This weekend was the first in our brand new studio in the Brentwood Centre. It was a great occasion and it reflected well on everyone at Phoenix involved in the transition who put in a lot of hard work. There were many great bands in helping us celebrate over the weekend and I had the pleasure of helping on that front by being joined by Kay Elizabeth and Renu Hossain who joined me live in the studio on Sunday night to finish off the weekend in a rather delightful fashion. It was lovely to have them join me in getting acquainted with the new studio! We also found out about Kay’s adventure in creating her first solo album, Disposition as well as hearing wonderful live versions of songs from the album joined by Renu on percussion. Kay has a beautiful way of telling stories with her music and describing the process people follow in their lives to learn about themselves and love everything they find, including the dark and, as we discussed, that can be the place where we make the most progress can be made in personal growth. It’s a recurring theme I try and get to with my guests on the show to find what drives them and inspires their form of expression. Inevitably it is what helps them get more quickly to the point where they are more comfortable and in harmony with who they are and hopefully people who listen can be inspired to find that expression and work towards that point too.

‘Harmonious’ seemed to be my word of the weekend and it described admirably how well they work together and we heard how they had a great time playing a gig together on Saturday night at the delightfully monikered ‘Filthy MacNasty’s’ and it was a pleasure to see them continue the vibe. Check it again here:

Find out more about Kay and where to buy ‘Disposition’ here:

www.kayelizabeth.net

Stay tuned to the show over the coming weeks to hear more from Renu and the Revellers! In the meantime find out more here:

Renu

Here’s the playlist for the 12th February 2012 (Albums in brackets)

1.  Foo Fighters – Cold Day In The Sun                                  (In Your Honour)
2.  Tool – Cold & Ugly (Demo)                                                   (Salival)
3.  Pixies – Here Comes Your Man                                           (Doolittle)
4.  Meaghan Smith – Here Comes Your Man                         ((500) Days Of Summer Soundtrack)
5.  Echobelly – Cold Feet Warm Heart                                     (Everyone’s Got One)
6.  PJ Harvey – Send His Love To Me                                      (To Bring You My Love)
7.  Throwing Muses – Colder                                                      (House Tornado)
8.  Kay Elizabeth – Temptation                                                  (Disposition)
9.  Kay Elizabeth – Bird Of Gold                                                (Live Phoenix FM Session)
10. Nitin Sawhney – Cold and Intimate                                   (Prophesy)
11. Kay Elizabeth – Sunset                                                           (Live Phoenix FM Session)
12. Kay Elizabeth – 1,000 Miles                                                 (Live Phoenix FM Session)
13. Kay Elizabeth –  Sweet Sailing                                              (Live Phoenix FM Session)
14. The Secret Sisters – Tennessee Me                                   (Silver Threads And Golden Needles)
15. The Lonesome Sisters (with Riley Baugus) – Oh Sleeper       (Going Home Shoes)
16. Velvet Revolver – Fall To Pieces                                            (Contraband)

17. Tom Waits – Cold Cold Ground                                                (Big Time)
18. Ema – California    (new single – out 19/03/12)                     (Past Life Martyred Saints)
19. Trentemøller – Take Me Into Your Skin                                  (The Last Resort)

20. Jon Hopkins – Cold Out There                                                 (Opalescent)

21. Desmond Dekkar & The Aces – 007 (Shanty Town)            (This is Desmond Dekkar)

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