Propermusic.com podcast
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Podcast Description
The weekly podcast from propermusic.com - produced and hosted by award-winning broadcaster Trevor Dann. The series features a rotating group of panellists including top music journalists, editors, concert promoters, venue bookers and DJs invited to discuss Proper Music’s new releases and other topical subjects. The series also includes interviews with label heads, artists and a variety of people working across the specialist music industry.
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Episode 37 - A Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams Special | In a live music special, Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams drop by the studio to play tracks from their new album State of the Union and chat to Trevor Dann about their musical partnership. | 28 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 36 - A Blues Special | In a blues panel special, Dave Peabody (musician, journalist, photographer), Fran Leslie (former editor of Blues in Britain) and blues promoter Pete Feenstra join Trevor Dann to discuss the latest releases from Bonnie Raitt, The Royal Southern Brotherhood and Janiva Magness. | 21 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 35 - A Topic Records Special part 2 | In the second part of our Topic Records special, former MD Tony Engle and VotP editor Reg Hall join Trevor Dann to discuss the singers and the songs on the four new volumes in Topic's highly acclaimed Voice of the People series. Featuring excerpts from I'm A Romany Rai, Sarah Makem – The Heart Is True, Good People Take Warning, and You Never Heard So Sweet, including important field recordings made by folklorist Peter Kennedy in the 1950s. | 14 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 34 - A Topic Records Special part 1 | In the first of a two-part Topic Records special, David Suff and Tony Engle join Trevor Dann to discuss the folk label's 70+ year history and some of its classic releases, from Nic Jones to June Tabor & Oysterband and Topic's Three Score and Ten box set. Download part two next Monday to hear all about Topic's new Voice of the People releases. | 7 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 33 - A Paul Brady Special | In a live music special, singer-songwriter Paul Brady drops by the podcast studio to play tracks from his new retrospective album Dancer In The Fire and chat to Trevor Dann about his career. Catch Brady on tour in the UK until 12th May 2012. | 30 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 32 - A Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three special | Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three drop into the studio to chat to Trevor Dann and play some live tracks from their latest album Middle Of Everywhere. Pokey & Adam talk archtop guitars, Joey unveils the Chadwick folding bass and Ryan gives us the low-down on his customised washboard. | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 31 - Songlines Music Awards | Songlines Editor Jo Frost, News Editor Nat Handy and freelance writer Tim Cumming join Trevor Dann to talk about the nominees in the Songlines Music Awards 2012, featuring tracks from the new Songlines Music Awards compilation. | 16 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 30 - An Oli Brown Special | Award-winning, young blues guitarist & singer Oli Brown chats to Trevor Dann about his musical heroes, the making of his new album Here I Am (Ruf Records) and plays a couple of live tracks from his forthcoming release. Catch Oli on his UK tour starting 11th April 2012. | 9 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 29 - A Seth Lakeman Special | Seth Lakeman talks blacksmiths, watchmakers and artisans with Trevor Dann as he discusses the making of his latest album, Tales From The Barrel House. Seth also brings along his bouzouki & tenor guitar and plays a couple of live tracks in the studio. | 2 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 28 - A Bap Kennedy Special | Bap Kennedy chats to Trevor Dann about his latest album Sailor's Revenge on Proper Records. Bap talks about working with Mark Knopfler, his days with Energy Orchard and growing up in Northern Ireland and is joined by wife Brenda Kennedy and guitarist Gordon McAllister to perform three tracks from his new CD. | 26 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 27 - Portico Quartet, Get The Blessing and Neil Cowley Trio | Paul Pace (Ronnie Scott's), Amy Coombe (Serious) and music critic Selwyn Harris (Jazzwise) join Trevor Dann to discuss the latest releases from Portico Quartet, Get The Blessing and the Neil Cowley Trio, featuring excerpts from each of the albums. | 19 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 26 - An O'Hooley & Tidow | Yorkshire lasses Belinda O'Hooley & Heidi Tidow join Trevor Dann to chat about their new album The Fragile and play some tracks live in the studio. Currently on tour, O'Hooley & Tidow talk about life on the road, their Irish/Yorkshire heritage, the song-writing process and their involvement in The L Project. | 12 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 25 - A Spiro Special | Genre-defying Bristol band Spiro join Trevor Dann in the studio to talk about their latest album Kaleidophonica (Real World) before they set off on tour. Featuring tracks from the new release, Spiro discuss their complex instrumental arrangements and the thrill of performing live. | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 24 - A Country Music Special | James Hodder (Soundcheck, Resonance FM) and journalist Michael Hingston (Country Music People, fRoots) join Trevor Dann to discuss the latest releases by Gretchen Peters, Nanci Griffith and Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers, featuring tracks from each album. | 27 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 23 - A Transatlantic Blues Special | In a transatlantic blues special, Trevor Dann chats to founder of Alligator Records and recently named Chicagoan of the Year Bruce Iglauer. Featuring music from Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection (including Hound Dog Taylor, Albert Collins, Koko Taylor, Anders Osborne, Johnny Winter, JJ Grey and Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials), Trevor & Bruce discuss some Genuine House Rockin' Music from the blues scene 40 years ago to the present day. | 20 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 22 - A Folk Awards 2012 special | Trevor Dann heads to the Radio 2 Folk Awards and catches up with some of the movers and shakers at the after party. Featuring interviews with Ian Anderson, Martin Simpson, Mike Harding, Stuart Maconie, John Tams & Graeme Taylor, Maddy Prior, John Jones and Seth Lakeman among others, plus music from Proper's BBC Folk Awards 2012 compilation. | 13 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 21 - A Patsy Matheson special | Singer-songwriter Patsy Matheson and double bass player Jon Short join Trevor Dann to talk about Patsy’s new album Stories of Angels & Guitars. They play a couple of live tracks in the studio before Patsy heads off on tour with ex Waking the Witch bandmate Becky Mills. | 6 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 20 - A Madison Violet special | Madison Violet in session. Brenley & Lisa play tracks from their new album The Good In Goodbye and chat to Trevor Dann about the song writing process, their audiences and the Canadian music scene. | 30 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 19 - A Cambridge Folk Festival Special | In a Cambridge Folk Festival special, Trevor Dann chats to Eddie Barcan (festival director) and Neil Jones (marketing manager) about the event, while Sam Lee (Nest Collective) and Mark Hagen (Radio 2) review the new Cambridge Folk Festival 2011 DVD. | 23 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 18 - A Neil Cowley Trio Special | The Neil Cowley Trio join Trevor Dann to talk about their new album The Face of Mount Molehill and their upcoming tour. Featuring tracks from the album, the three of them discuss performing as a trio and with a string octet, the striking artwork on the new CD, and Neil tries out an iPad piano. | 16 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 17 - A Country and Americana Special | James Hodder (Soundcheck, Resonance FM), Barry Everitt (House of Mercy) and Martyn Myers (Bonanza & Sons, Resonance FM) join Trevor Dann to discuss some of their country and Americana album highlights of 2011. Featuring tracks from Eilen Jewell, Israel Nash Gripka, Slaid Cleaves and more. | 9 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 16 - Baloji, Anda Union and Kiran Ahluwalia | Global Beat DJ Jamie Renton, Songlines Editor-in-Chief Simon Broughton and Telegraph world music critic Mark Hudson join Trevor Dann to discuss new releases by Baloji, Anda Union and Kiran Ahluwalia and talk about the current state of world music. | 2 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 15 - Review of the Year | In a Proper Music special, Alan Price (Proper Records Label Manager), Iain Murray (Proper Note Press Officer) and Simon Holland (Properganda Editor) look back over 2011's releases and discuss their favourite albums of the year. Featuring music from Weather Report, The Webb Sisters, June Tabor & Oysterband, Courtney Pine, Cowboy Junkies and more. | 19 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 14 - fRoots Critics Poll 2011 | Ian Anderson, Colin Irwin and Robin Denselow join Trevor Dann to discuss the winning albums in the fRoots Critics Poll 2011, why physical still has the edge over digital in specialist music and what we can look forward to in 2012. | 12 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 13 - Jennifer Crook and Boo Hewerdine | Jennifer Crook and Boo Hewerdine join Trevor Dann to chat about their collaboration on Jennifer's latest album Merry-Go-Round. While Boo discusses his role as producer, Jennifer talks about the songs and instrumentation on the CD as well as her own influences. Jennifer plays three songs from the album live in the studio before she sets off on her December tour this week. | 5 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 12 - A Chris Barber Special | Chris Barber - 'the Great-Grandfather of British Rock' - talks to Trevor Dann about the fifties Trad Jazz boom, why he took up the trombone, and what it was like performing with Brownie McGhee, Mark Knopfler, Ottilie Patterson, Keith Emerson and Van Morrison among many others. Featuring tracks from his recent double CD - Memories of My Trip (Proper Records). | 28 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 11 - Groanbox, Maria Muldaur and Louisiana Red | Dave Peabody (musician, journalist, photographer), Paul Pace (Ronnie Scotts booker) and blues promoter Pete Feenstra join Trevor Dann to discuss the latest releases from Groanbox, Maria Muldaur and Louisiana Red as well as the state of the current blues scene in the UK and abroad. | 21 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 10 - A Bellowhead Special | Bellowhead members Paul Sartin, Pete Flood and Ed Neuhauser join Trevor Dann to talk about their new Hedonism Live DVD & tour, their musical influences and just how an 11-piece collective works. Featuring tracks from Bellowhead's Hedonism CD. | 14 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 9 - A Diana Jones Special | In a live music special, Diana Jones joins Trevor Dann to discuss her latest album High Atmosphere as she tours the UK. She plays three tracks from the album live in the studio on her very own 1944 Gibson L-50 guitar and shares with us her love of old-time music. Diana also talks openly about the car crash that changed her life and how she discovered her natural voice and her birth family in the Smoky Mountains. | 7 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 8 - An Eilen Jewell Special | Boston-based Eilen Jewell drops into the studio to chat to Trevor Dann about her latest album, Queen of the Minor Key, as she starts her UK tour. Eilen talks about her band and their musical influences, meeting Loretta Lynn and the material that inspired her 2010 tribute album, and how she came by the name of Queen of the Minor Key. | 31 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 7 - Shelby Lynne, Naomi Bedford and Julaba Kunda | Jamie Renton (Global beat DJ & journalist), Sam Lee (Magpie's Nest promoter & musician) and Mark Hagen (BBC Radio 2 producer) join Trevor Dann to discuss the latest albums by Shelby Lynne, Naomi Bedford and Julaba Kunda (featuring Juldeh Camara and Griselda Sanderson). | 24 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 6 - Stuart McCallum, Jacqui Dankworth and Alexander Stewart | Ronnie Scotts booker Paul Pace, director of Serious and the London Jazz Festival John Cumming and jazz photographer Edu Hawkins join Trevor Dann to discuss the latest albums by Stuart McCallum, Jacqui Dankworth and Alexander Stewart and to talk about some of the artists performing at the London Jazz Festival in November 2011. | 17 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 5 - An Emily Barker special | In a live music special, singer and guitarist Emily Barker plays the theme tune to TV series Wallander (Nostalgia) and two tracks from her latest album Almanac. She also talks to Trevor Dann about her childhood growing up in Western Australia, the song writing process and her band The Red Clay Halo. | 10 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 4 - A Joe Harriott special | In episode 4 Trevor Dann talks to biographer Alan Robertson about the life and times of Jamaican alto saxophonist Joe Harriott, featuring music from the new Properbox set 'The Joe Harriott Story' and Robertson's research for the new revised edition of his book 'Joe Harriott - Fire In His Soul' (Northway). | 3 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 3 - The Waterboys, June Tabor and Oysterband | Neil Spencer (Observer music critic), Jo Frost (Songlines editor) and David Sinclair (musician & Times music critic) join Trevor Dann to discuss new releases from The Waterboys, June Tabor & Oysterband plus this year’s Mercury Prize. | 26 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 2 - Nick Lowe, Tom Russell and Jackie Oates | Episode 2 of the Propermusic.com podcast finds Radio 2 producer Mark Hagen, Properganda magazine editor Simon Holland and the Guardian’s executive multimedia producer Matt Hall sitting round the table with Trevor Dann to discuss the latest releases from Nick Lowe (The Old Magic), Tom Russell (Mesabi) and Jackie Oates (Saturnine). | 19 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 1 - Martin Simpson, The Cecil Sharp Project 2011 and The Cambodian Space Project | Robin Denselow, Sam Lee and Julian May join Trevor Dann to discuss new releases from Martin Simpson, The Cambodian Space Project and the collaborative Cecil Sharp Project 2011. | 12 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 37 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Great show on Oli Brown WOW
Great show only started to listen because I follow Oli Brown, but now downloading the other shows!!
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