This weeks Podcast is dedicated to the memory of Diane Treadwell 1942-1997 Music: Inner Voices - Ice Breaker Alternate Routes - Time Is A Runaway Farewell Redemption - Please Stay Mice Parade - Double Dolphins On The Nikel Tom Nunn - Mothicfolk Dirt City Radio - The Train Song Tom Ze - Cara-cua - Revolta Nago-Oio 1830 Roscoe Chenier - A Mothers Love The Alice Project - Happy Mothers Day David Gilmore - High Hopes ( Session for AOL ) Spoken Word: Ekayani And The Healing Band - Bells Nadir - Evolu...
May 21, 2007•1 hr 8 min
The Perfect Antidote To Eurovision Music: Gary Dunne - American Folksong Linda Draper - Shine Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ending Tall Pony - I'm Your Girlfriend Now ( cherryade music ) Martin Bresnick /Bang On A Can Allstars - Be Just Elliott Smith - High Times Spoken Word/Music: Rev Porl - Tumour, Dr Thirsty...
May 13, 2007•50 min
This weeks programme features a great mix from the rock/pop of Swedish Roenik to the foot-tapping Mali troupe Tinariwen, the 60's inspired folk of The Story, beautiful celtic harp of Hermione Swinford and the down right Ye-ha country music of Asleep At The Wheel. Enjoy. Music: Roenik - Everything That's New Casey Desmond - Save Me Now Tinariwen - Mano Dayak The Story - Watch Out Hermione Swinford - She Moved Through The Fair Frog Eyes - Idle Songs Asleep At The Wheel - Am I Right (Or Amarillo) P...
May 07, 2007•49 min
Music: Bad Love Junkie - Glitter Town Dave Moreman - Richard And Judy Slot Car Racers - International Play Doh Dntel - Dumbluck Three More Shallows - 2AM Roger Cline And The Peacemakers - Maybe We Should Fall In Love Poetry: Chuck Clenney - Tomorrow Is A New Day, Amercian Frankenstein, ABCs of Persistence...
May 02, 2007•40 min
Music: Sheila Swift - Feel Like I Do Andy Stone - In The Coffee Shop When Zak Palmer - Fixed Watermelon And The Workers - The Wheelman Aaron Yorke - Remember The Days A F Harold - Song About Being Shy Tall Firs - The Woods Phil Ayoub - River To Ocean Poetry: Fred performs Your Insane , Just An Illusion, Write My Own from his CD I Can't Believe I'm Not Buddha...
Apr 24, 2007•54 min
Meditation For Financial Gain Music: Birdy Nam Nam - Violins Part 2 (Live) No Fixed Abode - What Did I Do Shauna Burns - Hello Rescue Party - Driving Mark Dunn - Be My TV Elliott Smith - Between The Bars Sonny Coombs And The Kitty Kats - Anymore Spoken Word: Frank Burton performs Bognor Regis Headlock / Epiphanies / Kev's Got A New Satellite / Office Prick Mentioned in the programme - Slam Idol Open Writing Challenge Voting...
Apr 16, 2007•55 min
Music: Tinariwen - Cler Achel tiger mcs - lillie bee The Shakes - Better Life Spoken Word: Andrew Newsham reads The Electric Cuspidor (with bed music by Blazej Lindner - Dark Dreams) Read Andy's blog at beebay Also Mentioned Slam Idol Open Writing Challenge - Voting...
Apr 02, 2007•44 min
The I Have A New Drill And I'm Gonna Use It Show A pocket size edition as I play with my new power tool! Music: Little Yellow Perfect - For Your Safety And The Safety Of Others Seth Martin - I Consume Olwen Ringrose - Who I'm Meant To Be Spoken Word: Eva - Tower...
Mar 26, 2007•18 min
As I am deep in polyfiller, paint and plaster, decorating the house, I present a Low Maintenance Edition of Homegrown. All of this weeks artists have featured in this years SXWS Festival in Austin Texas, which has been running from 9-18th March 2007 Music: Matt And Kim - Yeah Yeah Beruit - Elephant Gun Bret Dennon - Ain't No Reason The Mountain Goats - Onions Tokyo Police Club - Shoulders And Arms Spoken Word: The Whitest Kid U Know perform the skit Russian Roulette...
Mar 18, 2007•28 min
Music: Andy Stone - What You Believe Blabbermouth - Amnesia BluestoneJones - Cosmic Thought Lisa Redford - Universe MEG - Kelly, You're The Teacher Poetry: Tony Morris - Health Warning, Slow Dancer, Road Rage Homegrown may be a bit sporadic and Lo Maintenance over the next couple of weeks due to other commitments but will be putting out something, however small. Stay subscribed via ITUNES and keep sending your music and spoken word material....
Mar 12, 2007•50 min
This programme is a compilation of my audio blogs from 24th Feb till 5th March 2007 while I have been participating in the Slam Idol Open Writing Challenge. The premise of the competition is to get 6 poets to create an original poem over 10 days, while audio blogging their creative process and progress. You can find out more about the competition by following the link below to the Slam Idol website and listening to the other competitors. I had a great deal of fun and a little frustration in crea...
Mar 06, 2007•48 min
Music: Kemp Harris - Sweet Weeping Jesus Kelly Sweet - Raincoat Sektor - Blue Alex Quinn - Dreams Martyn Joseph - Love Is Ian Babington - Learning To Fly The Dreams - Lost In The Music Poetry: Helen Gregory - Touch Paper, Tea's Up, Treading Gingerly, S Love And Peace Innit Mentioned in the programme : Bum Rush The Charts , Slam Idol Open Writing Challenge , Podcast Peer Awards...
Feb 25, 2007•56 min
Music: Shadow Machine - Save Me Mary Beth D'Amico - Jimmy Bad Astronaut - The F Word Seth Martin - Individuality Melinda Thorpe - The Memory Listen With Sarah - Tempus Trumpus Poetry: Adele Ward - La Casa Al Mare / Eclipse / The Last Time I Wore Fur / Silence...
Feb 18, 2007•51 min
This week I hosted AMPed, the weekly podcast from the Association of Music Podcasting, which features some of the best independent music being played by podcasters both in the UK, the States and beyond. I thought I'd present the podcast here for your consideration, slightly revised with a break for some spoken word material half way through. More information on AMP can be found at www.musicpodcasting.org Music: Los Campesinos - You Me Dancing isHesafe - Starting Over Tony Kehoe - You've Got To G...
Feb 11, 2007•47 min
Music: Seagull Strange - Sullas Return Mark Wilson - Realise Sahib Radio - Jacks Home David Elias - River Of Dreams Barry Mcloughlin - Fifth Avenue Ryan Affenberg - Under All The Bright Lights Poetry: James Stewart - The Quiet , Letting Go. Check out James's podcast The Underground...
Feb 04, 2007•45 min
Music: The Perfects - Shipwrecked Frankie Roe - Red Rivers Syngularity feat Alexis Vaneeckhout - Ocean Chris Garneau - Babys Romance Lisa Redford - Dragon Fly Ergo Phizmiz - Pangolin Poetry: Richard Bruce Clay - The Buts, The View From Saturn, Venus Mentioned in the programme: Audio Blogging... My own Live From Storyville , Andy Taylor's Rantings Of A Northern Bloke , Simon Toon , John Buckley's Distant Fox , Richard Vobes Naked Englishman...
Jan 28, 2007•52 min
Music: The Yampy Werewolves -Big Spliff Cult Of Wedge - Louder Listen With Sarah - Ramblin' Andy David Minder - Step On The Wheel Tea For Two - Out In The Sun Poetry: Dominic O'Rourke - 56K and Danish Pornography (adult content) Plus I venture down to Digbeth in Birmingham to get a taste of The Go Club , a new venue for the cities bands and artists. Additional links: Cherryade Music...
Jan 22, 2007•49 min
Special studio guest Giovanni Esposito aka Spoz the 11th Birmingham Poet Laureate ‘Spoz' being the bit between the ‘E' and the ‘ito' (kind of). Spoz describes himself as a sort of poet. The sort, in fact, that has been published, recorded, been on the radio, won awards, is a member of the renowned ‘New October Poets', taken part in so many festivals, he's lost count and even had a commission from the BBC. The sort of poet that isn't quite everybody's cup of tea, though, could be yours. He's a si...
Jan 14, 2007•57 min
Music from: David Francis - Reflections Of The Life I'm Wearing Joan Osbourne - Holy Waters Heise Bros - The Revenge Of The Self Imposed Hero Aarrah And The Ferns - Emo Phillips Big Big Car - Oh Lets Race Poetry: Paul Rafferty - The Day The Aliens Came, I Wanna Be, The Scientologists Don't Want Me And a little skit: Can't Date Won't Date - by Nic Treadwell Next weeks special studio guest will be Spoz , the current Birmingham Poet Laureate...
Jan 07, 2007•53 min
Our Prague New Year SpecialOver the festive period I travelled to Prague, with mini-disk in hand, this weeks podcast is an audio diary of that holiday, with recordings of folk - blues and gypsy performers on Charles Bridge,church recitals, our mystery ghostwalk and other interesting facts on the history of this beautiful town. Music from Czech Republic: Lindsay D'Arcy - Life Sized Pan Svahilski - Balaton Poitin - Toutoring Two Mighty Men - Year Poetry: Nic Treadwell - Christmas In Prague...
Jan 01, 2007•1 hr 5 min
Music from: Ryan Smith - All I Want Jimmie Bratcher - Midnight Clear Moses - Breath Of Bells Twinmaker - I Hate Christmas Roadside Attractions - What Santa Wants Spoken Word: Elvis McGonagall - Driving Over A Cliff At Christmas Nic Treadwell The Parsons At Christmas (Part Two)(bed music on Parsons by Julie Melton - Silent Night / Doug Boldt - Everyday Has It's Key aka The Twelve Days Of Christmas Steve Clark - I Want My Star Mags Scorey - The Bethlehem Times Reporter Nic Treadwell - Turning On T...
Dec 23, 2006•51 min
Music from: Tom Shad - A Podcast Christmas Theme The Hot Rods - Dear Santa Claus Cult Of Wedge - Exploiting Christmas Alison Crowe - In The Bleak Midwinter Rag And Bone - Maria Daines Lord Weatherby - Santa Claus Is Freaking Me Out Spoken Word: Elvis McGonagall - Christmas In The Country No.1 & No.2 Nic Treadwell - The Parsons At Christmas (Part One)(bed music used on Parsons by Julie Melton - Silent Night / Doug Boldt - Deck The Halls With We Wish You A Merry Xmas Mags Scorey - Ian The Innk...
Dec 23, 2006•46 min
Music from: Michelle Hotaling - Underestimate Triplanetary - Every Monkey Is A Star Listen Wih Sarah - Windmill Eric Saitz - Let Me Love You Samba Mapangala & Orc Virunga - Siku Ya Mwisho Alice Peacock - Only A Memory Andy Doonan - What I Once Had Poetry from: Ann Wilson - The Designer , The Resting Bench , Smoking and The Sanctuary. More information on Ann's collaboration with band Clutter @ Earth Monkey Productions...
Dec 17, 2006•49 min
Music from: Mel Brown & The Homewreckers - Take Your Time Carol Douglas / Maria Daines - Va Rog Va Rog John Ramono - Dah Dah Dah Nick Saunders - Resonance Sir Donald Tovey - The Bride Of Dionysus Screaming Mimi - Gumshoe Poetry from: Beowulf "Wulfie" Mayfield - Chemical Warfare, Beware Of The Bear, Shopping List For A Bad Day & Shopping List For A Really Bad Day. Check out Beowulf's Podcast...
Dec 11, 2006•46 min
Music from: Au Revoir Simone - Through The Backyards The Mauves - Thumbs Up And Go P.A.I.N . - A-Z Nightinglaes - UK Randy Mom Epidemic James Starbuck - House Cult Of Wedge - Arts Song Dogmixer - Soul Brain Poetry from: AYM performs Up North and Prehistoric Blues Mentioned in the Podcast: Wrote Under: Sunday Express...
Dec 03, 2006•51 min
Special Guest Songwriter Aaron Yorke Aaron is a deeply gifted songwriter who wears his heart on his sleeve. Very influenced by artists like David Gray and Tom Baxter, his latest album "Taking The Time To Heal" is a mature collection of songs about the human condition. Aaron has the rare ability to share the intimate moments of his life with his audience, through this sharing experience he leads you through some difficult soul searching songs. The process is a rewarding experience for the listene...
Nov 26, 2006•43 min
Music from: Dawn Crusade - Dufus Petunia - Shauna Burns Magic Lantern - Women And Children Taking The Time To Heal - Aaron Yorke One On The Floor - Syngularity feat Thevi Olin The Dusty Old Freight Train - Stephen Cohen Poetry from Cynthia French performs Chocolate , Pocket Rocket...
Nov 20, 2006•45 min
Special Studio Guest Paul Murpy This weeks podcast is given over entirely to my special guest Paul Murphy , a singer and songwriter who has been writing and performing over the past four decades. He was born in Belfast and came to England in 1966 as a 16 year-old-with just a guitar and a handful of songs. From the beginning he was determined to write songs that had integrity and drew on real experience. During those formative early years on the road he hung out with the likes of Lemmy from Motor...
Nov 13, 2006•55 min
Another excellent batch of songs and poetry. From the intimate evocative nay mystical sounds of Marissa Nadler to the world beats of Alain Nkossi Konda and the positive vibes of poetry from Celestial Dancer. All this plus one of my teenage musical heros Howard Jones who has just made a song available on the podsafe music network... Music from: Alice Peacock - Different From The Rest Marybeth D'Amico - Leaving Alain Nkossi Konda - Mokili Yikes McGee - Coup D'etat Marissa Nadler - Under An Old Umb...
Nov 05, 2006•47 min
This Halloween something has gone horribly wrong!! hear the unthinkable!! Bare whitness to monsterous transformations!! Shiver and tremble as the bloodbath begins!! And listen and shock as the future of mankind hangs in the balance Not for the squeamish! Music from: The Coffinshakers - Halloween Sahib Radio - The Hanging Tree Elsinore - Vampire In My Town Quintessentials - Zombie Girl Midnight Peakcocks - Zombie Town Poetry from Nic reads Vamp & Too Late from his Dark Poetry Collection...
Oct 31, 2006•36 min
