After Eight Show - New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

As usual, our show was stacked full of innovative, creative, extraordinary new music - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. This was the final time that we produced a show as a playlist with no intros. Playlist: Amber – Maria BCDevices – Kaidi AkinnibiBabel – Marina HerlopOnly Nineteen – Caleb FrancisThe Tower – Future IslandsSleeper – BADBADNOTGOOD, Charlotte Day WilsonSwitch It On, Switch It Off – ChartreuseLords – BarbarismBacktrack – Ruby JClarity – PRIMMoons Melt Milk Light – AnenonSucker – Ian SweetSeraglio – UNADark Corner - Omyügenparacetamol – SJDImagine What Could Happen (Hollow Comet remix) – Dari Bay, Hollow CometMontagnard People – Katie Von SchleicherPremonition – Kudu JoyAlien – Rangleklods Glorious – Tony NjokuI Care – Fabiana Palladino, Jai PaulFringe – pen pinMachine – Phoebe CocoB.I.A. – Moonlight EclipseMelting – Arctic LightsGWACTER – SybsRapture – Jackson WagnerCircula – Alex SeelSongs I’ll Never Sing – Paula O’ReillyHoso Michi – foodmannap – Sipperworlds greatest emoter – bar italiaГолод- MOHOHOKEFace – Gabby’s WorldAll The Times (The KVB remix) – gae vinci, The KVB 

Another great show stacked full of innovative, creative, extraordinary new music - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. At this time, we were producing the show as a playlist with no intros - that changed soon after this one. Playlist: Passenger – Will Epsteinwitches’ brew – Luna ShadowsTime Lost – New Age Doom, TuvabandCalibrate – SloweMinerals – Illuminine, ShellterAnimals – August GildeLong For Light – Kathryn Tickell & The DarkeningJuniper – Andrea von KampenThe Truth (Acoustic) – MoonchildSilvre – World Had A PlanWestern Station – Regena Hoyebrightest – Mica SinclairLose Control – Safar (FR), TOSZJust Shy of Why – Wuzy Bambussy, Kat HarrisonPeople Pleaser – Marianna WinterTurning Time – Evie AsioFaraway – Belau, HienAwaria – PRZESTRZENIEOver You – Lady HayesInner Voices – Justin WalterGray – Scott OrrNight looping – ColleenMagic – Kat Milk BluNaughty Little Love – Yellow Light HansaFeathers – Belle Mt.What I Wouldn’t Do – Elizabeth LiddleThe Angel – Northern SystemBy The Lake – Oister BoyRecently - grassmellJustice and The Thief - Hippy 

Another great show stacked full of innovative, creative, extraordinary new music - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. Playlist: Lanterns Lit (Among The Living) – Son LuxRight or Wrong (Moortega! Remix) – Camp Claude, Diane SagnierHoly Mountain – GrandammeA Barely Lit Path – Oneohtrix Point NeverSibomandi – Alabaster DePlume, Falle NiokeAll The Way – Mighty GladDust Bowl – Black Heart DriftersAdmeta Harmony – Dawda Jobarteh, Jens Christian ‘Chappe’ Jensen, Admeta String QuartetGo Easy, Kid – Monica MartinHow Do You Leave (Billie Martin & Ellie Mason Re-edit) – Bess Atwell, Voka Gentle, Ellie Mason, Billie MartinDulce Puella – PeTer FRYDRainbows and Dreams – George FitzGerald, SOAKPyromid – Niilas, Erlend ApnesethLove Fight – King’s Divisioncall me up sunshine - OddnesseSelfish Soul (ODESZA Remix) – Sudan Archives, ODESZAWeaver’s Beam – David Eugene Edwardsbasis (Kinnship remix) – Lara Somogyi, KinnshipThere Was A Hope – Smoke FairiesDopehead – VELOUR FOGAggression Level: Medium – Norwegian Soft KittenLove Sabbatical – Zeeland, Nana AdjoaThe Transformation of Acceptance – The IrrepressiblesVåg - Geir SundstølLandkjenning – Maridalen14 Days – Simon MorleyDeep in the wild wood – SYRELTo The River – DorstenShut Them Down – Sinful MaggieEruption - AUDREZ

More innovative, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's episode - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. Playlist: A Closer Touch - AVR  Animals – The Bones of J.R. Jones  Rag Child – Allison Russell  More Than A Love Song – Black Pumas  Perfect Heaven – 15 15  shanty – Slowdive  Can’t escape from the sun – The Burning Feathers  Kakariki Avenue – Neon Gru  Respirar – Grace Aneglique, Jordan LaFaver  Flutestargate - Carlos Niño & Friends  Lovesong – Kin Leonn  Other Doors – Soft Machine  Pumpkin – Reincarnated – Tricky, Lucia  My Noise Is Nothing – Lord Of The Isles, Ellen Renton  Kulu – N’Gou Bagayoko  Wolf Moon – Daniel Land  Matte Grey Wrap - CASISDEAD  In Electric Time – Jeremiah Chiu  Mole In The Ground – John Francis Flynn  Summer – Francesca Guerra  Desert Song - säje  Temperate red – Get The Blessing  Inti Watana – El Retorno del Sol – Luzmila Carpio  Magic Wand - Ezul  Literally Everything – Brimheim  Cabaret – Peach Panic  borealis dancing – jaimie branch  Humanz are Bastardz – John E Vistic

More innovative, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's episode - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts: Crocodile – Uma Swedish Water – Chartreuse Café Godot – Stefano Mastonardi Holy Dazed. (radio edit) - TANGO GOLF TANGO Colour Code – Breakfast Cat There Is No End – New Age Doom Apples For My Love – Praises Marriage – The Bug Club Hurt People Hurt People – Broken Bear The Turning Ground – Tara Clerkin Trio Lucid Dreaming – emzae Echo In The Chamber – Say She She Lost When I’m Around You – Sans Soucis Mother Tongue – Silver Moth i only hear you in my song – la loye The Mirror – Samantha Whates With the Wind – Ida Wenøe Mountains – Gotts Street Park, ENNY reason – Omah Lay Mama – Maher Cissoko Love Can Heal – Peter Gabriel (Bright Side mix) Alligator – Gia Ford Ultraviolet Ray – UFOm Ring-a-Ling – Tiffani Vinyard It must have been the sound – Sound on High My Intent – Lucy Bullock Gymnopédie – Tapir! Am I Human? – LIA LIA

More innovative, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's episode - mostly by artists and bands that struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts: Sugar – Yellow BellyA Little Bit Of Love – Duo DecadI Say Not As I – Palm Skin ProductionsTanzania – TurtleBringing Murder to the Land – Anton Newcombe, Dot AllisonShark – SharkyGone – So BelowLogika - Thee MarloesHead Down – Steven BamideleFallen Air – Ruby HauntCrocodiles – Dead AnywayDove – Tash SultanaLazy Days – STR4TA, Wallace, Emma-Jean ThackrayClose To The Clouds – Art School GirlfriendFuture Lover - DaughterEmpty Drive – The Self Help GroupStupid Words – BellzaAll the Rains – John FaheyElle – Mari Boine, Bugge WesseltoftThe Secret History – Anyone’s GhostIcon – Song 1 – Jen LushLuna Star – Alex SeelYear of Love – Jenny Hval137 Pages – Repulsive WomanSnakelife – Allison RussellBlue V2 – WildflowersBreathe – SHKHR, Asch-RoseMuddy Funster – DJ Koze, Kurt Wagner 

We're back! It's been just over 2 years since we last broadcast our show. It will be a different show now - just a playlist of wonderful new music that has been sent in to us. That and a few new releases by well known artists to us - maybe not so well known to our listeners. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful, innovative, stunning new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. Playlist: Oh Mother – Kan Wakan, Jessica ChildressPlaygod – Poppy AjudhaMake Your Heart Beat – The Dying SecondsNsera – Fatoumata Diawara, Damon AlbarnLagmami – Electric JalabaD 4 N – laura Groves, SamphaArt for Art’s Sake – FiFi RongThis Foolish Heart Could Love You (The Paris Sessions) – Melody Gardot, Philippe PowellYou Got Me – Tora WoloshinBang On The Gong – Twin AtlanticFeelings Agency – Spirits of SaturnGrace – Iris LuneGreen Book – Ghostly KissesPick Up! – Ian SimmondsDon’t Rush It – The Breath Old Note – Lisa O’Neillfor the both of us – Ego Ella MayI Wish – Debra BueskingDesiderium – Classical GlassYou Are (Live) – Ny OhEvery Stranger – Jessie ReidNo Crimes (New History) – Son Lux, Jordan Munson, Isaiah RobinsonPlain Boring Disaster – Madeline KenneyGem Of the Ocean – Aves, JFDRBoyhood – The Japanese HouseWhat You Don’t See – Saint MartynTell Him – Moonchild, Lala HathawayMeet Me On The Lake – emma millerGhosts in the Autumn Sky – The Evolving 9th Hour 

The FINAL episode of the After Eight Show for radio. But don't despair - we will be making the occasional podcast in the future with, as before, an eclectic mix of new music that you just don't hear anywhere else! This week's show was a 'Best of the Best of the Best' compilation - some favourite tracks from more than 8000 we've played since the first episode in January 2014. And the VERY final track, still one of our all time favourites, will be the same track that we opened our very first show with. It's a track by Lamb that will send shivers down your spine! It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful, innovative, stunning new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. Lineup: Still – The Japanese HouseOff the Shelf – little hurricaneI Used To – OddnesseLunette  – Made In HeightsAlkali Lake – Bird Watcher, Alfonso BellosoAppointments – Julien BakerPrism – Submotion OrchestraCaptivate – MidstTaken Away – MoodymannLet The Cards Fall – The BreathMoonlight (Live) - Neon GruSouthern Winds – GuillemotsWasteland – Emma MillerWeird Fishes – Lianne La HavasSparkle – aYiaEdca – Eyre LlewI Will Follow You (Cotton Socks mix) – Beauty In Chaos, Evi VineAlways – Cosmo – Selah SueIn the Morning (The Battersea Sessions) – Eliza ShaddadGroceries – Gia MargaretHe Was In His Bubble – TuvabandCondition White (Bare Island remix) – Yellow Belly, Bare IslandMerge – Nic EvennettGabriel - Lamb

*** BEST OF 2021! *** This episode comprises some of our favourite tracks selected from more than a thousand that we have played during the year. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful, innovative, stunning new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. With the exception of a short intro and outro, it is uninterrupted music. Playlist: Liquidity – Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Kjartan SveinssonClick Click Domino – Ida Mae, Marcus KingPrisencolinensinainciusol – Marianne DissardRobber – The Weather Station3017 – LexxyTorch Song – Lucinda ChuaThe Lovely Divers – Dead AnywayKeep Checking Up On Me – ChartreuseMovement 1 – Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, London Symphony OrchestraShame - Örvar Smárason, Sin Fang, SóleyMogoya - Oumou SangaréEcouché – Amai Kuda Et Les BoisNervous – Penelope TrappesCondition White (Bare Island remix) – Yellow Belly, Bare IslandDoctor Frazer Mcglinchey – Out of the Ordinary – Edinburgh, Joseph MalikScratchcard Lanyard – Dry CleaningIn the Morning (The Battersea Sessions) – Eliza ShaddadLove Dancer – Hemai, FiFi Robodamn – Ada LeaLTWYLM – Abi OciaStories – Sarah NeufeldMerge – Nic EvennettMoonlight – Neon GruOliver – Gal MusettePut My Bones into the Ground – Mark RemmingtonDream My Life Away – Tash Sultana, Josh Cashman

This week's show was a 'BEST OF THE BEST' compilation - our favourite two tracks from each of the last ten shows. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: Bad with time – Sun JuneMeet Ya – Full Flower Moon BandOliver – Gal MusetteSomething / Anything – Zach James Douglasdamn – Ada Lea“Quotations” – Water From Your EyesIn the Morning (The Battersea Sessions) – Eliza ShaddadWatching The Beams – ChorusingLTWYLM – Abi OciaMove Right Through Me (Slowly remix) – Anushka, SlowlyGet My Bearings – Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, Dave Okumu, Damon AlbarnChange – TusksBlackbirds – Ghostly KissesHeavenly (A Real Birds remix) – Cold HeavenSoar – Indi FaulknerFlowers by the Roadside – Whitney Tai, Michael TrainorThe Wounded Wolf – EbersonMerge – Nic EvennettVacancy (No One Near) – Son Lux, lojiiWhole Heart – Jessie ReidCaring – Mathias EickCosmic Dust – Kasia KonstanceJulia – Gal MusetteGrow (Submotion Orchestra remix) – Kidnap, Leo Stannard, Submotion Orchestra

This is the final *weekly* episode of The After Eight Show thougfh we are doing three 'Best Of''s in the coming weeks. Lots of beautiful new music that we've been saving up over the past 12 months. It really is a fabulous selection this week! In our LUVVA COVER feature, we played a stripped back version of one of Tori Amos's most amazing songs. Jo Beth Young was asked to contribute a cover version to a tribute album which will be released in 2022. It truly is stunning and is a VERY appropriate way in which to close this feature in which we have played some really interesting takes on some fabulous songs. NEW MUSIC YOU JUST DON'T HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE! Playlist: Until I Fall – Lucinda ChuaSick Bed Blues – Buffalo NicholsToo Long – Cid RimWildfires – SAULTPick Me Up – Milan Ring, Jean DeauxYou Got One – Moonchild, Alex IsleyWhen it Gets Dark – Jamire Williams, Kenneth WhalumImpossible - Sin Fang, Sóley, and Örvar SmárasonMagpie Nest – SchlutiusDay After Tomorrow – Phoebe BridgersBe Free – Ny OhBittersweet – GaroniquePandora’s Aquarium – Tori AmosPandora’s Aquarium – Jo Beth Young (Luvva Cover feature)The Wounded Wolf – Ebersonroads – Bugge Wesseltoft, Håkon KornstadNew Wings - Alyssa BonaguraMidnight Chorus – Kathryn Williams, Carol Ann DuffyThe Bad Thing – The MysterinesIn Blur – DeafheavenCaring – Mathias EickLotus – Orions BelteMerge – Nic Evennett

 More fabulous inventive, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's show. In our LUVVA COVER feature, we played a 'hard rocking' version of one of Björk's best known songs. It's by Chuck Wright - bass player with Quiet Riot. He has assembled a stellar band including the magnificent vocalist Whitney Tai who is the singer on another of tonight's tracks which could not be more different , in mood, to this one! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: The Great Hope Design – SevdalizaDe Parade (Weval remix) – Eefje de Visser, WevalTears on Your Heart – Bev Lee HarlingLight Years – Georgi KrastevLONDON’S BURNING – Poppy AjudhaHeron – Scrimshire, Miryam SolomonMust Be a Cop – HusbandsHypernormal – Gdansk81Fingertips (SKL Heartbeat remix) – Flunk, SKLYou’re My Home (Thrupence remix) – Appleby, ThrupenceArmy Of Me - BjörkArmy Of Me – Chuck Wright’s Sheltering Sky, Whitney Tai (Luvva Cover feature)Grow (Submotion Orchestra remix) – Kidnap, Leo Stannard, Submotion OrchestraOut Of Clock – Fifi RongWarriors (remix) – mAncientHoly Holy – Indigo MayaStökigt hjärta – Moto Boy, MIASióg (Todchaí) – Micko RocheCreation – B’liciousSoar – Indi FaulknerCall It Fate – Water’s EdgeChaos - Axel Flóvent, PlàsiFlowers by the Roadside – Whitney Tai, Michael Trainor 

More great New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! in this week's episode. Our our ALBUM OF THE WEEK  actually comes from last year but we have only just become aware of it and it is sensational! The album is 'Two Of Me' and it's by Momma. They're a brilliant 4-piece indie rock band from LA."Momma's Two Of Me is a twisted, enchanting carnival ride ... the music itself, which draws you in with grungy yet sunwashed chords. It’s the aural version of when you close your eyes on a sunny day, heat pouring in red through the lids. “Bug House,” the sprawling opener, lulls you into a false sense of security before escalating into a vortex of heavy distortion." Paste In our Luvva Cover feature, we will be playing a really inventive version of one of The Beach Boys' best known songs. It's by Shovels and Rope and also features the incredible Sharon Van Etten - give it a listen and decide for yourself! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: Blackbirds – Ghostly KissesSpoonful – The Reverend Shawn AmosBloom Rapids – L-spaceNea Kypseli – Keep Shelly In AthensBiohazard – Momma (Album of the Week)A Mouthful Of Magnificent Spite – Salvation JayneFall Back – AsiahnCarry On – Akemi FoxHeavenly (A Real Birds remix) – Cold HeavenStrange Town (Julia Holter remix) – Buzzy Lee, Julia HolterIn My Room – The Beach BoysIn My Room – Shovels & Rope, Sharon Van Etten (Luvva Cover feature)Now That’s All Changed – Hugo KantSoft Warm Good – ErothymeNot A Runner - MommaTrue Love – HovvdyN’yanyan - Rokia Koné, Jacknife LeeMoreno (El Búho remix) – Dom La Nena, El BúhoColdhearted, Lately – KhushiSam – Asch-RoseStay – Valerie JuneOctober – Juliet & NanetteHabitat - Momma

Lots more New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else in this week's show! This week, our ALBUM OF THE WEEK was 'Invisible Things' by Mari Conti. "Mari Conti’s new album delves into the darkness and light that can be found in life and the invisible ties that connect us all. It’s refreshing to listen to an album that pushes the boundaries on what constitutes the mainstream way to create a song. The typical blueprint of tracks with an ABABCB structure has been chucked out the window on Mari Conti’s album. “Invisible Things” is an album that is inherently its own in sound, style and structure. A breath of fresh air to listen to!" Pop Mag In our LUVVA COVER feature, we played a VERY atmospheric cover of a beautiful song by Moses Sumney. Kee'ahn is a young Australian singer - a proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. Kee'ahn weaves lush melodies and words reminiscent of heartbreak and healing. Her rich vocals and hopeful lyrics champion the idea that finding strength in our struggles, encourages us to reflect, reinvent, and rejoice in all of our own individual healing journeys. This cover was commissioned as part of the Uprising festival in Melbourne. It really is stunning - give it a listen! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: Change – TusksDown to Your Mask – Keller Williams, ErothymeUnder – Lonely Guest, Oh LandGet My Bearings – Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, Dave Okumu, Damon AlbarnInvisible Things – Mari Conti (Album of the Week)Shiny Things – Kat FrankieTime Zone – UNALove Like Mine – fika, Bambie Something so Good – Niamh ReganIt’s Hard to be Human – Lawrence Rothman, Marissa NadlerMan on the Moon – Moses SumneyMan on the Moon – Kee’ahn (Luvva Cover feature)A Conversation at Trials – Cellista, Rykarda ParasolSuite Pour L’Invisible – Ana RoxanneChances – Mari ContiDon’t Wanna Know – Kasia Konstance, Lorenz OkelloFuzz Jam – The Lazy EyesFem Chem – Nice BiscuitLunático (remix) – Cielo PordomingoAn Ocean of Joy – Giacomo Bondi, VibraphileGrey Rock – 2PrivateMatters, Josienne Clarke, Mr. Alec Bowman_ClarkeCoast – ParticipantHangin’ on a Kiss – Mari Conti

Our ambition every week is to introduce you to the music of at least 3 artists / bands who are new to you and whose music you'll want to explore. Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK, this week, is 'Area 52 Truck Stop' by Sylvia Bullett. "I have been visualising post plague dance parties spinning this!" It features two members of iconic band Television – Fred Smith on bass and Richard Lloyd on guitar. The album is so named because she recorded it during Covid time and actually finished one of the earliest songs pulling up her truck alongside the legendary Area 52 Studios: Dave "Loveshack" Cook ran cables out to the truck cab for vocal mic and earphones- thus the inspiration for the album's name. In our LUVVA COVER feature, we will be playing an amazing instrumental cover of an iconic Radiohead song by a Lebanese violinist. Ara Malikian was a child prodigy, studied in Hanover and London, and now includes classical, experimental, ethnic (e.g. gipsy, Klezmer, Spanish and Argentinian) and modern compositions. This cover, released about 5 years ago, is so exciting, original and energetic! Give it a listen! Playlist: LTWYLM – Abi OciaGeneration Calling – BluhauzRun – edapollo, AkaciaDelusions of Grandeur – Bad WaitressFire & Ice – Sylvia Bullett (Album of the Week)Pipe Dreams- Lonely Guest, Rina MushongaMove Right Through Me (Slowly remix) – Anushka, SlowlyReminders – BECAHProdigal Daughter – Aoife O’Donovan, Allison RussellThe Limes – Sarah GoodsonNo Surprises – RadioheadNo Surprises – Ara Malikian (Luvva Over feature)Romance – Miryam SolomonThe Resilience Born in Fire – Those Who Ride With GiantsArea 52 Truck Stop – Sylvia Bullett Taking Flight – Zar, SahalaCome Together – Malone SibunFreaky Boys and Freaky Girls – TbellyParadise – LYRAS1.am – WovesGirls & Boys – Sylvia BullettUnder – Lonely Guest, Oh Land

More New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else in this week's show! Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK, this week, is 'Half Mirror' by Chorusing. "From his home in the hills of North Carolina, recording as Chorusing, Matthew O’Connell has created a piece of music that manages to create new language and meaning by meticulously crafting the sounds and lyrics that make Half Mirror something totally unique." Folk Radio UK In our LUVVA COVER feature, we will be playing a cover of a massive Tik Tok viral hit by Beach Bunny in 2020. The cover version, by Paravi, is a complete transformation of the song and became a Tik Tok viral hit earlier this year! "Paravi’s version of the song opens with her her softly stating, “I hate all men, but…” She then begins to sing in a deeply rich lower register transforming the upbeat garage song into one filled with loss and longing." Give it a listen and see what you think! Playlist: In the Morning (The Battersea Sessions) – Eliza Shaddad‘Til This Pain Goes Away – Jackie VensonCosmic Dust – Kasia KonstanceI Feel Something – Ego Ella MayWatching The Beams – Chorusing (Album of the Week)Kelso (Blue Sky) – GrouperHandsome Man- WednesdayClose Your Eyes – Dahlia SleepsWe Don’t Know – 3 Little WolvesSeasons Change – noelleCloud 9 – Beach BunnyCloud 9 – Paravi (Luvva Cover feature)What If We Could Fly – MoseqarRain – Stoneygate, Fake FilmscoreCold – ChorusingCrow – CoozaTRIPPING OVER MYSELF – COLLARYou Know The Mayor – Full Flower Moon BandSweet & Dandy – Tash SultanaGet A Rocket – Melpo MeneNo Rush – The Northern Belle, Siv Jakobsen, LouienBright New World – Darling West, The Small GloriesBlue Ridge - Chorusing

Our ambition every week is to introduce you to the music of at least 3 artists / bands who are new to you and whose music you'll want to explore. Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK was 'Technicolour' by Geo Jordan.Haste magazine: "Multi-instrumentalist, producer, writer and, let’s face it, musical expert, Geo Jordan just keeps getting better and better. Piano, bass and jazz drums are just some of the musical talents that Geo holds.""Jordan does not hold back with experimentation, allowing each track to take unexpected turns that surprise on the first listen, and delight on the second.One thing which is stark throughout is Jordan’s vulnerability. His candid vocals sit in the eye of each sonic storm pulling together each of the musical elements to form an intense and emotional record." LICKS Mag review of Technicolour.In our Luvva Cover feature, we played a cover of an iconic song by Nirvana. The cover is by  Memorial and it completely transforms the mood of the song and amplifies the lyrics. The song was released in 1992 (on Nirvana's second album, Nevermind). Two years later, Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Music journalist Mark Deming suggested that hearing "Cobain sing 'and I swear that I don't have a gun' gives 'Come as You Are' an edge it was never meant to have when [Nevermind] was first released in 1991." Deming reasons that the "I don't have a gun" lyric is Cobain's "attempt to reassure listeners that ... his target is the world at large rather than the individuals in it, and that there was still room in this damaged world for everyone".  Give it a listen and hear this beautifully tragic song interpreted in a new light. New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: damn – Ada LeaBack on Top – Buffalo NicholsVacancy (No One Near) – Son Lux, lojiiHide With You – Milan RingFigure It Out – Geo Jordan (Album of the Week)Happy Man (Full Orbit radio Edit) – MEI“Quotations” – Water From Your EyesEating Up The Sky – WasuremonoShe’s the One – OutlineMouthful of Glass – Macie StewartCome As You Are – NirvanaCome As You Are – Memorial (Luvva Cover feature)Chameleon – Anthony NaplesZheng ‘21 (Hibernation’s Glitch Jazz remix) – Kaya Project, HibernationIn Too Deep – Geo JordanNobody Does It Like Me – Kaysha LouvainFlorida – Lost Horizons, KookieLouMy Courtesan – Robin GuthrieRambling Radio – Richard Townend and the Mighty BosscatsShadows of the Night – David GoundryFor You – Kahdja BonetFear in You – Thomas Murphy Young, Charles BerkeleyLet Go – Geo Jordan

Lots more innovative, melodic, fascinating new music in this week's show! Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is the amazing debut album of Gal Musette. She is a musical prodigy who began writing piano based lyrical compositions and performing at open mics in her home city of San Clemente, CA at the age of 10. 'Backwards Lullaby' explores the pangs of hopeless romances and unrequited love, what it’s like to move beyond idealized love into the acceptance of what is real and constant, as well as the cyclical nature of life and love in relationships. "baroque pop songs inspired by lost love, yearning & hopelessness" "breathtakingly beautiful layered vocals ... heartfelt & vibrant mix of indie pop & folk laced confessions"In our LUVVA COVER feature, we will be playing a cover of a gorgeous song by Big Thief. The cover is by 'bedroom pop sensation' Cavetown. "The tenderness in the cover is on display from the jump. The vocals are doubled to give a bit of an Elliott Smith feel here as things roll out with a beautiful tone. The song takes on a bit of a new life without steering from the original. The guitar and vocals together drive home the softness in the cover. There's a harmonic note deliver on the song that takes hold as the vocals are the driving factor. It's a simple cover but it works with earnest and sincere intentions." closedcapWe are also incredibly proud to be raising awareness of the #v4velindre fundraising project in aid of the NHS Velindre Cancer Centre. The great Kevin McGrath has compiled a brilliant album of 50 songs by artists from the UK, Italy, USA and elsewhere and all proceeds will be donated to a great cause. We will be playing Apathy by Little Rêd  - please visit https://v4velindre.bandcamp.com/album/v4velindre and show your support by downloading the album which is stacked full of great music! #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse Playlist: The First Time – LYRI Don’t Want to See You Cry (Dr R.e.y’s Melodica Dub) – Ghetto Priest, Dr REYLike Me – CavemanAthens, France – Black Country, New RoadOliver – Gal Musette (Album of the Week)Something / Anything – Zach James DouglasApathy – Little RêdSpider – Dallas TamairaFall In To You – TusksHasta la Vista (Alternate version) – Allie Crow Buckley, Nailah HunterPaul – Big ThiefPaul – Cavetown (Luvva Cover feature)haze – [.que]Thick_flowy_glowy_sparkly_stingy_pain.mpeg – Fire-ToolzJulia – Gal MusetteHegemony – chalk horse musicbetter – Joy Orbison, Léa SenMy Bones – Hannah JadaguComplicated By Both – MalikiIlluminate – Slowly Rolling Camera, Sachal VasandaniSummertime – Gal MusetteKindness – Samuel Organ, BABii

A festival of new music again this week. With, perhaps, a bit of an electronic / nu jazz feel about it. This week, our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is 'somewhere' by Sun June. Sun June is an American indie pop band from Austin, Texas. "Somewhere showcases a gentle maturation of Sun June's sound, a second record full of quiet revelation, eleven songs that bristle with love and longing. It finds a band at the height of their collective potency, able to transport the listener into a fascinating new landscape, one that lies somewhere between the town and the city, between the head and the heart, neither here nor there, but certainly somewhere." In our LUVVA COVER feature, we will be playing a cover of a Beatles standard by a bedroom pop duo, Memoryhouse. They are from Toronto and have released an EP of Beatles covers called 'Mania'. "Mania is a lush and bold exploration of The Beatles that reflects the chaos and longing of the year - and our desperate need to cling to whatever joy we can find. It has that trademark Memoryhouse feeling of melancholy, taking that familiar Beatles classic and giving it a whole new spin, and meaning along the way." #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse Playlist: Latter Days – Big Red Machine, Anaïs MitchellMeet Ya – Full Flower Moon BandHall of Mirrors – Let’s Eat GrandmaPrecious Drop – SulcusBad with time – Sun June (Album of the Week)Typhoon – Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards12:12 – Jack Murphy, jena keatingRed Moon – Lola BNFJawbone – Ruby HauntPinetrees – Peter Sandberg, Henry GreenThis Boy – The BeatlesThis Boy – Memoryhouse (Luvva Cover feature)Found Footage Of The Second Lost Mission To Titan – Benny BraunLullaby for the Distance – 1010 EnsembleKaren O – Sun JuneWhole Heart – Jessie ReidThis Year (Piano) – Beach FossilsSummer in the City – LyraPace (Moses Boyd remix) – Nubya Garcia, Moses BoydAngel’s Flight – BiosphereBad Girl – Sun JuneOn My Mind – Daz Cadwallander

This week's show was a ' Best of the Best' compilation - our favourite two tracks from each of the last ten shows. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. Playlist: Stretch Armstrong – Dead AnywayDifferent Kind Of Love – Adia VictoriaBossa Nova Hangover – StablesSofia – Askjell, iris, AURORABoogie Woogie – One Rusty BandI Built You (Alaskalaska remix) – WOOM, ALASKALASKAEpi – Moonlight BenjaminBlossom – Eliza ShaddadCondition White (Bare Island remix) – Yellow Belly, Bare IslandWait A Minute – MozezElectric Feel – Nataly DawnSomeone To Rely On – All EyesThis Time – Nite JewelBombs – Kenneth WhalumIce – Helaine VisMovement 1 – Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, London Even When It’s Bent – Night TeacherEverything I Thought – Kmodo, Thomas Murphy YoungMother - Markéta Irglová, The Webb SistersOuija Board – French For RabbitsI Am A Bird – Neon Gru

More incredible creative, inspirational, innovative new music you just don't hear anywhere else! In our ALBUM OF THE WEEK feature, we play three selected tracks from a really interesting, newly-released album and invite the artist(s) to introduce it themselves.This week, it's 'Daystar' by Minneapolis's All Eyes. They are a duo (Alicia & Joe Christenson) and they describe their music as, "Dark Dreamgaze Indie Rock"."Seconds in I felt like I stepped into something surreal and something pervasive as my world seemed to slow down ...... the duo's intimate moving dreamscape has given me chills, literally. Darkly drawn, yes, but beautifully so." AmericanpancakeIn our LUVVA COVER feature, we will be playing the opening two minutes or so of a very well-loved song by Robert Palmer and then playing, in full, a cover version by Hanna H which offers a VERY different interpretation of the same song. In this case, the song has been used in the adverts of a major car manufacturer since 1986 (Robert Palmer's version) and this is the latest version that they have commissioned. This version came out in February, 2021. #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse! Playlist: The Wholesomeness of Waiting – Kinnship, Pablo NouvelleIs It Okay – Dana McCoyNorth San Juan – B. HamiltonCrimson and Clover – The ShacksFalling Into Place – All Eyes (Album of the Week)Ouija Board – French For RabbitsRitual – AWAY, EchosFingers Crossed – Tinkertoy Fog MachineIrreversible (Lee “Scratch” Perry remix) – Tuvaband, Lee Scratch Perry (tribute)This Is Where It Ends – Alice BomanJohnny And Mary – Robert PalmerJohnny & Mary – The Hybsters, Hanna H. (Luvva Cover feature)Mother - Markéta Irglová, The Webb SistersAwkward Matriarch – Penelope TrappesBlack Shuck Black Swan – All Eyesclose – Ela Minus, Helado NegroLa herida oscura – Susana BacaEncore - IziâmeBackslide – All Eyes

Truck loads of really interesting new music again in this week's show (see the playlist below). In our ALBUM OF THE WEEK feature, we play three selected tracks from a really interesting, newly-released album and invite the artist(s) to introduce it themselves.This week, it's 'Morning Drops and Lemon Seeds' by Nana M. Rose. She is a soulful singer-songwriter from Rotterdam."We have all gone through moments of pure pain, but also experienced the most incredible highs. In this body of work every emotion is stunningly put on display. From light, wistful indie-folk to powerful pop ballds, the EP dives into Rose's most intimate thoughts." Earmilk Our Luvva Cover feature is a remarkable transformation of one of Radiohead's very best songs. The cover version is stunning! It's by an amazing multimedia performance artist Cellista and an ambient music composer and guitarist Joshua Icban. Do give this a listen - it is a completely beautiful piece of music! #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse! Playlist: and you know it – Julia-SophieMagnolia Blues – Adia VictoriaThe Expert – BERRIESI Want Your Ice Cream – The AnahitSweet Honey – Nana M. Rose (Album of the Week)Not Even Bliss – VerushkaIt’s Just Like All The Clouds - Lily KonigsbergSymphony of Life - Nãnci Correia, Origin OneEven When It’s Bent – Night TeacherUnder The Viaduct – Alaskan Tapes, The Last DinosaurWeird Fishes / Arpeggi – RadioheadWeird Fishes – Cellista, Joshua Icban (Luvva Cover feature)Keter The Heavenly – KrustThe Pile – Scrimshire, Cleveland WatkissLove Me Like I Love You – Nana M. RoseXXXX – Leo BhanjiEverything I Thought – Kmodo, Thomas Murphy YoungLove Ritual (Voodoo Love) – Doc FrostSignal – Tinyumbrellas Colors – Ansatz Der MaschineDream – Nana M. RoseThe Gaping Mouth – LowertownRose Rouge – Jorja Smith

Stacked full of exciting, innovative, creative New Music this week as per usual! Music from Iceland, USA, Sweden, Belgium (from a Dutch, Scottish and Indonesian background), Hungary, Korea, Nigeria (indirectly), Poland, New Zealand and the UK. Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is 'Mundane' by Fiona Brown. She was born in the Netherlands to a Scottish father and Indonesian mother and now lives in Antwerp. A multi-instrumentalist, she's inspired by roots, rock and soul music but this latest album has a stark, industrial feel to it. "‘Mundane’ is anything but, although it takes a while to adjust to its brooding industrial beats. Across the albums 12 tracks, the grooves are harsh, aggressive and cold. Like slaps to the face or knocks to the knees – they bite and gnarl. Add to that, icy synths that hint at melodies without always explicitly giving them and you have an unusual album. It isn’t atonal – it just hints at beauty or horror – often at the same time. What holds it all together is the voice of Fiona Brown." higherplainmusic We are playing 3 tracks from this superb album and Fiona, herself, introduces it on our show. Our LUVVA COVER feature is a fascinating interpretation of one of the  biggest hits for The Temptations - written for them by Smokey Robinson. Joy Oladokun's version caused a storm when it was included in the soundtrack of Grey's Anatomy earlier this year. It gives such depth to the lyric! Two comments on Youtube: "Real music doesn't need walls of sound. This is so moving and sincere." "I came here from Grey's (I got several of my fav songs from there) I've heard this song so many times but this version is just so soothing like it makes me cry and smile at the same time. Your voice and the piano just makes my heart melt. I've been waiting on a version like this forever and now I'm addicted :-)" Give it a listen and let us know what you think. New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: Tell Your New Lovers - Sin Fang, Sóley & Örvar SmárasonSouled Out On You – Robert FinleySilent Types – Blinker The StarHanging On Doors – You ThantMundane – Fiona Brown (Album of the Week)Bandit’s Pocket – Hemai, FiFi RoboTöbbet Kéne Mosolyognom – Hundred Sins, Halott Pénz, OHNODYSad Surveillance, Pt. 1 – GLOR1A‘We’ Just Living In A Dream – Ahn DayoungWho’s Gonna Hurt Me Now – TizaneMy Girl – The TemptationsMy Girl – Joy Oladokun (Luvva Cover feature)Movement 1 – Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, London Symphony OrchestraRobyn – cktrlStalkers – Fiona BrownIce – Helaine VisAquamarine – Hand HabitsSkin – Leslie WinerHomage – Maxine FunkeTime To Love (The St Buryan Sessions) – Sarah McQuaidMy Void – Fiona BrownFalling Forward (Qrion’s Ambient Intro mix) – Gabriel & Dresden, Sub Teal, Qrion

A flood of truly exciting NEW music, yet again, in our show this week. Our Album of the Week is TRY IT...YOU MIGHT LIKE IT! introduced by  GA-20 themselves on the show. GA-20 are "Raw, passionate and honest" - a trio of 2 guitars, vocals and drums. On this album, they have taken 10 songs from Chicago blues legend Hound Dog Taylor and let rip - exciting, fresh and LOUD!"Play this loud enough and you'll feel your soul come back to life!" "... enough sweaty, raucous grooves to fuel a rent party all night long."We'll be playing 3 tracks from the new album during the course of the 2 hour show! Our Luvva Cover feature is fascinating! A British-born Filipina singer called Chlara has taken one of Bowie's best know songs and given it her own, very individual treatment. It may not be everybody's favourite version but she has a big following (67k subscribers on Youtube) so make up your own mind by listening and let us know what YOU think! New music you just don't hear anywhere else! On 25 internet radio stations in the UK, US, Canada, Ireland and South Africa! Playlist: Lethe (Rescue Ann remix) – Katherina Nuttall, Rescue AnnMercy – War & PierceDirty Dragonfly – Bev Lee HardingThis Time – Nite JewelShe’s Gone – GA-20 (Album of the Week)Poison – Coyote CrunchDivine – MMYYKKBombs – Kenneth Whalumhell – ellis, ChastityIt’ll Never Happen – Lady BlackbirdHeroes – David BowieHeroes – Chlara (Luvva Cover feature)Afrique Victime – Molou MoctarBoomerang – El Mundo de Sofia, Santiaguito y Sus TamboresSitting At Home Alone – GA-20Little Liars - Ida MaeAs Good as It Gets – Serious Child, Andy RuddyBring Me Home, pt. ii: I Would Not Live Always – John Francis FlynnShake These Trees – Project Blackbird, Lynval GoldingTrack Five – Water From Your EyesVessel – Patricia LalorSort of Revolution (IIUII Edit) – FinkSadie – GA-20

Masses of new music in our playlist again this week! Album of the Week is 'Monthly Friend' by Wyldest. While Monthly Friend is a self-contained concept album about the joys, woes and confusion of femininity and womanhood, it’s also a next step in the growth of a singer-songwriter who refuses to be pinned down by genre labels or traditional categorisation.Zoe Mead (aka Wyldest) wrote, mixed and produced the entire album herself and she introduces four tracks from the album herself on the show. This week's Luvva Cover feature is a transformation of a song by MGMT from 2007. The Youtube channel 'stories' has now recorded more than a hundred stripped down, acoustic covers of well known songs and has accumulated 100k Followers in just 12 months. Tonight's cover is by Nataly dawn (one half of Pomplamoose) and she brings an entirely different perspective to the brilliant lyrics of this song! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: Someone To Rely On – All EyesROOM – Hanni El KhatibHold U – Indigo de SouzaMaybe You Died – Mega BogBeggar – Wyldest (Album of the Week)Owe Me – Lily KonigsbergHellbound for Nova Scotia – St LuciferLying Drunk – Transam FortyTake Away The Ache – Half WaifYou Never Do – Kasia Konstance, KinKaiElectric Feel – MGMTElectric Feel – stories, Nataly Dawn (Luvva Cover feature)Sunset Village (Blood Orange remix) – Beverley Glenn-Copeland, Blood OrangeI Am A Bird – Neon GruGlue – WyldestFirst Time (Acoustic) – Becca MancariGhosts In The Graveyard – ManwolvesNefertem Flex – Post Coal Prom Queen, EmpressNever Enough – Low HummerI Want To Be Like You – Ora the MoleculeMonthly Friend – WyldestThe Void - Wyldest

Our ambition, every week, is to make you go Wow!, at least 3 times, as you listen to an artist or band who you've never heard of before. And we think we'll achieve it! Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK, this week, is the immaculate 'Lights On'  by Mozez. He will be introducing it himself and we will play three or four tracks during the course of the show. This is the third solo album from Mozez who fronted Zero 7 and performed vocals on record and on tour with Nightmares On Wax!"once again, he delivers a warm and perfectly controlled vocal performance to support his beautifully crafted lyrics" "How do you classify an artist who seamlessly blends experimental EDM, pop, R&B, soul and gospel? You don't. You simply sit back and enjoy the ride." Our Luvva Cover was released just 4 days ago and is a brilliant transformation by Lauren O'Connell of a very well-loved song by Echo & the Bunnymen. The lyrics are brilliant (written half by God according to Ian McCulloch!) and they seem to be more meaningful in the cover version than the original. But you must make your own minds up about that! #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse! Playlist: Condition White (Bare Island remix) – Yellow Belly, Bare IslandOuroboros ’20 – The Bright Light Social HourCzar – Kathleen Blackwell, Bergþóra EinarsdóttirCar Crash in G Major – fanclubwalletDestiny Ride – Mozez (Album of the Week)Alive – Chow Boò, CRÈMERetro – brownbearFrom The Fade – Morgan KingFeel – EmmyMartyrs – Indigo MayaThe Killing Moon – Echo & the BunnymenThe Killing Moon – Lauren O’Connell (Luvva Cover feature)Feels Like Fiction – Slowly Rolling CameraSay Something – Emma-Jean ThackrayWait A Minute – MozezMorning Blue – GaidaaGuns – Close to MondaySad Susan – TANUKI PUPSCallina – AvocetLucifer – Maja LenaParty – Gurli OctaviaLooking At Me – MozezLights On - Mozez 

As always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs and mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is 'The Woman You Want' by Scottish /Sudanese singer songwriter Eliza Shaddad.“A brilliant album” The Independent"Eliza Shaddad is like the lovechild of Sheryl Crow and Alanis Morissette; a definitive, blunt but playful nod to the female greats of the '90's" Indie ShuffleEliza will be introducing the album herself and we'll be playing three tracks during the course of the show including the most beautiful song - Blossom - that you'll hear all summer! Our Luvva Cover, this week, is a complete transformation by Tizane of one of the very best known songs by The Smiths. In the opinion of many reviewers (including this show's presenter), it is way better than the original but you must make your own mind up about that! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: Sing Till I Cry – IAN SWEETLet’s Get Funky – GA-20Fresh Concrete – Bears In TreesLimited Edition – The AnahitTired of Trying – Eliza Shaddad (Album of the Week)Say What You Will – James BlakeFeels Good – Royal CanoeRadio Free – Dawn RichardInner Circle – Rozi PlainBorn To (DOJH) – Jesca HoopHeaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – the SmithsHeaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – Tizane (Luvva Cover feature)Flight – Mansur BrownNew Skill – Henriette SennenvaldtMagpie (Nia Archives remix) – Lava La Rue, Congo Natty, Phoebs, Nia ArchivesEpi – Moonlight BenjaminBlossom – Eliza ShaddadStill Blue – Jay Lewn, JGrreyDid I Get It Wrong – Dora JarCitadella – YaimaOne Summer – Promise And The MonsterThe Woman You Want – Eliza Shaddad The Man I Admire - Eliza Shadda

The After Eight Show is almost exclusively NEW music and is an eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - alt. indie, dreampop, rnb, electronic, blues/Americana, jazz, world and folk-inspired acoustic music. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play. Our Album of the Week was '' by Newburgh (New York) band Cold Heaven. They're a rock band formed in the late 2000's and they write and record original songs with punk roots that incorporate lush, expressive synths and haunting melodies. This is their second full length album - they've recorded an introduction for us and we'll be playing three tracks from the album during the course of the show. Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, has two giants of the music scene over the last 30 years or more. In 1986, Paul Simon travelled to South Africa, collaborated with local musicians there, and recorded his seminal album Graceland. In 2010, Peter Gabriel launched a project called You Scratch My Back where he recorded cover versions of songs by well known artists and, in return, they covered one of his. Peter Gabriel did a magnificent cover of The Boy In The Bubble and, in return, Paul Simon recorded Gabriel's song Biko. New music you just don't hear anywhere else! On 19 radio stations in 5 countries! Playlist: Jour 3 – Hildegard, Helena Deland, OuriBoogie Woogie – One Rusty BandBlame Me – L’RainWithout You – AbimaroFace Like the Sun – Cold Heaven (Album of the Week)The Holding Hand – IceageTea – NnekaParadise – You ThantMidsummer (Single mix) – FlunkUnstoppable – Loue Ghazi, Mirjam Keijnemans, Fabio PullarraThe Boy In the Bubble – Paul SimonThe Boy In The Bubble – Peter Gabriel (Luvva Cover feature)Anxiety (JFDR remix) – The Line, JFDRFind Home – Green-HouseAlready Seen – Cold HeavenRunning Like That – Loraine James, Eden SamaraI Built You (Alaskalaska remix) – WOOM, ALASKALASKAEcouché – Amai Kuda Et Les BoisProud – Asha JaneFuneral – Jessica WinterDreams – Cold Heaven

Masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - and mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Last week, we launched a new feature on the show - our Album of the Week. We will be playing three tracks from an interesting, newly-released album and we will invite the artist(s) to introduce it themselves. This week, we are featuring a brilliant new album called 'Slow Down, Melt and Catch Fire' by San Francisco band Karmacoda. Dark, complex, luscious harmonies fronted by the Rolls Royce voice of Jessica Ford - we'll be playing our favourite 3 tracks from this beautiful album through the course of the show.Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a stripped down version of one of PIXIES' best known songs. During lockdown, the superb British singer songwriter A.A. Williams invited fans to suggest which songs she should cover and she has compiled her favourites into an album called 'Songs From Isolation'."... ’ . , ." Kerrang, March 2021 #newmusicthatyoujustdonthearanywhereelse! On 19 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: Nervous – Penelope TrappesAll Of The Women – Allison RussellLittle Problem – Giungla, Jessica WinterWonderful Life – EmikaHow I Feel – Karmacoda (Album of the Week)Nostalgia – Freak Slug, Brad stank, DwyerBossa Nove Hangover – StablesRow – Another MichaelPyro – Ruby HauntGive In - Axel Flóvent, Ciaran LaveryWhere Is My Mind? – PixiesWhere Is My Mind? – A.A. Williams (Luvva Cover feature)Sofia – Askjell, iris, AURORAMorning Light – Federico Albanese, Tara Nome DoyleGreed (Thomas Bonney remix) – Tash Sultana, Thomas BonneyFeels – KarmacodaJust Tell People How You Feel – Pretty Preachers ClubWave Upon Wave – Eve GoodmanIt’s a Cruel World – FLOOR CRY Now You Are Not Here – Abrasive Trees, Jo Beth YoungPaper – Afonso Make Me the One - Karmacoda

The After Eight Show goes out on 19 different radio stations in 5 countries and is followed by over 10,000 people on Twitter. We had a new feature on the show starting this week - our Album of the Week. Each week, we will be playing three tracks from an interesting, newly-released album and we will invite the artist(s) to introduce it themselves. The inaugural one was Are We Doing This? by Dead Anyway. "A phenomenal mix of poetry, electronica and guitars. A heady brew of dark, glitchy, head-messing wonder."It was introduced by Kate Arnold who writes the lyrics and provides the vocals. It's an extraordinary album! And our Luvva Cover is pretty special too! Mark Kozelek, aka Sun Kil Moon and leader of Red House Painters, is another extraordinary songwriter. Missed my Heart is a very strong song with a lyric telling the story of a murder from the point of view of the protagonist. Phoebe Bridgers has done a cover version of this song which, if anything, heightens the emotions that you will feel when you listen to the song. Give it a listen! #newmusicyoujustdon'thearanywhereelse! Playlist: Love Nobody – Jenn Champion, OYSTER KIDSDifferent Kind Of Love – Adia VictoriaSofa Surfer – Beach RiotOutside the Lines – The ArdentsStretch Armstrong – Dead Anyway (Album of the Week)The Shadow Lands – Hugo Kant, Ian Urbinafall (A.G. Cook remix) – Oklou, A.G. CookStarlight – Janette KingYou – SKAAR, Emelie HollowMatisse – Nic EvennettYou Missed My Heart – Mark Kozelek, Jimmy LaValleYou Missed My Heart – Phoebe Bridgers (Luvva Cover feature)Asude (At Peace) – Olcay BayirInto The Light – Peter Heckmann, Ethnic World OrchestraDoll Head – Dead AnywayMonolithium – SCALPINGTherapist (Abukenke’s Dance) – PenyaGambler – BeaconNO SUNSET – SJUTale of Us – Aurosonic, Katty HeathBone Deep – Dead AnywayChannels – Cold Heaven

This week's show is a 'Best of the Best ' compilation - our favourite two tracks from each of the last ten shows. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. New music you just don't hear anywhere else! On 19 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: Who’s Having The Greatest Time? – Low IslandClick Click Domino – Ida Mae, Marcus KingVacancy – Son Lux, Kiah VictoriaWhale Song – Caravãna SunWE ARE – Jon Batiste, St. Augustine High Scholl Marching Shame - Örvar Smárason, Sin Fang, SóleyNo Room (Johannes Klingebiel remix) – Nana Adjoa, Johannes Klingebielbio – duendiaFeel This Life – Sun, Moon & TaliaZombie – Ghostly KissesPrisencolinensinainciusol – Marianne Dissard Love Dancer – Hemai, FiFi RoboThe Lovely Divers – Dead AnywayEvery Beat That Passed (Dan Carey Dub mix) – Lost Horizons, Kavi Kwai, Dan CareyTo the Stars – VLMV, Nordic GiantsTorch Song – Lucinda ChuaLárag's port – Micko Roche, Olafur I HvarfiWristwatch (Montre-Bracelet) [French Version] – HuskyInhale Exhale - EädythCraze – J FriscoMy UFO – Kelsey BulkinDaisy – Asch-RoseHow Not To Drown – CHVRCHES, Robert Smith 

A weekly radio show with an eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! On 19 internet radio stations in the UK, USA, Canada, South Africa and Ireland. This week's Luvva Cover is a moving tribute to the tragic figure of Karen Dalton, 50 years after the release of her final album, by Ríoghnach Connolly and The Breath. Karen Dalton wrote poems and lyrics but never had the chance to record one of her own songs - only songs by other song writers. The Breath have taken one of her beautiful lyrics and set it to music - it's stunning! #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse Playlist: A Mermaid in Lisbon – Patrick Watson, Teresa Salgueiro Take Me In – The War and Treaty Suzy Lou – Sinclair Darling, Darling – Twelve A.M. Flowers Inhale Exhale - Eädyth Every Void – April + VISTA YOU KNOW – CHAMELEON, Lucy McWilliams Arrival – Hiatus Just Breathe – Nella I Wouldn’t Go – Alexia Avina Remembering Mountains – Sharon Van Etten Remembering Mountains – The Breath (Luvva Cover feature) Craze – J Frisco Ships Come In (A Lullaby) – Weedie Braimah, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Elena Pinderhughes, Magatte Sow Hailstones – Rhys Evan Like This Forever – The Baines Twin Flames – POSTDATA Good Guess – Winston C.W. Jenny! - HÅN (still) Lingering – Tom Houston Push Now – Southern Avenue Sunrays, Revealing (Reflection) – Benny Braun

An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play. This week's Luvva Cover is fascinating. A hit single by Lesley Gore in 1963 became an anthem for the second feminist wave. The black, gay artist serpentwithfeet has made a brilliant cover version, melded it with one of his own songs, and placed it full square in a modern context. #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse On 19 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: I’m Fine – JJ Lovegrove, Minus Cube Fire In Me = Basement Spaceman People, Let’s Dance – Public Service Broadcasting, EERA Midas (SIRMA remix) – Iris Lune, SIRMA Couldn’t Say It To Your Face - Honeywhip Chemicals – TYSON Steel – Jane Inc. Wild Turkey – Amathyst Kiah Angel Come – Emika, Liela Moss Wristwatch (Montre-Bracelet) [French Version] – Husky You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore You Don’t Own Me / Canopy – serpentwithfeet (Luvva Cover feature) Anna (Rework) - Svínhunder Tron Takes The Train – Vix 20 Take Me – Dream Dealers They Can’t Take This Away – Marble Sounds Party – Kenneth Whalum Next Tomorrow – Duval Timothy Picture of You – Madeline Kenney J'ai demandé à la lune – Ghostly Kisses, Louis-Étienne Santais I Don’t Wanna Hold On – Moyka Falling Star – MIHI NIHIL Lárag's port – Micko Roche, Olafur I Hvarfi Sick & Tired – Lime Garden

The After Eight Show goes out on 19 5 and is followed by over 10,000 people on Twitter. This week, as always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our Luvva Cover, this week, is a mellow, slowed down version of one of Whitney Houston's biggest dance hits. illuminati hotties came up with a really interesting interpretation of this song - give it a listen! #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse On 18 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: In The Middle – Art School Girlfriend We Won’t Lose Hope – Soothsayers, Prince Fatty Daisy – Asch-Rose In Your Room – Styrofoam Winos jordan – Joy Oladokun Come Over If You’re Sober – J.F.O Saturn Return – Ellis Shadow Room – Arcade Skies Baby Tiger – Maple Glider To the Stars – VLMV, Nordic Giants I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) – Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – Illuminati Hotties (Luvva Cover feature) Torch Song – Lucinda Chua How Not To Drown – CHVRCHES, Robert Smith Like Nina – Sunny War All Aboard – Piers Faccini, Abdelkebir Merchane, Ben Harper Hungry Sea – Honey and the Bear Know U – Scott Orr Blessed – Good Sad Happy Bad Turning Red – Neshy, Confidential Groove Elation – Bernice Star – Rebecca Tommasi

Masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play. In our Luvva Cover feature this week, Jim and Sam take Patti Smith's most famous song (originally written by Bruce Springsteen) and give it a very sensitive makeover. They are a husband and wife duo from Los Angeles making passionate, emotional music described as 'folk rock'. Give it a listen - the song is given new meaning in their version! #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse On 18 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: The Lovely Divers – Dead Anyway Boot Money – Tony Joe White On My Mind – Kylie V Every Beat That Passed (Dan Carey Dub mix) – Lost Horizons, Kavi Kwai, Dan Carey Cool Me Down – Janette King, DijahSB At the Edge of the World – Samantha Farrell Play With Me – Taylor Eigsti, Becca Stevens, Gretchen Parlato You Are – Smoko Ono, Corinne Bailey Rae, UMI Wasted Time – Madeline Kenney Don’t Shy Away – Loma Because the Night – Patti Smith Because the Night – Jim and Sam (Luvva Cover feature) Camille – Ana Roxanne Eleanor – Light By The Sea Put My Bones into the Ground – Mark Remmington More Than - Brí Bad Underwear Oddnesse She’s Got To Have It – Duke Keats I and the Ocean – Aoife Wolf Call of the Last Wildcat – Maaike Siegerist Goodbye – Sunlust Safe Shores – Liat Dagan, Ran Yershalmi

As always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist this week! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our Luvva Cover, this week, was VERY unusual! In 1970, Adriano Celentano - a successful Italian singer - wrote and recorded a song in gibberish. It almost sounded like it was in English but there is just one word in the whole lyric that makes sense. The incomparable Marianne Dissard has brought the song up to date by - well - we don't want to spoil it so you'll have to listen to the show to find out what she's done. Let's just say that Marianne is known not only for being an amazing singer but also for being eccentric - she once travelled the French Pyrenees on foot - accompanied by a donkey. #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse On 17 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: Autumn Fire – Jaguar Sun, Jesse Maranger Where There Is Smoke - Dominique Fils-Aimé Just One More – Sculpture Club human garbage disposal plant – ur Monarch Love Dancer – Hemai, FiFi Robo Pisces Problems – TYSON Say Something New – SKAAR In the Heat of the Night – Soda Blonde Ocean Shell – Annsofie Salomon Sleppe tak – Eva Weel Skram Prisencolinensinainciusol – Adriano Celentano Prisencolinensinainciusol – Marianne Dissard (Luvva Cover feature) Radio Clones – Kindly Spoken Thieves Unchained (Stripped) – Devon Gilfillian Die To Be A Butterfly – Ora the Molecule hey cutie <3 – Tea Henny Rainbow Skin – Blue Work Trust – Morgan Dunbar, Saveria, Imogen Wasse Timeless – Oscar Jerome, Lianne La Havas Move With You – The Den Everytime We Fall (Naked version) – Anna Ternheim, Lambert Orion (The Weary Hunstsman) – Lisa Gerrard, Jules Maxwell

Our playlist was bulging with new music again this week - just like when Cartman ate the skin off all the KFC chicken pieces. Our Luvva Cover, this week, is a stunning cover of an iconic song by The Cranberries. The much missed Dolores O'Riordan wrote the song as a response to the tragedy of two children's deaths in the Warrington bombing in 1993. The cover version is by Ghostly Kisses and was recorded as a tribute to Dolores O'Riordan who died, in tragic circumstances, in 2018. One of the comments below the Youtube version of this cover is "Listening to this during the the October revolution of iraq made my soul bleed a little". Give it a listen - you will be very moved by it! #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse On 17 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: Free Association (Helado Negro remix) – Gordi, Helado Negro The Whiskey Wouldn’t Let Me Pray – Queen Esther Feel This Life – Sun, Moon & Talia Build A Better World (Thomas Oliver remix) – London Elektricity, Thomas Oliver Solid Supposed – Caulbearers, Ruth Blake Time – Paolo Fresu, Petra Magoni, Gianluca Petrella, Francesco, Diodati, Francesco Ponticelli, Christian Meyer Lost – Beady Belle Send Me – Tirzah The Dream – Starita, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Trent Park Song for Berta – Sandrayati Fay, Damien Rice, JFDR Zombie – The Cranberries Zombie – Ghostly Kisses (Luvva Cover feature) Light Up – nimino Alambari – Derun, DakhaBrakha Lanyards – The Hold Steady Losing Something – Lost Girls, Jenny Hval, Håvard Volden Meaning – DOLKINS, Fanny Fee Ery Nestledown – Ninebarrow Next Year – Mulini Nothing Beaks Like A Heart – Ten Fé All You Need IsTime – AK, Dario Lessing Together – Lemongrass, Karen Gibson Roc

Masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. Our Luvva Cover is a dramatic transformation of one of Kylie Minogue's biggest hits. At first sight, the lyrics are simply an expression of love but, if you look at them more closely, there is a dark, obsessive side to them. Irish/Sierra Leonean singer Loah has brought this aspect of the song out brilliantly! You'll never hear Kylie's version in the same way again after hearing this! Music production on this cover version is by Bantum. #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse On 17 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: No Room (Johannes Klingebiel remix) – Nana Adjoa, Johannes Klingebiel Keranka – Transglobal Underground Wild Eyes – Print Misery Is a Butterfly – Ex:Re Deeper Dark – Pip Millett If You Let Me – Aya Ito Sleeveless – LUWTEN Dream House – Wy Mute / All things pass – Loney Dear Yugen – Cellar Door (Nic Evennett, Philip Dupuis) Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Loah, Bantum, The Line (Luvva Cover feature) Gula Gula (Benjamin Mørk remix) – Mari Boine, Benjamin Mørk Mohabbat – Arooj Aftab Chasing You Around – Embarcadero Gwir – Tacsidermi Leaving – Hania Rani Jour 2 – Hildegard Me Then – Keep Shelly In Athens Hold To Breathe – Arcade Skies, NELLA bio - duendia

The After Eight Show now goes out on 17 internet radio stations in 5 countries and is followed by over 10,000 people on Twitter. This week, as always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play. Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, was a new cover version of a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, first recorded by Richard Chamberlain (Dr Kildare, Thorn Birds), covered by Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield, but made massively popular by The Carpenters. The cover version by AJIMAL came out in February - it's wonderfully intimate and atmospheric. Give it a listen! #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse Playlist: Hurt You – ARY, Emilie Nicolas WE ARE – Jon Batiste, St. Augustine High Scholl Marching 100, David Gauthier, Gospel Soul Children Choir, Autumn Rowe Elastic Band – Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band New Year’s Eve – Harrison Scarecrow Never Forget My Baby (Jaako Eino Kalevi Pastoral Rodeo remix) – Ultraflex, Jaako Eino Kalevi Aquarian Age – Lexxi Vonne, Sofi Mari No Label – Aiida Je quitte – Charlotte Cardin Only Man – Fifi Rong Shame - Örvar Smárason, Sin Fang, Sóley Close To You – Richard Chamberlain (They Long To Be) Close To You – AJIMAL (Luvva Cover feature) Lights in My Mind (Subsets remix) – Gelka, Forteba, Sam Brookes, Subsets Mother Calls – Scott & Maria No Sound – The Indigo Rising Obvious – The Stray Pursuit South Gotta Change – Adia Victoria Ready Welcome – Lossline To the End – Aerside Vacation – Honeywhip Carrier – Sonar Red Comfortable – Quarter-Life Crisis (Ryan Hemsworth), Hand Habits Conditional Love – Liat Dagan Peaks of Yew – The Mattson 2

This week, as always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our Luvva Cover, this week, was just sublime. The song is The Kiss, written and recorded in 1973 by the tragic figure of Judee Sill. She had a troubled childhood, became addicted to drugs and eventually died of an overdose but she wrote the most wonderful songs - championed in the UK by the great John Peel and Bob Harris - and still influences songwriters today. The cover version only came out on Tuesday of this week and is by the very special artist Aoibheann Carey-Philpott. She's based in Cork, is a wonderful songwriter and musician in her on right but is also a supreme interpreter of a song. Do give this a listen - you will be spellbound as I was when I first heard it. #newmusicyoujustdonthearanywhereelse On 17 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: Vacancy – Son Lux, Kiah Victoria Stay Wild – The Bones of J.R. Jones Lean On It (Reflective mix) – Enda Gallery fka delush A Life Abbreviated – Leo Aram-Downs Young Lies – Poté, Damon Albarn Darker Place – Rachel Chinouriri Whale Song – Caravãna Sun Tide – GEISTE Adelaide – Maria BC Osian’s Song – Amy Wadge The Kiss – Judee Sill The Kiss – Aoibheann Carey-Philpott (Luvva Cover feature) The Top – Sarah Neufeld This Woman’s Work – Dezron Douglas, Brandee Younger Out of the Steel Works – AK Patterson Wish – The Ardents Radio Silence – Ren Faye Julio’s Lament – Silva Give Me A Minute – Lizzy McAlpine Whispering Glades – Nicole Dollanganger What an Interesting Creature – evolv Numbers – Sepalot

We were overflowing with #NewMusic this week! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a Tom Petty song. Sadly, he died on 2nd October, 2017 and two nights after that, Phoebe Bridgers performed one of his songs as a tribute. It was added as a Bonus track to her album of earlier that year and it's such a sensitive and beautiful treatment of his song. Give it a listen! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! On 17 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: The Darkness – Josin Click Click Domino – Ida Mae, Marcus King Who’s Having The Greatest Time? – Low Island speedfight – Late Verlane How Is The House Still There? – Dead Anyway Street Pulse Beat – Special Interest Awake – Chiiild, Mahalia Until Then – Moorea Masa & the Mood Solid Heart (Guy Sigsworth remix) – Gia Margaret, Guy Sigsworth My UFO – Kelsey Bulkin It’ll All Work Out – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers It’ll All Work Out – Phoebe Bridgers (Luvva Cover feature) Behind the Masks – Famous Forgotten Artists revelation – Holy Sh*tshow Sad Events Reoccur – A VOID Promenade (Extended) – LearningToDive, Bravo Bonez Freeze – Judith Haustein Criminals (Acoustic) – Loyal Lobos Transcended Before Me – EMIKA, Horace Andy Iron Mountain – This Machine Kills Archons Julio’s Lament - Silva

This week's show is a bit special! It's one of our #bestofthebest compilations - Mark and I have each chosen our favourite track from each of the last 12 shows (so 24 tracks in all). Wall to wall gorgeousness - the very best innovative, creative, melodic new music! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! On 16 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: Incantation – Whitney Tai Scars – Ambient Jazz Ensemble For All You Give – The Paper Kites, Lucy Rose Want It Kept – Many Voices Speak Robber – The Weather Station Give It Back to the Feelings – Konradsen The Spell – NIGHTSONG Liquidity – Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Kjartan Sveinsson Difficult – Ruby Waters The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You – Shadi G 3017 – Lexxy Hiatus – Yellow Belly, Gus Ring Laissons Cela Entre Nous – Project Blackbird Love Me World – Soda Blonde Missing – Anúna, Terry Radigan These Silvery Days – Paaliaq Where the Time Went – Ex:Re, Josephine Stephenson, 12 Ensemble Stories – Sarah Neufeld INFINITE – PAVILION Hysteria – Aeria Moonlight – Neon Gru Dream My Life Away – Tash Sultana, Josh Cashman Oleander – Kinlaw As A Child – Madeline the Person

Masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play. Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a version of one of Neil Young's best loved songs. Talking to Dolly Parton about the song when she was about to cover it, he said he didn't remember what it was about but there is an element of time travel in the lyrics - verse one is set in medieval times, verse two is in the present, and verse three mentions 'The Chosen Ones' evacuating Earth in silver spaceships. The cover version is fabulous - it's by Katie Pruitt - an Americana / folk / alt. country artist based in Nashville. Give it a listen! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! On 16 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: Oleander – Kinlaw African Proverb, Call Me A Fool – Valerie June, Carla Thomas I’M OK YOU’RE OK – PAVILION Come Here – Wy 2 a.m. - Zsüd Boulevards – Sly5thAve, Denitia Shoulder Season – Freelove Fenner Hollow – Wyldest Lava Lamps – The Dawdler Understand – Emma Campbell After The Gold Rush – Neil Young After The Gold Rush – Katie Pruitt (Luvva Cover feature) Another Sky – Nitin Sawhney, AVAWAVES Wenn Der Südwind Weht – Group Listening, C.A.R. Roll Away – Martin Green, Adam Holmes No Man Is An Island – Gavin Holligan Sweet Honey – Nana M. Rose Stepping (Cholly remix) – Cholly Consumed – Chris Short As A Child – Madeline the Person Howth – Grandbrothers Nice and Easy – Aaron Dingus Neon Lights – Trip Jacker, Emily Zuzik Grow - Audiokicks