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Move On Up – Musical Meanderings 30th April 2013
Here’s the playlist for 30th April 2013 (Albums in brackets) Listen again to follow… 1. Spiritualized – Lay Back In The Sun (Pure Phase) 2. Tool – Vicarious (10,000 Days) 3. Public Enemy –
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Psy Sisters – Musical Meanderings 23rd April 2013
This week I had the pleasure of sharing information about a new project in the psychedelic trance scene called Psy Sisters. It’s a collective of talented female artists which include producers, DJs, décor and
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Transition Festival 2013 – Musical Meanderings 16th April 2013
As I mentioned last week during my show, over the Easter period I was able to enjoy another transformative occasion in Spain at the latest edition of the appropriately titled Transition festival. It’s the
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Andy Force – Musical Meanderings 9th April 2013
Last week I returned fully charged from the Transition festival and inspired by the experiences I had, the people I met and the conversations I had with them. I was fortunate enough to continue
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Tales From The Coin Spinner – Musical Meanderings 26th March 2013
This was my last show before a break for a week when I was able to head to Spain for another wonderful time at the Transition festival. It’s a very appropriately named event and
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Eyes Wide Open – Musical Meanderings 19th March 2013
It was back to the meandering selection tonight as I was back on my own. Even though I’m coming to prefer my conversations and connections with guests, I really enjoyed diving into a selection
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Sleepy Wood – Musical Meanderings 12th March 2013
After a break for a week I returned to some more rocking guest fun. And indeed once again from Southend as Sleepy Wood followed in the footsteps of the likes of Stratus Rocks and
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Stratus Rocks – Musical Meanderings 26th February 2013
I enjoyed being joined by more great guests this week when Southend band Stratus Rocks joined me live in the studio. As well as more fantastic conversation they were able to wheel in a
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Dream On Me – Musical Meanderings 19th February 2013
Still on my own unfortunately this week, but I’m already getting ready for the visit of Stratus Rocks to the studio next week. I enjoyed playing Washes Away again which inspired some of the
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Instant Karma – Musical Meanderings 12th February 2013
I dove extensively into my record collection this week to bring an even more varied meandering selection. It was great to enjoy flowing amongst The Rolling Stones, My Morning Jacket and the Beatles to
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Raising The Bar – Musical Meanderings 5th February 2012
No guests this week, but I still enjoyed a rocking start to February with a return to some psychedelic vibes. January seems to have passed all too quickly, but it’s nice 2013 is up
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White Devils’ Cause – Musical Meanderings 29th January 2013
I had the pleasure of enjoying more live music in the studio this week as I was joined by Southend band White Devils’ Cause. It was great to see all five of them, Nolan,
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Ebb and Flow – Musical Meanderings 22nd January 2013
Here’s the playlist for 22nd January 2013 (Albums in brackets) 1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magic (Blood Sugar Sex Magic) 2. The Black Keys – Money Maker (El Camino) 3.
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Yinka – Musical Meanderings 15th January 2013
This week saw the welcome return of Yinka Oyewole to the Phoenix FM studios. The last time I spoke to him on the show was on the phone while he was still over in
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Chris Liberator – Musical Meanderings 8th January 2013
I got 2013 started on a rocking note this week as I had the pleasure of being joined live in the studio by acid techno legend Chris Liberator. It’s a genre of music close
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Times Are Changing – Musical Meanderings 18th December 2012
It was the last show of 2012 and soon before the 21st of December which is a time many people have been talking about for a while, along with the Christmas festivities which people
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Renu – Musical Meanderings 4th December 2012
It felt a little bit like an action packed show tonight as I was joined live in the studio by Renu as she came in to talk about her new, second album called Midnight
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Yes, I know – Musical Meanderings 27th November 2012
I had to adjust to being back on my own this week, and despite missing having people to talk to and flowing conversation, I enjoyed returning to a flowing musical selection. Inspired by my
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The Cortège – Musical Meanderings 20th November 2012
After the fun of Herida last week, it was fantastic to be joined by another three piece rock band in the studio who’s music I’ve been enjoying and playing over the
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Herida – Musical Meanderings 13th November 2012
After an extended period of time on my own, I enjoyed welcoming guests back into the studio this week. It was great to be joined by Phil, Ad and Col from local rock band
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One Eyed God – Musical Meanderings 6th November 2012
After a few weeks on my own it was a nice change this week to once again have guests featuring on the show, and hopefully the first of many! After a slight delay it
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Halloween – Musical Meanderings 30th October 2012
Halloween has never been a particularly favourite holiday of mine, but as with many things in life, I’ve noticed the more I’ve participated, the more fun I’ve had. It’s not been much participation to
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Turn The Page – Musical Meanderings 23rd October 2012
This week I continued to enjoy the continuing evolution of the flow of music during the show as well as the flow of life. As much as I’d like to admit that I’m progressing
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Keeping At It – Musical Meanderings 16th October 2012
Back to the updates for this week and it was interesting to discover the pattern that seems to emerging recently with the flow of the music when I don’t have a guest on. I’ve
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Aura – Musical Meanderings 25th September 2012
Continuing from the Boom special last week, I thought I would celebrate a wonderful conversation I had on a train from Castelo Branco in Portugal back towards Spain after the festival. At Boom I
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Boom Festival 2012 – Musical Meanderings 18th September 2012
Last week I mentioned that I’d just returned from adventures where I’d enjoyed rocking at some of the best psychedelic trance festivals in Europe. This week I decided to celebrate by reflecting on my
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The Return – Musical Meanderings 11th September 2012
This week saw my return to these shores after an adventure around Europe which ended up lasting more than five weeks. I had the pleasure of being able to attend some of the best
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Vibe Festival 2012 – Musical Meanderings 10th July 2012
This week I enjoyed celebrating the good vibes I enjoyed at the Vibe festival at the end of June in the Czech Republic. It was their first year putting on this event and it
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We Gotta Have Peace – Musical Meanderings 3rd July 2012
Here’s the playlist for 3rd July 2012 (Albums in brackets) 1. Curtis Mayfield – (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Down Below We’re All Going to Go (Curtis) 2. Jesus & Mary Chain –
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Happiness Enquiry – Musical Meanderings 19th June 2012
It was back to guest fun this week when my friends Lynnette Curtis and Kevin Wood joined me live in the studio for a chat and to play music live from their latest project
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Downloaded – Musical Meanderings 12th June 2012
On this week’s Musical Meanderings I had the extra pleasure of an extra hour and started at 9pm. It gave me more time to enjoy my metal roots as I celebrated the Download festival
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There’s no rush, but it helps to have Rush – Musical Meanderings 5th June 2012
Been getting back on the playlist action. Looking forward to some great guests here on Musical Meanderings and adventures over the summer which will be reported on here. In the meantime here is the
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K.i.M – Musical Meanderings 17th April 2012
It was fantastic to continue to celebrate the new Tuesday night slot for Musical Meanderings by being joined by another great guest live in the studio. K.i.M, otherwise known as Joakim Fogelmark is a
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Yinka Oyewole – Musical Meanderings 25th March 2012
Tonight we were jet setting again as I had the chance to catch up with Yinka during his latest stay in New York. He’s got a long standing affinity with it and it was
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Musical Meanderings 18th March 2012
1. Guns ‘N’ Roses – Mama Kin (G’N'R Lies) 2. Babes In Toyland – Mother (Fontanelle 1992) 3. Broadcast – Elegant Elephant (Mother Is The Milky Way 2009) 4.
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Entering March – Musical Meanderings 5th March 2012
Entering March and the first hints of spring, it was a great chance to celebrate some new singles. I once again played the new version of ‘Brooklyn’ by Sabatta, along with new songs by
Read More »Narkez MC: First Play – Musical Meanderings 26th February 2012
It’s still strange to be rocking here with guests again this week, but it’s something that will be address over the coming weeks! It was still nice to plow into some wonderful tunes, especially
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Kay Elizabeth – Musical Meanderings 12th February 2012
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
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De Fuego – Musical Meanderings 15th January 2012
I was fortunate to be joined by more wonderful musical guests in the studio on Sunday when Edina Balczo and Davide Lufrano Chaves, otherwise known as De Fuego were able to pop in. There
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Hamish Jenkinson – Musical Meanderings 8th January 2012
On Sunday I had the honour of being joined on the phone by Hamish Jenkinson, creative director of the Old Vic Tunnels, trustee of the Kevin Spacey Foundation and Chairman of Free The Children
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Alicia Bastos – Musical Meanderings 18th December 2011
This week on Musical Meanderings I had the pleasure of being joined by Alicia Bastos who is a Arts and Culture project manager, as well as being an accomplished artist herself. Unfortunately she wasn’t
Read More »Old Music Through New Ears? – Musical Meanderings 11th December 2011
I took another break from having a guest this week and had the pleasure of playing some new music I found this weekend. Actually, when I say new music I mean music that I
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The Freewheelin’ Troubadour – Musical Meanderings 4th December 2011
On the show on Sunday it was great to set the tone in a different direction than usual by being joined by The Freewheelin’ Troubadour himself, Dion Power. We heard about how he set
Read More »Like two sides of two different coins! – Musical Meanderings 27th November 2011
It was an interesting change to land at the studio this week without any guests. I’ve gotten used to the company over the past couple of weeks, but I found myself letting go a
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Designs Of Chaos – Musical Meanderings 13th November 2011
I had the great pleasure of being joined in the studio by Designs Of Chaos for tonight’s show. They certainly helped with providing a metal edge to the proceedings! It was wonderful to find
Read More »Ramping it up – Musical Meanderings 6th November 2011
This week’s journey had been building up for a couple of weeks. I’ve been wandering an electronic meander and it culminating in a full on first hour with some great psy trance, then easing
Read More »Getting Spooky – Musical Meanderings 30th October 2011
Things were getting a bit spooky on Halloween weekend as it seemed to be more popular than ever. The previous week found me carving pumpkins for the first time since I was a kid
Read More »Getting Electrified – Musical Meanderings 23rd October 2011
It was great to take a little change of direction this week. From a few weeks of variations of rock music, I thought I’d have a gentle transition into a little electronic vibe. Starting
Read More »Joana and her friends – Musical Meanderings 16th October 2011
This week I thought I’d take the opportunity to play songs from some of my favourite female artists, inspired by my chat with Joana Glaza from Joana and The Wolf which was recorded at
Read More »Sun is shining – Musical Meanderings 2nd October 2011
Last weekend the word on everyone’s lips was weather as we made the most of a wonderful spell of a hot version of it- a belated blast of summer before autumn kicks in. I
Read More »Natural progressions – Musical Meanderings 25th September 2011
On Musical Meanderings on the 25th I continued my new theme of more natural progressions between songs, tonight Meandering from Black Sabbath through to ambient electronic music via Tanya Donelly and Hope Sandoval! Here’s
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Sabatta – Musical Meanderings 18th September 2011
Continuing my catch up, here’s info on my show on the 18th which unfolded in two parts. First of all I played with a new style of Meandering which took on less random directions
Read More »Back in the swing of things – Musical Meanderings 11th September 2011
This evening I’ve been enjoying revisiting some of my recent shows and having a catch up with posting them. After our little flurry of heat and sunshine we have autumn about to take hold
Read More »Latitude warm down – Musical Meanderings 14th August 2011
It was great to get back in the seat tonight after what seems like too long. Many thanks to Chris for filling in appropriately last weekend. I’ve been out and about enjoying great festival
Read More »Meandering Through The Years
Graham was away this week so I stepped in (avoiding any injuries this time!) to cover the show. Decided to stick with the same format as last time and play a song a year
Read More »Latitude warm up – Musical Meanderings 10th July 2011
It’s that time of the year again, where a few of us here at Phoenix FM look forward to the Latitude festival. It’s only next weekend & I enjoyed looking at some of the
Read More »The Dustaphonics on Musical Meanderings – 26th June 2011
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] At the end of a beautiful weekend where the sun returned to lift everyone’s spirits, it was wonderful to celebrate by featuring The Dustaphonics on last night’s show.
Read More »Musical Meanderings – 12th June 2011
Rain was the order of the day (or weekend!) as lots of people were out & about this weekend enjoying the first big weekend of festivals. Glade was on up in Norfolk, and Download
Read More »Mark Wynn on Musical Meanderings – 5th June 2011
It was great to be joined live in the studio last Sunday by singer/songwriter Mark Wynn. He joined me during his travels- he’d been up in York, then played in Southend during the afternoon.
Read More »Musical Meanderings – 22nd May 2011
Here’s the playlist for 22nd May 2011 (albums in brackets) 1st Hour 1. Teenage Fanclub – Hang On (Thirteen) 2. Bruce Springsteen – War 3. The Joy Formidable – Whirring (The Big Roar) 4.
Read More »Musical Meanderings – 15th May 2011
Here’s the playlist for 15th May 2011 (albums in brackets) 1st Hour 1. Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly (There Is Nothing Left to Lose) 2. David Bowie – Let’s Spend The Night Together
Read More »Divine Hangover – 8th May 2011
It was great to have a bit of a quiet weekend for a change & enjoy the aftermath of the Divine Comedy Top 20 show on Friday. It was great to feel the release
Read More »Easter Bank Holiday Meanderings – 24th April 2011
Here’s the playlist for 24th April 2011 (albums in brackets) 1st Hour 1. Spiritualized – Lay Back In The Sun (Pure Phase) 2. Aerosmith – F.I.N.E.
Read More »Phillious Williams on Musical Meanderings – 17th April 2011
Last night on Musical Meanderings I was joined live in the studio by Mark, Mark & Ted from Southend based band, Phillious Williams. They had a lively weekend playing out- in Southend on Friday
Read More »Musical Meanderings – 10th April 2011
It was great to get back in the saddle this week after having last week off. Thanks again to Chris Siviter for covering last week. The break gave me a chance to catch up
Read More »Accidental Meanderings
On the way to the studio to cover Musical Meanderings this week for Graham I had a rather unfortunate falling over accident which caused quite some considerable damage to both knees! But that didn’t
Read More »Martin Mays in on Musical Meanderings – 27th March 2011
It was great to be joined in the studio tonight by singer/songwriter Martin Mays. We were able to hear some of his songs, find out where he is with some of his projects at
Read More »Savage Circuit on Musical Meanderings 20th March 2011
It was rather fantastic to be joined in the studio tonight by Alchemy records Trance artist Savage Circuit. It was great to catch up with him & listen to four of his songs in
Read More »Musical Meanderings tomorrow 20th March
Just a reminder to join me tomorrow on Musical Meanderings from 10pm- midnight, when I’ll be joined in the studio by Alchemy records Trance artist Savage Circuit & hearing some of his new material.
Read More »Spring has sprung? – 13th March 2011
I had another great weekend, catching up with some friends at a birthday party. I heard & was inspired by some new music there as well, some of which I enjoyed playing on tonight’s
Read More »Flying The Funk
It was great to top off a great weekend by dabbling in slightly different styles of electronic music with the likes of Vessel, Brisker & Magitman & Chihei Hatakeyama. I kept it funky &
Read More »Pubaging! – 27th February 2011
It was great to once again head to the studio after a weekend in London catching up with friends & rocking straight over here. It was great to play some music tonight by artists
Read More »Back in the saddle – 20th February 2011
Here’s the playlist for Sunday 20th February (albums in brackets) 1st Hour 1. Poison – Nothin’ But A Good Time (Open Up & Say….Ahh!) 2. Ramones – When I Was Young (Acid Eaters) 3.
Read More »Endurance fun – 6th February 2011
Tonight’s show was one of those that took a life of its own. I found out earlier today that unfortunately Taylor wasn’t around for Rock The Week, so I initially thought I would just
Read More »Keep the resolutions & new year flowing – 30th January 2011
It’s almost the end of January & already I’m struggling to keep on top of my resolutions. I was hoping by now to have developed a bit more of a relaxed routine of getting
Read More »Psychedelic Trance – 23rd January 2011
It was great to have a bit of an early experience of a fresh start in this new year. I had the pleasure of catching up with my friend Rollo who’s squirreled his way
Read More »2011 Under Way
1st Hour 1. Monster Magnet – Powertrip (Powertrip) 2. Nirvana – Breed (Nevermind) 3. Grandmaster Flash – White Lines (Don’t Do It) 4. Ministry – Jesus Built My Hotrod (Psalm 69) 5. Dinosaur Jr.
Read More »New Year. New Start. Let’s Go!
The holiday season passes by so quick doesn’t it? It was great to have a bit of time off between bits of work to get on with a bit of partying & catching up
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