Category: BBC
By bandweblogs on Mar 18, 2008 in Music, Press Releases, Bands, BBC, Albums, Shows, NME, Elbow, Guy Garvey | 0 Comments
According to BBC 6 Music, Elbow are planning to play their new album ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’, in full, in gigs around the world.
The band’s fourth album, which was released on 17 March, 2008, has received rave reviews and they are the only band in history to get 9/10 four times in the NME.
And the […]
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By bandweblogs on Mar 12, 2008 in Music, Press Releases, Track Listings, Bands, Blues, New Releases, BBC, Albums, Shows, BB King | 0 Comments

B.B. King is universally recognized as the leading exponent of modern blues. A fourteen time Grammy winner, he has received virtually every music award …
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By bandweblogs on Mar 10, 2008 in Music, Press Releases, Track Listings, Bands, New Releases, BBC, Albums, Polydor Records, Featured, Jack Bruce, Cream | 0 Comments

One of the greatest popular musicians Britain has ever produced, Jack Bruce is a supremely talented instrumentalist and vocalist whose pioneering bass playing style …
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By Jenny May on Mar 3, 2008 in Music, Reviews, Videos, youtube, Events, BBC, X Factor, Shows, Eurovision Song Contest, Terry Wogan, John Barrowman, Andy Abraham, Carrie Grant, Michelle Gayle, Belgrade, Serbia | 0 Comments
Andy Abraham was voted in as winner on BBC’s Eurovision: Your Decision Saturday night and is now set to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The show will take place in Belgrade, Serbia.
With the three judge panel consisting of John Barrowman, Carrie Grant and Terry Wogan, it was a close call for […]
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By Jenny May on Feb 15, 2008 in Music, Track Listings, New Releases, Musicians, BBC, Albums, Violin, Classical Music, David Garrett, Stradivarius | 2 Comments

I just watched a funny interview on the BBC news. Classical violinist David Garrett must have a pretty good PR person working for him, because I think this was the first time that I’ve seen a musician play in the studio, on the news …
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By Jenny May on Feb 11, 2008 in Music, Bands, Guillemots, UK Singles Releases, New Releases, BBC, Albums, Greig Stewart, TV, Jonathan Ross, BBC One, Sylvester Stallone | 1 Comment
I’ve just found out that the Guillemots will be performing their new single “Get Over It” on The Jonathan Ross Show! I can’t wait to watch - and will especially be looking out for drummer Greig Stewart! Of course, the whole band is lovely, too.
I highly recommend tuning in to Jonathan Ross for the brilliant […]
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By Jenny May on Feb 4, 2008 in Music, Reviews, Events, BBC, Shows, Eels, Mark Oliver Everett, Super Bowl, Patriots, Tom Petty | 0 Comments
It’s been a slow start this morning, after staying up until well past three in the morning here in England, watching the Patriots lose the Super Bowl. Boooo. I was so disappointed with the loss, I wondered why I bothered to stay up at all. Now I’m paying for it today. Not only that - […]
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By bandweblogs on Jan 25, 2008 in Music, Bands, Guillemots, UK Singles Releases, New Releases, BBC, Albums, Zane Lowe, Radio 1, Red, Get Over It | 0 Comments
Having recorded one of the industry’s most eagerly anticipated new albums, the Guillemots are back, back, back!
Guillemots’ new single “Get Over It” makes its Radio 1 debut on Zane Lowe’s show, Tuesday 29th, 2008 - so be sure to tune in.
They’ll be previewing tracks from the white-hot new LP ‘Red’, set for release on March […]
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By bandweblogs on Jan 25, 2008 in Music, Press Releases, Track Listings, Bands, Radiohead, Muse, Cds, New Releases, BBC, Albums, Shows, UK, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, The White Stripes, Later with Jools Holland, Jools Holland, King Creosote, Duffy, Rhino, BBC 2, Adele, Seasick Steve | 1 Comment

Rhino UK is proud to present a fascinating 39 track, 2 CD set of highlights from the groundbreaking BBC 2 TV music show Later…with Jools Holland - the selections drawn from more recent series of the long running show …
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By bandweblogs on Jan 22, 2008 in Music, Press Releases, Tour Dates, Djs, Track Listings, Bands, Cds, Dance, New Releases, BBC, Albums, Steve Lamacq, Live at the BBC, Stereo MCs, Rob Birch | 0 Comments

One of the most successful hip-hop acts to emerge from the UK, Stereo MCs’ line-up revolved around three women and three men: Rob Birch (vocals), Nick ‘The Head’ Hallam (synths/computers/scratching) Owen If (percussion) plus Cath Coffey, Andrea Bedassie and Verona David (backing vocals) …
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By bandweblogs on Jan 22, 2008 in Music, Press Releases, Videos, Track Listings, Cds, New Releases, BBC, Albums, Concerts, Live at the BBC, Maria McKee, Feargal Sharkey, Days Of Thunder | 0 Comments

Astonishingly, Maria McKee was only 19 when she penned Feargal Sharkey’s 1985 UK number one hit “A Good Heart”. In 1989 she released her debut solo album and in 1990 Maria McKee held the number one spot …
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By bandweblogs on Jan 21, 2008 in Music, Press Releases, Videos, Track Listings, youtube, Bands, Cds, Guitar, Soul, New Releases, Musicians, BBC, Albums, Concerts, Grammys, Robert Cray, Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, Dan Forte, Guitar Player, Live at the BBC | 0 Comments

Robert Cray is one of the few blues artists who managed to cultivate a mainstream following in the 1980s and 90s. During the course of a long-running career that began in the 1970s, he uniquely blended elements of rhythm & blues, pop and traditional blues …
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By bandweblogs on Jan 8, 2008 in Music, Press Releases, Tour Dates, Videos, youtube, Bands, Books, Cds, New Releases, Musicians, DVDs, BBC, Albums, Shows, Documentaries, Eels, Mark Oliver Everett, Souljacker, Quantum Mechanics, Things The Grandchildren Should Know, Best of Eels, Parallel Worlds Parallel Lives, Quantum Physics | 0 Comments

The Eels have announced more dates in the UK and Ireland on the back end of their European tour, which will come around to the UK again in mid-March 2008. This announcement comes two weeks before the January 21st 2008 release of the Best of Eels rarities …
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By bandweblogs on Jan 7, 2008 in Music, Press Releases, Tour Dates, Bands, Books, Cds, New Releases, Musicians, BBC, Albums, Shows, Concerts, Tickets, Eels, Mark Oliver Everett, Things The Grandchildren Should Know | 1 Comment

On 17 January 2008 the book Things The Grandchildren Should Know is released in the UK. That evening the author, Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett, who appeared in the BBC documentary Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives, will make a special appearance …
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By Jenny May on Jan 1, 2008 in Music, Reviews, Bands, Piano, BBC, Shows, David Tennant, TV, Mika, Singers, Later with Jools Holland, Jools Holland, Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue, Kylie, Ruby Turner, Lulu, Duffy, Hootenanny, New Year's Eve, Eddie Floyd, Dr. Who | 0 Comments

I woke up this morning with Eddie Floyd’s “634-5789″ soul song going around my head. Better than a hangover, that’s for sure. Last night he and a few others performed on Later with Jools Holland for the traditional Hootenanny New Year’s Eve show on the BBC …
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