Substance & Shadow, Gecko and Kat

Kat Fyfe joined me on Hot Pebbles! on Phonic FM today to present a show with interesting interviews and a wide range of great music.

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Substance & Shadow Theatre were represented in the studio by Rosie and Midge who made their play 
Skin Deep sound extremely enticing. The play is set in the eighties in Exeter when Ska and Two-Tone music touched the hearts of the youth. The play is at Exeter's BikeShed Theatre on 3 and 8 June. Further info here.

Skin Deep features in Exeter's Performing Arts festival Ignite which takes place in venues all over Exeter from 3 to 9 June.

Will from Gecko spoke to us on a phone line from Cardiff where the band is on tour. Gecko are a five piece band play who play urban, hip-hop influenced UK music with intelligent and often humorous lyrics. They are supporting The Skints at Exeter Phoenix on Friday 31 May.


See the video featuring the new single from Gecko 
Gotta Wait here.

Playlist 
Gordon Giltrap..Shady Tales
Gecko..Pigeon..Pigeon
Sculpture Music..Small World..Major Songs In Minor Keys
Prince Buster..Al Capone..Fabulous Greatest Hits
Seth Lakeman..White Hare..freedom Fields
Iko..Dazed And Confused..Dazed And Confused
Desmond Dekker..The Israelites..Greatest Hits
The Specials..Do Nothing..Stereo Typical
Beirut..Mimizan..Dark Was The Night
Arnold Chiwalala Band..Pambazuko..Wito Chizentele Music
Gadjo..The Whole Enchilada..Gadjistan Zizany
Gecko..Safest Bet..Safest Bet
Gecko..Gotta Wait
Rokia Traore..Lalla..Beautiful Africa
Frank Turner..Recovery..Tape Deck Heart
This Mortal Coil..Dreams..It'll End In Tears
Besh O Drom..Kecskés..Macho Embroidery

The Skull Kids

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Jonathan White and Alfie Pugh from The Skull Kids played for us in the studio today. 

Their songs were The Dead Poet, Rapunzel and Pierrot The Clown. We played a recording of Carmen The Gypsy by the whole band. The Skull Kids are highly original and entertaining musicians. Check them out on Facebook.

In an interview with Geoff Stow, Sam Hollis-Pack from Exeter BikeShed Theatre enthused about Exeter's Festival of Theatre, Ignite happening from 3 to 9 June at numerous venues around the city. Ignite features a huge range of theatrical productions. Find full details on the Ignite website.

Thanks to Geoff too for a fantastic film run-down.

Other music played
Jay Tamkin Band..Nice 'N' Jazzy..Sorted
The Unthanks..Shipbuilding..Diversions Vol. 3
Medicine Head..When the Night Falls..Old Bottles, New Medicine
Rokia Traoré..Koronoko..Tchamantché
The Imagined Village..Nest..Bending The Dark
Eels...Going Over To Susan's House...Beautiful Freak
Laura Cantrell..The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter..Not The Trembling Kind
Kotadama..Endure / Yesterday..Dichotomy
Spiro..Softly Robin..Kaleidophonica
Stan Tracey & John Surman..Murphy's Dream..Duets
David Bowie..Where Are We Now?..The Next Day
Gecko..Gotta Wait
The Doors..Riders On The Storm..L.A. Woman
Jupiter & Okwess International..Tshanga Tshungu..Hotel Univers
Beirut..Cliquot..the Flying Club Cup


The interview with Kotadama scheduled for today will now be broadcast on another Hot Pebbles! on Phonic FM.

Listen to Phonic Voices

Phonic Voices is a community radio project directed by Peter Snelling of    My Pockets, a production company which works with people who have something important to say but no way to say it. It was produced with funding from The National Lottery.

In Phonic Voices members of the public in Exeter were challenged to record the one day of their life that made them who they are.

All the stories were recorded and edited by the people who were telling them. The pieces of radio created are moving, funny, authentic and personal.

The Phonic Voices programmes were first broadcast on Hot Pebbles! 
on Phonic FM in April and May 2013.

 Listen here to Phonic Voices 1 - 3 

You can see Peter Snelling's pictures related to Phonic Voices here.

Phonic Voices 3 and more

On Hot Pebbles! on Phonic FM today we played the final edition of the
inspirational Phonic Voices.                            

 Listen here  







Pictures by Peter Snelling



Peter Snelling was the producer and presenter of Phonic Voices. He is the leading light behind the production company 
My Pockets. 

Find out more about the company on the My Pockets website. You'll find samples of other community projects there.


Music played 
Jerry Cahill..Shifting Sands..Armchair Traveller
Jacob Banks..Rainy Day
Levellers..The Recruiting Sergeant..The Recruiting Sergeant EP
Jolie Goodnight..Silver Dagger..The Beautiful Old
Billy Brandt & Sarana VerLin..Move On Down The Line..Live From Billy's Basement
Sarana VerLin..Exeter Town..Bats & Butterflies
Bo Walton..Lonely Weekend
Lick The Tins..Can't Help Falling In Love
Paul Weller..Broken Stones
Lucky Bones..Passion Played..Someone's Son
Red Hot Chili Peppers..Under The Bridge
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons..December 1963 What A Night
Yundi Li & Orchestra..Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat, Op.9
Julian Bream & John Williams..Faure: Dolly, Op. 56..Together
Richard Thompson & Christine Collister..The Band Played On..The Beautiful Old
The Alchemist's Wardrobe..Love Conquers All..The Alchemist's Wardrobe
Fairport Convention..White Dress..Rising For The Moon
Cyril Tawney..Sammy's Bar
Griselda Sanderson with Sam "Powerful" Yeboah..Erdely Reels..Harpaphonics
Samba Chula de Sao Braz..Samba, Cachaca E Viola..Brazilian Sampler CD From Bahia

David Carrett Live / Phonic Voices 2

Thank you to David Carrett for joining us on Hot Pebbles! on Phonic FM today. With his magnificent Japanese guitar, David performed several of his own imaginative songs and one Beatles song. A great set.

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David's live songs were:
I Wish Simon Cowell Was My Dad; Prime Time; This Letter and Here Comes The Sun.

From the album Southern Folk, we played two songs featuring David Carrett: Cold Feet and That'll Do Nicely.

To find out more about the music of David Carrett and his duo Southern Folk, go to their website.






The second half of the show began with the second Phonic Voices, produced and presented by Peter Snelling of My Pockets production company. 







Other music played
The Watersons..Hal An Tow..Frost And Fire
Jackie Oates..The Pleasant Month Of May..Hyperboreans
Johanna Juhola..Huulet Kylmät Kuin Jää 1..Fantasiatango2

Paul Brady..Walk The White Lion..Spirits Colliding

Teddy Thompson

The Alchemist's Wardrobe..Wild Wind..The Alchemist's Wardrobe

Jackie De Shannon..Needles And Pins

Percy Grainger..Mock Morris

Irma Thomas with Doctor John..Be You

Kimmie Rhodes..A Perfect Day..The Beautiful Old

Hugh Laurie..The Whale Has Swallowed Me..Let Them Talk

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles..Tracks Of My Tears

Roy Orbison..Only The Lonely..the All Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison

Buena Vista Social Club..Chan Chan..Buena Vista Social Club