Lidwine - The Coast

Last November we had some simple answers to a few simple questions I'd asked Lidwine returned - I was forwarded this YouTube video a few days ago and decided to give it a polite nonchalant glance (I'd had a few beers and was a bit bored and thought 'Entertain Me'!) - I began to listen and  guess what it was charming (a pretty naff word to use) I was captured. The interview...

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Frank Joshua - Easy Two

Rain is a fantastic track but then again so is Kiss (Duet).... Without repeating myself (from other pages on SystemCulture) what I really love about Frank Joshua's music is the total commitment given to the way everything sounds: the vocals are rich and precise, the guitars sound like guitars (which is actually difficult to do) and ... etc. Quality always comes through in the end and this is a definite winner. Pass me another glass of wine please I'm going to listen again.

The ability to deliver a song that is listenable on many levels is a triumph and a rare gift. Great vocals, great arrangements; I salute the producer of these tracks - little bits jump out from the background, grab your attention, suck you in and then you are hooked. Read more...

Below is part of an interview on SystemCulture:

• As a (very) middle aged man I am an embarrassment to my children because...I still find 'new' music addictive. Do you think music is going through a Renaissance and that maybe there might be something new and exciting around the corner or is it all over and done?
  

Firstly I need to make it clear that embarrassing your children is the only clear job a parent has! Music’s long way from being over and done. I feel like I hear something that grabs my attention most days of the week. Which doesn’t mean I can’t get all middle aged on occasion (and complain about the lack of melodies in this “American rap music”) but mostly I keep finding myself surprised when I hear something that seems so obvious but which I’d never have thought of doing. And it’s even possible that not only do I over hear things that my kids are playing and like it, but that I might even introduce them to things! This certainly happens to me in my day job when the young things I work with put on a track and I can pick out the old samples in it. I’d like to think they’re impressed by that by I have a feeling they may not be! Read More...

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The Dancing Did

The New Musical Express have recently rediscovered this band from Evesham - a real shame they never gave them the support when they were around on the scene. In 2007 Cherry Red released a retrospective of their work which included some live tracks which M4tr Productions by chance recorded at Cheltenham College (they were there to record 'Blurt' and had some tape over so this unique moment was recorded). Here is the album And Did Those Feet and one of the live tracks Green Man (Live at Cheltenham College 1981). Read more...

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Alms #music – @almsmusic

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PRESS QUOTES

"They really caught my attention, I've been obsessed with their myspace all week...a real taste for melody, something more than just traditional folk." - BBC Introducing

"...their music creates a rich atmosphere, where every pluck of a banjo or double bass string adds a little more to the mix, each song possessing a kind of gentle lilt that carries you through but refuses to rush...Alms are defined by their honesty – honestly emotional, honestly human and, honestly, they’re wonderful." - Music From A Green Window

"If you cross-bred Mumford & Sons with Fleet Foxes, I imagine that Alms is what you'd get...certainly one of the most interesting bands I've heard of late." - The Blue Walrus

"great lyrics and all round a great vibe" - Fresh Meat Friday on The Meatysauce Review

"Such a great find...all I want to do is listen on loop this evening" - Come Pick Me Up

"I’m such a sucker for songs with pretty lyrics and I just have to say, oh-my-gosh—I am in love with this new track from Alms. The lyrics, everything about the instrumentals...just lovely! " - The Most Music