November 12, 2009
The country-blues singer/guitarist who was left permanently injured as a result of a terrorist bomb is to make an appearance on Bob Harris‘ show this Saturday. He will be playing some songs live and will also be joined by Norah Jones.
The show starts at 11:00pm, although will most likely be available on the iPlayer after the event. In a strange turn of events, they are on after Bon Jovi whom our friends next door in Proper Records are listening to right now.
November 9, 2009
A torrent of new releases floods towards you today, like wild rapids in a Canadian mountain river:
Rupa & The April Fishes – Este Mundo
With their second album, Rupa & the April Fishes hold up a carnival mirror to life and present a warped, humorous and occasionally disquieting reflection, blending an alternative pop attitude with international spices, mixing in elements of Gypsy swing, Colombian cumbia, French chanson and Indian ragas.
October 27, 2009
Jimmy Web
Country/Americana guitarist and singer Jimmy Webb has, today (Wed 27th Oct) been on Radio 2 on the Ken Bruce show. This is an impressive feat considering that Ken Bruce wasn’t there, although he was being filled in by Zoe Ball.
Zoe Ball
Jimmy was joined by one of his sons, James Webb, who were interviewed. There’s a lot of mention of their extensive family of musicians, as well as talk of Jimmy’s work with Richard Harris. They even play a couple of songs too.
Thanks to the magic of the internet, you can now listen to the show again even though it has already happened. All you need to do is visit the BBC iPlayer (available until 03/11/09).
October 21, 2009
Many of our readers will be familiar with our magazine, Properganda. In fact, visitors to this blog may not know that it was from our magazine that this blog was spawned. For the benefit of the latter, you can read more about it on our Properganda Magazine page.
Properganda 14 - Nov/Dec '09
October 18, 2009
Those of you who have signed up to the weekly Properganda newsletter (what do you mean you haven’t signed up? Do it now!) will be aware that we’ve been increasingly talking about the downloads we offer. That’s because apparently people like downloading things these days, using their com-poo-tars (sorry, i can’t read the hand-writing on this press release).
Parma Ham (imported from Italy, therefore it is international)
So, a couple of our download selling chums have some special offers for you today (Sun 18th Oct). Dub-fuelled ska/rocksteady/reggae bunch Pama International are one such band; today, for one week only, you can get their single I Still Love You More from iTunes. But make haste, as it will be unavailable in a week!
They also have gigs coming up in the last three months of this year.
October 7, 2009
Ricky Skaggs
Multi-Grammy Award-winning bluegrass mandolinist and guitarist Ricky Skaggs will be featured this Thursday (8th October) on Bob Harris’s radio show on Radio 2 at 7pm (BST) or, if you prefer, 1900 hours.
He will be giving an interview and hopefully playing a tune or two too. You can read more about the day’s schedule on Radio Two by visiting the BBC website.
October 5, 2009
If our new releases were a bunch of fantastic records released by a range of fantastic independent record labels and available from a range of fantastic independent record shops then they would… oh, hang on, they are. Some examples:
Tumbélé! - Various Artists
September 21, 2009
September 16, 2009
Country-rock double bass starlet Amy LaVere once again returns to the shores of Blighty to entertain, wow and otherwise impress an unsuspecting crowd.
As with last time she will be a guest of Seasick Steve, although this time Steve’s band will be the backing band for her. Also playing will be London-based experimental acoustic blokey Wishful Thinking.
Have a look at these dates and if you like the look of them, buy a ticket and go to the show! (more…)
September 14, 2009
Drew Hill
Esther Tewkesbury
Jon Roffey
stevekersley
simon holland
andy kiang
Dean Owens
folkboy
lisa goodall
jamiehalliday
