8 February 2010
Happy Monday people! My new show is online Americana UK. It should sound different (better) as I had some fine tuning to the sound settings to do. Big thanks to "The Audio Doctor" Rich Burrow.
The playlist for my current show is shown below. It includes new songs by Heather Masse (of The wailin' Jennys) and Nine Below Zero.
I also introduce new names The Orbitsuns and Twilight Hotel. Listen to it by clicking here. |
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1 February 2010
What happened to January? Don't answer that please. I'll get some wise cracks from people I was with in Glasgow... My new show is online. It includes new songs by Jason & The Scorchers and Kim Richey. I also introduce new names Sarah Class and Chris Bradley. Listen to it by clicking here. |
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28 January 2010
For those who live in or near London, Kim Richey will be the special guest of Raul Malo (yep, him that was the frontman of The Mavericks) at The Jazz Café in Camden Town tonight. Doors are at 7pm and Kim will be onstage at 8.30pm. For more details and to buy tickets, click 'ere. |
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26 January 2010
Fresh-ish from Celtic Connections.... a great time was had by all, especially at The Texas Songwriters Night on Thursday night. It was a truly inspirational night with a special appearance by Beth Nielsen Chapman. With that, my new show is online. It includes new songs by Beth Nielsen Chapman and Nine Below Zero. I also introduce new names Kristin Connell and The Raglans and re-introduce Chris Chavez and Dar Williams. Listen to it by clicking here. |
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16 January 2010
Online now is the first "proper" radio show of 2010. I say "proper" with tongue firmly in my mouth because it features mostly new music that I haven't played before. Listen to it by clicking here. |
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13 January 2010
As much as I like Christmas and as much as I enjoy seeing in the New Year, I also really like getting on with it and getting on with what it is that you want to do in a new year. I have updated the "On Tour" section by adding new dates for Alex Highton, The Penny Black Remedy, Alana Levandoski and Crooked Still. I will soon add tour dates for Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart. View all tour dates by clicking here. |
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8 January 2010
Happy New Year to you! We hope it is a good year for you. Good news here is that Netty Turner has joined the agency as a booking agent for the British band Society, the Swedish band La Fleur Fatale and the American band The Orbitsuns. Netty has worked with Bob for over 5 years now through her management work with Deadstring Brothers, Redlands Palomino Company and latterly Eileen Rose. Netty brings this unique wealth of experience to the agency as well as establishing her own musical roster. BPA Live is delighted to welcome Netty to the team. Good news also that Part 2 (of 2) of my review of 2009 is now online. Listen to it by clicking here. |
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29 December 2009
I hope you all had a good Christmas. I also hope that you are enjoying the Christmas break and re-charging your batteries for 2010. It's always good to look back over a year and to pick out the musical highlights and this year is no exception. Online now is Part 1 (of 2) of my review of 2009. Listen to it by clicking here. HAPPY NEW YEAR to you!!! |
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23 December 2009
HAPPY CHRISTMAS to you all! Thank you for all your support during 2009 and here's to a really good 2010!!! |
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20 December 2009
My new radio show is now online. It is Part 2 of my what I hope will be my annual Christmas specials. Listen to it by clicking here. The "Best of 2009 - Part 1" will be online for the week between Christmas and New Year. |
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12 December 2009
Ho! Ho! Ho! The first of two Christmas themed shows leading up to Christmas is now online. You can listen to it online whenever you like by clicking here. |
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6 December 2009
Greetings all. My spanking new radio show is already online, which now officially means that the radio show has become a weekly one. You can listen to it online whenever you like by clicking here. In it, I play new songs by Idlers and Kendel Carson and introduce new names Icons of Elegance and Frazer Kennedy. |
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25 November 2009
There have been disturbing e-mails flying around today about the potential closure of The Halfmoon Putney. HMP is one of my favourite London venues and we have to make sure it stays open. Love him or loathe him, but Sting is quoted in The Evening Standard as saying "The real shop floor for musical talent is pubs and clubs, that is where the original work is. But they are being closed down on a daily basis. It is impossible to put an act on in a pub. It has become too expensive through excessive regulations. The music industry has been hugely important to England, bringing in millions. If anyone thinks the X Factor is going to do that, they are wrong."
He has a point. You can help save The Halfmoon Putney. Please vote with your feet and come for a drink, or come to one of their nightly live music shows. To see what's on visit the gig guide at www.halfmoon.co.uk. If you can't make it down in person then visit their forum by clicking here and show them some love for all to see. |
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22 November 2009
Goodness gracious me! I am becoming too prolific as my spanking new radio show is already online, which now officially means that the radio show has become a weekly one. You can listen to it online whenever you like by clicking here. In it, I play new songs by Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen, Tom Ovans and The Whybirds and introduce new names Her Make Believe Band and Bjørn Berge. |
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15 November 2009
My new radio show is online. You can listen to it online whenever you like by clicking here. I hope you enjoy the music. In it I play new songs by Harry Manx, Katy Lied and Mr Plow and introduce new names Heather Horton and Sanne Do. I hope you enjoy the music. |
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9 November 2009
My new radio show is online. You can listen to it online whenever you like by clicking here. I hope you enjoy the music. In it I play new songs by Kendel Carson, Greg Trooper and The Sorentinos and introduce new names The Penny Black Remedy and Jinksi. I had some problems recording this show - all self-created, I have to say. I accidentally deleted the first version of the show and re-recorded it in my studio on Friday. Doh! I am looking at ways of making all this easier so I can broadcast weekly as opposed to fortnightly-ish. Watch this space... |
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4 November 2009
This week sees the start of Matt Andersen's tour (Saturday night at The Charlotte Street Blues Bar in London), the start of the Eileen Rose & The Holy Wreck tour (Friday night at The Muni Arts Centre in Pontypridd) and also the start of Bap Kennedy's UK tour (Saturday night at The Nerve Centre in Derry). To see all current and forthcoming tour dates click here. All in all another busy week in the world of BPA Live. I am about to head into the studio to record my next radio show... |
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19 October 2009
What a way to start a new week but to announce my new show is now online.Big thanks to Stu Olds for making it possible. You can listen to it online whenever you like by clicking here. I hope you enjoy the music. |
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15 October 2009
I just spent a very enjoyable 80 minutes in my studio recording my new radio show including tributes to Jonny Minge and Amy Farris RIP. The show will be online next week... It always gives me a lot of enjoyment recording radio shows and I hope you take some time aside to listen to them. They are 80 minutes long and it is on demand internet radio. You can listen to it online whenever you like by clicking here. |
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6 October 2009
Howdi folks. Just to let you know that my new radio show is online. Please check it out. I hope you enjoy the tunes I play for you. Also good news this week, we have now sold out our forthcoming promotion in Ipswich with Show of Hands. Tickets are still on sale for the other promotions. Check out the Movers & Shakers part of the website for more information. |
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30 September 2009
A small bird has told me that I have a tiny cameo role on tonight's "Ruth Watson's Hotel Rescue". Blink and you may miss me, but it will be well worth watching...
It's the first in the new series of know-it-all Ruth Watson telling wannabe hoteliers how to do it. Our very good friends Steve Fernie and Diana Graham are the first to be grilled as they turn their incredible Creeting House in rural Suffolk into a guest house and hospitality centre.
So please watch Channel 4 tonight - 8pm UK time for a good old laugh.
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21 September 2009
Breaking sad news.... I have just learnt that our good friend Jonny Minge died last night in hospital in his hometown in Kragero, Norway after a long illness. I met Jonny two years ago almost to the day. I really enjoyed working with him and spending time with him. He will be sorely missed. RIP buddy. |
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20 September 2009
We wish Kim Richey a speedy recovery after she broke some bones in her foot last week, which resulted in her having to miss her show in Cambridge last night. Rest up and enjoy all those DVDs you have been wanting to watch for the last few months! |
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16 September 2009
There's a great review of Tom Russell's new abum "Blood and Candle Smoke" in yesterday's USA Today. To quote "Russell is our finest writer/criminologist/poet/taxi driver/painter". Look at the USA Today website for the complete review. |
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15 September 2009
Thank you all for your birthday good wishes at the weekend. You are all very kind. Good and bad news to start the week with. The good news is that I will be recording a new radio show this week and will be doing so on a fortnightly basis as promised. The bad news is that Joe Fournier decided to postpone his visit to the UK next month. |
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11 September 2009
We are having some licensing issues to deal with right now but as soon as we have dealt with them, I will be recording a new radio show which will be bigger and better than ever before. Thank you for your support and I'll let you know when my new show is online.
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2 September 2009
I am delighted to announce that my new radio show is online Americana UK. Artists featured this time around include - The Mojo Gurus, The Barker Band, Winter, Tom Russell and Crooked Still amongst others. I hope you enjoy the music. |
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5 August 2009
Greetings everybody. I hope you are all well. For those who have just come back from this year's Cambridge Folk Festival, I hope you had as good a time as we did. BPA Live's Crooked Still were outstanding, it must be said. My other personal musical highlights were Booker T, The Treacherous Orchestra, Lucinda Williams, Martin Simpson, The Saw Doctors, Edward II, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Lau.
I am delighted to introduce you to the new look website that Paul Needham and myself have been working on for a couple of months. I hope you find the site easy to navigate, user friendly and informative. If you have any questions about the artists I represent, the live music promotions of Movers & Shakers, or my very own radio show on Americana UK, I look forward to hearing from you. |
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30 July 2009
Today I am heading off to the Cambridge Folk Festival for the 13th year running to DJ. I started off being the continuity DJ on Stage 1 back in 1997 alongside Mark Simpson. I was aged a youthful (and skinny) 25 year old! Mark got busy at Radio 2 and was replaced a few years later by the Mighty Big Al O'Leary. I will be joined by Al again this year. We can't wait. Crooked Still from the BPA Live camp will be performing at the festival this year. For more information on the festival lineup click right here. My new radio show and I hope a newly revamped website should be online next week.... |
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15 July 2009
I am delighted to announce that my new radio show is online Americana UK. I hope you enjoy the music. The entire BPA Live website is the process of being redesigned by the mighty Paul Needham of Mohawk Visuals, Leicester. It's going to look fab and should be online in time for Cambridge Folk Festival at the end of the month. |
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3 July 2009
I am delighted to announce that my new radio show is online Americana UK! There is only one artist I have included from last weeks' playlist (Tommy Womack) and next week's show will be equally as diverse. I hope you enjoy the music. Have a great weekend. |
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1 July 2009
Happy Canada Day and also Happy Birthday to BPA who celebrates it's 4th birthday today!!! I can't believe it was 4 years ago since I started the company. In celebration of this, the office is shut today and I am going to drive around Essex and Suffolk being very self-indulgent looking at windmills and listening to some great music on the iPod. |
