Hot Pebbles! in Summer

Hot Pebbles! on Phonic FM continues while I am en vacances en France: 

Wednesdays 16:00-18:00

26 June: DJ Retsina

3 July: John Widzell

10 July: Kat Fyfe

Join them for fantastic music and arts entertainment and info.

Martin Hodge

LET'S Go!!

Today we welcomed to the Phonic FM studio three enthusiastic members of 
Exeter LETS (Local Exchange and Trading System), Sarah Pennington, Lisa Hebbard and Gavin Hodge.   Listen again here 

The scheme enables members to trade and swap services and goods without using money. Further details on the Exeter LETS website.

I also spoke on the phone on air with Chris Brown from the Australian band Kotadama. 

Chris Brown rang us from Sydney, Australia at around 02:30 their time! Chris is singer and guitarist with Kotadama who have connections over here with Steve Osborne Media and Exeter-based Tabitha Music. 

Kotadama create songs describing the human condition: stories of love, loss, inspiration, life and the delicate ongoing relationship between man and earth.

We played two fine tracks by Kotadama: In My Heart and One More Time. More info about the band on Kotadama's website and on Facebook.

Other music played
Solas..High, Wide And Handsome..Shamrock City
Patrick Sweany..Bus Station..Close To The Floor
The Routers..Let's Go (Pony)
David Bowie..Let's Dance (7" single" version)..Best Of Bowie
Gogol Bordello..Tribal Connection..Super Taranta!
Yann Tearson feat. Lisa Germano..Le Meridien..L'Absente
Ry Cooder..Shaghaid
Tom Waits..Tango Till They're Sore..Raindogs
Kris Drever..Braw Sailin' On The Sea..Black Water
The Untouchables..Toughen Up..Trojan Box Set: Tighten Up
Lonely Tourist..Trojan Box Calypso..Sir, I Am A Good Man
Madison Violet..Fallen By The Wayside..The Good In Goodbye
AfroCubism..Karamo..AfroCubism
Andrew Bird..Orpheus Looks Back..Break It Yourself
Watcha Clan..Im Nin'Alu (Maga Bo Remix)..Hasnaduro & Im Nin'Alu Remixes
Ella Fitzgerald..Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
Bobby Darin..Things
Maz Totterdell..Delirious..Sweep
Flanders & Swann..Hippopotamus Song..At The Drop Of A Hat
Jay Tamkin Band..La Frescura..Sorted

Graham Sclater, Ignite and Bear and the Banshee

Thank you to my guests on Hot Pebbles on Phonic FM today.

 Listen again here 

Graham Sclater is a music publisher and author based in Exeter. He talked about

his new novel Too Big To Cry set in 2010 with the recession causing big problems to businessman Brian Chapman. Graham told us how he developed the dramatic story line. It is available now through Tabitha Books. Graham also brought along some music from Tabitha Music for air play: 

MXT..Too Big to Cry
Cockney John..Brazil / Hole In My Head..How Many Times

On a phone line, Tai Ling spoke to us about The Improsarios and their

Trilogy - improvisation with a twist - which we can experience at Exeter Phoenix on 6 June 2013.

Trilogy is part of Ignite, Exeter's performance festival, taking Exeter by storm at venues throughout the city. Full programme here.

Fabulous live music was provided by Bear and the Banshee. Their songs were
Video Games; Black Sandals; The Joker and You're All I Need To Get By.

Check out Bear and the Banshee on Facebook.
Bear and the Banshees are Kat Brooks and Jack Boulden. Kat leads an open access Exeter choir, Music Bird. She is also available as a singing coach, contactable via Music Bird.

Other music played
Sarana Verlin & Billy Brandt..Reality Betrays..Goin' Home
Jay Tamkin Band..La Frescura..Sorted
Kotadama..Endure
Amadou Diagne..Lamp Fall..Yakar
CoCo & The Butterfields..Warriors
Jun Miyake..Est-Ce Que Tu Peux Me Voir feat. Lisa Papineau..stolen From Strangers
Bo Walton..Wild At Heart
Peter Sellers..Help!..A Celebration Of Sellers
The Beatles..We Can Work It Out..No. 1s
Ben & Alfie..Over And Over..No Measure
Antony (Hegarty) & Bryce Desner..I Was Young When I Left Home
Sharon Shannon..Sparkie..Spellbound