronica and a track by a super talented first nations woman from
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First to be listened up to
is Syndrome a project in sound by Israeli born dudes now based in
London. They are developing not just their musical sound, but a
whole collaboration of video art and found sound. They are
constantly swapping and sharing ideas with other artists, finding new
ways of developing and experiencing music. They even play and record
improvised sessions to create interesting and experimental sound.
Their EP called “Colourful Cows” is a comment on how society is
now and it uses many different genres, emotions, speeds and dynamic
ranges to deliver its message. What's more it's available as a free
download via the website <a href="http://www.syndrome.nu/">www.syndrome.nu</a>
They are really keen to hook up with a European band or artist to
maybe swap and share venues with and are right now planning a summer
tour.</div>
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I'm going to play you
“Exhibition Trial” which is a harsh, often sinister track, about
oppression and control as far as I can tell. It almost feels like
something seen, but not quite seen; something heard, but not quite
heard. As the track enters the centre of itself the soft piano is
slightly discordantly under written by disturbing noises off as if
within harmony there is always disquiet. There is another track on
the EP called “Exhibition Trial II” which is much more based on
this harmonious piano, but its video consists of moving camera shots
and fast cut disturbing edits. This track has more of that
disturbance and yet it still has a soft beauty. This is Syndrome and
“Exhibition Trail”</div>
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Woof. Disturbing huh?
Let's bring you something not quite so harsh. Ecko is a first
nations woman from Sechelt, British Columbia (I'm not sure I
pronounced that correctly. I'm not known for my correct
pronunciation and would like to take this opportunity to apologise
to MOXIE for saying that they come from Silgo when in fact they come
from Sligo in Ireland. It's correct on my blog. Read that on
Blogger or Tumblr if you want to check facts or spelling) Back to
Ecko. She's on a mission to deliver her talent and beauty to the
world. She's just successfully completed a fund raising project to
allow her to travel to Los Angles to promote her modelling and acting
career to the Model Talent Association in the new year. I send out my
very best wishes to her for that. She has the beauty of a first
nation's woman and an individuality that commands your attention.
She will be showcasing her talent in L.A. , but the JosieJo show
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She admits to being a
perfectionist and tells me that she doesn't think that this track is
quite finished , but I love its delicate simplicity and lack of self
pity. The message of this track “Hold Tight” is really just that
– hold tight. We may walk a narrow path which can lurch between
disaster and triumph, but as long as we believe and hold tight we can
succeed. It's driven by the repeated beat and the punching rap that
finds its flow and by the end swells around your head like a dream.
It tails off into the distant future. This is the beautiful and
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mmm “Hold Tight” and big
JosieJo Show good luck wishes go out to Ecko for the Model Talent
Association and wishing you all the best for a fabulous 2014. Don't
forget you can hear all of the archived JosieJo shows on mixcloud.
Just go to <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
and click listen to the show. Like me on Facebook and visit the page
for extra content and follow me on twitter @josiejoshow for news,
events, gigs and releases. If you know of a band or artist that
would like to be considered for a play on the show or just to let me
know the tracks that have really rocked your boat, got under your
skin or in anyway have made it into your favourite playlists then
please drop me an old fashioned email <a href="mailto:josiejo@josiejoshow.com">josiejo@josiejoshow.com</a>
Tell your friends about the show. You know that they deserve a
fifteen minute break from stress and reality just like you do and
I'll say it again because it never gets old “Thank you for
listening”</div>
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Greetings. Welcome to Show
11 of The JosieJo Show. Did you know that scientists have recently
found that music can make solar panels more efficient in processing
sunlight, particularly pop and rock for some reason? They think it's
something to do with the vibrations, but honestly if we can capture
more of the sun's energy by turning up the volume then I say “bring
it on. Let's play some great tunes”. This show I have a track
that has been around for a few years by a crazy Birmingham based band
an a fairly new release from a UK South Coast 3 piece.</div>
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Let's start first with
Misty's Big Adventure. This band is, indeed, an adventure in sound
and it's big. It's an eight piece, brassy, bold and just fabulous.
It's headed up by Grandmaster Gareth who is a solo artist in his own
right and he gives Misty's its distinctive vocal sound. The rest of
the sound is provided by the trumpet, sax, keyboards, bass, guitar
and drums oh yes and Erotic Volvo as himself. Erotic is the secret
weapon of Misty's Big Adventure live. A man painted in blue with
many blue hands all over his crazy red onesie and he's been doing
this long before there was a word for onesie. He is an important
part of the band and dances to the tunes whilst visually describing
the lyrics like some sort of sign language of the sub conscious.
Once you have seen Misty's Big Adventure live you will never forget
them. I saw them back in about 2004 I think and the track I'm going
to play you is from that era, but they are still touring and I'm
desperate to see them live again. You know when a band puts on
facebook that little box “events”? Well when Misty's do a gig it
really is an event. Get yourself to one if you can. They have a
darkly funny video of the track “Aggression” that is so good that
it's being screened at The London Short Film festival in January.
It's available on You Tube and definitely worth a watch, but be
warned it does contain somewhat adult content.</div>
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I'm going to play you a
similarly dark, yet funny track called “Long Conveyor Belt” which
was released on the album “Funny Times” . Every track on the
album is a take on life and subjects covered include moving away from
the place you grew up in to unrequited love that's sort of like
stalking. This track is about life. The long trudge that is life.
You know those days when you're pretty sure that someone just isn't
telling you everything and you wonder really why you're getting up
and going to work again? You know that feeling you get sometimes
when you wash up again for the third time that day and realise that
the dust is accumulating regardless of your cleaning efforts and you
have to pay tax on it all, including the dust? Well this track
explains all that. It starts and ends slowly with an inevitable,
repeating beat as we travel on that conveyor belt and just can't get
off. This all sounds depressing, but it's so jolly and funny you've
just got to smile. How can trumpets and sax bring you down anyway?
There is also some clever use of sound effects pacing and the voice
over is hilarious. Roll up and join the carnival carousel that is
Misty's Big Adventure and “The Long Conveyor Belt”</div>
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That was Misty's Big
Adventure and “Long Conveyor Belt” . I'm very serious about
seeing them live. They play at The Hare and Hounds at King's Heath,
Birmingham UK on Christmas Eve. That is going to be a treat for
anyone that can get there and remember that video for “Aggression”
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My next band Maths and the
Moon is playing a gig even sooner than Christmas. Thursday Dec 5<sup>th</sup>
2013 you can catch this South Coast three piece at the Monarch in
Chalk Farm London and it's free. This is loud guitar/wall of sound
stuff from Andy Fielder, Matt Hirst and Luke Taplin and they launched
their album called “Night Train Daydream” in September 2013. The
title describes the sort of other worldliness of the rock that this
band love. This is tunes for when the sun's gone down so it probably
won't help the scientists improve the performance of solar panels,
but maybe you can find another excuse to turn the volume up, because
this band needs to be heard loud. I found this band listening to
Nick Tann's podcast called “Is This Thing On?” Nick Tann is
himself a musician but he has over 200 podcasts available packed full
of great music that he's found and he's played some of my favourites
like Bela Takes Chase. This great music is all there for you to
find, it's just hard wading through the average stuff. Nick's done
that for you with his podcast and that's how I found Maths and the
Moon. I have no idea where the name of the band comes from, but it
appeals both to the romantic and the engineer in me. What's not to
love? They have a free download available called “Old Days/New
Daze” since it's free I'll let you seek out that yourselves.</div>
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I love this track “Light
and the 11<sup>th</sup> Hour” which is on the “Night Train
Daydream” It starts with a classic rock feedback sound before the
guitars and drums do what guitars and drums do best. This track is
one of those tunes that feels like they learned guitar and started an
band to get the girl and when that girl is in love with Keith
Richards you can see how that would be a good plan. It's raw and
rocky and even quite funny. I like it. Maths and The Moon and “Light
and the 11<sup>th</sup> Hour”</div>
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There you go. Two tracks I
like presented to you for your enjoyment. If you like what I do
listen to the other shows on Mixcloud. Easy links to those can be
found on my webpage <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
and there is always extra content on my facebook page and follow me
on twitter @josiejoshow for news, events, gigs and releases. Now
back to that long conveyor belt people you have lives to enjoy.
Thank you for listening.</div>
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Hello. This is The JosieJo
Show number 10. It feels like a milestone for me so I'm going to do
something different from the first nine shows. I normally present
you with two tracks from two different artists. They don't have a
common theme or even teselate into each other. You never know what
you're going to get with this show and this time is no exception. I
still have two tracks for you recorded by two different bands in two
different genres, but here's the twist; they are the same song.</div>
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There is a band unlike any
other. It's big in Korea, it's called Arco and it has some of the
most wonderful and talented people I have ever had the pleasure to
call my friends. Arco is Chris Healey, his twin brother Nick and my
good friend Dave Milligan. Arco is named after a directive in music
for string instruments to indicate to the performer that the passage
should be played using the normal bowing technique. So it's the
return to normal after a passage played in a different way. If you
look the term up on Wikipedia in reference to music you get three
definitions. One is the description above, one is a professional
diploma for church organists and the third is Arco – a British
slow-core band and it's this band that I want to introduce you to in
this show. The songs are almost painfully quiet and they require –
no they demand your attention. There is no hiding behind slide or
rock guitars. Every note, word, pluck and pause is carefully thought
out and in there for a reason. This makes for beautiful tracks that
seem deceptively simple. The lyrics aren't obscure, they are what
they are and speak of simple truths. It can make the tracks hard to
hear because of their sadness, but when they speak to your raw
emotion there is seldom anything more comforting than music that
reflects that pain. I've seen them live several times and the
audience is literally captivated by the stillness of the band and the
soft quietness of the music.</div>
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There are a few tracks
available as MP3s on Arco's website <a href="http://www.arco.org.uk/">www.arco.org.uk</a>
and I can highly recommend “Perfect World” on there, but be
careful how you enter that URL unless you want stainless steel
straps. On Arco's website (I'll say it again so you don't get
confused with buckles and safety glass) <a href="http://www.arco.org.uk/">www.arco.org.uk</a>
you can also find links to the whole discography including the latest
release “Yield”. When I say latest it was released back in 2010,
but their whole back catalogue is worth a listen.</div>
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The track I'm going to play
you is “Lullaby” and you'll see later on why I've chosen this
track. It was the 11<sup>th</sup> and final track from the album
“Coming To Terms” which was released way back in 2000 and that
album has got me through many tough times in the last 13 years.
“Lullaby” featured on the show Californication and it's easy to
see how it could be used as a goodbye tune. This really is a
beautiful track that is, undoubtedly, a lullaby. It's quiet,
soothing and soft. However, when taken in the context of the whole
album you can't fail to notice the slightly disturbing under current
that suggests the passing of time. You can't help , but ask yourself
if you really know the answer to the question “What does it mean to
be loved?” Arco and “Lullaby”</div>
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So that was Arco and the
tune “Lullaby” It's a good introduction to the band and a really
good last track for a mixtape. My favourite Arco track is actually
“Driving At Night” and it's like the law in the JosieJo household
that the track “Happy New Year” has to be played in the very
early hours of the first day of the year, just when the brandy is
going down and the sun is coming up. That track is available as an
MP3 on the Arco website and I highly recommend you go and get it for
yourself. Links to all the bands I play on the show are available on
my website <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
and special links like the link right to the page with those Mp3s on
it will be up on my Facebook page. JosieJo Show.</div>
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Now for the second track of
show ten. Well it's the same song. “Lullaby” was covered by
Arco's bass guitarist, Dave Milligan by his band The Penguin Party.
It appears on their first album “See Thru Songs” and is
completely different from the version you just heard. Whereas Arco
are like floating through the quiet of falling snow on a dark night,
The Penguin Party are sparkly, spangly power-pop who tell tales of
quirky characters and drinking beer in British pubs. They are from
Essex, England and as I said are headed up by Dave Milligan (gee
whizz this is turning into the Dave Milligan show...maybe we should
get him to do a show of his own...oh wait he does...that's Round At
Milligan's. Go to my website for links to that. It's much longer
than this and is packed with really really great music). The rest of
The Penguin Party are Jake Milligan, Jan Black, Johnny Holburn and
the mighty Gareth Hall on bass. I have played The Penguin Party on
Show One, but I just thought that it would be an interesting exercise
to play this version of the Arco track “Lullaby” right after the
original. I think that this version really plays on that disturbing
undercurrent of the track and the juxtapostion between the sentiment
of the song “try and sleep now” and the loud, rip-roaringliness
of the guitars is interesting and well just quite funny really.</div>
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So I ask you again “What
does it mean to be loved?” This is the Penguin Party and their
version of the Arco track “Lullaby”</div>
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Did I wake you up? Sorry.
Are you any wiser at all? Never mind. You see two great tracks by
two great bands. Normal service will be resumed next show when I will
once again bring you two great tracks, but different tracks by two
great bands or artists. Who knows what turn up next on The JosieJo
Show. You'll just have to keep on listening and tell your friends.
This year I'm doing an advent calender for my brother where I send
him a different track every day starting on the first of December and
ending on Christmas Day. Go on steal my idea and use the JosieJo
Show for great ideas of tracks and bands you'd like to share. Thank
you as always for listening.</div>
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Greetings. This is The
JosieJo Show and this is the deal. I play you two tracks from two
different artists. I don't promise you'll like every track I play,
but I like them I really want to share them. I don't spend my time
on the internet servicing my need for kawaii by watching kitten
videos, or even reading newspapers and informative articles to
further my world knowledge. I honestly don't even do stuff that I
requires my browsing history to be deleted. Not that I mind any of
that. I just don't get chance. I'm too busy tracking down music old
and new for stuff that is a little surprising or inspirational and
often just good fun. I do this totally for my own pleasure, but The
JosieJo Show allows me the chance to share it with you and that's
just peachey. Neither of the choices in this show have deep, clever
rhymes or poetic parlances, but they both tell stories with their
sound and stir my soul unexpectedly.</div>
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My first choice is Moxie,
MOXIE a young, beautiful five piece from Sligo in Ireland. The
banjos, guitars, percussion and button accordions make for a joyful
Irish sound, but woven into that are strains of blue grass, a little
jazz and modern beats. Playing mostly in Ireland you might expect
cheery folky types with beards, but these guys aren't. They are
serious chaps with music that has life and soul. They clearly love
life and they love music. They are currently in the throes of a
pledging campaign through a fundit page which will hopefully fund
their next album. It has just over another month to run and you can
get involved at whatever level you like. The pledges are all in
Euros and each one gives you special benefits. If you want to
propose and can get to Sligo they even have level a that let's you
pledge 750 Euros to have MOXIE play next to the Glencar waterfall as
you pop the question. Pledge even more and the benefits get even
more personal. Any donations are welcome and you'll be warm and fuzzy
knowing that you've helped get the album made. Check out the fundit
page for details and you can find links for that on their Facebook
page or my page for The JosieJo Show.</div>
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Let's give you a taste of
what they're trying to create. I was going to play “What Lies
Behind the Wall” because it has this hypnotic, mesmeric beat that
draws you in whilst intriguing you with it's side story. That was the
track I asked for, but MOXIE sent me two tracks and I really fell for
the second track “Elixir's Waltz”. This is an instrumental track
– no lyrics or rhymes to analyse or gush over, and yet the track
seems to me to tell a story. It's like the narrative of a
relationship. It starts hesitantly like trying to pluck up the
courage for that first date and the arrested development of getting
to know each other. Then it picks up with speed and passion
developing into the feeling of throwing your hands out to the sides,
your head back and spinning round as you look at the sky. Towards
the end there is the rhythm of the familiar, but a side tone of
passion. It reminds you that whilst things can always get routine,
they can still surprise you. Give in to the inevitable tap of the
feet as you listen to MOXIE and “Elixir's Waltz”</div>
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It's great that such young
guys are honouring the traditional, but at the same time they're
bringing their own freshness to it. If you liked that then check out
Celtic Music Radio and the show Due North which is where
I found MOXIE and is a show co-hosted by the great Robin Ap Clericus.
Remember you have just over a month to help with their Fundit
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The second track for this
show is from Message To Bears the moniker of composer and multi-
instrumentalist Jerome Alexander. Message to Bears' work is hushed
vocals, soundscapes, piano, guitars almost used as voices, sampling
and electronica. He has a real freedom to his music. I get the
sense that he uses music to embody the fully formed thoughts of his
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This track “Moonlight”
is from his third album “Maps” and the album is a flow of emotion
and landscape. It's sort of soaring mountains, big skies, rolling
hills and the dramatic irony of weather mirroring emotion.
“Moonlight” reminds me of a journey and it's a journey
unresolved. It is like watching the landscape change and evolve as
you sit on a train and watch it pass silently by the only true sounds
the thoughts in your head. The track has the rhythm of movement. It
is intense and soothing like the rocking of carriage or the lull of a
night journey. Free your spirit Message to Bears and his beautifully
chilling track “Moonlight”</div>
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That track “Moonlight”
is from the new album “Maps” which is out on CD right now, but
be warned that Message to Bears always has a very limited run on his
physical copies. Hopefully early 2014 will see the release of that
album on limited edition vinyl so if vinyl is your thing you can wait
for that.</div>
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You can find links to the
bands on my webpage <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
and my Facebook page has lots of extra content. If you would like to
contribute to the show in any way contact me <a href="mailto:josiejo@josiejoshow.com">josiejo@josiejoshow.com</a>
I'm particularly after outros for the show. So if you'd like to be a
special part of the show record it into your voice memo app on your
phone, tablet or computer and just pop it over to me as an email.
I'll let you know what show it will appear on and I will be very
happy. This week big thanks to the Mighty Bod for this week's payoff
and big thanks to you for listening.</div>
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Greetings! I'm JosieJo and
this is the JosieJo Show. I'm trying to bring you music that you
maybe wouldn't normally hear, but music that may just become your
inspiration, your song, or the tunes you share because they just make
you smile. I find this music in the most surprising places, but the
great thing about music now is it's out there for you to find and
there are many people who want to share it with you. Some of the
best sources for my tunes have been the internet radio stations that
are available now and you can access them wherever you are in the
world. I can highly recommend particular Djs such as Dennis
“Songsmith” Holseybrook on www.hamiltonradio.com, the marathon
Sunday sessions of Sparky on www.scrubradio.com and anything that
Steve Jarrott produces on Tampa Bay Florida's <a href="http://www.qstarradio.com/">www.qstarradio.com</a>
I say this because these guys need your listens to keep going. They
don't just give musicians opportunities to have their music heard,
they also form genuine communities through the loyalties they nurture
and their chat rooms, so every now and then switch your listening
habits from mainstream to independents. It will make a difference.
This show is a snippet of those shows; a taster if you like. It's
like popping round the shops for chocolate or a biscuit with your cup
of tea (to translate a cookie with your coffee). It's your treat to
yourself and this show, like all the others, has two tracks. One
track is delicate and sparsely beautiful and the other is powerful,
dangerous and strengthened with different styles. Let's show you
what I mean. It's the JosieJo Show – let's give it a go.</div>
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Nottingham, England?
Remember that? I've talked about it before because it really does
have a wealth of musical talent coming out of it right now and
Gallery 47 is no exception. Gallery 47 is a singer songwriter called
Jack Peachey from Nottingham England who has complete control over
his own sound. It's smoky club sound interweaved with the paranoia of
caring, jealousy and just the basic toughness of being human.
Similar to the oppression of possession, self awareness comes with a
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This song is the first
single from the Gallery 47's forthcoming album “All Will Be Well”.
The single is being released on vinyl so it has two sides. The B
side is “Please Not Yet”, but I have to play you the beautiful
and fragile sound of the A side “Some Things”. The track is
sparse, plucked guitar which provides the beat and the melody as the
vocal harmonises over the top. I don't mean over the top in the
exaggerated sense. This track is completely understated. The only
thing “over the top” about it is that the vocal harmonizes “over
the top” of the guitar. This is uncomplicated and seemingly
effortless advocacy delivered in an unjudgemental way. If all the
advice I was ever given was conveyed like this then I would pretty
much be able to accept anything with no heartbreak. It's a shame
that life isn't like this, but for the next few minutes let's enjoy
the serenity and the lesson of Gallery 47's “Some Things”</div>
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47 and you can follow him on Twitter and check out his you tube
channels for news of that vinyl single, the forth coming album and
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The next band Splext and the
Effects have been played on Dave Milligan's show Round At Milligan's.
When I introduced them on that show as one of my Great big Pair of
Tips I said that the name of the bass player, Josh Sparkes always
reads as Josh Sparkles to me and the band tells me that he really
does, sparkle The bands vocals are provided by Splext himself and
the wonderfully powerful Rachel Rose who is a solo artist in her own
right. Splext also provides the synth, supported by Shane Green on
guitar and Ben Jordan on drums. Their sound is ...well...what is it?
It's a collaboration is what it is. Soft pop, rap, haunting female
vocal, rock guitar, electronica, drum and bass, dubstep … confused?
I'll tell you what; I'll get straight to the track. Let's not wait
any longer. It's out the day this show gets uploaded. It's released
11<sup>th</sup> November 2013. The track is “Dangerous”. No I
mean it's called “Dangerous”. I suppose it may be dangerous if
you get distracted by it whilst walking your dog next to a cliff and
you do a little skip to the beat or segway into an air guitar moment
which insists you close your eyes and adopt a low stance whilst
crossing a busy road. That is dangerous. Don't do that. That is a
health and safety notice brought to you by The JosieJo Show. That's
free. I'll give you that, but back to the track. “Dangerous” by
Splext and the Effects is loud and proud. If you've not got guts,
power and individuality then take a step back. Every member of the
band brings something to this tune. Rachel Rose sings loud of the
message that women are strong and not to be messed with. Shane's
rock guitar hollers, Ben's drums push the whole thing through and
Josh, of course, Sparkles. Splext comes in with unexpected, yet
totally, naturally organic, rap. This track has it all. It's power
pop, rock, rap and folk. Ok I'm just confusing you all now. It's
powerful, that's all you need to know. Let me show you. Splext and
the Effects and their brand new single “Dangerous”</div>
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Thanks to Splext and the
Effects for sharing their brand new single with the JosieJo Show.
Thank you for listening. Go to <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/">www.josiejoshow.com</a>
and click listen to the show for all the archived shows aswell as
links to the bands, photos and the backstory to why this all started.
Follow me on twitter @josiejoshow for news events gigs and releases
and extra content on my facebook page. Tell your friends. It's like
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The first band this show are Two Man Ting the infectious duo John Lewis and Jah Man Aggey. Stand by for upbeatness and tonkingly good tunes. Now I'm not au fait with genres really. My love of music is not technical or even that well informed really, but I listen a lot and some of my best friends are musical heroes. When I played this to one of those musical heroes, the much more informed Dave Milligan, of Round At Milligan's fame, he described this as Highlife. I ran this description by John of Two Man Ting and he agreed that the tunes do have Highlife elements. This is sometimes known as Soukous. He then went on to detail other influences of their music and introduced me to some of the most delightful descriptions of genres I have ever heard. Amongst these were Palm Wine, or Maranga, jit-jive and acoustic dub. However, most reviewers of Two Man Ting seem to use the term “Sunshine” and I'd definitely go along with that. For me, the word that I just can't get away from when listening to their tunes is “Smiley” So if you need a bit of smiley sunshine with afro-roots check out their EP “Ar Lek U” or go onto their Facebook page and stream three tracks for free including this one “Duvet Song” It needs little explanation and is pretty much a song about wrapping yourself in a duvet and having a sunny day in bed regardless of the weather outside. I suspect much love has been made to this track. Two Man Ting and “Duvet Song”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The next track is a solo project from Francine Perry called la leif. Francine used to drum and sing in the fabulous band Apples and Eve who are sadly in the process of winding down. Their last gig will be on the 30<sup>th</sup> November 2013 at old Market in Brighton. Dave Milligan played a track of theirs on show 79 of Round At Milligan's and there is a link to all those shows on my webpage <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.josiejoshow.com</span></a> click on the link to listen to Round At Milligan's which is on the home page just below the link to listen to this show. That Show, Round At Milligan's 79 also has a track by Fran's brother Matthew Perry. It was very exciting to present the music of very talented siblings in the same show. I'll post a link to that on my Facebook page and you can listen to Apples and Eve by going to their facebook page. Francine's solo project though is brand new and very exciting. It's mesmeric electronica that's awesome in the sense that it induces awe. She has a haunting voice and weaves sound like silk. This track “Little Life” is like a water nymph gliding underwater; naiadic in its bewitching chant it harnesses the themes of time, temptation and the power of natural forces. The end is like breaking through the surface of water or waking from a dream. Surrender yourself to the enchanting music of la leif and “Little Life”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gosh just beautiful. Check out the whole of la leif on soundcloud and Francine is also working on a new duo called Brothers. Follow me on twitter and like my page on Facebook for news of all that and extra content including videos and photos. You can find both of those by searching for josiejo show or follow the links from my website <a href="http://www.josiejoshow.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.josiejoshow.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Let's bring back the mixtape and really share music with each other. If you have a favourite band or artist that you think really should be heard by more people then drop me a line <a href="mailto:josiejo@josiejoshow.com"><span style="color: blue;">josiejo@josiejoshow.com</span></a> and tell your friends. Music is truly global now and sharing it is one of my passions. It takes me time to create this show for you but quite frankly if only one person hears it and finds something that moves them then it is worth every second. I mean this sincerely, Thank you for listening.</div>
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I write this blog because I
love great music and I want to share some of it. You're reading this
blog and you're looking for great music. I'm JosieJo and this is The
JosieJo Show. Each show includes two tracks by two different
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The first of the two in this
show is The Undercover Hippy. The Undercover Hippy is Billy Rowan
from Bristol in the U.K. and he does the whole nine yards. He writes
a politically aware blog, creates great, feel-good live videos and
delivers deep, yet upbeat, heartfelt music. Teaming up with Alex
Crane, Andreas Millns and Joe Gaywood Billy's band The Undercover
Hippy creates a sound rooted in reggae, hip-hop and a musical
enjoyment that is even more infectious live. I discovered them at
Farmer Phil's Festival in 2012 and Billy was the first act I saw.
I'd met up with my dear friend, Lisa Greer and her family and both me
and her son Adam were immediately interested in the bouncing beats
and playful, catchy, semi-acoustic sound. Adam bought the four track
E.P. “Why We Fight”and I was hooked. It's Billy's rhymes woven
into the music that are the real genius of the stand out sound. The
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I'm going to play Adam's
favourite track “Boyfriend” and it is full of these great rhymes.
The Greer family know all the lyrics to this track and sing it
loudly altogether in the car. Listen out for “ecstasy” rhymed
with “sex for me” and the saturated image that he creates as he
rhymes “lips” with “chips”. Also he uses the word
“procrastinating” which will always get my vote. With backing
vocals by Chloe Laing and Jessica Langton this is The Undercover
Hippy and “Boyfriend”</div>
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Billy is in the process of
trying to record a new album “Monkey Suit” and you can help make
that happen by pledging towards it <a href="http://www.undercoverhippy.com/">www.undercoverhippy.com</a>
and in return you get exclusive news and pre-release perks and,
depending on how much you pledge, they range from just the download
through signed copies and t-shirts right up to your very own song
written for you if you pledge £500.</div>
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You don't have to wait very
long at all for the next band's new release because Scowlin Owl have
a CD coming out called “These Strange Companions” on the 23<sup>rd</sup>
November 2013. Scowlin Owl are a band of harmonies and stories, but
no twee, sugary hearts and flowers for these ladies. They are Nina
Lovelace, Yvonne Borden, Sally Gainsbury and Karina Zakri and they
have a astonishing ability to expand the versatility of the human
voice as well as giving me in a lesson on the gymnastics of the
violin. Their songs are about their favourite places, films and
inspirational stories. While you're waiting for the physical copy to
be formally released, you can actually listen to the tracks from the
new E.P. By going to <a href="http://www.scowlinowl.com/">www.scowlinowl.com</a>
You'll find there a track about the inspirational frontierswoman,
Alice Tubbs who ran a poker house in the 1800s, a track about the
fight between the grey and the red squirrels, a song about a Japanese
John Wayne and this track, “Sugawara and the Sunflower” which
tells the story of a Japanese man Mr. Sugawara who managed to sail
his boat Sunflower over the 2011 tsuami and survive. There is an
absolutely delightful photo of Mr. S. and his wife holding the CD of
the song of his story that Scowlin Owl sent him. His grin is
infectious, his story inspirational and the song is genuinely
beautiful and moving. Like many of Scowlin Owls songs it starts with
a remarkable soft sound. The track rises gently and invites you to
come through until the end washes over you with the lap of a wave.
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Facebook page for extra content including videos and photos. For
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