Homebrew 3
Live from the Wellington Public House in Birmingham for the first Ale Festival of 2009 with expert analysis and comment from our panel Jas, Rob and Nic

Music:
Devil Doll - The Curse
J Tillman - Steel on Steel (mp3) Buy at iTunes Music Store

SYSOP - Bits and PCs (mp3) (Candy Apple Death Records)
Shauna Burns - Starfish
Orlando Julius - James Brown Ride On" (mp3) Buy at iTunes Music Store

The Operator - Zzzzzz
Jim Steed - Numb


Poetry:
Ammon Wringley - Friezland Ale recited by Nic Treadwell in an un-authentic Lancashire accent.
 

Muse from the Micro-world

Music:
Cult Of Wedge - Cat Got Tongue
Fort Paster - Beautiful Imperfection
N-Side - Bad Manners
Jay Lei - It's Alright
All India Radio - Endless Night
Chloe March - Sea Bell
Nintendo DS Lite / Toshio Iwai - Electroplankton (Audience Mode)
Chapa - A Look To The West
Carly And Mark - Maybe It's You
Rod Kinny - One Step Closer
WAZ - She's Gone
Martin Joseph - Proud Valley Boy
Cult Of Wedge - Skylab


Poetry:
Colin Shaddick from the album The Bridge -
The Heptagon, A Fish Tale, A Childhood Playground

A Festive Fist Of Fun

Music:
MEG - Another Merry Christmas
Hearts Attack - It Was Christmas That Killed Us
Neil Murray - Merry Merry Christmas
Chloe March - Snow Kiss
The Hosts - Christmas Time
Penny Broadhurst - The End
Micropenis - Christmas In The Midlands
The Pocket Gods - Alien Xmas Song
Denis Bonet - It's You And Me This Christmas

Poetry:
Alex - An Unfortunate Christmas
Stephen Lake - Spirited
Matthew James - A Christmas Poem

Check us out at our new home at Written Word in Second Life

Homebrew 2
I am joined by fellow panelists Jas, Rob and Ed for a few light and not so light Ales @ the Wellington Real Ale October Beer Festival in Birmingham on 24/10/2008.  ufortunately due to the popularity of this event we were resigned to standing outside by the bins but equipped with pork pies, crackers & cheese and fine cigars and 24 ales to choose from a good time was had by all.


Music:
Mark Erelli - Five Beer Moon
The Deirdres - Milk Is Politics
Oneside - Into The Night
The Lovely Eggs - Have You Ever Herd A Digital Accordian
Heather Andrews - A Day At The Beach
Tom Bolton - Whose Army
Chewy Marble - Cross Hatched World
Dogs Must Be Carried - Taking My Beer To Bed

Apologies for the lack of HG over the past few months. Here is a recently recorded podcastI did for the Association Of Music Podcasting. A new edition of HG will be forthcoming in thenext few days.

Show: Atlantic Wave Radio
Song: Back To New York (The Stone Coyotes)
Show: Darkhorse Radio
Song: Fallen Apart (Cameron Latimer)
Show: Indie Music Sampler
Song: A Superman (Odi)
Show: Insomnia Radio
Song: Pinebox (The Winter Sounds)
Show: Machtdose
Song: the hill of the wind (Kaze no Oka) (feel x heal)
Show: Eclectic Mix
Song: Eyesore (Amelia)
Show: Indie Launchpad Podcast
Song: Beautiful (Rob Szabo)
Show: Ourobouros Podcast
Song: Change The Fairy Tale (Unfactory)
Show: It's A Frog's Life Acoustic Podcast
Song: September (Rob Clarke)

Photos of the weekend can be found on flickr here http://www.flickr.com/photos/storyville

Spoken Word
Nic Treadwell reads Part two of Diary Of A Casual Projector

Spoken Word:
The Diary Of A Casual Projector by Nic Treadwell

Also worth a mention Word Magazine Podcast
 

Music:
Telling On Trixie - Dumb Boy
Early Fashion - Allison Smith
Beirut -  "A Sunday Smile"  Buy at Rhapsody
Tom Middleton - Shinkansen
IOI - Own
Mubashir Noor - Escape Artist
Two Loons For Tea - Monkey
The Tripping Cherubs - Your Life Is Strange

Spoken Word / Music
David Francis - Penultimate Actual , In A Storm, Next To Last Night
 

Music:
Cunnan - Hoorstone
Chris Bozzone - Running Through A Labyrinth
Alphane Moon - Full Of Stars
Temple Music - Green Man Project Volume 3: Cadney
Damh The Bard - When I Become The Moon
Unto Ashes - Sonnet Macabre
The Story - The Wicker Man
The Owl Service - Wake In The Vaulted Echo
English Heretic - Alectromagnetic Hymn For The Red Cock Of Mabon
Sand Snowman - Arms Of Oblivion
Blodeudd - In A Druid Wood
Twelve Thousand Days - Plea

Spoken Word:
Donna Rhose - Sacrifice (youtube link)
John Doyle Poetry - Dwell In The Darkness (youtube link)
J.M.Lamoreux - My House (youtube link)
 

I'm trying to put together a podcast of listener memories and stories about John Peel. The podcast will be a mixture of listener memories and new independent music which John would be championing if he were still with us.

Were you a listener and fan of his programmes.
Do you have any memories about a specific time that you were listening?
Did John change your musical taste?
Did something significant happen to your life as a result of listening to him.
What are your memories, happy, sad, embarrassing or nostalgic.
If so, and you can record an audio mp3 of yourself, and please send it to nic@storyville.f9.co.uk

I am planning the podcast to coincide with the anniversary of his death toward the end of October. So please send your contribution by October 21st at the latest.

Your assistance in this is greatly appreciated. If you do not have the ability to record your story and you can submit a written account please do so and I will consider it for inclusion.

Spoken Word:
A F Harold - The Left Their Hearts At Tooting Broadway
 

Spoken Word:
Dread Daze - Mankind: A Poetry Piece.

Garden Cast
A laid back affair this week featuring some
gifted singer-songwriters with a little bit of blues
and an added slice of weird.


Music:
Maurice Richard Libby aka Whiteboy Slim - It's Strange
Jesus Licks - Dalek Chorus
Steven Phillip - Junior School
Scarlatti Tilt - The Insects Party
Mark Timothy - Winters Gone
Irae - Sepia UFO

Poetry:
Jeremy Gratton - Agent Orange, Port Mortem Blues Of Succession

The Summer That Never Was

Nevermind hereâs another packed podcast full of indie goodness from the accoustic sweetness of Martin Ward, the scrupilous and hilarious editing of Cassette Boy, the African beats of Ashley Maher and wonderful poetry of
Don McIver.


Music:
Tim Young - The Road
Steveless - The Obligatory Love Song
Martin Ward - Polarise
James Starbuck - Heavens Tears
Cassette Boy - Jeremy Clarkson Bit
Listen With Sarah - Listen With Cassette Boy
Ashley Maher - Deeper Into Clay
Emerson Hart - If You're Gonna Leave

Poetry:
Don McIver - Cool and Daily Special

Music:
Benjamin Bates - The Next Big Thing

Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment
Download "Nature Of The Experiment" (mp3)
from "A Lesson In Crime"by Tokyo Police Club
Paper Bag Records Buy at iTunes Music Store

Swill And The Swaggerband - Elvis Lives Here

Tinariwen - Cler Achel
Download "Cler Achel" (mp3)
from "Aman Iman: Water Is Life" by Tinariwen Outside Music
Buy at iTunes Music Store

Dylan Murray - How Was I Supposed To Feel

Spoken Word:
Elvis McGonnagall - Bread And Circuses
Maria Daines - Lottie Beeton
 

Music:
Cindy Lee Berryhill - Beloved Stranger
Matt Tyler - Conspiracy Theory

Di Xiao (Piano) - Maurice Ravel:
Miroirs No 4 Alborada Del Gracisoso
(Recorded Live at Adrian Bolt Hall 2006)
Homegrown will be featuring more work from the Birmingham Conservatoire in forthcoming programmes.

Aaron English - All The Waters Of This World

The Furze - Hope The Light
Download "Hope The Light" (mp3)
from "Subterranean Kicks" by The FurzeThree Sixty Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store

Everthus The Deadbeats - Human Paraquat
 

Spoken Word:
Gwyn McVay - Before Us, Costume Party.
 

Work Sucks Special

Music:
Moral Decline - Overworked Underpaid
Tim Young Band - Work Today
Undercover Hippy - Work Till You Die
Adam Morely - Work
Burning Bush - Honest Days Work
Doug Macleod - The Working Man Blues
Willie Shutter - Working Day

Spoken Word:
Brendan Higgins - Stress Me, Little Brown Enverlopes, Buzzer Wuzzer, Mental. From his CD Flowers Up My Arse

Music:
500 Miles To Memphis - All My Friends Are Crazy
Download "All My Friends Are Crazy" (mp3)
from "Sunshine In A Shot Glass"
by 500 Miles To Memphis Deep Elm

• Buy at iTunes Music Store

Spoken Word:
Yu-Rika - Pointless Mind Fuck / Shattered Old Heart, Crazy Shit (for Marion)

Podcast For A Rainy Day

Music:
Mad Caddies - Tired Bones
UMEED - Can't Tell The Difference
Alyssa Hendrix - Good Summer Rain
Anna Coogan And North 19 - When It Rains
Andy Guthrie - Come Out Of The Rain
Phillip Mitchell - Soul
Thomas Dolby - Europa And The Pirate Twins

Spoken Word:
Mike Bennett - The Entertainment and Monster (A Poem).
Check out Mike's Podcast Novel One Among The Sleepless

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 - Evolution Is Revolution - Nadir
Makar - As A Child 

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

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)

Poetry:
Chloe Poems - My Life Partner Is A Smackhead and London Is Paranoid

Check out Woven Wheat Whispers for great folk music

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:
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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

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.

Slam Idol Podcast, Association Of Poetry Podcasting

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

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 Give It Back
Andy McKee - The Friend I Never Met
Peter Greenstone - Iridium Flare
Melaney Maloney - Rompecabeza
Ryan Affenberg - Under All The Bright Lights

Spoken Word:
Connections 1 - by Divergent Future
 

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

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 listener as you come away with a feeling of kinship, that here is someone here who can put into words what you are feeling, who can express a certain moment in your life through his music.
In our conversation at the Midlands Arts Centre on the occasion of his album release, we talk about songwriting, promotion, autism and home recording. Plus from gig Aaron performs When A Relationship Ends and Have You Felt Beautiful Lately. Aaron also has a myspace page.
 

Music from:
Freddie Stevenson - Chinese
Mr D & The Honky Tonks - Coming Or Going
Kelly Lee Evans - Let's Call A Truce Tonight

Poetry from
Niall O'Sullivan - Hard Is The Journey & Broccoli

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 Motorhead and Van Morrison.

Paul has called Birmingham home for over 30 years and has been a vocal supporter of songwriting and live music in his adopted city. In 1996 he established SongwritersCafe, which for several years provided a valuable showcase for up and coming artists as well as featuring turns from more established acts such as Ocean Colour Scene who invited Paul to support them on an Irish tour.

Until recently Paul has focused almost exclusively on live, intimate performances that allow for his huge capacity for spontaneity. 'On the spot' songs have long been a hallmark of his gigs. So also is spoken word, poetry or talking blues. He says: "The thing with live performance is that like theatre it's in the moment, unique, unchangeable and for a procrastinator like me that is huge liberation."

In this interview Paul talks about his full and varied career in music, from his beginnings in Ireland, coming to England in 66, performing at the Marquee Club, developing his songwriting / poetry skills, setting up the now famous Songwriters Cafe in Birmingham to his present live work, including raucous guest slots with gypsy and klezmer influenced 14 piece band The Destroyers. Paul has recently been working on recording four decades worth of original songs. Here he performs new songs College Square & Hometown, as well as spoken pieces Shoplifters Talking Blues & Dark Road.

You can find more information about Paul at http://www.myspace.com/paulmurphysings & at C21Vox
You can also view a video of Paul performing with the Destroyers on Halloween at Google Video

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
 

Music from:
Brother Love - Summertime
Mister Brown - Entwined
Abe Quigley - Breath

Studio Guest
Mike Bethel - Birmingham based songwriter
performs live - I Have Your Outline & Compromised
from his new CD Fenetrapocrypha

Are you a local songwriter/musician? Would you like
to come in and record an interview/session? Drop me
a line if you are interested.

Poetry From:
A F Harrold - Just Say No & 13 Ways Of Being Related
To The Beatles
 

Music from:
Anemo - Fallout Renegade
Pistol Apes Payback - Super Hero (Demo)
Mesh 29 - Close My Eyes
Sahib Radio - Festival Of Mariah
Nat Clare - Half Empty
The Dealers - Cost

Poetry From:
Brendon Higgins - Badge, Hit Back, Crazy Lady Crazy Man,
Debt, Drunk To Funk, Love Poem from his CD Flowers Up Your Arse.

Mentioned in the programme:
Storyville, Arts Fest,
 

Man Cold

Music from:
Sam Mellon and the Skylarks - Your New Hometown
Trevor Childs - This Modern World
Kimberly McLEAN - The Old Red Spittoon
Keith Bear - Walking On The Water
Adrina Thorpe - Did You Think
Clairvoyance - Is it You
Additional Moog - Holy Jukebox

Poetry From:
Minton Sparks - Vicky Pickles
Cynthia French - Venice Is Sinking

Mentioned in the programme:
Slam Idol Podcast
 

Music from:
Blitzen Trapper - Science Fiction Kid
Moonface - A Little Bit Louder
David Elias - The Blue Planet
LAP - Road Trip
Andrea Glass - Waters Edge
Mark Dunn - Got War

Poetry From:
Adele Ward - For My Mother, Sleepless, Penllyn, Never Never Land


Mentioned in the programme:
Insomnia Coffee Club , Neil Young Living With War Today

Poetry From:
The Whitehouse Poetry Revival Podcast -
Dominic Taylor - The More Things We Learn About, Rock, Untitled
Chris Collins - The Crow And The Dove
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