Intro
Happy - Jimmie Bratcher
(Missouri, USA)
www.jimmiebratcher.com
Back from Mallorca where most days included a view something like
this! (Right) Lots of sleeping in the first few days then a few
quite big walks in the mountains.
Two bar restaurant recommendations for you should you find yourself
in Porto Soller.
Restaurant Es
Raco is very friendly, right on the harbour-side and is run
by the delightful Bisbal/Berard family.
Nautilus is a little more remote on C.
Llebeig but is perched on the top of a cliff with amazing views of
spectacular sunsets. Like sitting IN a postcard. Again a very
friendly young staff team. It would be a perfect venue for live
music.
You brought it on yourself -
Annex (Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA)
Paul Hanna: Lead guitar, Lead vocals
Craig Hanna: Drums
Scott Theno: Bass, Vocals
Walk into an Annex show and get smacked with a wall of sound. This
is a rock band. The Marshalls are dialled high, the Les Pauls are
cranked.
Their new album "Sin? includes that track and is released on 6th
June.
Show dates on their MySpace.
www.annexcentral.com
www.myspace.com/annexcentral
1492 - Leerone (California,
USA)
Music, of the sine-wave variety or, maybe, peanut butter, honey and
banana sandwiches, lightly toasted on a Sunday morning. Fond
memories and a little self-administered guilt.
You can buy tracks direct from Leerone's MySpace.
www.myspace.com/mynameisleerone
'Distrust
causes illegal downloads'
Jemima Kiss Wednesday April 25, 2007
MediaGuardian.co.uk
"More than a quarter of young
people in the UK are prepared to illegally download music and films
because they distrust the entertainment industry, according to
research.
A survey by PR group Edelman found that 41% of 18- to 34-year-olds
do not trust the entertainment industry to provide value for money,
and 34% do not trust companies to respect the rights of those who
do pay for digital content.
The research found that 27% of young people have already downloaded
content illegally or would do so.
Resentment over the perceived high cost of digital services and
usability problems, such as incompatible formats - for example
iPod users only being able to play
music downloaded from Apple's iTunes - has contributed to
this distrust."
The Guardian is a major and widely respected national newspaper in
the UK so if they get as simple a fact as this wrong, how much more
of what we read is untrue.
Broken Chains - Bizali
(Bristol, UK)
"Bizali boil the copperpot of folk, mix with the silky tealeaves of
soul, blend with smooth funk syrup and serve in a little teapot of
swing." That sounds eclectic enough for Suffolk 'n" Cool.
Just a great example of how it works. Listener Joss Boxford thought
they'd be good for the show and put me in contact with their
drummer Daisy who sent me a copy of their EP CD which arrived safe
and sound here in Suffolk this morning. Now they are in your ears
wherever in the world you are. The magic of podcasting.
www.bizali.com
www.myspace.com/bizali
Don't forget that I've got a few CDs available for you to give to
anyone you know who likes music and isn't yet into podcasts. It
explains how to get podcasts (not just SnC) for free to give their
ears a regular treat - fresh new music from real, independent
musicians all around the world.
Just drop me an email to suffolkandcool@gmail.com and I'll get a CD
off to you. Subject to availability!
Elle rentrait tous les soirs - Celine
Mastrorelli (Cannes, France)
FIRST PLAY
Les nouvelles vieilles chansons... Elles ont ete composees, elles
n'ont pas ete arrangees ou exploitees... Mais elles existent! C'est
ce que l'on appelle des maquettes!
Alors, voici 4 maquettes de travail, laissez faire votre
imagination pour le reste et puis... si une d'entre elles (ou les
4... soyons optimistes) vous parle... on songera plus sérieusement
à l'enregistrer de manière plus professionnelle... (un merci à Kan,
qui a fait les enregistrements de Alone Again version alone (pour
la version again, c'est chez Oheix que ça se passe...) et de
detestez moi... dit Rom, tu leur dira hein que la prise voix a été
faite en une fois... ça excusera les injustesses..) ps : et
spécialement le come back de A hier pour choupie et Patchi!
www.myspace.com/mastrorelliceline
Chauvet - The Redding Brothers
(Tennessee, USA)
Three guys who grew up listening to their dad play Johnny Cash
tunes on an acoustic guitar have embraced the spirit of independent
rock & roll. From the backwoods of West Virginia, the dust of
Oklahoma, and the pouring rain of Seattle, they've created their
own brand of scruffy, intelligent rock.
That track is taken from their album
The Physics of Immortality which you
can buy direct from their refreshingly clean website.
www.reddingbrothers.com/
Subdivide - Peter Greenstone
(Austin, Texas)
Yes, I've played Peter before.
He's a singer/songwriter, recording an eclectic variety music,
sometimes dark and sometimes ironic, out of the corner of his home
office, making big and small sounds and combining acoustic with
synthetic. His debut album,
Something, was released independently
in early December 2005.
He specialises in quietly thoughtful and very beautiful songs which
tend, thankfully to be quite long. Here"s a great new example which
came onto the Podsafe Music Network just today.
www.petergreenstone.com/
www.myspace.com/pgreenstone