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SONGS FOR SALE!!!

And what a cornucopia of coolness I have for you this week!

Robin Mitchell ~ Wide of the Mark, Wise Children ~ Winter’s Wall, Little Brother Eli ~ Awkward Position, Bela Takes Chase ~ Take What’s Mine, Lucy Kitchen ~ Autumn, David Miatt ~ You Know Who, Roo Savile ~ One Step, Krab ~ Only Love Can Mend a Brocken Heart, Catfish and The Bottlemen ~ SideWinder, Sarah Saville ~ Transparent, Nick Tann ~ Treat Me Mean, The Manic Shine ~ Burn Me On The Ceiling, Charley Macauley ~ Foolin’

All good and NOTHING BAD!

Yes I made it back from Iceland, thanks for asking. This week I play you the very best best best tunes this planet has to offer including Robin Mitchell ~ wide of the mark, Matt Blake ~ Take Up Your Knife, Pierre Massé ~ Sculpting the Light, Raphaël Novarina ~ Loin Des Fous, Stony Boy –  Darkest minds, Sunjacket ~ Alligator, Grant Sharkey ~ Future Dick, Lets Go Safari ~ Breeze Blocking, Evanstar-Wounds, Karl and the Marx Brothers ~ Colvin’s Blues, Anna Neale ~ Listen, Nick Tann ~ How Can It Be Wrong?, Slim Jim and the Castaways ~ Secret Lake, The Rising ~ Always Let You Down .

I also mentioned Zanzibar Studios who recorded and mixed Mat Blake’s single I also mentioned the Is This thing On Production at the Railway in Winchester and the special show next week , this is the great Ob.La.Di.Ob.La.Da. bar I played at in Reykjavik thanks so much David you can watch a recording here

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Oh and that Grant Sharkey video…

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Thanks to my time traveling capabilities, I bring you the past NOW!

Playing great artists as usual including King Never ~ Push & Pull, Gifted Kings ~ Dead End Road, By The Rivers ~ Run Around, Gums ~ Luckless Days, Jon Gomm ~ Gloria, Helen Austin ~ Everybody, Salme Dahlstrom ~ Sexy Punk, Mak Wolven ~ Shadow On The Wall, Matt Blake ~ Died For A Night, Lucy Kitchen ~ Autumn, Anna Neale ~ Hungry Ghosts, Julie Lamb ~ Time Flies, Mamma’s Lips ~Take It Easy, Nick Tann ~ All I think About Is You.

I am languishing in a giant pool somewhere in Iceland. For details of my gig at the Ob.La.Di. Ob.La.Da. club in Reykjavik this Saturday click here 

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Hiya and here we all are full of the joys of spring!

I actually DO play Al Goodwin ~ The Stone That Brought The Girl, Dan Whitehouse ~ They care for You, Indigo Earth ~ Forces Shatter, Richard Maule ~ Circles, WoodenBox ~ Courage, Sigurdòr Guomundsson ~ Gengio à Gutunum, Calvin Roche ~ Show Me How To Breath, Welcome Pariah ~ Neither Here Nor There, Sunna Gunnlaugs ~ Anima, Juana Ghani ~Raise Your Glass, Nick Tann ~ Crazy Momma, Will Kriski ~ Metal Mahem, Presley Johnson ~ Anita’s Last Dance

Hopeful see some of you at my gig in Reykjavik at the Ob.la.di. Ob.la.Da. Bar next Saturday the 4th May.

This is my compèring show reel I mentioned.

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And you will love this weeks’s selection that includes Spiral Stairs ~ Third World Waterfall, Wax Ersatz ~ Temporary Pictures, Scandinavia ~ HMV is Dead, The Attic Ends ~ Fortress, The Cherry Bluestorms ~ By Your Leave, Nick Tann ~ Crazy Momma , Related to Merv ~ Drunken Heart, Belizer ~ Pictures, Prizeday ~ Warzone, Anna Neale ~ Fire, Tom Fuller ~ Doing Nothing, American Hollow ~ Operator, Evanstar ~ Wounds, Scott Turchin ~ Cornucopia,Al Goodwin ~ The Stone That Bought The Girl.

My sincerest apologies to Flearoy and Related to Merv  for not mentioning their fine tracks Flearoy ~ Holding up The World and Related to Merv ~ Drunken Hero.

All good eh?

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Is this the greatest music podcast of all time? Yes, yes it is!!

The Cherry Bluestorms ~ Bad Penny Overture, Rayne ~ Hide Away, Ron McElroy ~World at War, Andrew Foster ~ Panic Moon, Deadwax ~ The Rider, Sarah Griffin ~ News of the Weird, Chris Hornsby ~ Star Girl, The Dead Sea Apes ~ Soy Dios II, The Glass Child ~  Play Pretend, The Travis Waltons, Nick Tann ~ Sadder than Sad.

I rubbished music competitions and told you how to submit music. It was all rather special really….

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 Another lovely Friday show with a electronic/instrumental kind of theme with a few wildcards thrown in for good measure…

Dark Patrick ~ Rise of the Underworld, Heathward ~ My Lost World (featuring Louisa Osborn), Eneeks ~ I am the Artist, Alberta ~ Tumbleweeds, Vega – Ascension ~ Lift Off To Infinity, Fledderjohn, The Evolution Song, Matt Stevens ~ Burnt Out Car, The Manic Shine ~ The Escape, The Statler Project, Your Opinion, My Opinion, Kajagoogoo ~ Death Defying Headlines, Meniscus ~ Fight Club , Nick Tann ~ 3am, Nick Tann ~ NaNaSlide.

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On a very good Friday I bring you tracks old and new from Kidd Russell ~ Hash Tag That, Tom Caulfield ~ Catholic Girls,  The Rising ~ It’s Gonna Be Alright, Konoba ~ I’ve Been Dreaming, Salme Dahistrom ~ Sexy Punk, April Maybe May ~ Lost, The Deadly Winters ~ Thieves of Spenny Moor, Digits ~ Golden,  Marvin B Naylor ~ Alice and Marianne, Good King Friday ~ A Simple Choice, The DoNots ~ Wake The Dogs and a demo of an old track made new “Jackie Who” by me NICK TANN!

All good eh?

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You love it!!!

A bit of a rush to get this weeks show finished but I made it in the end!

Here we go then Sports Fan ~ Little White Lies, Centre Excuse ~ Control, Churn Milk Joan ~ The Letter, Little Brother Eli ~ Awkward Positions, Lew Bear ~ Jimmy Hammer Fist, Burglars Of The Heart ~ White Arc, Julie Lamb ~ Clever Piece of Life, Johnny 5th Wheel and the Cowards ~ Nancy, Charley Macauley ~ No Good, Liz Longley ~ Unraveling, Iyadonna ~ Barz n’ Crowdz, Nick Tann & People ~ Give Yourself Away, Sand River ~ My Heart is an Open Book. Diana Zook ~ Leave me Alone,

All good and nothing NOTHING bad!!!

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And in a packed show that asks the question “Which version do you like best?” I played The Soft Breaking ~ (UN)Serum, Mamma’s Lips ~ Take It Easy, Calvin Roche ~ Show Me, Luke Fictitious ~ Hidden Answers, Paradigms ~ On My Mind, Nick Tann ~ How Do You Sleep, Nick Tann ~ How Do You Sleep (mum version), Dark Patrick ~ Rise Of The Underground, Shinsei Kamatte Chan ~ Otakawa Roman Daze, The Rising ~ Think Tank, Tragic O’Hara ~ Wolves at the Door, Lucy Kitchen ~ Autumn, Bela Takes Chase ~ Eye Pennies, The Scene Continental ~ Oscar Romeo Hotel.

Too busy to put the links up today…check back tomorrow

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Hello sailor!

As usual this is one hell of a show with Juana Ghani ~ Raise Your Glass, Maud The Moth ~ Home Futile Home, Race Car Hearts ~ Diesel Dawn, Sam Page ~ Lottery, One Cat Broke ~ Crazy, Wise Children ~ Inters Wall, Safari ~ Quicksand, Will and the People ~ The Game, Coast ~ The Caller, Bela Takes Chase ~ Take What’s Mine, Woven Bird ~ Future at Last, Mahoney and The Moment, Nick Tann ~ Love Lies.

If you want to see the Is This Thing On Productions Show in Winchester on Saturday 16th March click here

All pretty bang tidy I would say eh?

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Cold outside but we have some amazing music to warm your cockles!

Alberta ~ Sea Ushers, Kidd Russell ~ C-H-I, Joe Welfare ~ Stupid Kid, Sonny ~ Friendly Fire, The Little Unsaid ~ A Piece of Fruit, Travis Waltons ~ Millionaire, Andrew Foster ~ Memory Maze, Jamie and the Portraits, Wax Ersatz ~ Make A Man Out Of Me, Anna Neale ~ Control, Lucy Kitchen ~ Autumn Leaves, Jason Parker Quartet ~ Bashert and a raw guitar track from me from my now recording ep.

All good nothing bad!

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So my beauties, this week I bring you some amazing sounds including Bela Takes Chase ~ Take What’s Mine, Matthew Heller ~ Snake Bite, SRM ~ Iron Lung Blues, Paul Liddell ~ Monsoon Rain, Indigo Earth ~ Forces Shatter, Late Riser ~ Dick Logic, Matt Erion Orchestra ~ Compassion, Leyli ~ Le Bout de ses Goight, Matt Stevens ~ Burnt Out Car, David Cevoli ~Sat Down On The Ledge, May KB~ Conquer, Lost Souls Club~ Leave The Light On, Broken Links ~ We’re All Paranoid  and the world exclusive of me Nick Tann singing a brand new version of Give Me Some Of That.

Feedback is welcome as always and hope you can find other things to click on as you listen to this weeks show.

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With a little help from Paul Lane (Unplug The Jukebox) I bring you music from all four corners of this old planet of ours

The Wilton Project ~ Straight Line, Tom Fuller ~ Doing Nothing, Vendor Defender ~ Golden Shivers, The Despicable Little Man ~ If Love Is All I Need, Dead Sea Apes ~ Soy Dios II, Nick Tann ~ I’m Gonna Break Your Heart, Pam Shaffer ~ Henry.

I am sure Paul will come along and add the links for the bands he featured…hopefully.

YOU LOVE IT!

This week playlist includes Avital Raz ~ Blues of the Ugly Sister ,  Tim Somerfield (Afro Ninja) ~ Loving You Would Be The Greatest Way To Die, The Garuud Effekt ~ Already in Love, Young Astronaut ~ Hey Little Ghost, Steel Island ~ Infinate Wave, The Deadline Shakes ~ Sweeten the Deal, The Murder Barn ~ Harvest, Bela Takes Chase ~ Eye Pennies, Emily Wolfe ~ Lion Heart, Greg Anderson ~ To Belong, April Maybe May ~ Sugar and Mess, The LCD ~ Balcony, Nick Tann ~ All I Think About Is You, Will and the People ~ The Game

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Ahead of this weeks audio podcast is a special video podcast featuring the amazing Southampton based singer songwriter Lucy Kitchen

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What a great show I have for you this week with a great array of artists and songs including Sam Page ~ Hold On, The Hyperactives ~ The Promised Land, Generation Zero ~My Advice, My Lucky Fish ~ Bother Me, Prizeday ~ War Zone, King Never ~ Gravity, Damn Vandals ~ King of Never, Dead On TV ~ Already Gone, American Hollow ~ Operation, Nick Tann ~ Don’t , Caroline’s Capuchino ~ Precipice, Flearoy ~ Lily (EMEFE Horns)

Also Marvin B Naylor read an extract from his book “Diary Of A Busker The First 100 Days” which you can download from Amazon for mere pennies. Click here to see his page on Amazon

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Yes,  it’s me Nick Tann with some wonderful tunes to amuse and delight you.

This weeks playlist includes Nick Tann ~ Coming Home , Brian Colburn ~ Here We Are, Schnauser ~ Good Looking Boy (their brilliant video is at the bottom of this page) Mickey Carroll ~ Old Dogs, Eneeks ~ I am The Artist, Tom Bishel ~ The Feeling of Home, Matt Taylor ~ Fat Tuesdays Blue, DWH ~ Waiting, Kevin Reeves ~ Streetology, Fleeting Silence ~ In The Meantime, Coloured Lines ~ Ciel Bleu, Scott Turchin ~ Ja Creation, By The Rivers ~ Run Around, In My Pocket ~ Sarah Saville, Brian Colburn  ~ Here We Are.

Now for that wonderful Schnauser video!

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It’s all go at Team Tann this week!

This episode I played Chris Bradford ~ Entschildigen Sie, Oblivious Signal ~ Push Me Away, Little Brother Eli ~ Awkward Positions , Rebecca Pigeon ~ Baby Please Come Home, Pineross ~ Ruins, Parker Ainsworth ~ Time To Let Go, James Sant ~ Paperthin, Antiqcool ~ Girl In A Room, Lucy Kitchen ~ Autumn, The Mouths of Ghosts ~ When The Sun Sets, Kidd Russell ~ C.H.I., Salme Dahlstrom ~ C’mon Y’all, Helen Austin ~ Little Strange, Shaun Gibson ~ Believe in Love, Nick Tann ~ Cant Stop Missing You

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Full of the joys of erm…yes well full of joy I bring you tunes from around the globe straight to your ears!

Ikil Oriion ~ For Better R Worse, Dark Patrick ~ Rise of the Underworld, The Nevertones ~ Katy Don’t Worry  (JG and Lorxst mix), Welcome Pariah ~ A Place Away From Here, White Bone Rattle ~ Forget What I Have Seen, Covergeist ~ Sweet Little Angel version 2, Vivid Nation~ We’re Not Built The Same, Michael Sharpe ~ Breakout, James Sere ~ In The Evening, Tom Fuller ~ Doin Nothin, Sarah Griffin ~ News of the Weird  Groundfloor ~ Counting the Days, Nick Tann ~ Dont, Vendor Defendor ~ Justin

You may also have noticed a new page all about me! HOW ABOUT THAT!

As with most things I do, I have just followed my instincts and have just gone ahead without reading any “How to” articles and just hope that this works first time!

What I am hoping is that you will be able to see and hear this test on your iPod, smartphone and tablet as well as straight off this page.

If you can give me any feedback as to how you watched this and what the quality was like or even if it worked or not, I would be most grateful.

It will take a while to filter through to  so don’t be surprised if it isn’t there straight away.

Fingers crossed eh?

Thanks

*****UPDATE*****

If you are just seeing a black rectangle, try clicking on “OPEN IN NEW WINDOW”

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Yes, the results are in. This weeks New Years Special was voted for by the great unwashed i.e. your good selves, well some of you!

All artists that received over 1 vote were added to this weeks playlist and include these fine and talented folk: Grant Sharkey, The Cherry Bluestorms, Anja McCloskey, Emily Wolfe, Marvin B Naylor, The Fierce & The Dead, Liz Longley, Paul Liddell, Bela Takes Chase, Stuart McNair, Sean McGowan, Postcode, Clara Barker, Matt Stevens, Helen Austin, Nick Tann….of course!

Thanks for all that voted and for all of you that have taken the time to listen week after week. You are all helping support new music just by doing that.

More next week and if you are just reading this wondering which tracks I actually played then all you have to do is BLOODY LISTEN!

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As a special treat I have compiled 4 of my favourite interviews of the year including one as yet unheard!

Firstly I interview that Grant Sharkey from Toupe and other amazing things, then the effervescent Melissa James. After a little interlude courtesy of King Never and the best Xmas song ever, I then chat with the now London based Bela Takes Chase finishing off with a recent interview with German legend Rainer Straschill 

Vote for your act to be included in the New Years Show here http://isthisthingonpodcast.com/new-years-special-show-2012/

Vote for me to win an award

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At last! bit late but no matter.

Great music this week in the shape of Kay ~ Mumbai, Formby ~ Black Hole King (and NOT Black Hole ~ King. This is why I ask bands to follow the simple instructions here ), Joey Suave ~ Hokum, The Procession ~ Cease and Desist, Kidd Russell ft. Homeless DJ ~ Broke DJ, The Dots ~ Love Divine, Calvin Roche ~ Fly To You, Silver Street ~ Angeline, Nick Dot & Frankey ~ Watching Time, Burning Shapes ~ Someone Else’s Words, Nick Tann ~ Life Is a River, Cuddly Shark ~ The Devil In You, Churn Milk Joan ~ Until Djuna Barnes, Bear Trap ~ Buzzards.

Click here to like my Facebook music page

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I am here in spirit troops, fear not!

This week as well as playing Matt Stevens ~ Burnt Out Car, Nick Tann ~ Na Na Slide, Accrington Stanley ~ BMI, Brendan Rodgers ~ Frozen Time, Julie Lamb ~ Trippin The Light, H.O.Z. ~ Richard Can Dance, Alberta ~ Machine, Chris Bradford ~ Let Him Die, Burning Condors ~ Honey Trap, Matt Blake ~ Kitten, Circle of Reason ~ Chasing The Sun, Emily Wolfe ~ Lion Heart.

You can vote for who you want to appear in the special New Years Eve Show by clicking here

You can vote for me in the European Podcast Awards here by clicking this little yellow thing here                   

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A hoy hoy boys and girls and welcome to this weeks episode.

I play tracks by The Cherry Bluestorms ~ Fear of Gravity, Grant Sharkey ~ Yo Mamma, Anna Neale ~ False Consciousness, Marvin B Naylor ~ Alice and Marianne,   The Storm ~ Base 11, Hoda Mohajerani ~ Raging Waves, Mike Vaughan ~ Keeping Them On The Ground, Sigurdor Gudmundson ~ Genja a Gutunum, Sweet Tooth ~ Everybody Wants to Fall In Love, King Never ~ Sorrow, Last Child Dancing ~ End of Summer, Bad Bad Meow ~ The Wheel, Nick Tann ~ Be Like Your Friend (very very demo)

I also mentioned my main event in Winchester this Saturday and would appreciate a little sharing. Thanks http://isthisthingonproductions.com/live-events/the-attic-at-the-railway-winchester/

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Yes, I don’t understand the picture either but hey ho!

Some amazing music this week from in no particular order Lanre ~ Ma Gbagbe, Lucy Kitchen ~ Autumn, Bad Belly ~ Runaway Train, Sam Page ~ I don’t Want To Think About Her Anymore, The Random Few ~ Headphones, The Travis Waltons~ The Antagonist, Race Car Hearts ~ Diesel Dawn, Plumerai Mondegreen ~ 13, Greg Anderson ~ Run For The Hills, The Little Unsaid ~ A Piece of Fruit, Flaming June ~ Nerves of Steel, Nick Tann ~ Sadder than Sad, Arnold Lane & Steve Moyes ~ Ph1

How about that?

Please remember to vote for me to win the European Podcast Awards by clicking this little yellow widget thing here

Dear all artists on Facebook that post things on my wall, the wall of my music page and the podcast wall,

The best way for you to get publicity for your gig/album/musical endevour is to follow these simple steps

1 Send me you tracks following the instructions here

http://isthisthingonpodcast.com/how-to-submit-your-tracks-to-the-podcast/

2 When I play your tune I will post the details on the main podcast website here http://isthisthingonpodcast.com/ giving the precise details of  your website. You can THEN make a comment on that post listing anything you like from merchandise/gigs/album releases, what ever you want.

3 If, after the podcast goes out, you have other stuff to post up you can still make a comment on the website either on the latest post or on the post relating to the episode that your track was played. So that if someone searches your name on the website, your comment will also appear, you get it? That is there for ever, I have episodes going back to 2008 and I will never get rid of them.

The podcast website gets thousand of hits a month, far more than any of my Facebook pages.

Artists, I make this podcast and the website for all of us USE IT

And finally, I will not check out your website/soundcloud etc, listen to your tracks, email you back telling you which tracks I want you to play and then wait for you to send them. Neither will I download ANYTHING.

Just follow the instructions and we can all just get on with our lives

Thank you

Nick XX

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A surprise visit by Mr Paul Lane sparks an idea for him to curate this weeks episode. Therefore this weeks selection is all down to him and wonderful it is to.

Listen to us wax lyrical about The Plimptons, No Snow No Alps, Jay Groovara, Cuddly Shark, Andrew Foster, Mike Vaughan, Anja McCloskey, Kick To Kill, Cut Corners, Heavy Young Heathens, Lite, Nick Tann yes that’s right me too!

What larks we had!

To vote for me to win, yes WIN this years European podcast awards give a little click to the badge underneath…share if you care…Thanks

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Welcome to the best independent music podcast, or your money back!!

This week I interview the wonderful Bela Takes Chase as well as play her song Radiate. I also play Sophie Claire ~ Saturday Doom, Brendan Rogers ~ Frozen Time, Bus Stop Dreams ~ Diamond in the Sky, Rolled Up 20s ~ Gypsy  Tinker, Traveling Blues, Alberta ~ Broke, Mar Kel – The Badbelly ~ Evil in the Club, Brooke Sharkey ~ Un Chantier, Emily Wolfe ~ Lion Heart, Black Mamba – Circle Burns ~ Sleep, Nick Tann ~ I’m Gonna Break Your Heart.

Not for getting a new jingle from PR company Manila PR! 

REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR ME IN THE EUROPEAN PODCAST AWARDS SIMPLY BY CLICKING HERE 

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Here we go with another 65 minutes and 26 seconds of pure joy!

With tracks from Katrina Simon ~ Sunny Day, Shout Timber ~ East India Trading Company, Frankey ~ Baby, Alberta~ Slow Motion, 2OL (featuring H2O) ~  Gommage Eclat, Bella ~ These Shoes, Ryan Peel ~ Even in L.A., Anja McCloskey ~ Quite Low, Robbie Boyd Band ~ Orions Belt, Liza Finn ~ Home ~ By The Rivers ~ One Word, Flearoy ~ Hey Brother, Travis Waltons ~ Vampire Bite, Nick Tann ~ Don’t 

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Just made it over the hour this week, but that doesn’t mean I scrimped on the tunes, on no!

This week I played Tim Somerfield ~ There There My Dear, The Fierce and the Dead ~ 10 x 10, Ryan Peel ~ Call It As I See It , Peter Doran ~ Eternity, Lomozine ~ Tokyo, Antonia Vai ~ Russian Roulette, Twisted Piglet ~ Brighter on the Other Side, Jo Hamilton ~ Pick Me Up, The Tax ~ Young, empty and Broke, Julie Lamb ~ Clever Piece of Life, Zosh Cardo ~ Scent, Gums ~ A Long Walk In The Rain, Nick Tann ~ Don’t

There is still time to vote for me in the European Podcaster of the Year Awards JUST CLICK HERE!

I also mentioned a radio interview that I did for WRCG radio  that may or may not be strictly legal to display…

All good, nothing bad. That’s me in my running gear by the way….

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In this weeks show I play some of my favourite singer songwriters in a boy-girl-boy-girl order.

I play Alex Bowron ~ Guerilla Showgirl, Jon Hunt Folk ~ The Getaway, Andrew Foster ~ Memory Maze, Jessica Vincent ~ Sally in the Woods, Greg Anderson ~ Tell No Lies, Stuart McNair ~ Alive Again, Paul Liddell ~ Monsoon Rain, Emily Wolfe ~ Don’t Turn Back ~ Matt Stevens ~ Burnt Out Car, Liz Longley ~ Go On, Sarah Saville ~ Transparant, Melissa James ~ You Make Me Feel plus a reworked song of mine called Don’t.

There is still time to vote for me to win the European Podcast of the year by clicking here and giving me 5 stars

All good nothing bad! 

 
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Better late than not at all I say.

This week I played HOZ ~ Richard Can Dance, Antiqcool ~ Girl In My Room, James Sant-12 Angry Men ~ Paper Thin, Anna Neale ~ Fire, Matt Blake ~ Lifeguard, Camp Out ~ Make Myself Sick, Kick To Kill ~ Blood Kisses, Heavy Young Heathens ~ Jackie Come Lately, Catfish and the Bottlemen ~ Sidewinder, Clara Barker ~ Seth’s Song, DoNots ~ Wake the Dogs, Bela Takes Chase ~ Eye Pennie. I mentioned Bela’s gig at the Hoxton Underbelly YOU MUST GO http://www.facebook.com/events/471873396170386/

I have been nominated for a European Podcast Award. If you want to vote for me then you  CLICK HERE

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Yes yes yes, it’s later than usual I know! Afraid that will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future.

Anyways….this week I am joined by Paul Lane, remember him?

He joined me and gave his opinions on Chris Bradford ~ Let Him Die, The Mouth of Ghosts ~ When the Sun Sets, Anja McCloskey ~ Quite Low, The Deadline Shakes ~ Sweeten the Deal, The Little Unsaid ~Given, Tim Madden ~ Hill of the Serpent, Tom Fuller ~ Doin Nothin, The Milkmen ~ Like a Drug, Menn Arsins ~ 12 Steps To The Liqueur Store

The “Is This Thing On Productions” event at the Attic Bar in the Railway pub in Winchester

As some of you may know, I am a working musician and have played most of the venues in the Southampton area from the pub open mics in the city to some of the biggest music venues.

I am organising the first of what I hope to be a regular event, which on the face of it, appears just, like a normal gig in a normal venue but I assure you is far from it.

I’m aiming to create a community of music fans who are passionate about music and who want to support and be part of the underground music scene. A network of people that will help spread the word about local unsigned artists. I do my best to support the scene every week via my Is This Thing On Podcast, playing independent unsigned music from around the world.

One of my bugbears are venues where artists have to sell tickets and collect the money, handing it over only to receive a small percentage IF they are lucky enough to have sold enough tickets.

My event, the Is This Thing On Productions event, aims to be different. Firstly I am selling the tickets, asking the artists simply to help publicise the event via their mailing lists, Facebook page, Twitter etc. The artists will get a fair share of the ticket sales as well as 100% of the proceeds of the raffle.

I will also be acting as compere for the event, talking to the crowd and introducing the acts so that they don’t have to walk on to an empty stage. The show will be in two halves with the artists playing two short sets separated by an interval.

So as you can see this is more than just a gig in a pub. I am creating an event that is entertaining but also pays the artists fairly without them having to knock themselves out trying to collect money for tickets. I have done a lot of work so far, I have built the website, the Facebook page, booking the acts months in advanced, printed the tickets as well as invested my own money in hiring the venue. This is the first of many shows that I hope to put on so I need you to help me make this first one a success.

So how can I get tickets?

If you want to buy tickets fill out the contact form on the website http://isthisthingonproductions.com/  I will email you telling you how to get them. Margins are tight and I can’t afford to use PayPal so I won’t be selling them on-line.  I may suggest that I deliver the tickets in person or that you can pick them up from certain shops that are supporting me.

But if I don’t want to go, how else can I help?

Simple publicity. You may have your own mailing list, blog or Twitter account and a mention on one of those about the event website would be a real help. Even mentioning it to anyone you think might be interested is something. Nothing like word of mouth.  I have created a press release on the website http://isthisthingonproductions.com/ as well as profile pages for the artists that are playing at the first event on the 13^th October, feel free to copy and paste anything from the site.

PLEASE HELP SUPPORT LOCAL UNSIGNED MUSICIANS

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In the best hour of your lives this week you can hear sounds from Stuart McNair ~ Whisky Train, Ashbury Keys ~ Oh My God, Vulva Underground ~ Fluid Thoughts, Norman Kelsey ~ So Sophisticated, No Snow No Alps ~ Luminaro, No Snow No Alps ~ Elizabeth I, Juana Ghani ~ Breathing, Captain Backfire ~ Dice Man, Russell Morgan ~ Surrender, Sand River ~ My Heart is an Open Book, Vulva Underground ~ Fluid Thoughts, Antoine Architeuthis ~ Seventeen, High and Low ~ She’s Gone as well as a live track from Sean McGowan taken from his Album that launches at The Joiner Southampton on the 10th November I THINK it is called Keep Us Out. I also played an exclusive new track never heard before called Coming Home.

I think that’s it….Laters!!

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Hi all, another wonderful collection of some of the best music ever recorded!

This week you are treated to Bela Takes Chase ~ Eye Pennies, Ruined Machines ~ Ode to the Plausible  Past, Rayne ~ Raise The Alarm, Mailman ~ To The Last, One Cat Broke ~ Bile, The Cryptics ~ She Saves The Day, Annie ~ If You’re Gunna Get Broke, Paul Liddell ~ Ghost Car, Last Child Dancing ~ The Balcony, Kevin Fisher~ Losing You, Mike Rofe ~ The Ocean, Martha’s Man ~ Never The Same and a demo from me Nick Tann Guy on the Internet which is looking for someone to play it as, although I wrote it, I am not that keen on it for my set. Any suggestions?

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Barely a word sung this week as I feature a prog and instrumental heavy episode with some folk and rap thrown in for good measure. I also encouraged you all to help me plug the new Is This Thing On Production which you can see details of here http://isthisthingonproductions.com/.

In the meantime, in this weeks episode I play Kidd Russell ~ C-H-I, The Fierce and The Dead ~ 10×10, Killing No Murder ~ The Reality Star and the Model, Jeff Green ~ For The Future, Caroline’s Capuchin ~ Deepest Fall, Meniscus ~ Fight Club, Psudo Ambient ~ Duocement, Rainer Straschill ~ Fook You, Matt Stevens ~ Dolls House RMX Psudo, Eleven and the Falcons ~ Belles of London, Hot Vamp Club ~ Young Hearts Soft Shoes plus a track by my old band People with a track call One Giant Loop.

Remember to try and catch Matt Stevens and The Fierce and the Dead tour and goodbye!

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Thats me after playing a strange request from a delightful lady at the River Cottage Autumn festival…

In other news this weeks list of artists reads link this Roo Savill ~ 7Days, Travis Waltons ~ Millionaire, Terry Etherington ~ Kalahari Wind, The Cherry Bluestorms Fear of Gravity (alt version), Lillian Todd-Jones ~ Butter Soul, Steel Island ~ Infinite Wave, Buzzards ~ Bear Trap, By The Rivers ~ One Word, Woven Bird ~ A Curse Heaven Sent, Helen Austin ~ Almost, Charley Macaulay ~ Foolin, Marvin B Naylor ~ Alice and Marianne and me Nick Tann ~ How do you sleep?

I also spoke about my new event Is This Thing On Productions that you can all visit  and spot any spelling mistakes!!!

Not forgetting, as I did until a minute ago, Napoleons wonderful rendition of that old favourite Floating Tits of Calypso. You can buy his hysterical book by clicking here 

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Ahoy hoy a marvelous array of talent displayed in this weeks basket of musical delights!

Including Last Child Dancing ~ End of Summer, The Glass Child ~ Play Pretend, Mummy Short Arms ~ Change, Liz Longley ~ Unraveling,  Deadwax ~ Shout You Down, Mash Attack ~ Dysfunctional, Pigeon Park ~ Love Light, Emily Wolfe ~ Lionheart, Matt Blake ~ Take Up Your Knife, Lock n Load ~ More, More, MORE!, What Is Life For? ~ Somewhere, Broken Links ~ We’re All Paranoid, Lost Souls Club ~ Leave The Light On, Nick Tann ~ 3am  thats me by the way!

Thats your lot until next week!

Nick Tann Is This Thing On Podcast

It’s not show 150!!!!  A positive cornucopia of music loveliness this week with tracks from Eastern Conference Champions ~ Bloody Bells, Camp Out ~ Flying Back, May KB ~ The Storm, Postcode ~ It’s Amazing It’s Fantastic, Emily Wolfe ~ Don’t Turn Back, Salme Dahlstrom ~ C’mon Y’all, The Manic Shine ~ The Escape, Mohatra ~ I need Air, Jon Gomm ~ Passionflower, Marvin B Naylor ~ I am a Hot Summers Night and a little tune called Raggamuffin by Drunk On Logic.

Was that it? Did I miss anyone?

While I am here I may as well mention that you can also download my new album!

Nick Tann is this thing on

A very music heavy podcast this week with great sounds from Greg Anderson ~ Believer, Kidd Russell ~ Juice, Zosh Cardo ~ Reconstruct yourself, Trophy Band ~ Funeral, States of Matter ~ Only Lovers Left Alive, Decode ~ Days After You, Andrew Foster~Memory Maze, La Peculiar ~ Enjoy the Show, Mailman ~ Wide Awake Club, The One and Only Come Around, Ex Libras ~ Teenage Eyes, Juana Ghani ~ Murder of Crows, Michael Sharp ~ Just In Time.

My only request this week is that you like my bandpage

When you do I am sure wonderful things will happen….or something. Thanks anyway.

Nick Tann is this thing on podcast

Jack Daniels had more than a little influence tonight but all for the good!

As well as music from Tim Somerfield ~ There There (my dear), Sarah Kilili ~ Dutchman, The Little Unsaid ~ Blankets, Tzuriel Kastel ~ Not Alone, Helicopter Quartet _ Frida, The Dead Social Club ~ Let Love Die, Jim Byrne ~ Empty Chair, The Fierce and The Dead ~ On VHS, David Simnel ~ Blackbird Takes a Dive and a little tune by me Nick Tann there is also an interview with the very lovely Melissa James  talking about her new album.

All good nothing bad!

Nick Tann

Away a week and far too long. Still, here I am back and bursting with independent tunes BURSTING! Click on the artists names to go to their websites  The Commuters ~ As I make My Way, Steve Swindells ~ A Place of Angels, Andrew Foster ~ Memory Maze, Ryan Peel ~ What am I missing, White Bone Rattle ~ What Have I Seen?, Dan Sheers and the Velveteen Orkestra ~ City of a Dreadful Night, Groundfloor ~ Bound to your Head, Steve Moyes ~ Pegbag Ladder, Jamie and the Portraits ~ What a Croc, Atari Pilot ~ Stay Yourself, Matthew Heller ~ Moon Below and a demo track from me good old Nick Tann.

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Yes I am back, back with a vengeance and a truckload of great tunes!

This week I played Burning Shapes ~ Bad Karma, The Bribes ~ Once a Man, The Fabulous Micky C ~ Night Train, Bobby Good ~ A Simple Story, Anja McCloskey ~ Stephanie, Sean McGowan ~ Be Counted, Grant Sharkey ~ My Role In the Arab Spring, Emily Wolfe ~ Lion Heart, Phil The Tremelo King ~ You Aint No Hobo, The Murder Barn ~ Harvest, Diane Zook ~ Leave Me Alone, Nick Tann ~ Can’t Stop Missing You. How do you like that then?

As I said in the podcast, I’m not sure when I will be making the next one it’s all in the lap of the gods, bless em!

Nick Tann

This podcast first went live 29th November 2010 and has all the classic features. I won’t spoil the surprises but I will post the original notes below. Please remember that this is over two years old and some of the information, websites etc, do not exist and/or may have changed. ENJOY

A bumper episode this week full of wonderful stuff.

My opening track was from the magnificent Schnauser followed by the small but perfectly formed Clara Barker.  An exclusive little track from Indigo Earth (I think), then that nice Mr Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox came in and told us about Under the Laurels and Johnny 5th Wheel and the Cowards.  Veronica from Boobie Wednesday told us about her site and if you click here you can see this weeks “pair of the week” and they belong to Veronica herself.

Next came a great track from Japanese indie band Suinseinoboaz with many thanks to Jpoplover for that. The sadly one off “Song Story” featured the the mighty Matt Stevens .

I then played the great Fez mentioning that if you love them or have nothing better to do then pop over to http://www.myspace.com/becksmusic and vote for them. I then played beautiful tracks fro The LCD and Tom Caulfield finishing off with a live instrumental from me.

This podcast first went live 9th August 2010 and has all the classic features. I won’t spoil the surprises but I will post the original notes below. Please remember that this is over two years old and some of the information, websites etc, do not exist and/or may have changed. ENJOY

A frankly shambolic podcast, I even got the number wrong it IS number 43. What I DID get right was the music, they are all new artists to Is This Thing On. I played the songs ofMarch of Dimes buy their tracks on itunes here, Petersson & Fredriksson, Shinsei Kamattechan (courtesy of jpoplover), Leyli, We Sell Sea Shells, SRM and Steve Swindells.

Apoc was talking about James Keelaghan and Paul Lane spoke about all the great music that was happening in and around Hampshire. His new website is now live so you should go and check it out.

The lovely Kayko also made her debut by making her first ident for the cast with Clara Barker and Haunted Stereo making an ident only appearance.

Very sorry about the quality of me this week, I’ll do better in the future…

Listen out for my out-takes at the end……

This podcast first went live 22nd February 2010 and has all the classic features. I won’t spoil the surprises but I will post the original notes below. Please remember that this is over two years old and some of the information, websites etc, do not exist and/or may have changed. ENJOY

Some of the best music you have never heard! In no particular order you can hear Rainer Straschil, Matt Stevens, The Wilton Project, Fernwood and ME!

Watch With Mothers review tunes by Vega, Funky Poets and Hamilton




I chat to Matt about Last FM and Myspace

Nick Tann avec Jack

My last “live” podcast for a while and what a corker!

Gums ~ A Long Walk In The Rain, Sigurdor Gudmundson ~ Meme From a Parallel Universe, Johnny 5th Wheel and the Cowards ~ In My Laboratory, Schnauser ~ World of Whimsey, Big Block 454 ~ Blind Jack of Knaresborough, Matt Stevens ~ Burned Out Car, Bad Bad Meow ~ Mother Father, Sand River ~ Love, King Never ~ Sorrow, Wax Ersatz ~ Come Home, Sand River ~ A Husband, A Lover A Daughter A Mother, The Sodberrys ~ Pay It Forward, The Cryptics ~ She Saves the Day, Bela Take Chase ~ Eye Pennies and a track by me from my new album the Vinyl Project.

Next week we return to the “CLASSICS”

Holly Wolloughby in a bikini

When in doubt, play songs by your mates. That’s what I did this week so tracks by Grant Sharkey ~ Lullaby for Baxter, Philo Sinnet ~ Can’t Mend a Broken Heart When Mine is Broken To, Woven Bird ~A Curse Heaven Sent, Jess Vincent ~ Sally in the Woods, Marvin B Naylor ~ Alice and Maryanne, Doyle and the Forefathers ~ Every woman that you’ve Me, Gray Smith ~ When I Reveal, The Cherry Bluestorms ~ 4 Here, Tom Caulfield ~ Good You Got Away, The Glass Child ~ I’ll Never Tell, Acrington Stanley ~ Midlife Crisis, Stone Pony ~ Across Town, Liz Longley ~ Unraveling, Contact ~ Starshaped Dreams and a track by me from my Vinyl Project album.

holly willoughby bikini

Something old, something new, something blue and some other stuff….

This week I played Donkey Pilots ~ Pissed, Race Car Hearts ~ Mother Midnight, Matthew Heller ~ Snake Bite, The Lewis Creaven Band ~ Around Your Neck, Ernesto Schnack ~ Build, Paul Liddell ~ Bright Lights, The Statler Project ~ My Opinion, For Abel ~Yorkshire, The Dots ~ Honey, Ryan Peel ~ What Am I missing?, Nick Tann ~ Can’t Get Happy, Allen Wentz ~ Ernies, Hi Sonorous ~ Break the Cycle. I mentioned my favourite website Suck or Swag  and of course my Vinyl Project 

The Vinyl Project

Back in July 2009 I was chatting with my good friend and mentor Matt Stevens when I mentioned that I had an idea to make a proper vinyl record. Matt agreed this was a pretty cool idea and suggested I asked people to prepay for the album to make it affordable.

So The Vinyl Project was born.

In 2011, thanks to a generous donation by the amazing Mike Taylor and a happy band of others, I had made enough to go into the studio and to record the album. So on the afternoon of 4th March 2011, 18 months later, I and a few friends Drew Harris, The Real Raj, Justin & Jamie Wayne, Matt Stevens and my wife Debs all turned up at the wonderful Livingstone studios in North London and I recorded this album. It was all recorded live in the studio by the fantastic Kevin Feazey who did a marvellous job not only on the day but also later when he mastered the album.

So fast forward to 2012, the pre payments have been coming in dribs and drabs, I could see that it was going to take years until I would have enough to press the proper vinyl that the name of the project suggests so I made a decision. I would produce the Vinyl Project as a Vinyl CD and here it is.

It’s not the vinyl that I had been dreaming of but it is still an album that I am very proud of.

The Vinyl Project

It has the look  feel of a classic vinyl album complete with gatefold sleeve but it is a cd.

For a number of reasons I am making it available to subscribers only. This may change in the future. To subscribe to my newsletter and therefore pay what you want for this album, simply add your email address in the box below. It’s easy to unsubscribe at a later date if you wish, honest.

Apart from the people I have already mentioned I would like to thank Sam Scarrott, Mirjana Tann, Lisa Von-Schneidau, Janice Howe, Ryan Casey, Adrian Lightly, Tracy Chapman, Andrew Butcher, Corinne Mackenzie, Sigurdor Gudmundsson, Debbs Allanson, Sarah L Boyd, Dave from UK Surfcams, Steve Morton, Xan Phillips, Matt Kassell, Ian Cree, Michael Lamb, Kate Laine-Turner, Linda Mills, Marilyn Madsen and Hannah Lincecum not only for prepaying for a product that didn’t even exist at the time but also for their support, encouragement and patience. Without them, there would be no Vinyl Project.

The Vinyl Project

What a week for marvelous music. In no particular order I played Nick Bowen ~ Heart Attack (sorry again mate), Melissa James ~ I Need You Here, Indigo Earth (probably) ~ Forces Shatter, Emily Wolfe ~ Lion Heart (the album version), Charley Macaulay ~ Foolin, Captain Backfire ~ Double Kidd, New single by Cut Corners ~ Real,  Paul Lane from Unplugthejukebox.com came and talked about Stanley, Kid Russell ~ Juice and a live rendition by  me of 3 am which I play on my new album The Vinyl Project that you can buy on a name your price basis if you Subscribe to my Newsletter

This is what Gary says about the Vinyl Project 

Click here to view the embedded video.

Justin Beiber

Atari Pilot ~ Stay Yourself, Churn Milk Joan ~ Until Djuna Barnes, Latent Anxiety ~ Liberation, Skelectory ~ Whitedrift, Get The Tape ~ Too Good For Words, Zilla McGuire ft. J.I.G. ~ Window Down, Tom Bishel ~ The Feeling of Home, Kevin Fisher ~ Losing You, Sweet Tooth ~ Everybody Wants to Fall In Love, Will Kriski ~ Kerry’s Jig, Sonny ~ Something in the Water, King Never ~ Hotel Desolation,  SRM558 ~ Iron Lung Blues and Nick Tann ~ How Can It Be Wrong.

Nick Tann

In a packed episode this week I play some of the best tracks on the planet from soem amazing independent artists. In no particular order Crash and The Coots ~ Don’t Have Any Legs, Indigo Earth ~ Wise Man, Sam Page ~ Lottery, Meniscus ~ Fight Club, Steve Swindells ~ A Place Of Angels, One Cat Broke ~ Crazy (inout), Honeybadger ~ We Can Breathe, Tzuriel Kastel ~ Reach Out, Emily Wolfe ~ Lion Heart, Emily Wolfe ~ Heavy, Catfish and the Bottlemen ~ Sidewinder,   Catscans ~ The Choeung Ek Memorial (Killing Fileds), The Cherry Bluestorms ~ Fear of Gravity (Alt version) and a demo track of mine called Don’t.

I mentioned the LIVE EUROVISION BLOG that I will be hosting HERE there is a Facebook event for it HERE 

Pip Pip!!

 Under extremely tired conditions I just about managed to put out this weeks podcast. In no particular order I played Jonathan Whiskerd ~I Could Be You, SophieClare~ Beady Eye, Nickdot and Frankey ~ Watching time, Flaming June ~ Nerves of Steel, Helen Austin ~ Happy,  Cut Corners ~ Jacky D, Killing No Murder ~Let Me Be The One, Will and the People ~ The Game, No Snow No Alps ~ Luminaro, Lost Souls Club ~ Sometimes, Mummy Short Arms ~ Change, Peter Doran ~ Eternity, Bang Bangs ~ In Arms, Indigo Earth ~ Land of Dreams.

I hope to be awake for next weeks episode but I can’t promise anything!

Justin Beiber NAKED!

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 In the best 60 minutes of you lives this week I played some great old favourites Los Bridge ~ Delegates,  Jim From The Moon ~ 25, Jay Groovara ~ Cuckoo, Mike Vaughan ~ Will We Ever Get To Mars (Happy Birthday Sailor!), Last Child Dancing ~ End of Summer, Vendor Defender ~ Passing, By The Rivers ~ Run Around, Martha’s Man ~ Already Hurting, Steve Lowis ~ Tricks, Russell Morgan ~ Surrender, Atari Pilot ~ Game Change, The Dots – Honey, Jason Parker Quartet ~ Bashert and a tune by me How Do You Sleep which is a part of a secret type project that you can only find out about if you join my mailing list which you can do by adding your email here and clicking the subscribe button  Newsletter

Justin Beiber lockdown

A packed podcast full of indie goodness!

In no particular order I played The Wilton Project ~ All in a Dream, Jess Vincent ~ Sweet William,  The One and Only ~ Come Around, The Sons of Dark Horses ~ Wondering Why, Burning Shapes ~ Someone Else’s Words, Calvin Roche ~ Fly To You, David Hagen ~ I Am King ( Just realised that I played this two weeks ago but I don’t care because it is amazing), Decode ~  If Only (we live to tell the tale), Thom Cross ~ Standing on the Edge of the World, Clockwork ~ Rich and Famous and a demo of a tune of mine called Don’t.  I interviewed Melodramas at The Brook in Southampton and played “Kids” from their new ep as well as find out which are their favourite instruments.

All the fun of the fair!

Justin Beiber before and after

Well boys and girls a cracker of a podcast this week. I played Phillo Sinnet ~ Can’t Mend a Broken Heart When Mine Is Broken Too, Gary Granger ~ Dark Walk, Covergeist ~ the Loneliest Boy In the Whole Wide World, Leibowitz ~ Chasing the Pompano, Jenny Walker ~ Night Flight To London,   Mike Gatto Band ~ Fast Girls & Razor Blades, Get The Tape ~ Clean Distorstion Anja McCloskey ~ Italian Song, Lewis Maclean ~ Better Place, Bad Bad Meow ~ Wheel,  Latent Anxiety ~ Love Delirium, Tom Bishel ~The Feeling of Home and, Parker Ainsworth ~ Don’t Let Go and a little song by me.

If you’re interested in my gig in Winchester on the 3 May and what I’m doing to promote it then simply click here