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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1963 )

• ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 8th - Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

  

  I heard a U2 version of this a while ago that sounded rather flat compared to this wonderful original. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is a Christmas holida... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REWIND: Eels - 'Climbing To The Moon'

  

  Here's another one of those tracks that I decide to feature as 'Rewind' selections, simply because I found it playing in my head recently, yesterday when... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 7th - Otis Redding - 'White Christmas'

  

  Sorry Bing... but this is without a doubt the best 'White Christmas' I've ever heard. The legendary Otis Redding's version of the festive classic was released i... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• RW/FF With Ben P Scott #38

  

  This week: a great compilation from Rocket Recordings, interviews with ex Babybird man Stephen Jones and the magnificent Ultrasound, who release an awesome... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• LISTEN: The RW/FF Compilation Volume 12

  

  Here is the 12th edition of The RW/FF Compilation, which you can listen to via the Mixcloud player below. It showcases the music that has featured in the... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 6th - Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas

  

  A track I first purchased about 12 years ago, on the B side to the Eels single 'Cancer For The Cure'. The song was also featured on a compilation called 'It's... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• INTERVIEW: Stephen Jones Talks About Black Reindeer, Babybird and the Future

  

  Stephen Jones is a prolific and gifted songwriter who since 1995 has released many albums. As a writer he's penned three published novels and an autobiography,... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• LISTEN: Melksham Town Sound Live at the Christmas Fayre 2013

  

  Broadcasting a live radio show from the annual Melksham Christmas Fayre on Saturday November 23 turned out to be most enjoyable. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 5th - Louis Armstrong - 'Zat You, Santa Claus?

  

  Absolutely love this one. Hey, I love all the tracks on this year's Advent Calendar! I wouldn't feature them if I didn't! 'Zat You Santa Claus' is a Christmas... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• REVIEW: Various Artists - 'Crystallized - Celebrating 15 Years Of Rocket...

  

  Rocket is a label based in Bristol and London that has brought some genuinely imaginative and brave artists to people's attention, including the awesome Teeth O... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 4th - Lead Belly - 'On A Christmas Day'

  

  The oldest Christmas song I own? Certainly an excellent one, from around 1940... Huddie William Ledbetter (January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949) was an iconic... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 3rd - Elvis Presley - 'Winter Wonderland'

  

  A more familiar one today. I LOVE this song. I was going to feature something from his classic 'Elvis' Christmas Album' from 1957, but who can deny the simple... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track Of The Day: King Prawn - 'A Solemn Man'

  

  While I was living my "punk rock years" between 2003 and 2009, I discovered a lot of groups who no longer appeal to me at all. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• NEWS ROUND-UP: Mogwai, TOY, The Charlatans, Morrissey, Pixies, Blur, Junior...

  

  TOY stream new album, 'Join The Dots'Mogwai share video for new album track “The Lord Is Out Of Control”Reggae singer Junior Murvin dies aged 67Lostprohets'... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• INTERVIEW: Ultrasound Talk About Their Christmas Single and New Album

  

  After the massive Britpop boom of the mid 90's came an inevitable decline. In an attempt to breathe fresh life into British music, more explorative bands such a... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track Of The Day: Drowners - 'Luv, Hold Me Down'

  

  An upbeat and sweetly melodic piece of indie pop brilliance from the rising four piece Drowners. In the summer of 2011, Drowners frontman Matthew Hitt found... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 2nd - The Futureheads - 'Christmas Was Better In The 80s'

  

  A festive stomper from 2010, when The Futureheads released this seasonal number as part of Nul Records' 10th year anniversary celebrations. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• RW/FF With Ben P Scott #37

  

  This week: Christmas comes to RW/FF, as does the lovely debut album from Sukh. Live music from Sparks, Hell Death Fury and Bite The Hand, plus new music from... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Track Of The Day: Songhoy Blues - 'Soubour'

  

  In October, Damon Albarn spearheaded a week-long trip to Mali by a group of musicians including Brian Eno, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner, members of Metronomy,... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 1st - The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick

  

  So if you've ventured out to the shops recently, you will have probably heard lots of Christmas music, in fact you will have probably been hearing it since... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC