Tag: Sandy Denny
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RC 313: Old Age (15th Birthday Part 1)
On this day in 2004 not much happened, Girls Aloud were #1 in the UK with a forgettable single, My Boo (??) by Alicia Keys was #1 in the US Billboard Charts…an actor or two died that had been forgotten or their kids were more famous than them. Looking through the headlines it was a…
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RC #309: Make Art GRATE Again
Aka don’t tell the trees – cos the trees don’t need to know! Those useless trees might be silently judging you, though. A trip alternating between Brexit, BoJo and Trump and making good art as a response. It’s not downbeat, it’s not upbeat, it’s sort of middlebeat. Glasses halfway and all that. From novelty songs…
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RC 297: BANUARY IDOL
After a gluten free Christmas, it’s a New You and a fresh start on those resolutions that will last about 2 weeks – Veganuary, Dry January, going to the gym, etc. Yes let’s give up nice things on the most depressing, grey and dark time of the year! That’ll work! So bucking the trend we…
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RC 288: Milk and Honey (and other scaphic desires)
The Soviets are Coming! And the Beat it uses you, Comrade! Novichoka Can (or bottle, or milk and honey). Too soon? Here is an international disco and funk episode, mostly from the former Soviet region and Eastern Europe (Uzbekistani cosmic disco anyone? Latvian funk? Try it you might like it!) but also from Spain, Italy…
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Up Against The Wall – Psych Mix Part 2
“You cannot count on anyone except yourself. It’s sad, but true, and the sooner you learn it, the better.” As I prepare to move from Radio Clash Towers, the second half of this mix is about several things – the current political climate, a zeitgeist via 1968-1974, but also a cri de coeur about a…