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Click here to listen to the show As Christmas Day fell on A Saturday in 2021 my usual last Saturday of the month radio show shifted a week to New Year Day but it still felt like a good opportunity to look back at some of the live sessions featured throughout the year on BBC... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen on Spotify December has been a funny one for me for a few reasons but there still been some great music to get us through to the end of the year. Earlier in the month I discovered the great new band Wet Leg thanks to Lula & Gene and I’ve also... Continue Reading →
A year ago, as I looked back at music around the islands in 2020, I said something along the lines of ‘here’s to things returning to normal in 2021’, and, while that hasn’t been quite as true a prediction as I think we’d all hoped, it’s fair today at that, for new Music at least,... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen on Spotify Another month with lots to chose from that I’ve whittled down to ten tracks for you added to my ongoing playlist for the year. In new stuff there’s Rhumba Club, IDLES, Courtey Barnett, Monster Magnet, Violet & Dave Grohl and something a bit different from Kiya Ashton from the... Continue Reading →
Gregory Harrison and Nathan Arnaud Click here to listen to the show My BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands show for November will be my last of 2021 (don’t worry I’ll be back on New Year’s Day) and features a real mix of stuff from dance to folk to metal and various things in... Continue Reading →
As I may have said previously Jersey born and raised musician Rhumba Club, aka Tom Falle, has spent the last couple of years building up quite a formidable reputation both live (where possible) and with a string of singles that have seen him get air play and recognition from the like of BBC Music Introducing,... Continue Reading →
Granite Wolf Click here to listen to the show This month on my BBC Introducing In The Channel Islands I took a look at he new record from Granite Wolf and heard from Chaz Chapman about his new single. Granite Wolf dropped their debut single earlier in the month and I spoke to them as... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show With lockdown in effect across the Channel Islands throughout the last month my edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands for February 27th 2021 had a slightly different feel. Last month Burning At Both Ends released their third album, Self Made Paradise, and I spoke to... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the full playlist in Spotify A full month back in lockdown has obviously meant a (hopefully temporary) end to live shows but that hasn’t meant that new music hasn’t kept coming through. So, in the brand new stuff area, I’ve got a track from the new album by Gregory Harrison... Continue Reading →
Over the last couple of years Jerseyman Tom Falle has been building a reputation for himself in the music world as Rhumba Club. A string of singles have seen him lauded by GQ magazine, featured on playlists by Spotify and BBC Music Introducing and he’s just dropped a new one, (I’m Gonna Construct) An Image.... Continue Reading →
Tommy Girard 