The Something Brothers and Oedipuss In Boots

Great music from The Something Brothers - Nick Hall (vocals, guitar), Mick Voo (electric bass) and Mark Jeffery (cahon) - today on Hot Pebbles! on Phonic FM.

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Their songs were
Cavalier Attitude, Small Town, Falling On Down and Wonderful Disguise.

Nick Hall sings and plays as well with Dakar Audio Club, a 5-piece Afrofusion band formed by Nick and his wife Fatou.

Check out the relevant websites here:
The Something Brothers on Facebook
Dakar Audio Club on Facebook

Check out Spin2 - who Mick plays with - here.

Matthew Whittle told us all about an "adult pantomime" coming to Exeter after acclaimed performances at The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol.

Oedipuss in Boots is hitting Exeter's BikeShed Theatre for 3 nights in December.

"After a sold-out run at Bristol’s Wardrobe Theatre in 2012, Oedipuss In Boots and its all-male cast return with this new mother loving puntomime full of dark, twisted, adult humour, outrageous costumes, hilarious characters and far too much anthropomorphism for its own good. Featuring original music from Kid Carpet."

Full details on the Exeter BikeShed Theatre website here.

Recordings played

Gecko..That Time Of Year 

Download Gecko's That Time of Year from Bandcamp and iTunes. All proceeds go to SHELTER 

See the video of That Time Of Year here.

Dakar Audio Club..Mogobey
Fela Kuti..Margerita
Scott Cook..Song For The Slow Dancers..Moonlit Rambles
Dory Previn..The Game..Mythical Kings And Iguanas
The Roots Union..Rough Diamonds..The Roots Union
Ruth Moody..Dancing In The Dark..These Wilder Things
Nicky Swann..Union Babies..How Does Your Land Lie?

Nicky Swann is performing for Exeter Local Records at Exeter's Real Food Cafe on Saturday 14 December.

3 Daft Monkeys..The Stranger..Of Stones & Bones

Africando..Deni Sabali..Viva Africando
Paul Simon..Diamonds On The Souls Of Her Shoes..Graceland
Ladysmith Black Mombaza..Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star and the Wiseman)..The Best Of Ladysmith Black Mombaza: The Star and the Wiseman
Angelique Kidjo..Adje Dada..Oyaya!
Paul Brady..Walk The White Line..Back To The Centre
The Carolina Chocolate Drops..Corn Bread & Butter Beans..Genuine Negro Jig
The Dubliners feat. Luke Kelly..Raglan Road
Billy Bragg with Wilco & Natalie Merchant..Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key..Mermaid Avenue
Keizo Ishibashi..The Christmas Song: Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
Sky..Dance of the Little Fairies..Masterpieces: The Very Best Of Sky

Exciting young theatre and a fantastic young local musician

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The Wardrobe Ensemble, the Exeter University Footlights and Harry Vinnicombe were featured on Hot Pebbles! on Phonic FM today.

Harry Vinnicombe paid a welcome return visit to Phonic FM to give us some great live music. He played three of his own songs and one by Bob Dylan...

A new as yet untitled song
Hey There Miss
When The Day Is Done
Knocking On Heaven's Door

Listen to some of Harry Vinnicombe's music and get details of his gigs on Harry's Facebook page.

The Wardrobe Ensemble present an exciting mix of comedy, physical theatre
and live music in their collaboration with Exeter's BikeShed Theatre. 

Eliza & the Wild Swans plays at the BikeShed for a season from Tuesday 11 December to Saturday 11 January. Thank you to Jesse Meadows from The Wardrobe Ensemble for telling us all about it.

Full details on the Exeter BikeShed website and The Wardrobe Ensemble website.

In the New Year, the Exeter University Footlights company present a brand new innovative production of Bernstein and Sondheim's classic West Side Story. Actor Will Moore, director Jordan Murphy and publicity assistant Marcus Beard came into the studio and enthused about this production which I am sure will prove moving and highly professional with superb acting, amazing dance choreography and top class arrangements of the timeless music.

West Side Story runs from Wednesday 29 January to Saturday 1st February. More information on the Exeter Northcott website and the Exeter University Footlights Facebook page.
There's a trailer for the production here.

Recordings played
The Imagined Village..Winter Singing..Bending The Dark
Krista Detor..Blowing Kisses..Flat Earth Diary
Nicky Swann..Run Away..How Does Your Land Lie
National Symphony Orchestra / John Owen Edwards..Prologue & Jet Song..The Musical Collection: West Side Story
From the Original Soundtrack recording of West Side Story..Maria / Something's Coming
Gecko..That Time Of Year Gecko's new single. Sales benefit SHELTER.
Tobias Ben Jacob..Two Wanderers in 1980's Clothes..Exeter Local Records Sampler 1
Sky..Troika..Masterpieces
Ballake Sissoko..Asa Branca..At Peace
Debout Sur Le Zinc..Se Dire Adieu..Recreations
B.B.King..The Thrill Is Gone..Blues Legen
Dakar Audio Club..Mogobey
King Porter Stomp..The Last Bat Train To Cuba..Shuffle
Musicians of the Globe / Philip Pickett..Hollis Berrie
Marsteller & Rhodes..The Beautiful Old (Turn of the Century Songs)..Till We Meet Again