October 2008

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Of course Tom Waits has a sense of humour…

by Alex 24 October 2008 Video

This is from Tom Waits’ press conference for his Glitter and Doom tour. Watch it to the very end. Otherwise the impact it made on me will be utterly meaningless to you, OK? By the way, got some great tracks just added to the Indie broadcast from his Orphans album.

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Ben Weaver

by Alex 17 October 2008 Uncategorized

Ben Weaver’s ‘Ax in the Oak’ arrives in the playlistnext week. This is the latest PR from Bloodhot Record: After years of chopping wood to keep his house warm, Ben Weaver has left the ax in the oak. It’s a statement of confidence as well as an artistic metaphor for Weaver, whose sixth studio album, [...]

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Ben Weaver – A new artist for FRUK

by Alex 17 October 2008 Uncategorized

Ben Weaver’s ‘Ax in the Oak’ arrives in the Indie stream next week. This is the latest PR from Bloodhot Record: After years of chopping wood to keep his house warm, Ben Weaver has left the ax in the oak. It’s a statement of confidence as well as an artistic metaphor for Weaver, whose sixth [...]

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Counterculture guide 1 – Plan B

by Alex 17 October 2008 Uncategorized

Your FRUKie guide to Counterculture. I’ll be drip feeding you information in a series of posts on how to stay up with what’s happening in the Counterculture music scene. This is vast so the focus will be around the sort of music that gets played on the FRUK Indie broadcast. There are a number of [...]

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Andrew Bird – an insight

by Alex 16 October 2008 Music News

I recently posted a video of Andrew Bird in the Frukie Forum, really just because I love his music and think he’s an incredible performer. I’ve also been listening to several of his albums, well five out of the ten that I currently possess.

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy hits it off with the Celts!

by Alex 10 October 2008 Reviews

I‘ve been waiting for Will Oldhams latest album ‘Is it the Sea?’ to arrive for what seems like a long time. Ever since I heard that the album featured recordings of his live tour back in 2006 of Ireland and Scotland accompanied by Scottish folk band ‘Harem Scarem’. Well, an advanced copy did hit the [...]

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