An eclectic selection which verges on the quixotic this week with tracks from France, North Carolina, Brooklyn, Denmark, Florida, and Newfoundland.
I can't imagine how long the old rail carriage has been on sat by the farm track but it has somethow survived and even has the ivy trimmed each year!

A l'ombre des palmiers - Tahigo (Rouen, France)
We are four. We are friends for 20 years. We are french... And WE WANT TO JUMP ON STAGE WITH THE ENTIRE WORLD !!!
Après la séparation de Muffin Kriska en mars 2007, trois de ses membres décidèrent de former un nouveau groupe.
A l'époque, pas de nom, pas de chanteur ni de bassiste, mais une réelle envie chez Charly (Guitariste soliste), Boulle (Guitariste Rythmique) et Tom (Batterie) de se lancer dans quelque chose de beaucoup plus punk, tout en restant festif.
www.myspace.com/tahigo

Modern World - David Wilcox (Asheville, NC, USA)
David Wilcox's Open Hand was recorded in 7 days from start to finish in December 2008 on 2 inch 16 track analog tape. No computer tricks were used, all of the songs on this release were recorded live, just 4 human beings playing music together. Very minimal overdubs were used, so most all of what you hear is exactly as it was played together by David and the other musicians live. Dan Phelps produced and played guitar and keyboard, Jon Evans: bass guitar and upright bass, James McAlister: drums and percussion.
www.davidwilcox.com/
www.myspace.com/davidwilcoxsite

Beatbox gospel lesson interlude - Stouffi the Stouves (Lille, France)
From the album Madness on Jamendo.
Follows on from last week's final track from Eclectek
www.myspace.com/eclectekofficiel
www.jamendo.com/en/album/37759

Cheerio! - Hollands (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Hollands is multi-instrumentalist John-Paul Norpoth and violinist Jannina Barefield. Together, they formed in February 2008 in Washington Heights, New York. Norpoth, formerly the co-lead of NYC-based Butane Variations, is the son of a classical flautist while Barefield is the daughter of Detroit based avant-garde jazz guitarist Spencer Barefield. Together, they combine fuzzy Flaming Lips guitars with Martin-esque orchestral arrangements and traditional folk nods to the Paul Simon's and the Grateful Dead's of years past
At times, Hollands sounds like a simple folk duo, plaintive and gentle, soft and free. At others, the band performs as a loud, brash, orchestral rock ensemble; employing cello, organs, synthesizers, electric and acoustic violins. In other words, they'll explore any means necessary to realize the most honest atmosphere and capture the diversity of each song.
www.hollandsss.com
www.myspace.com/hollandsss

Mistral Moon - Syntaks (Denmark)
Syntaks' Mistral Moon EP is a free taste of the Danish duo's upcoming full-length Ylajali (November 3rd on Ghostly), comprising two tracks of Syntaks' densely layered ambient pop.
Syntaks' songs are textural epics in miniature, meticulously detailed shoegaze symphonies built from Anna Cecilia's wordless vocalizations and Jakob Skott's breathtaking production. "Sudden Dream" grows from a puddle of Cecilia's molten coos to a towering climax worthy of M83's overdriven majesty; "Mistral Moon (Illuminated Version)" presents a slightly sweetened rendition of the Ylajali standout, matching a triumphant melody and heavy-footed beat with distant stutters of distortion and oceans of atmospheric rumblings. To call Syntaks' music "cinematic" would be an understatement—with the Mistral Moon EP, the experience is as visceral and surreal as a sunrise.
ghostly.com/artists/syntaks
www.myspace.com/syntaks

Take out the trash - Neal Fox (Florida, USA)
Composer/performer/multimedia artist. Recording artist on Polydor, RCA and Columbia. Co-scored 2 of the Killer Tomatoes movies.
Neal has some fine videos via his beautifully crafted site.
www.wireduck.com/
www.myspace.com/nealfox

Bees and Flowers / Joe Smallwood & Raindrops - Duane Andrews (St John's, NL, Canada)
Heavily influenced by the brilliance of early twentieth century French Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, Duane Andrews' unique blend of jazz and traditional Newfoundland folk music is consistently recognised by both industry and fans with awards and accolades.
Duane's music is undergoing something of a transformation from being rooted firmly in the Django Reinhardt school of gypsy jazz and Newfoundland folk with its influences from Scotland to another layering involving chamber orchestra . Duane is one seriously dedicated musician. Now a 10 minute mini documentary about Duane is on YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/yz615dk
Escape for 10  minutes to the wild coast of Newfoundland, hear some great music and get an insight into a fine musician.
www.duaneandrews.ca
www.myspace.com/duaneandrews

Ungrateful men - Grace Valhalla (Nancy, France)
It is ages since I played a Grace Valhalla track. Here it is. From her masterly album Peak on Jamendo.
Description by MadCat:
http://gracevalhalla.hautetfort.com
www.myspace.com/gracevalhalla
www.jamendo.com/en/album/2162

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Fine tunes from New York, Maidstone (UK), Berlin, Ajaccio and Lille (France), Irpinia (Italy) and Toronto.
It's unseasonably warm on Suffolk this week, despite what Jessie says (having arrived in the UK from Ibiza late last night). Today is, at least, sunny and the colours are getting into gear.

Double or nothing - Kirsten Dehaan (NYC, NY, USA)
Kirsten DeHaan is a true jack of all musical trades. Not only is she a talented singer/songwriter and guitarist, she promotes her music via her label SirLady Records, does various philanthropic work for American soldiers in the Middle East, and is a big proponent of the New York indie music scene. Her latest offering, a five song EP dubbed Thorns On A Crown is by far her most mature work to date and is set to hit the streets later this summer.
A native German/Indianan (her mother emigrated from Germany to Indiana), Kirsten graduated from college in Texas and moved to New York just six weeks before the 9/11 attacks. Having composed music most of her life, DeHaan says she writes based on two tenets: to deliver goose bumps and to question the status quo. Luckily for us, her music succeeds in doing both.
www.kirstendehaan.com
www.myspace.com/kirstendehaan

Ibiza sunset cam
http://tinyurl.com/ko5qxb

Shiny Blue - Scott Brunger (Maidstone, Kent, UK)
Scott Brunger - Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Jay Brunger - Bass and Backing Vocals
Paul Jobson - Drums
Tony Brunger - Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals.
www.myspace.com/scottbrunger

Wake up Ringtone - Shardik's Walkman (Berlin, Germany)
More Music from Shardik's Walkman at Indiestore and Last.fm
www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Momo_(4)

Bad Tuning - BertycoX (Ajaccio, France)
Painfully little information on Jamendo but some very enthusiastic reviews of his numerous Jamendo releases
www.akamusic.com/BertycoX
www.jamendo.com/en/artist/bertycox

Be Bop, I gotta get away from you - Ray Guntrip and Tina May (UK)
From their excellent Out of the Blue album on Jamendo.
Out of the blue is the debut CD of a prolific but, until now, little-known British jazz composer. Well-established on the local jazz scene in his native Kent, Ray Guntrip has more than two hundred compositions to his name. Out of the Blue features the cream of his tunes played by some of the UK’s leading musicians. The enthusiastic involvement of two influential figures on the music scene in bringing Ray’s work to a wider audience is itself a testimony to the quality of the music it celebrates.
The catalyst for the project was Gary Barnacle, sometime tenor-sax player with Tina Turner and Level 42, as well as a host of big-name bands from Jamiroquai to David Bowie, the Clash and Phil Collins.
He was prompted to suggest a recording project after playing a number of gigs with Ray’s band, Green Machine. Gary also spotted an additional, and for Ray, unexplored potential: the addition of lyrics.
An inspired recommendation brought Ray together with Tina May, a vocalist with an international reputation, whose recent projects with the legendary pianist Ray Bryant and Bobby Watson, showcased her skills as both world-class lyricist and singer.
Impressed with the strength of Ray’s compositions, Tina added words that give an added dimension to the widely contrasting moods of eighteen of his tunes, nine of which are on this CD, from the tongue-twisting Be-Bop - I Gotta Get Away From You! to the rocking He’s Mr Twister and anarchic intensity of Demons Dancing.
http://rayguntripmusic.com
www.jamendo.com/en/album/34700

Them never loves the flowers - Jambassa (Irpinia, Italy)
From the album The roots and the flowers on A Quiet Bump
So now you know!
www.aquietbump.com/jambassa.html
www.myspace.com/jambassa

All over the world - Lola Dutronic (Germany / Toronto)
The last knockings of Mediterranean summer are encapsulated in Lola Dutronic's latest double A-side single.
Available on iTunes and on CDBaby at:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/ldutronic
www.myspace.com/loladutronic

We are going to electrofunk your ass - Eclectec (Lille, France) Jamendo
I just lovce the sheer exuberant energy in this track. It is from their album Komiks Musik released just this August.
klemaouche: chant • latino prez: guitare • maximax: platines • rhum arisk: batterie • stouffi the stouves: chant • fudd:
So many great influences in here with some gorgeous sounds and huge energy - check their video here or at http://tinyurl.com/yhq4bkl


www.myspace.com/eclectekofficiel
www.jamendo.com/fr/artist/eclectek

Rain today - all day and for the first time since early August. I just wish I hadn't been driving in it most of the day, with the headlights on.
We're back from a great weekend Chez Codger in leafy Sussex characterised by some fine ales, fine dining and great company. Thanks to all. We had a look at Wakehurst Place (right) on Sunday - rather a spectacular building.

25 years - Rude City Riot (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
RCR is a "POWER-SKA" BAND from Vancouver BC working overtime to bring you great original songs with powerful vocals & big juicy melodic hooks. If you see us live, you will remember the guitar solos & horn riffs the next day. We are 100% Power-Ska.
www.rudecityriot.com
www.myspace.com/rudecityriot

Eternal Youth - Audra Connolly (Boise, ID, USA)
www.audraconnolly.com
www.myspace.com/audraconnollysongs

Birthday Wishes and Goodbye Kisses - Jesse Alejandro and the Big Fatt (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Like zombie Batman coming back from the grave to exact revenge on the joker who stole his woman, this band is intelligent, vicious and unstoppable. The Big Fatt hold permanent resident statuses in funk, blues, and classical music, but spend most of their time in Brooklyn.
From "Belly Full of Brains" LP - Release Date: 9/9/09
The music of this ensemble mirrors the monster of amalgam that is the Brooklyn music scene, stealing from heros as far flung as Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, Claude Debussy and Stevie Wonder. The group's morbidly obese base of influences and guillotine sharp execution ensure an entertaining evening for anyone who isn't a Nazi child molester.
Jesse Alejandro - Vocals, Guitar
Matthew Ferry - Drums
Westbrook Johnson  - Trombone
Matt Scott - Bass
Heather Sommerlad - Violin
Peter Ferrari - Saxophone
Marie Valigorsky - Viola
www.thebigfatt.com
www.myspace.com/thebigfatt


Big Easy - Uphill (N Carolina, USA)
Uphill plays blues straight out of the swampland. With a mix of original blues and revitalized versions of lost classics, Uphill has brought their own Carolina tang to the table since 2005. Injected with humor, passion and mojo, Uphill has a unique sound: steeped in
tradition yet ferociously alive.
www.uphilltheband.com

More sublime blues at The G Spot with Jeremy Gugenheim
www.smallsystems.co.uk/thegspot/

Na Na Na (Spark Remix) - 46 Bliss (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Another track from the great 46Bliss remix project.
The voluptuous alto voice of Clare Veniot gives way to a satiny upper register that feels timeless in its simplicity, providing a perfect balance to the technological mastery of vocalist, programmer and keyboardist David Cooper and electronic drummer Jack Freudenheim, creator of ambient music software Sounder.
46bliss, perhaps best known for their song The Way You Are featured on the show Veronica Mars and CSI-NY, and In A Long Time, one of the most played songs in podcasting, are releasing a 2-CD set of 46bliss tracks reworked by remixers from 6 countries. The 46bliss campaign in support of the CDs is called 20 remixes in 20 weeks, during which they will release a remix a week to the public via PodsSafe Music Network, Myspace, Facebook etc.
www.46bliss.com/
www.myspace.com/46bliss

This - Tryad (various locations)
I nominated Struttin' by Tryad as my track on the AMPed 200 special. I've been listen to lots of Tryad just lately. They are on www.jamendo.com
http://tryad.org/

Happy - Jimmie Bratcher (Missouri, USA)
Yes, it's the theme to SnC. Prompted as a last minute addition by listener Martin Byrom who saw Jimmie play live last weekend doing an acoustic set.
Enjoy it, this time without Clithers talking all over it.
www.jimmiebratcher.com

Warap - Andrew Delpiono (Trinidad) IODA
From Wikipedia:
The details of the birth of parang are disputed. One theory is that parang has its origins in the music of Spanish or French Catholic monks, present in Trinidad during the Spanish colonial period. Another theory is that Venezuelans brought the first elements of parang with them when they migrated to Trinidad to work on cocoa farms in the early part of the nineteenth century.
Parang flourished under the British rule from 1814. It absorbed elements of African and French creole and was influenced by the constant interaction between the people of Trinidad and those of Venezuela, where similar musical forms developed in parallel.
Parang remains an important element both of Trinidadian Christmas rituals and of the rituals of other islands and countries, including Grenada, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. Today, parang is especially vibrant in Trinidad & Tobago communities such as Paramin, Lopinot and Arima.
Free download from IODA:
Andrew Delpino
"Warap" (mp3)
from "Strictly Parang - The Best of Trinidad Parang, Vol III"
(Caribbean Music Group)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
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Fine and interesting new tunes for you on Suffolk'n'Cool 189. This week from Indianna, Missouri, Japan, New York City, Salt Lake City, Holland and the most easterly place in the UK, Lowestoft, here in Suffolk.
Pic: I think that's the last we'll see of the sun today.

What I wouldn't do - She swings, she sways (Ottumwa, IA, USA)
She Swings, She Sways coalesced in the only apartment building in downtown Ottumwa, Southeast Iowa’s post-industrial wasteland, when an acoustic duo (John Gordon & Cory Canny) met long-time drums and bullfiddle rhythm section (Jason Bolinger & Troy Morgan). Drawing on over 30 years of combined experience, the band began writing, recording, and performing in 2005. The band added two new players later – Jimmie Dalton (electric guitar) and Diana Garles (keys, vocals, trumpet).
www.sheswingsshesways.com
www.myspace.com/sheswingsshesways 

Abandon Ship - Beth Bombara (St Loius, MO, USA)
While Beth Bombara so far has largely focused on Beth Orton/Bon Iver-esque, downtempo, melodious folk-pop, her recent project, Beth Bombara and the Robotic Foundation, pulls her into the orbit of the Breeders and, at times, Bettie Serveert. Her clear and warm alto makes her confessions believable, while the rhythmic instincts of her band are always sharp. Bombara's recent songs come tailor-made for a long, late-night drive through a dense forest, where shadows emerge, shiver and linger in the memory.
October 17, 2009 - 9pm
Off Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63118
Info: 314-773-3363
$10
www.bethbombara.com
www.myspace.com/bethbombara

Sunset Disco - Kyota Sugai (Japan)
"Sunset Disco" is funny, original blues.
This music cannot be compared to existing music, but, if I must compare it, it emits a bewitching brightness, like old striptease music.
It sounds like a voice that is possessed by the singing devil. The lyrics make fun of the listener, but the people cannot laugh. Very unique and slow arrangement, a melody that appeals to the soul directly.
But, what wants to be expressed by this Japanese blueser?
You come to this joint, I thought

Because you said, you wanna go

You come to this joint, yes, I thought

Because you said, you wanna go

Did you know, he fell into the sea again

So come to the "Sunset Disco"

You love the music, it's called "Moonrise"

Because you said, you love it much

You love the music, it's called "Moonrise"

Because you said, you love it much

Did you know, she rose from the sea again

So come to the "Sunset Disco"

And then, the lady swingin' there

Just like shakin'

The lady swingin' there

She's like shakin'

Babe, feel like you shake on this floor now

at the "Sunset Disco"
www.myspace.com/kyotasugai

1984 - Kirsten DeHaan (NYC, NY, USA)
Kirsten DeHaan is a true jack of all musical trades. Not only is she a talented singer/songwriter and guitarist, she promotes her music via her label SirLady Records, does various philanthropic work for American soldiers in the Middle East, and is a big proponent of the New York indie music scene. Her latest offering, a five song EP dubbed "Thorns On A Crown" is by far her most mature work to date and is set to hit the streets later this summer.
A native German/Indianan (her mother emigrated from Germany to Indiana), Kirsten graduated from college in Texas and moved to New York just six weeks before the 9/11 attacks. Having composed music most of her life, DeHaan says she writes based on two tenets: to deliver goose bumps and to question the status quo. Luckily for us, her music succeeds in doing both.
www.kirstendehaan.com
www.myspace.com/kirstendehaan

The spirit of the times - John Ward (Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK)
On November the 15th John and Mario will be playing at The Cut in Haslesworth, Suffolk. All profits will go to the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and The James Paget Palliative Care centre. This is the 3rd annual charity concert they've put together at The Cut. It's a great venue which serves some food as well as being a gallery and a general arts centre. It will start at 7.30 and tickets are £8.00 and £6.00. 0845 6732123 www.newcut.org 
I hope you can make it and support these two very worthwhile charities.
www.johnward.org.uk

Biya Bare Safar Bandim (Let's Be on Our Way) - Monika Jalili (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
30 years ago, in 1979, the Iranian revolution put an effective stop to the artistic lives of a great number of poets, composers, and singers in Iran. We will never know what could have been.
Iran is again poised for change.
Since a serendipitous introduction in 2003, American/Dutch vocalist, Monika Jalili has worked tirelessly to revive the touching works of these Iranian artists, some of whom are no longer with us, and most of whom have lived the past 30 years into their old age unable to express themselves as they once could. It is their songs that Monika sings with passion, appreciation, care and love.
Monika is playing in London on Saturday at The Union Chapel 020 7226 3750 www.unionchapel.org.uk
www.monikajalili.com
www.myspace.com/monikajalili

April - Mo Rooneh (Netherlands/Holland)
Yes, I played Mo Rooneh a few weeks ago on 186, and I make no apologies for playing another track this week from the Cinematographic album from Monochrome. Lots of percussive notes in here including bait of glockenspiel for Codger.
Mo Rooneh is a minimalist and avantgarde composer, working with repetition and noise as basic elements.
The philosophy behind the use of those elements in a composition, which in itself is mostly fictional, is to reinstate a sense of reality.
Repetition as a referral to time and noise as the reflection of incoherence and disturbance that characterises our daily life.
Starting out, some twenty-five years ago, as a singer in several bands, Rooneh explored the popular music spectrum.
After a small decade he concluded the pop scene didn't bring that much fulfllment, music wise, as he had hoped for.
Taking a break from performing for almost fifteen years, he explored numerous art disciplines. Several musical and non-musical styles inspired Rooneh and led to a reinvention of the self.
Encountering 'new music' from artists like John Cage, La Monte Young and Steve Reich made him realise that the way of the experiment was the right basis for his compositions.
In 2009 he recorded three albums, 'Songs that might be', 'Micro' and 'Cinematographic'.

Mo Rooneh
"April" (mp3)
from "Cinematographic"
(Monochrome)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Stream from Rhapsody
More On This Album


www.mrooneh.com
www.myspace.com/morooneh

Fur Turban - Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble (New York, NY, USA)
The AS-IS Ensemble is the musical home of musician/producer Michael Bellar. They are a highly excitable, improvisationally eclectic, alt-jazz group that has opened for John Scofield, Tea Leaf Green, Medeski Martin Wood, JFJO and just released it’s third full length CD “Turned On Turned Up,” on Left3/MRI/RED.
They have performed at such venues as Avery Fischer Hall at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and the JVC and Bell Atlantic Jazz Festivals and were formerly the house band at the world-famous Blue Note jazz club in New York City.
You can find out more about Michael Bellar/the AS-IS Ensemble at www.michaelbellar.com/

49 of the finest musical minutes. Personally selected from artists based all around the world. Again, the Canadians make a good showing, along with  Chicago, Rome, Boston, Istanbul, Montpellier and New York.
Podcrawl looms ever closer and Rowley has been checking the pubs of central London, sampling the beer and generally being a diligent egg. The result is that plans are being updated and final arrangements will appear on the Podcrawl site at http://podcrawl.blogspot.com/ in the coming few days. There is even a Facebook event
The emphasis this year is on opening up Podrawl and encourage more podcasters, musicians and listeners to meet up and make the "virtual" connections "real". If you can make it to London on 21 November you will be very welcome.
This week's pic was intended to be something truly gripping from London today but it was very, very wet and dull all day. I show you no mercy, here (right) is the delight of Goodge Street underground station on Tottenham Court Road. Here's the location on a dry dull day!

A song about California - Hey Ocean (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
What began as a very casual musical partnership on the beaches of Costa Rica, has now morphed into one of Canada's most successful independent bands. Their rapid success can be attributed to their do-it-yourself attitude, which has recently helped build their self-owned label, Pop Machine.
Together, Ashleigh Ball, David Beckingham and David Vertesi have created a musical repertoire that cannot be ignored - be it on radio, television or your neighbor"s iPod, Hey Ocean will soon be everywhere.
Continuously leaving fans in awe, Hey Ocean combines sheer talent, charismatic songs, and an undeniably energetic live show, making them a must see band for 2009! It's Easier To Be Somebody Else is now available on iTunes.
Hey Ocean! North America tour:
Oct 1st - Montreal @ Club Soda (w/ Joel Plaskett) POP MONTREAL

Oct 2nd - Wakefield, QC @ Blacksheep Inn (Ottawa)

Oct 3rd - Peterborough @ Montreal House

Oct 7th - Philadelphia, PA @ M Room

Oct 8th - New York, NY @ Piano's

Oct 14th - Philadelphia, PA @ M Room

Oct 15th - New York, NY @ Piano's

Oct 17th - Toronto, ON @ The Rivoli

Oct 21st - Philadelphia, PA @ M Room

Oct 26th - Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Bar

Oct 28th - Lethbridge, AB @ The Slice

Oct 29th - Edmonton, AB @ The Pawnshop
www.myspace.com/heyocean

Endless Water - The Darcys (Toronto and Halifax, Canada)
These young fellows met in early 2006 at the University of King's College in Halifax, They progressed quickly from shows in campus bars to releasing their first EP You, Me and the Light at a packed Horseshoe Tavern. They took off across Eastern Canada, Ontario and Quebec on a series of shorter tours to get their feet wet and figure out just what it means to tour this country. In June of 2007 the Darcys found themselves translating their newly discovered live sound on to their first LP in the Waterloo Children's Museum of Technology. A month later their homemade creation: Endless Water was mixed, mastered and on its way out into the world. The Darcys live shows are moving quickly from a sloppy, boozy, love fest to a tight and muscular, well arranged boozy love fest. Their live exploits didn't end after their triumphant show case at NXNE last year. In the fall of 2008, the band drove to both Canadian coasts, converting new fans along the way, and road testing songs that will make up the bulk of their second LP (due in Fall of 2009).
We'll be looking forward to that then!
www.thedarcys.ca
www.myspace.com/itsthedarcys

You're alright - Tenry Johns (Chicago, IL, USA)
Tenry Johns has come a long way from his humble beginnings in a small town in the Delta called Shelby, Mississippi. He started his own band at the age of 15 while he while still in high school.
After graduating in the mid '60s, his family moved to Chicago. Shortly after hitting town, Tenry looked up his cousin, notable local singer/ songwriter and performer, Johnny Drummer, and the two started playing together regularly.
Eventually, Tenry and his brothers formed "The Johns Bros. Band" with the fabulous Denise LaSalle and Bill Coday fronting the band.
After years of performing around Chicago and surrounding areas, Tenry met Harry Glen from Marvel Records. They worked together on releasing his first 4 song EP
Some of his other experiences include teaming up with the Gemico label recording group called "The Notations", and as the bandleader for the touring band, "Nitro".
After the group broke up, Tenry's focus turned to writing and producing his own songs. Tenry's latest release: Moving On is his fourth self-produced CD on the Tenry Music label. Like his previous releases:
So What
Need Your Love
In Here Tonight
www.tenryjohns.com/

Strada - Pasqualino Ubaldini (Roma, Italy)
From the album Il Viandante
www.myspace.com/pasqualinoubaldini
www.jamendo.com/en/album/40411

November - Rubblebucket (Boston, MA, USA)
The second Suffolk'n'Cool outing for Rubblebucket in recent weeks. Their new single Bikes was featured on 186.
Defined as a polyrhythmic dance/rock band, Rubblebucket is a nine-piece group that combines the sounds of various brass instruments with catchy rhythms and soulful lead vocals. The resulting sound has hints of dance, rock, and funk, and is anything but ordinary. The unique music that this youthful, energetic group has managed to produce is universally appealing, as it defies genre boundaries and combines true musical talent with a spirited, positive attitude.
www.myspace.com/rubblebucket

Holy Marbles - Tymphony (Istanbul, Turkey)
http://tymphony.anafikir.com/en/

Jazz Kiff - Organic Despair (Montpellier, France)
Organic Despair puts me on to lots of interesting music on Jamendo so it is a pleasure to return the favour by playing one of his tracks.
Passionate about music "Organic Despair" formerly "First Jesus Christ" fell in love with the guitar .... first a psychedelic rock group was formed but broke up pretty quickly ...
He discovered the multi-track cassette that allowed him to record his first single tracks ... then computer came along and every possibility opened up….
http://organicdespair.jimdo.com/
www.jamendo.com/en/artist/organic.despair

Runaround - Del Marquis (New York, NY, USA)
Runaround is the final piece of a truly independent release from Scissor Sisters guitarist Del Marquis - and it closes out the cycle in high style.
On a break from the Scissor Sisters in 2008, Del set out to break new ground with an unconventional music project. One that would break away from the traditional album-tour-album game plan with a series of short releases, each with video accompaniment.
While Runaround steers away from the previous inclusion of a video, it focuses solely on the tunes, and is no less compelling. With its fantastically vintage production values - à la production legends Trevor Horn and Mike Thorne - Del's songs may throw the listener, but that's the beauty of it - no one else is making music like this today.
Runaround, released in late September, is designed for the heart and soul, but also for the feet. The release, which features three new pop gems along with five killer remixes is a straight up MAXI-single.
First a taste of the pop gem: Runaround, then one of the fine remixes, Runaround (Louis La Roche 'In 1995' Remix) Certainly unusual for Suffoilk'n'Cool but give it a listen, preferably through a sound system in a club in Ibiza!
www.delmarquis.com/
www.myspace.com/delmarquis

Studio rebuild this past week. Apart from the new MacPro and Snow Leopard installations, lots of other software upgrades and rearranging data on drives. A long but uneventful haul and all seems to be working well now.
I seem to have won a contest run by the excellent Neat Little Mac Apps podcast making use of the Photomatrix Pro software for creating HDR pictures like this (right).
Although a Mac user, I'm thinking of holding a Windows 7 launch party. Have you seen the video on YouTube. So cringe-making it surely HAS to be irony ... doesn't it?

Give it up - Jimmy Mancus (Springbrook, Pennsylvania, USA)
Amped-up, acoustic-rock featuring driving electric guitars, scratch-turntables, keyboards and unique rhythms. Blending elements of acoustic, indie, funk, rock and surf, Mancus's music can be likened to that of Sublime, Dispatch, and Jack Johnson.
Mancus's new album Move Down, is a testament to his mantra of doing things his own way.  The album's 14 tracks consist of a diverse blend of styles, including acoustic, indie, funk, hip-hop, rock, and surf.  In addition to Jimmy's own unique acoustic style and guitar riffs, the album features RasMG/"Field" Marshall Goodman, DJ for the multi-platinum selling band SUBLIME and the Long Beach Dub All-Stars, on the turntables...Clyde Rosencrance, the album's producer, on electric guitar...Lenny Mecca on bass...Eli Hludzik on drums...and Matthew Nakoa on keyboards.
www.jimmymancus.com
www.myspace.com/jimmymancus

Black Diamond Day - Alexa Wilding (Brooklyn, NY)
Alexa Wilding is a Brooklyn-based brunette, prone to writing ethereal pieces that sound and feel like a dream with her sweet as honey voice and gorgeously ghostly lyrics. The talented chanteuse earned her street credit by playing with former Sonic Youth drummer, Bob Bert, in Int'l Shades from 2006 to 2008.
Since then, Alexa has been working on her own EP, written solely by her, which features Tim Foljahn, who has collaborated with talents such as Cat Power, Thurston Moore, and the late Townes Van Zandt. Foljahn has also fronted Two Dollar Guitar with Sonic Youth"s Steve Shelley. Furthermore intriguing, the debut EP was mixed by Fred Smith of Television.
www.myspace.com/alexawilding

I'm way too happy (Reprise) and You have been loved - Tymphony (Istanbul, Turkey)
Tymphony was formed in a dorm room at Boğaziçi University in 2004 as an experimental project. The name 'Tymphony' came from the combination between Tempo & Symphony. 
Sound of Tymphony is a rhythmic mixture of oriental ambient, symphonic forms and some Icelandic elements. 
All albums are free to air : ) So you can download & listen them as long as you want. Download free at the official site:
http://tymphony.anafikir.com/en/
or from Jamendo.

Sentimentally Africa - Jean-Pierre Simons (Oakland, CA)
JEAN-PIERRE SIMONS is an international Artist from Cameroon by way of Paris, France. His music experiences began early in his life, performing at annual school and community feasts. Jean-Pierre formed a band at age fifteen and used all of his free time endevouring in music composition and song writing.
Jean-Pierre's music combines African melodies and rhythms from Cameroon (such as Makossa, Lali and others), with European & American styles of music arrangement. The harmonies in the songs are constructed in the African tradition. "Music cannot be confined to the narrow space of one's own country or people."
www.jeanpierresimons.com
http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeanpierre2 

Front Page News - JJ Soul Band (Reykajavik, Iceland)
(INGVI THOR KORMÁKSSON and JJ SOUL)
The songwriters, Kormáksson and Soul, met in Iceland 1993 and soon began writing music together. In 1994 they made their first CD, HUNGRY FOR NEWS, with JJ Soul Band and CITY LIFE in 1997. On both CDs the music is many-sided; blues, R&B, fusion, rock, pop and latin, sometimes all in one (blues-confusion?).
Singer/songwriter JJ Soul is from Oxford, England but Ingvi is from Iceland as the rest of the band.
Mr. Soul has been living and breathing music since he was eight years old. He used to play drums with small jazz units and worked both as a drummer and a singer with various rock and cabaret acts in England for many years. Since he moved to Iceland, he has focused on his writing skills and writes both songs and (mainly) lyrics. J.J. Soul currently resides in Oxford, U.K. He works as a painter, musician and art teacher.
www.jjsoulband.com/
www.myspace.com/jjsoulband
http://twitter.com/JJSoulBand

Bad advice from a bad singer - F&M (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
A welcome second track from the excellent F&M.
F&M is a gently sardonic, dark and hopelessly clever art-folk band that began as a 48 hour experiment in recording during a fireworks festival. Delicate, glacial, heady, F&M approaches folk music with refreshing maturity and restraint. Music that breathes.
www.fandmtheband.com/
www.myspace.com/fandmtheband

Usha's Wedding - Tessa Souter (NY, NY, USA)
Born in London of Trinidadian and English parents, New York-based vocalist, composer and lyricist Tessa Souter (soo-ter) infuses jazz with the soul and passion of flamenco, Indian and Middle Eastern music. "One of the most imaginatively programmed vocal sets of recent memory," said the Los Angeles Times, in a rave review of her California debut at the Catalina Bar and Grill in 2002. The Philadelphia Inquirer praised her "amazing" debut CD Listen Love and her "crystal-clear voice with diamond-cut phrasing.” Soul jazz singer Jon Lucien said of Listen Love. "Magnificent! I couldn't stop playing it over and over. She blew me away!" Her mentor Mark Murphy says of her, "She is a complete musician … extraordinary and moving." Sheila Jordan says, "There aren"t many, but Tessa Souter is a natural born singer. She really moves me.” Jazz tuba legend Howard Johnson says she is "an important musician... whose brilliant lyrics and songs make her stand out from the pack so very much, not to mention how well she sings other people's material."
Tessa Souter
"Usha's Wedding" (mp3)
from "Obsession"
(Motema Music)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
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Jeans - Naturaliss (Kingston, Jamaica)
Naturaliss is a Reggae/Dancehall Artist From Jamaica. Naturaliss writes music that have a positive impact on life.
From his 12 track album Shanty Town available on iTunes and all the leading on-line stores.
www.myspace.com/naturaliss25

Back in the UK again after a quick visit to Ibiza to visit Jessie, take a short break and catch the closing night of Roger Sanchez at Amnesia. It was all rather surreal with the first rain since May starting the day after we arrived and delivering violent thunderstorms every evening. The orange lightening miles out to sea was spectacualr and quite beautiful.

Piggy in the Middle - Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers (Brooklyn. NY, USA)
Started on a whim in 2001 playing country covers in a small bar in Brooklyn, Sean Kershaw & the New Jack Ramblers have evolved into the biggest and best country band in the NY area with their unique sound and Mr Kershaw's formidable songwriting. Their debut album was engineered and co-produced by none other than Rick Miller (Southern Culture on the Skids) who also contributes a guitar solo on one song.
www.seankershaw.com
www.myspace.com/seankershawandramblers

Short Song - Mo Rooneh (Netherlands)
From the album "Micro".
Mo Rooneh is a minimalist and avantgarde composer, working with repetition and noise as basic elements.
The phylosophy behind the use of those elements in a composition, which in itself is mostly fictional, is to reinstate a sence of reality.
Repetition as a refural to time and noise as the reflection of incoherence and disturbance that characterizes our daily life.
Starting out, some twenty-five years ago, as a singer in several bands, Rooneh explored the popular music spectrum.
After a small decade he concluded the pop scene didn't bring that much fulfillment, music wise, as he had hoped for.
Taking a break from performing for almost fifteen years, he explored numerous art disciplines. Several musical and non-musical styles inspired Rooneh and led to a reinvention of the self.
Encoutering 'new music' from artists like John Cage, La Monte Young and Steve Reich made him realize that the way of the experiment was the right basis for his compositions.
In 2009 he recorded three albums, 'Songs that might be', 'Micro' and 'Cinematographic'.
Using the world wide web as means of distribution for his work, he tries to expand his audience.
Mo Rooneh
"Short Song" (mp3)
from "Micro"
(Monochrome)
Buy at Rhapsody
Stream from Rhapsody
More On This Album

www.mrooneh.com
www.myspace.com/morooneh

The Rain Became the Clouds - Emanuel and The Fear (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
An extraordinary 11-piece orchestra-rock band that focuses on intertwining the modern day pop song with extravagant and complex composition. 
Drawing from romantic and modern composers like Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Glass; and then fusing in a modern rock sound like Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Daft Punk and Sufjan Stevens; Emanuel & the Fear displays a true understanding of sound all-the-while capturing audiences with their climactic electro/orchestral arrangements and quivering, poetic lyrics.
www.myspace.com/emanuelandthefear
www.papergardenrecords.com/shop/item/46

Going all the way - Glideascope (London, UK)
Glideascope tangles computers, intriguing samples, and orchestral composition to make music for this digital age. With sounds as lush as classical composer Pachelbel on one track and up tempo Jamaican Patois vocals driving the next, this is a true kaleidoscope of sound.
It would be easy to create a laundry list of styles to define Glideascope--Dub Reggae, Trip Hop, Classical, Electronic, World Music—but that just won't do. The best person to define the work is Glideascope himself. He calls his music, "The soundtrack for a movie never created." Hearing it brings to mind some visually stunning films like Blade Runner, The Last Samurai, and Cry Freedom.
Glideascope's work is heavily influenced by the works of Bob Marley, Craig Armstrong, Afrika Bambatta and Massive Attack (particularly their first album) to name a few.
www.glideascope.com
www.myspace.com/glideascope

Rainscape extended - Shardik's Walkman (Berlin, Germany)
Littl;e I can tell you aboiut Shardik's Walkman but you can download the music from Jamendo
www.jamendo.com/en/album/51301
http://momo4.jamendo.net/

Bikes - Rubblebucket (Boston, MA, USA)
Rubblebucket is a Boston-and-Brooklyn-based nine-piece polyrhythmic dance/rock band led by trumpeter Alex Toth and fronted by the alluring vocals of Kalmia Traver. Comparisons have been drawn to Talking Heads, Fela Kuti, Bjork and James Brown, but Rubblebucket's afro-beat inspired, trip-rock soul experience is beyond classification.
Alex Toth- trumpet, vocals bandleader. He loves Kalmia.

Kalmia Traver- lead vocals, tenor sax. She loves reverie, berry-picking and skinny-dipping, pennywhistles and making artwork.

Adam Dotson- trombone, vocals. He won an international euphonium competition at age fourteen and never wears shoes when he plays.

Craig Myers- percussion. He began playing percussion at age thirteen, and he has studied West African percussion extensively for ten years and traveled to Senegal, Mali, Cote Ivoire and Guinea. He's also taught and directed percussion groups in Hawaii and throughout Europe.

Dave Cole- drums. Has also plays guitar and keyboards and has an amazing beard and smile. He also has a cyclops mask.

Darby Wolf- keyboards. Darbstar has a plan. And he uses Goff organs and leslie speakers and is a vintage keyboard enthusiast.

Ian Hersey- guitar. He lives in Brooklyn and recently bought a box of at least 15 Casio keyboards, and he takes them apart and fucks with them.
http://rubblebucket.com/
www.myspace.com/rubblebucket

Streets Crimes and Strife - Rau (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Producer-Composer Stuart Rau creates multi-textured rhythms and grooves whose branding falls somewhere between trip-hop and blues. With his strong debut "Streets Crimes and Strife" album he blends atmospheric international timbres with bruising bass lines and a myriad of sublime beats.
A rather good video on his MySpace front page too. Take a look.
www.myspace.com/sturowe

Love letters from a fool - Kristen Cothron (Nashville, TN. USA)
From her album Love letters from a Fool.
Kristen's voice is reminiscent of classic jazz singers, but the songs are edgy and smart and cut right across the lines in an interesting way.
Since the release of Love Letters from a Fool in May of 2006 Cothron has been touring regionally and is currently celebrating the release of her music video, Dangerous. Whether she's singing a jazz standard, a classic soul tune, or one of her eclectic original songs- Kristen's sound is undeniably her own.
www.kristencothron.com
www.myspace.com/kristencothron

A predominantly, but not exclusively, acoustic SnC this week. This probably reflects my past few weeks of frantic but productive activity. I'm ready for a break!
The autumn skies are making themselves felt here in Suffolk. It is fairly warm down here but looks cold up there. You'll be pleased to know that the hops at the top of the steps are doing well.

I am the Mountain - Fairmont (New Jersey, USA)
on Mint Records
The release party was last night in Clifton, New Jersey
Indie rockers Fairmont present a different side of their influences with "The Meadow At Dusk." With the addition of vocalist Samantha Carradori as a counterpoint to frontman Neil Sabatino, the band is able to tread new musical ground, stylistacally ranging from folk ballads to indie dance and 90's alternative. Produced by Bryan Russell (Straylight Run, Coldplay, etc.) at Red Wire Audio, Fairmont is releasing this EP as a digital download with a limited edition vinyl run. Contest winners will find their artwork featured alongside the band's drawings in the limited edition poster included with the vinyl release.
www.fairmontmusic.com
www.myspace.com/fairmont

Fairmont
"I Am the Mountain" (mp3)
from "The Meadow At Dusk"
(Mint 400 Records)
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Tallahassee Turnpike Blues - American Fiction (Wisconsin/Florida, USA)
Ethan Cook: vocals. guitars. mandolin. harmonica.
It is from the clutches of sub-zero winters and the well tilled farm fields of Wisconsin that American Fiction comes to the stage burdened by a thorn in his side and a story on his tongue. Every song he sings is sung with an urgency and passion to realize our own cinematic existence. Every song written is not merely a thought or chapter expressed, but rather an undying hope to stir one tired organ within the cage of every chest.
American Fiction has struck his six strings atop roofs, on frozen lakes, in packed auditoriums, corner cafés, and most recently on Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor on National Public Radio. Every performance played is treated not as an endowed right, but a hunger to share an artistic love. Over the past 2 and half years American Fiction has released both a 5 song EP titled "Devil's Casino" and a 16 song full length album titled "Lakes" released in the summer of 2008. Over the past few months "Lakes" last has been remastered and further promoted as American Fiction has signed with Branch Records, an independent label based in Panama City, FL. Although currently pursuing a degree in Religious Studies from the University of Wisconsin Madison, American Fiction still hopes to tour and see the nation by the roads and highways that haunt his dreams.
Through a bleeding vocal and a poignant word, American Fiction walks a road of his own continuing to sing truths amid an unrelenting sea of compromise and icy complications.
www.myspace.com/americanfictionband
www.americanfictionfrontier.blogspot.com

Early Midnight - Peppertown (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)
Remember the rippin’ guitar and tribal drums sounds of the early 70’s, bands like Santana, Little Feat, Allman Brothers and ZZ Top? Peppertown does. This 5 piece band out of southeastern Indiana is putting a new twist on what they consider a lost sound in modern music. Creating their own fine blend of blistering bluesy guitar, earthy drum jams, and solid songwriting, Peppertown is stirring a buzz, nationwide, and abroad. The bands D.I.Y. savvy has taken them from the hills of Indiana into the ears of America. err and beyond!
www.peppertownmusic.com
www.myspace.com/peppertownmusic

Peppertown
"Early Midnight" (mp3)
from "Change My Ways"
(Sol Records)
Buy at Rhapsody
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My Heart - Sahab Tolouie (Prague, Czech Republic)
Belongs to the group of musicians who derive inspiration from the traditional music of their native lands. For Shahab, this means combining traditional Persian elements with traditional Spanish flamenco.
following his graduation from high school, he departed for Seville, Spain. There he studied his flamenco master course, attaining the highest level of achievement, "Nivel Alto."
As a multi-instrumentalist, Shahab incorporates different traditional Persian instruments such as the Setar, Laud, Mandola, Daf and Dammam, along with the Flamenco Guitar, in his compositions. His most important instrument, however, is his voice. Powerful and dynamic, it is flavored with a special richness typical of eastern vocalists. When combined with his unique manner of singing, that voice is an essential and very expressive part of his musical presentation.
www.shahab-tolouie.com
www.myspace.com/shahabtolouie
www.cdbaby.com/cd/shahabtolouie

Nicolas Cage - Corduroy (Toronto, Canada)
It's been a long time coming for Toronto four piece, Corduroy. Developing their brand of haunting folklore tales laced with sweeping post rock guitars and group hum-a-longs, hasn't been all that easy. Originally starting out as Whatever Happened to Corduroy? in 2007, the band released a well received debut self titled EP of their mixed and messy ideas that was blazing with promise.
TOUR DATE
Sept. 25 @ Sneaky Dees, TORONTO (w. The Paint Movement, Make Your Exit)
www.myspace.com/thebandcorduroy

For You - Peter Bradley Adams (Brooklyn, NY/Nashville, TN)
Peter Bradley Adams was one half of the duo "eastmountainsouth" signed by Robbie Robertson (of The Band) to Dreamworks Records in 2002. He has released two solo records ("Gather Up" and "Leavetaking") and is set to release his third, "Traces" this September on Sarathan Records.
www.myspace.com/peterbradleyadams

Put the World on Stop - Sean Fournier (Milford, Connecticut, USA )
Oh My, a six-track EP Sean Fournier published on Jamendo a few weeks ago, is, evidently, available for free download and not just on Jamendo. But that’s only a small part of Sean's production so far. The rest, namely two full-length albums, are for sale. "That was the plan: to offer a free album to get my music to as many people as possible, he explains. Currently, there are over 35,000 downloads. Oh My has really helped get my music out there."
In addition to his music, artfully crafted acoustic ballads tinged with electronic elements (somewhere between Cake, G. Love & Special Sauce and Ben Folds) that he writes and records alone, Sean does everything else himself too: artwork, web design, promotion, etc. "It has morphed from a serious hobby to a second job! It’s about 30% making music and 70% promoting it. I enjoy doing my own artwork and website design. I want my music to have a homemade feel to it and doing my own visuals helps that cause."
At the moment, Sean tours mostly around universities in the Northwest of the US, but he definitely hopes "to stretch out further", thanks in no small part to online campaigning and its "global reach". In the meantime, he's working on his third album. If you liked what you heard, go check out his homemade website for more.
www.sean-fournier.com/
www.myspace.com/sfournier


Shake Shake - Terio (Miami, FL, USA) Ariel
With a background as colorful as his music, Terio captures your spirit with his rhythmic and sophisticated sounds. Born in Costa Rica to Cuban parents and raised in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area, Terio was absorbed from an early age by a yearning to have lived the golden era of Havana as foretold by his family's tales of a lush tropical world capital where cabarets, casinos, late night diners and Hollywoodesque bars riddled a sea-salt bathed boardwalk famously known as "El Malecon." This is the era that flourished and nurtured many of his influences such as Desi Arnaz, Celia Cruz, Benny More, Perez Prado, amongst many others.
He met and became good friends with songwriter and producer Chris Rodriguez, who shares, not only his cultural background, but his passion towards creating music that captures such an era. Together, began a collaboration and writing endeavor that has resulted in an amazing and attractive concept. The classic elements to their composition style gives you a flash-back to Hemingway's Cuba during the 50's era, while the modern edgy beats and electronic sounds that carry the tracks keep you quite aware that you’re still very much indeed in the modern era.
www.teriomusic.com
www.myspace.com/teriomusic

Some cracking tunes again - a selection of extremes of acoustic and very electric from the likes of New York, British Columbia, Edmonton, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Budapest, Nashville and Brooklyn.
Sorry. No picture; I've been confined to studio and office all week. Heavy deadline met this morning - whoo hoo! Plan to take it easy until next year now (yeah right!)

Radio Days - The Octagon (New York)
In case you're new to The Octagon, the band's been around since '04. Front-man Zachary Mexico is a best selling author, drummer Will Glass is a former member of the Dirty Projectors and the bass guy is a shadowy Dead-loving loner known only as Bunny. The band has performed with Idlewild, Jay Reatard, the Homosexuals, Tokyo Police Club, Sam Champion, the Spinto Band, Ra Ra Riot, Dragons of Zynth and many more. Radio Days is from their Arm, Brain, Heart and Liver album.
www.theoctagonrock.com
www.myspace.com/theoctagon

Midnight - Allison Crowe (Nanaimo, BC, Canada)
"I love singing for people," says Allison Crowe. "It's a way to connect and share with others. Communication is crucial. Just being able to do what I do, to write and sing and perform, makes me feel not only alive, but incredibly lucky. Knowing at any moment everything could change, I don't take one second for granted."


Born 26 years ago, on an island, in the harbour city of Nanaimo, B.C., today Crowe's reach is global. The audience for her music videos and song downloads numbers in the millions and she has had the sense to plough her own furrow.
www.allisoncrowe.com

Henry Porter in The Observer
http://tinyurl.com/lhngep
When a Newfoundland-based singer Allison Crowe and two of her band members, Billie Woods and Laurent Boucher, arrived at Gatwick to tour Britain they were arrested, held in cells, photographed and fingerprinted and had their passports stamped "Barred from Entry" before being returned to Canada.
... new laws that mean that artists have to submit to a set of expensive and time-consuming procedures to get their visa and further restrictions on their movements while they are here.
This shocking and disgraceful treatment - designed to exclude illegal immigrants and terrorists - seems fundamentally unBritish.
So let's just agree that new rules barring artists from visiting this country and so enriching our culture are some of the most contemptible ever devised, even by this narrow-minded apology for a government.
The English National Opera and [the London] Southbank have both had problems bringing in foreign performers because of the stringent requirement for non-EU citizens to provide biometrics and photographs and submit to controls over their day-to-day activity while here.
Is this Britain? If so, the rational half of our brain has been overwhelmed by "suspicion and parochialism", in the words of the staunchly sensible Manifesto Club, which has started a petition against the laws .
The Manifesto Club needs your support and, if you're in the UK, your signature on a petition:
www.manifestoclub.com/visitingartists

Shrug it off - F&M (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
A very new discovery for me which I would guess some of you may have already checked out after my Twitter post this afternoon about F&M. The hit me like a very gentle and sincere steam-train, but hit me they did.
F&M is a gently sardonic, dark and hopelessly clever art-folk band that began as a 48 hour experiment in recording during a fireworks festival. Delicate, glacial, heady, F&M approaches folk music with refreshing maturity and restraint. Music that breathes.
www.fandmtheband.com/
www.myspace.com/fandmtheband

You can keep your finger on the generally unfaltering pulse of @suffolkandcool along with Pete Cogle, Rowley and his beer, Alan at Darkhorse,  Colin Gazeley, Stuart from Insomnia Radio, Graham Holland, Erk in Aus and a few other of the usual suspects. I'll see if I can get a Twitter list together.

Ever Be Here Again - Kelly Joe Phelps (Oregon, USA)
In the UK from 18 to 30th Sept then over to Belfast, Dublin and Cork. Dates are on his site at:
www.kellyjoephelps.net/tour/index.htm

Kelly Joe Phelps
"Ever Be Here Again" (mp3)
from "Lead Me On (15 Year Anniversary Edition)"
(Burnside Records)
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The End - Peasant (Bucks County, PA)
Peasant is Damien DeRose, 23-year-old poet turned artiste, from fabled and beautiful Bucks County, PA.  The sleepy hometown and its surroundings, melded with trials and tribulations, to inspire Peasant's confessional and straightforward style of music. In and out of the bedroom studio throughout high school, DeRose helped form a small scene in Bucks County by doling out frisky live performances and DIY records. After high school, he traveled solo on several tours of the US and Europe before signing with Paper Garden Records in 2008 and releasing "On The Ground."
This track was recorded at the Daytrotter Sessions (http://daytrotter.com/article/1507/peasant.) He has a whole load of dates in Europe over the next few weeks in Germany, Austria, France, Belgium Holland and one date in London.
www.myspace.com/peasant
www.papergardenrecords.com/shop/item/47

A Piece of All Other Things - Zanza (Budapest, Pest, Hungary)
"Zanza is a new Hungarian Rock Band founded by Lehel Kovács. Debut album (Plug In) is coming out in August. Songs mainly influenced by Kravitz, Hendrix, Zep, Robben Ford, Hungarian folk music... singing both in English and in Hungarian. The Plug In album was recorded on the one hand by my previous musicians: Miklós Szalóczy (drums) and Csaba Pázmándi (guitars) and by sterling session musicians like Antal Gábor Szűcs (guitars), Albert Földi (piano) and Zoltán Balogh (bass). ZANZA - "Plug In" album released August 14, 2009.
www.zanzaband.hu  (page under construction at time of posting)
www.myspace.com/zanzaband

Smackin' Pepper - Johnny Neel and the Criminal Element (Nashville, TN, USA)
Although not a household name, Johnny Neel is a Grammy award nominee recognized in the music world for his work with the Allman Brothers, Lonnie Mack and Gov't Mule, among others. In addition to his soulful vocals, harp, piano and B-3 proficiency, Johnny is an accomplished songwriter whose tunes have been recorded by the likes of the Allman Brothers, Joe Louis Walker, John Mayall, Irma Thomas, Ann Peebles, Marie Osmond, the Oak Ridge Boys and Travis Tritt.
Born and Raised in Wilmington, Delaware, Johnny Neel cut his first single at the age of twelve, as Johnny Neel and The Shapes Of Soul. As an adult, the Johnny Neel Band had a strong following up and down the East Coast and released two well-received independent albums. Neel moved to Nashville, the premiere song writing city, in 1984, where he immediately became recognized as an "A" session studio player. Others began to notice Neel’s songwriting talent and decided to take advantage by recording his songs on their albums.
www.cdbaby.com/thecriminalelement
www.johnnyneel.com

Subway Man - Jesse Alejamndro and the Big Fatt (Brooklyn, NY)
Like zombie Batman coming back from the grave to exact revenge on the joker who stole his woman, this band is intelligent, vicious and unstoppable. The Big Fatt hold permanent resident statuses in funk, blues, and classical music, but spend most of their time in Brooklyn.
From "Belly Full of Brains" LP - Release Date: 9/9/09 - today!
The music of this ensemble mirrors the monster of amalgam that is the Brooklyn music scene, stealing from heros as far flung as Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, Claude Debussy and Stevie Wonder. The group's morbidly obese base of influences and guillotine sharp execution ensure an entertaining evening for anyone who isn't a Nazi child molester.
Jesse Alejandro- Vocals, Guitar
Matthew Ferry- Drums
Westbrook Johnson- Trombone
Matt Scott - Bass
Heather Sommerlad - Violin
Peter Ferrari - Saxophone
Marie Valigorsky - Viola
www.thebigfatt.com
www.myspace.com/thebigfatt

Great music again on the show this week from Lachi, The Balconies, Mayday, Adam Arcuragi, Eclectek, Choir of Young Believers and Make Your Exit. Weeks of dry weather (not a lot of sunny warm but very dry) has given way tonight to rain and wind. It feels rather cruel to send SnC 183 out in it. The hops are fine if a little wet. (pic)

Apolkalypse Now - Polkastra (NYC,NY,USA)
Title track from their album.
An eclectic and international cast of characters including a Canadian folk fiddler, the Met's contrabassoonist, an Israeli accordionist and percussionist, a jack-of-all-trades bassist, a French Horn playing record store clerk and an internationally renowned violin soloist met in a New Jersey studio to record a polka album just for fun. An idea that began as a lark quickly grew into an eccentric, virtuosic and energetic exploration of the roots of polka: folk, country, classical and jazz. Polkastra is a unique world music project that celebrates both the joy of music and the power of dance to unite cultures. From the American Midwest and the North of Canada to the mountains of Bohemia and the deserts of Israel - Apolkalypse Now poses the important question "Would you like sauerkraut, poutine, goulash or hummus with that?"
www.myspace.com/polkastra

Polkastra
"Apolkalypse Now" (mp3)
from "Apolkalypse Now"
(Ancalagon LLC)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
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Les Paul
If you're in the UK, BBC iPlayer has a programme about Les Paul, guitar customiser (Gibson Les Paul) and above all a hugely talented musician and influence on the sound of electric guitars, who died last week at the age of 94.
http://bit.ly/oDPWq

Slow Down - Lachi (New York, USA)
Sultry, smooth, intelligent and bold, singer/songwriter and pianist Lachi commands cleverly crafted, insightful yet quirky lyrics in her new EP "Ugly Beautiful" best categorized as piano-driven, jazz-influenced alternative rock. Partly inspired by the trials and tribulations she faces as a legally blind Nigerian-American female from her shy childhood to her world-traveling adulthood, her lyrics steer away from mediocrity and carry with them a message of natural beauty and internal conflict.
WWW.ULACHI.COM
www.myspace.com/lachimusic



Serious Bedtime - The Balconies (Ottawa, Canada)
The Balconies formed in December of 2007, by Jacquie Neville (of Jetplanes of Abraham fame), Liam Jaeger (ex-For the Mathematics member), and Steve Neville. With each member an experienced song writer and performer The Balconies quickly built up a buzz as one of Canada's most promising new indie bands - and have been in high demand for shows ever since, thanks to the relentless high energy and quality musicianship witnessed in their live sets.
Ottawa's pride and joy, The Balconies will self release their much anticipated self-titled debut album September 15th, 2009. The three piece, made up of a brother/sister/boyfriend combination, has been turning heads with their dynamic live performances.  Over the past year, The Balconies have appeared at festivals such as North by Northeast and the Ottawa Bluesfest, sharing stages with notable acts like Land of Talk, Mother Mother, the Bicycles, and more. The CD release party will be held September 12th at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, QC, just outside of Ottawa.
The band will begin touring and playing around Ontario and Quebec in September. Tour dates, bio, and download link are below. Stay tuned to the band's Myspace page for more show announcements.
www.myspace.com/thebalconies

Welsh Pizza problem

Crossroads & Avenues - Mayday (Miami, FL, USA)
Miami is hot. But Mayday is sweltering. Riding one of those threatening tsunamis of critical acclaim into the summer of 2009, this Florida future-hop collective blows minds wide open on Technology, a 6-song tour de force of android-soul, interstellar club banging and time machine madness that maniacally melds genre to delightful effect. But we’d come to expect this sort of thing from Mayday, who’ve been turning heads for three years on the strength of their NYT-approved smash, “Groundhog Day,” its record-setting YouTube video, and the cavalcade of “damn, this is good” that came out of the music world after MTV took a shine to the group and Entourage came calling. But with Technology, Mayday have outdone themselves.
www.myspace.com/firstdayofmay
www.maydayonline.com

www.twitter.com/firstdayofmay

A slightly shiver up the spine coincidence this afternoon but aren't they all.
 
She comes to me - Adam Arcuragi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Like a rejection of destruction; like an answer to anxiety; like a reversal of death – I Am Become Joy is a prescient cut across the
grain of this new era. Adam Arcuragi's new 11-song album confirms his importance as one of the most gifted songwriters today. In some
ways harkening back to the origins of recorded American folk music and in other ways continuing lineage of American independent rock,
Arcuragi has positioned himself as a unique and visionary voice.
On his second full-length album, Arcuragi expands on the dark, sparse style of his preceding 2006 self-titled album and 2008 EP, Soldiers
for Feet. Charged with layers of backing vocals and a rotating cast of instrumentation, I Am Become Joy shows the full width of Arcuragi's
brilliant songwriting style. Layered with harmony vocals and embellished with pedal steel, dulcimer, accordion, trumpet, and even a
singing saw, each song has a unique arrangement to compliment Arcuragi on vocals and guitar.
The new album I Am Become Joy is out on September 8th, 2009
To Stream EP and 2006 self-titled album, visit:
www.adamarcuragi.com
www.myspace.com/adamarcuragi

Panurge Akoustik2.0 - Eclectek (Lille, France)
hiphop funk electro punkrock fusionrockelectro ! Although this track is not really particularly characteristic of the album.
BertyCox and Stouffi the stouvesrecommended the album Komiks Musik from Eclectek on Jamendo (where else).
www.myspace.com/eclectekofficiel

Tweets from Kenton Hall whose music with ist has been featured on the show.
33 minutes ago: "Okay, I'm crying to Men At Work's Down Under now. Seriously, Kenton, get a grip. You're only thirty-bloody-three."
25 minutes ago: "Oh, Jesus. Cyndi Lauper now. Every girl who ever failed to think a bipolar Canadian geek was an attractive sexual proposition has returned."
10 minutes ago: "You don't want to know what 80's era Springsteen is doing to me."
... and that's why I like being around musicians. :)
Check him out on Twitter @KentonHall
www.istianity.co.uk

Action/Reaction - Choir of Young Believers (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Even though This Is for the White in Your Eyes, the full-length debut released last week (August 18th) by Danish collective Choir of Young Believers , is teeming with instruments—voices, pianos, synthesizers, banjos, an orchestra’s ransom in strings and French horns—it’s not the arrangements that dominate so much as the images they conjure. Snow-flecked mountaintops, deserted city streets, ghost-filled churches, a final kiss between estranged lovers—this is the emotional terrain trod by Jannis Noya Makrigiannis and his Choir of Young Believers. This Is for the White in Your Eyes is an album of orchestral indie-pop, but its artistic scope extends beyond melody and harmony: Choir of Young Believers paint cinematic tableaux, with Jannis cast as the silvery-voiced narrator.
In the second "Ghostly International Presents" video introduction to Choir of Young Believers, filmmaker James P. Morse focuses on bandleader Jannis Noya Makriggianis and his cellist Ceciele Trier in an intimate live performance in New York City. Jannis and Ceciele perform "Action/Reaction" as a duo, stripping the original's bombast down to its stunning, harmony-filled essence. If you missed it, part one of the series is soundtracked by "Wintertime Love" a particularly time-stopping track from This Is for the White in Your Eyes.
Tour dates are coming up.
www.myspace.com/choirofyoungbelievers

Ghostly Presents: Choir of Young Believers (Part 2) from Ghostly International on Vimeo.

Through the Winter - Make your Exit (Toronto, Canada)
Jeff Buckley - lead vocals, guitar
Mike Dellios - bass
Mike Thomson - drums
Skidboot - guitar
Oliver Pauk - saxophone
You could try to describe the sound of the five eclectic musical backgrounds melding together to become what is Make Your Exit with fancy words and hyperbole... but the overbearing fact of their music is that it's simply honest. And honest music isn't always easy to come by. It's stripped down, yet amped up, it's noisy and abrasive, yet quiet and modest. It's the sounds of five extremely talented twenty somethings just letting it all out. Lucky for us, their post-rock release lands somewhere between familiar and completely unfamiliar. Four part vocal harmonies akin to Fleet Foxes, with the addition of jazzy saxophone parts, and just the right tasteful amount of Canadiana twang - Make Your Exit is unlike anything you've heard before, yet it won't be hard to wrap your head around. Remind Me the Reason I Came, is the band's second EP and showcases their unique unbridled songwriting energy in the best light. The album is mastered by Noah Mintz and was recorded by Brent Bodrug in an abandoned church somewhere outside of Trenton, Ontario.
www.myspace.com/makeyourexit

Fine and quirky music from Las Vegas, Queens, France, Portland Oregon, Newfoundland, Nashville and NYC.
Perhaps a slightly different show this week with mercifully less of me.
The hops (pic) are ripening nicely on the landing just outside the studio door here at the barn (having climbed up 15 feet or so from the ground). We just need some barley, yeast and Burtonised water to set up our own brewery. Although if you've heard PC Podcast this week you'll appreciate that it isn't quite that easy.

Bad Habits - Brian O'Shea (Las Vegas)
From the album Still Alive and Kickin' Butt.
Previously featured on SnC178.
www.oshea-keith.com/

A slightly different format.

Million Years Ago - Kathy Fleischmann (Queens, NY)
The Kathy Fleischmann Band is comprised of four seasoned singer/songwriter/musicians from NY. Their music is a mix of blues, rock, jazz and folk.
The Kathy Fleischmann Band is currently performing in Long Island/Queens the NY area at venues including The National Underground, The Underscore and The Alphabet Lounge. They have just released, The Second Took Even Longer, their first full length CD with 10 original songs
www.kathyfleischmann.com/
www.myspace.com/thekathyfleischmannband
www.cdbaby.com/cd/fleisch4

Pete Cogle again exceeded all reasonable expectations this week by discovering an astoundingly fine track  Washboard Lemon  by Geoffrey Lemon  which you'll hear at the very start of PCP 275. I must admit that I didn't hear it as trad jazz. It seemed more like a reworking of something like 1930s dance music. Whatever it is I found it worryingly compelling. Take a listen for yourself at petecogle.com

Worldconkest - Jeffrey Lemon (Vannes, France)
Jeffrey Lemon does not fall anywhere: from hip hop, dub, drum and bass, the electronica and jazz, he experimented with various sound worlds and machines are a ticket of invitation to the doors of perception.
Often accompanied on stage by MC Nasty, posing texts with a flow of fluid disconcerting, and his drummer Crazy Drummer from the jazz, the electronic and the acoustic blend perfectly to give birth to a new genre: music "Electro-lemon"
http://julien.lebayon.free.fr/jeffreylemon.html

Octavio - Viva Voce (Portland, Oregon)
From their album RoseCity on the Amore!Phonics label which was released on CD just a couple of weeks ago. Kevin also lets us know that " To much questioning and asking I give this answer - yes, vinyl is on the way! September will find the 180 gram vinyl release of Rose City on the Jealous Butcher record label.
We worked with Jealous Butcher on the release of the Blue Giant EP last year and we were thrilled we got to work with them again on this release.
As par for course, the vinyl release will include 2 additional cuts not on the CD or digi. Wax only my friends!
I won't spoil the surprise, but the tunes turned out quite amazing and we"re happy they'll have a home on Jealous Butcher."
www.vivavoce.com
www.myspace.com/vivavoce
Viva Voce
"Octavio" (mp3)
from "Rose City"
(Amore!Phonics)
More On This Album


Come Clean - Chris Kirby (Newfoundland)
Vampire Hotel is Kirby's highly-anticipated sophomore recording, and is produced by Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar, Gov't Mule, Taj Mahal). Production of the record was split between Fat Tracks Studios in St. John's, NL, and Willie Nelson's Pedernales Studios in Austin TX. Heavily influenced by New Orleans Rhythm & Blues and Motown Soul, but rooted in the rich Newfoundland tradition of storytelling, Vampire Hotel offers a unique and refreshing brand of music from a truly original artist.
www.chriskirbyonline.com/
www.myspace.com/chriskirbyandthemarquee

Your Truth - Sharon Lang (Nashville, TN, USA)
Accompanied by friends and fellow musicians Lyndsay Pruett, John Depriest, and Josh Minyard, Lovers and Thieves is a simple, no-frills portrayal of Lang's experiences both before and during her time in Nashville. Inspired by the unique community of artists, lovers, gypsies, dreamers, saints, and sinners that occupy this fair city, it truly expresses a love of first-class effort and sincere dedication to all things that are good.
www.myspace.com/sharonlangmusic

Good things die - Nordgarden (Hammer / Oslo, Norway)
An old track from the first album which brings a great combination of guitar and trumpet. Terje is on the west coasts of  Canada and USA for a couple of weeks. Watch out for him popping up with surprise gigs at various club nights.
www.nordgarden.info
www.myspace.com/nordgarden

Pride - Paula Toledo (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
There seems to be a really strong seam of Canadian women producing beautiful songs at the moment. I think Paula Toledo is among the best. Melancholy shadowing optimism. Jangly guitars to atmospheric sounds. Paula co-produced this album with Jonathan Anderson, additional prod. & mixing by David Odlum (Josh Ritter, The Frames) at Black Box Studios in France.
I first played Paula on SnC 003 back in Feb 2006. She's been a bit quiet since 2007. Too rare and precious a talent to be allowed to fade away.
www.paulatoledo.com/
www.myspace.com/paulatoledo

Some wonderfully quirky tunes this week from Iceland, the UK, Virginia, Germany, Toronto, Holland and two from Los Angeles.
It was Pimms o'clock when we arrived at Pete Cogle's hut at Southwold. I have no idea what time we left. Just as it should be.

Need Strange - Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats (LA, CA, USA)
From Meet the Meatbats, their debut album on Warrior Records.
Bombastic, funky, sexy and loud, Chad Smith (drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers & Chickenfoot) is breaking out on his own with guitar star Jeff Kollman, multi-faceted keyboardist Ed Roth, and Motor City bass ace Kevin Chown. Together, they comprise what is easily one of the most interesting and unpredictable instrumental bands to come along in years; Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats. Their sound creates a cutting edge sonic experience with a plethora of influences, fusing together styles as diverse as classic rock, old school funk, punk, and 70's R&B.
The album, Meet The Meatbats, speaks for itself. Consisting of 10 songs written in the span of a few days at Chad's pool house in Malibu (known as "The Tiki Room"), songs including "Need Strange," "Oops! I Spilled My Beer," "Battle For Ventura Blvd.," and the hauntingly beautiful "Night Sweats," exude a live wire feel, sarcasm, and excitement rarely found in the current world of digitally induced "perfection." It is instrumental music with a soul and a sense of humor.
Take a look at the Bombastic Meatbats interview on YouTube.
www.myspace.com/bombasticmeatbats

All the same to me - Anya Marina (LA, CA, USA )
For those who may know of Marina from her early debut releases - the five-song EP Exercises in Racketeering and 2005"s acoustic-driven full-length Miss Halfway (whose title track also appears on the Grammy Award-nominated second volume of the Grey's Anatomy soundtrack) - Slow & Steady Seduction is an artistic and creative leap forward in this evolving artist's career. "Miss Halfway was sort of a demo of songs I came up with," Marina explains. "I wanted the new album to feel like a more accurate expression of who I am as an artist. I wanted it to sound like something that I'd want to buy, and that meant making it something you could tap your toes to. The album's got some sexy, dirty rock and roll moments on it. I just wanted to have a little more soul."
"All The Same To Me," which sets the freewheeling musical tone with its vaudevillian, cabaret feel. "I'm always thinking there's going to be some old person who's going to sue me, saying 'We wrote that in 1925'."
Just finishing a tour with Emiliana Torrini. Last gig tonight in LA.
19 Aug El Rey  Los Angeles, California
www.anyamarina.com
www.myspace.com/anyamarina

Speak Easy - Brains Repaired (Toronto, Canada)
www.myspace.com/brainsrepaired

Joanna at the door - Emmet Swimming (Fairfax, VA, USA)
Emmet Swimming formed in 1991 while students at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA ... The band named themselves after a young black boy, Emmet Till, who was shot in a small Mississippi town for whistling at a white woman and became one of the many martyrs of the American civil rights movement. "The idea of the name was basically that a 14-year-old boy should be swimming in the river, not dying in it."
Todd Watts - Vocals, Guitar
Erik Wenberg - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Scott Brotemarkle - Bass Guitar, Vocals
Tamer Eid - Drums
After releasing three CDs on Epic Records and touring nationwide for the better part of 7 years, Fairfax, VA's legendary emmet swimming took a long look at each other and at the van that they had largely called home for so many years and decided to take a break in the early 2000's to focus on non-musical interests. The toils of the road and the all consuming nature of the music industry had left long unfulfilled promises and prospects back at home, and the band largely dispersed to pursue families and careers. In 2007, with original drummer Tamer Eid rejoining the band and longtime friend and collaborator Scott Brotemarkle settled in on bass, the band began playing shows including a sold out performance at the 930 Club in Washington DC. The chemistry was undeniable. This track is from Bathing in the New Economy (EP)
Do check out their myspace there are some great tunes on there too.
www.emmetswimming.com/
www.myspace.com/emmetswimming

Take a look and listen to Springsteen's acoustic version of Thunder Road recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1975 amid all the hype about his being "the new Dylan".


3055 - Ólafur Arnalds (Mosfellsbaer, Iceland)
At only 21 years of age, Ólafur Arnalds is Iceland's latest export. Having already sold out The Barbican Hall in London, toured major European festivals and having opened for Sigur Rós on their most recent European tour, the future seems bright for this young, extraordinary talent.
www.olafurarnalds.com
www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds

Benzinadiko - Mediterra Musica (Hamburg, Germany)
They describe themselves as electronic traditional, which is probably OK, although they do resist the idea of classification, playfully resorting to approaches such as "Romantics compare the indefinable style of MediTerra with Chili-Chocolate. Xenophobes believe to find a taste of goat cheese. Somewhere in between and beyond that lies the vision of MediTerra."
www.jamendo.com/en/album/47287
www.myspace.com/mediterramusica
www.mediterra-musica.com

Terry Reid gigs coming up in the UK in the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow (Thursday 20th) he is at Komedia in Brighton along with The Daylight Faded. Next week (Wednesday 26th) he is premiering his new collaboration with Shine the Parisian trip-hop outfit who recently appeared on the soundtrack to Ugly Betty. Now this sounds a really, really interesting coming together. Again, The Daylight Faded are playing an acoustic set. Pigale Club, London, next Wednesday 8 'til 11.
Get all the info and see a couple of videos at
www.shine-music.net/
www.myspace.com/shinespace

Fist of Time - The Daylight Faded (UK)
The Daylight Faded, a London based 3-piece band spawned by singer/songwriter Lee Gordon who are still yet to celebrate their first birthday and have recorded their debut EP with new London label JUSTICE BROTHERS due out in late Autumn 2009.
Gordon says: "We are a live band, we pour every ounce of energy and emotion our bodies can muster into the music, being the best, most exciting and honest live band we can be is our goal.'
www.myspace.com/thedaylightfaded

Chemise De Beauregard - Cochon Bleu (Groningen, Netherlands)
From the album It's all coming good.
Fifteen years of playing together, hundreds of gigs and five well-received CDs have made Cochon Bleu into what it is today: one of Holland's most sparkling bands. Accordion, guitars and mandolin are cast in the leading roles, backed by a sturdily knocking rhythm section. They started out playing pure cajun music, but in the course of time lots of other influences crept in.
Two things remained, though: French lyrics and an overdose of energy.
www.cochonbleu.nl

Music from France, London, Nashville, Liverpool and Cuba and Cornwall in the UK this week.
Today was spent visiting the Codger Cogle family at their holiday home in Southwold. The rain this morning cleared as we sat drinking Pimms and eating lunch at their hut right down by the sea (see pic).
A tour of the Adnams Brewery was fascinating and the tasting session after the tour was, well, shall we say extensive! Just as well that I recorded the show before we went.

My Artificial Sun - Fresh Body Shop (Nantes, France)
From the 2009 album The Ugly Army. All the tracks are written and recorded by Pedro Rousseau although he is joined by Oli on bass and Fyjen on drums for live shows.
The earlier albums Orgamilk, Make this end and Tasteless are also available on Jamendo. There is now an opportunity for artists to suggest a donation for downloads but I don't think it is compulsory. However, if music is important to you, please leave as much as you can afford for downloads and if you can leave a review that would be really good too. My thanks to listener Andy Fidler for reminding me about Fresh Body Shop.
www.myspace.com/133439871
www.last.fm/music/Fresh+Body+Shop
www.jamendo.com/fr/artist/freshbodyshop

One short life - Nick Cook (Penzance, Cornwall, UK)
Nick sent me this track using the Suffolkandcool.com submission service for musicians. Find out about it at www.suffolkandcool.com by clicking on the "submit you music" menu button.
If you'd like that track, Nick has made it available as a free download at www.nick-cook.com and click "Free music".
www.nick-cook.com
www.myspace.com/nickmcook

Conte de fée - Spleen (Argenteuil, France)
Another track from the excellent album Les Algorythmes de Venus on Jamendo. Go over to their page at Jamendo and have a listen to the rest of their music - awfully good.
www.jamendo.com/en/artist/spleen

Love is your fear - Vinny Piana (London, UK)
Vinny Piana: Musician, Producer and Writer
Vinny is best known as the former writer, producer and guitarist for cult London indie band "The Space Between".
His music has attracted the attention of various DJs and producers along the way including dance remixes by renown artists such as Chris McCormack (Ministry of Sound, Gary Newman, samples on Fatboy Slim's million selling Halfway between the Gutter and the Stars album).
Among his credits are composing music for TV documentaries such as BBC, C4, ITV and independent movies including "Love Sexy” (Sundance festival selection).
Love is your fear is a unique blend of electro / Indie rock that may remind you of classic bands such as Joy Division, New order, Eurythmics and contemporary cutting edge artists such as Clavin Harris.
It is an engaging song about love, the struggle of being in a relationship and how hard one can be with another when things aren't going great. The song has a deep groove, engaging synth that are reminiscent of Sweet dreams by Eurythmics, a modern feel, great hook and dramatic ending.
Vinny Piana Live performances support include Wendy James (Racine), The Soho Dolls, Client, Lene Lovich and The Rakes.
Vinny is currently working on his debut solo album Beg me to forgive due out in October 09.
www.vinnypiana.co.uk/
www.myspace.com/vinnypianamusic

Dangerous - Kristen Cothron (Nashville, TN. USA)
From her album Love letters from a Fool.
Kristen's voice is reminiscent of classic jazz singers, but the songs are edgy and smart and cut right across the lines in an interesting way.
Since the release of Love Letters from a Fool in May of 2006 Cothron has been touring regionally and is currently celebrating the release of her music video, Dangerous. Whether she's singing a jazz standard, a classic soul tune, or one of her eclectic original songs- Kristen's sound is undeniably her own.
www.kristencothron.com
www.myspace.com/kristencothron

Pressure - Christope Marc (Liverpool, UK and Nantes, France)
This is part of the solo project by Christophe Marc, lead singer and guitarist with Galago. You'll find him at
www.jamendo.com/en/artist/christophe_marc
www.myspace.com/christophemarc

Christophe Marc was Recommended by Organic Despair. If you'd like to recommend tracks on Jamendo, all you have to do is join, it is free and you're away.

Doorway - Jennings (Nashville/NYC)
Although her writing began in high school, Jennings' surge in musical expression started after the sudden death of her mother. "This tragedy rocked me to the core, but there is so much beauty in what it allowed me to do," she says. "All of my emotions came pouring out in the form of melody." At the time, her father, a former musician, gave her the option to go through therapy or record an album. He knew both would be equally helpful to her, but by recording her music, she would be able to have something to hold on to and share with others for a lifetime.
With Femtastic and now Storybook EP complete, Jennings has built on the lessons of her life and musical journey and courageously perfected the delicate balance between vulnerability, honesty and grit.
www.myspace.com/jenningsmusic
www.jennings-music.com
www.cdbaby.com/cd/jenningsmusic4

Meet up with Codger at Southwold for Pimms at his beach hut, a brewery tour at Adnams and possibly another small beverage later. May have to get the bus home! He has already been Twittering about the relaxation.

El Son No Puede Fallar - Sierra Maestra (Cuba)
This is from The Rough Guide to the Music of Cuba released just a week or so ago.
Sierra Maestra
"El Son No Puede Fallar" (mp3)
from "The Rough Guide to the Music of Cuba"
(Rough Guides/World Music Network)
More On This Album

A selection of tuneful ditties to delight again this week with tracks from Brooklyn (no surprise there then), Brighton, London, Detroit, Israel, Atlanta, Pennsylvania and The Netherlands.
Summer came back today after a month's break so the apples in the orchard are almost ready for picking, before the wasps get them or passers by stroll in to help themselves. I was thinking of suggesting a "Pick-your-own" system this year, in which they do indeed pick their own, not ours! Harrumph :)

Hello, hello - Selectah Zaragu, with the B.i.m.b family (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Selectah Zaragu is a one of the top new producers from France. Born in the Ivory coast, growing up in France and the uk Zaragu spent all of his life indulging in the sounds of reggae music. Coming to America he hooked up with his fellow B.i.m.b family members, C-Tons, Dot Henny, Michael K, and Akini Blake. Air music group has brought these guys together to create an album that is unique and musically stimulating. The first single , HELLO HELLO, is the introduction to the core members of the B.i.m.b family. The album "enter the B.i.m.b" is due in store august 2009.
www.airmusicgroup.com
www.myspace.com/airmusicgroup

Outcome of the trial of Joel Tenenbaum who admitted sharing 30 songs on a variety of file sharing sites: $675,000 in damages which works out to about $22,500 per song. Even iTunes isn't that expensive. Actually, the jury decided on the $22,500 which was at the lower end of the range available to them for "willful" file sharing under the DMCA act of 1999 which runs from a painful $7050 per song to an eye-watering $150,000 per song.
What do you think about the verdict? Should it be OK to file-share, given that it is against the law, what should the sanctions be.
Let me (and everyone else) know what you think on the SnC shownotes page. Use the comments link at the bottom of each show.

Everything's Good - Phoenix Williams (Brighton, UK)
Born in Blackpool, Lancs, Phoenix was born in to music inspired by her grandfather, pianist and composer, Harry Williams who played with various musicians on the Blackpool entertainment club circuit in the 1940-60s.
At the age of 3, Phoenix was given her first guitar and by the age of 10 was encouraged by the familys' organ teacher, Bill Pinnock, to begin organ lessons as he said she "had a natural ear for sound" By the age of 19, Phoenix took the guitar seriously and decided that she would focus her life to learning everything she could about songwriting and music composition.
Phoenix Williams' first solo acoustic gigs were in Blackpool at West Coast Rock Cafe, The Broadwalk and The Galleon. To be closer to the real music scene in London, Phoenix was drawn from one seaside to another, Brighton. This proved to being a brave step closer to her real uncovering and establishment of working with music industry professionals.
From her album Wait and See on Arkade Records where you can download that track free.
www.arkade.com/default.aspx?a=Phoenix_Williams_Album
While you're there take a listen to more of her music - it really is worthwhile.
www.myspace.com/phoenixwilliams

Ma Tipé - Amakonda (London, UK)
Described as rap hiphop guineen, this song is telling about people gossiping on someone just because of his "gangster" appearance. They are keen to attempt a destruction of his relationship with his wife.
Recommended by Jose Konda whose own music (Kimbala) is on SNC 168
www.jamendo.com/en/album/49173

Parallelogram - Deastro (Detroit, MI, USA)
When Randolph Chabot first began recording his own albums at age 12, he discovered a means of living out his fantasies. Using whatever instrument he could find, Chabot began constructing hyper-emotional dream worlds—teenage symphonies peopled by superheroes, aliens, lost souls, and star-crossed lovers. He's been zipping through the clouds ever since, streaking the skies as his superhuman alter-ego, Deastro.

The 22-year-old pop prodigy records in the basement of his parents' house. He's self-released more than three albums' worth of songs, drawn all his own album covers, and played countless ecstatic, synth-driven live shows in Detroit's network of DIY venues. Chabot's demos eventually found their way to digital-download site eMusic, which released Keeper's, an exclusive "greatest hits" package that quickly became one of the site's best-sellers. After Deastro's elegantly lurching instrumental Light Powered appeared on Ghostly Swim (Ghostly's collaboration with Adult Swim), it was clear that Chabot had found a home for his joyful electronic pop, and Ghostly had found a kindred spirit in Deastro. The Moondragger album adds a full band to the mix.

Deastro
"Parallelogram" (mp3)
from "Moondagger"
(Ghostly International)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Stream from Rhapsody
More On This Album


That's the way it is - Alex Bershadsky (Netanya, Israel)
Alex was born in Latvia, but moved to Israel at the age of two with his family. Once his music career took off, he became immersed with the country's top musicians. Undoubtedly, this exposure to master musicians had a tremendous effect on Bershadsky's development as a performer and composer.
http://myspace.com/alexanderbershadsky
www.sonicbids.com/AlexBershadsky

Rocking the Daisies - festival in Darling, S. Africa
http://rockingthedaisies.com

Goodbye - Alexis Vear (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
In 2004 Alexis released her debut album, Never Give Up, an acoustic record full of heart and soul
Alexis was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. After relocating several times, In 2005 Alexis moved from Greensboro, North Carolina…. to Atlanta, Georgia….. where she has enjoyed a vibrant and supportive music scene. In late 2006 she began working with local Producer Geoff Melkonian
Her newest release Let It Go is a very strong album that you can get from CD Baby, iTunes and elsewhere..
www.alexisvear.com/
www.myspace.com/alexisvear
http://cdbaby.com/cd/vear2

For all your metal requisites:
Kimi at www.themetaldeli.com
Rowley at www.darkcompass.com/metal
 
Orange Everwood - Jimmy Mancus (Springbrook, Pennsylvania, USA)
Mancus's soon-to-be-released new album Move Down, is a testament to his mantra of doing things his own way.  The album's 14 tracks consist of a diverse blend of styles, including acoustic, indie, funk, hip-hop, rock, and surf.  In addition to Jimmy's own unique acoustic style and guitar riffs, the album features RasMG/"Field" Marshall Goodman, DJ for the multi-platinum selling band SUBLIME and the Long Beach Dub All-Stars, on the turntables...Clyde Rosencrance, the album's producer, on electric guitar...Lenny Mecca on bass...Eli Hludzik on drums...and Matthew Nakoa on keyboards.
www.jimmymancus.com
www.myspace.com/jimmymancus

I'll be meeting up with Codger next week for a brewery tour at Adnams in Southwold - that'll piss Rowley right off. I'm sure there will be some Twitter pictures emanating from Codger or me or both of us! You can follow Codge @petecogle and I'm on as @suffolkandcool Look out for response tweets from Rowley too.

Heron - Cochon Bleu (Groningen, Netherlands)
Fifteen years of playing together, hundreds of gigs and five well-received CDs have made Cochon Bleu into what it is today: one of Holland's most sparkling bands. Accordion, guitars and mandolin are cast in the leading roles, backed by a sturdily knocking rhythm section. They started out playing pure cajun music, but in the course of time lots of other influences crept in.
Two things remained, though: French lyrics and an overdose of energy.
www.cochonbleu.nl

Music mostly from the USA this week but with Iceland and Taiwan represented as well.
Summer has settled into its familiar UK pattern of rain from mid-July (when schools finish for the "summer"). So nothing special by way of a pic this week. Just pointed the camera out of the barn window and pressed the button!

Love is never wrong - Brian O'Shea (Las Vegas, Nevada )
From the album Still alive and kickin' butt
Brian O'Shea is aka Brian Keith
Born in Port-Glasgow, Scotland. Brian began his musical career as a trombonist while in high school performing in local Jazz bands, he then immigrated to Canada and joined the Royal Canadian Guards as a bandsman and ended his stint as a sergeant.
After returning to London he toured as an opening act for Junior Walker & The All Stars, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Wilson Picket, Rufus & Irma Thomas, and Stevie Wonder, just to name a few.
Brian began singing, writing and producing and got his first hit, "Everything I Am”, as lead singer Brian "Keith", with the group, Plastic Penny in 1968.
As Brian Keith he appeared on a rock cd by "Screaming Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends" with Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Jeff Beck, Noel Redding, Nicky Hopkins, Keith Moon, Ritchie Blackmore,, the British Royalty of rock. Not to shabby eh?
The 1980s took Brian to Las Vegas where he has since made his home.
Brian recently produced a cd of R&B, Rock & Roll and Blues songs, and a Disco//trance based cd "Bonetrance" as "Big Bad Bone Daddy" to express his love of the trombone, all songs written, performed & produced by Brian. He is currently starring in a show at Mandalay Bay's World Famous "House of Blues" since 1999. Brian continues to be one of the finest R&B singers to be heard on the Las Vegas circuit today.
www.oshea-keith.com/
   
Joel Tenenbaum is just like you.
Joel is a 25-year old graduate student at Boston University pursuing a physics PhD.  And he loves music.
In 2003, Joel received a notice accusing him of downloading music through the P2P service, and told him that he could settle the case for $3,500.  He called the payment hotline, offered $500, and sent a money order in that amount.  That offer was denied.
In 2007, a complaint showed up on his doorstep after years of silence requiring that Joel appear in court. Rather than backing down, like the other 30,000 people, Joel chose to stand his ground and elected to proceed pro se with the help of his mother.
Joel filed an answer with a counterclaim asserting abuse of federal power and that the excessive damages were unconstitutional. Joel appeared in court where the Judge ordered the parties into settlement.   In the settlement, Joel offered to settle for $5,000.  The opposing counsel denied and counter-offered a settlement of $10,500 to be paid over 1 year.  Joel declined.
A small team of students under the guidance of Professor Charles Nesson, have committed to helping Joel fight back against the RIAA by legally and publicly representing him.
As they say, "It's not a vendetta. It's just that Joel chose to stand his ground. It's about defending the average Davids against the corporate Goliath." Because Joel Tenenbaum is just like us too.
Now as you know, I support copyright laws and despise piracy, but this is surely counterproductive, to go for a little guy and threaten punitive fines and costs is all about the law, and nothing to do with justice.
More at
http://joelfightsback.com
follow the case on Twitter. Follow @joelfightsback and use the hashtag #jfb

The Rain on 8th Avenue - Dudley Saunders (LA, CA, USA)
From the album The Emergency Lane.
Over the course of three albums, "avant-folk" singer-songwriter Dudley Saunders has populated a veritable township with his strange, Flannery O'Connor-ish characters. And now he is literally putting that "town" online, in a unique new website.
At DudleySaunders.com, web-surfers find a panoramic, 1920¹s-era photo of the entire population of a small town. But as they scroll through the sepia-toned crowd, they discover that the twisted people in Dudley's songs 
are hidden there. Signs appear over them: Whore. Killer. Masochist. A click brings you video of Dudley taking you inside the fascinating background on the songs and the characters' lives.
www.DudleySaunders.com
www.MySpace.com/DudleySaunders

The Master Thief - Pc Muñoz (San Francisco, CA, USA)
From the album What Happened? As I threatened, I have to play another track this week.
Free new album out now: What Happened? pc muñoz's "mash-note to hip-hop" jam-packed with remixes, Grab Bag bonus tracks, special guests, scrumptious beats, and other treats is out and available for free. It really is an interesting album. You can get it from:
www.threcords.com/?product=3
www.myspace.com/pcmunoz
http://pcmunoz.com/

Oh La La - Adriana Kaegi (Zurich, NY)
From her the album TAG.
This is the original version and Adriana told me this afternoon that there is a remix on the album by Charlie Lagond who was the original sax player in Kid Creole and the Coconuts. There will be a music video of that soon and those that sign up to Adriana's mailing list will get to see it first as an exclusive.
TAG has been announced album of the month at Amazon
"TAG is upscale downtempo music for the recently unemployed," laughs glamorous blond renaissance woman and chanteuse, Adriana. Sultry and satirical, Tag is the cool comeback of the co-founder of the tropical funk mega-band, Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It's a voice we've been waiting to hear - a grown woman making intelligent witty chill-out songs with personality."
Available on both Amazon and emusic
http://adrianakaegi.com
http://myspace.com/dearaddy

Two charts from Richard Florida's Music & The Entertainment Economy Project at the University of Toronto's Rotman School Of Management illustrate an interesting point. The first looks at the size of various music scenes as measured by the number of artists on MySpace.
Bands
LA 47840
Brooklyn 37565
New York 34392
etc.
When looking at the number of fans that bands based in certain cities have, the rankings shift.
FANS
1. LA 37793565
2. NY 20150903
6. Brooklyn 10397596
Those fan figures look unbelievable but I suppose if they are based on the number of friendships rather than unique fans it may be feasible. I'll have to check the sources.
from: www.hypebot.com
http://tinyurl.com/na4x6q via Ariel

It ain't easy - Josh Charles (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
I've played Josh Charles before - way back in December.
Now he's doing something amazing to help the recovery of NOLA. Proceeds from the sale of his song Healing Time go to The Preservation Resource Center (PRC) of New Orleans to help rebuild, restore, and preserve the architectural history and historic neighborhoods that support the local culture and character of New Orleans.
Please download Healing Time today http://tinyurl.com/healingtime and help rebuild New Orleans. Even at just $.99 at a time, it will make a big difference to real people's lives. See this CNN film.



www.joshcharlesmusic.com/
www.myspace.com/joshcharlesonline

Through August and September Josh is opening for Buckwheat Zydeco.
Aug 19th Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 20 Cleveland Heights, OH
Aug 23 Indianapolis, IN
Aug 25 Ferndale MI
Aug 27 Nashville TN
Aug 30 Evanston IL
Sep 1 Minneapolis MN
Sep 2 Kansas City, MO

Nineth Place - Buckwheat Zydeco (Louisiana)
From Lay your burden down, recorded in Maurice, Louisiana.
The most adventurous release ever by an American music icon. Buckwheat is famous for fusing zydeco's rhythmic energy to rock, R&B and funk. With guest appearances by Sonny Landreth, Warren Haynes, JJ Grey and Trombone Shorty.
Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural started his career as an R&B organist, and then spent two years with accordionist Clifton Chenier before forming Buckwheat Zydeco in 1979. Besides learning zydeco from Chenier, its universally acknowledged king, Dural also absorbed his mentor's maxim that music with real substance must be based on real-life experience: "I like to hear something with ideas," Chenier once told this writer. "See, a lot of young people don't understand that, they cut a record but they don't tell a story -- and you know why? They ain't got no story to tell, 'cause they ain't been through nothin'."
SCRIPT 2
Buckwheat Zydeco
"Ninth Place" (mp3)
from "Lay Your Burden Down"
(Alligator Records)
Buy at Amazon
More On This Album


Getting colder by the year - JJ Soul Band (Reykajavik, Iceland)
(INGVI THOR KORMÁKSSON and JJ SOUL)
The songwriters, Kormáksson and Soul, met in Iceland 1993 and soon began writing music together. In 1994 they made their first CD, HUNGRY FOR NEWS, with JJ Soul Band and CITY LIFE in 1997. On both CDs the music is many-sided; blues, R&B, fusion, rock, pop and latin, sometimes all in one (blues-confusion?).
Singer/songwriter JJ Soul is from Oxford, England but Ingvi is from Iceland as the rest of the band.
Mr. Soul has been living and breathing music since he was eight years old. He used to play drums with small jazz units and worked both as a drummer and a singer with various rock and cabaret acts in England for many years. Since he moved to Iceland, he has focused on his writing skills and writes both songs and (mainly) lyrics. J.J. Soul currently resides in Oxford, U.K. He works as a painter, musician and art teacher.
www.jjsoulband.com/
www.myspace.com/jjsoulband
http://twitter.com/JJSoulBand

It seems we had our summer for a few days in June. The Met Office here in the UK - who supply weather forecasts for the BBC and others have admitted that their forecast of a "barbecue summer" seems unlikely to happen. Apparently they had only forecast a 65% of lower than average rainfall and above average temperatures. This has now been revised down to 50% (doh!) and a more confident prediction that August will continue like July. Wet.
As Jeremy G-Spot Gugenheim suggested this morning, the press team at the Met Office stands accused of "sexing up" the weather forecast.

I've been catching up on podcast listening over the past few days and it seems that the hot weather has a detrimental effect on some of my AMP colleagues.

1. Rowley's beer tweets driving Codger and I crazy
   
2. P Cogle's oldest fan broke; yep, I've run out of money. Now he's got a new 12" fan.
3. Grant Mason - Three from Leith 177 - pulled his zip down to get more air in the front ... while riding home on his bike!
   

35 mm - Oliver Benjamin Thayer (Taichung, Taiwan)
Oliver Benjamin Thayer was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and instantly whisked away by a storm cloud of dust. He spent his youth traveling the globe with his parents as they collected odd jobs, long playing records and volumes of strange verse. The family bounced from Turkey to Italy to Israel to Prague as if no boundaries existed and time and space were a vague superstition. Briefly attending vocational school in Vermont, Oliver began writing songs in earnest out of frustration with his inability to repair corroborators and pay bills simultaneously. Drawing upon his love of hip-hop, P-Funk, Bob Dylan, Country/Western, and the weird and mercurial archival collections of Harry Smith and Alan Lomax, Oliver set out on his musical odyssey. He again took to the road, blowing through New York City where he squatted in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn - chasing demons through the projects and catching images for songs. He made it back to Oklahoma to meet Arlo Guthrie, rambled through Colorado to Minnesota, where he became a band leader, producer and studio sorcerer. He and his bride whom he chased to Taiwan reside together in peace and harmony awaiting the peak and inevitable meltdown of the modern world.
www.theoliverse.com
www.myspace.com/oliverbenjaminthayer