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Independent Venue Week

Independent Venue Week playlist

To celebrate Independent Venue Week we asked the folks behind the event to pick out some of their favourite tracks for this week’s playlist.

By Bekki Bemrose 31 Jan 2020
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Behind the scenes: Help Musicians

Help Musicians is an independent UK charity for professional musicians.

31 Jan 2020
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Zoe Graham

‘Even if there's a thundering beat under the track somehow, somewhere folk will still be in there': singer-songwriter Zoe Graham chats musical evolution.

By Bekki Bemrose 28 Jan 2020
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Fay Milton (Savages)

This week’s playlist comes from none other than Savage’s Fay Milton.

By Bekki Bemrose 24 Jan 2020
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Goodboys

‘We’ve literally gone from our bedroom, making music, to the Grammys in 11 months. It’s absolutely nuts': Goodboys chat their Grammy nominated song Piece of Your Heart.

By Bekki Bemrose 24 Jan 2020
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Seth Lakeman

‘It’s about identity and being honest to who you are and where you come from and what you represent’: Seth Lakeman continues to forge a unique path in folk music with his latest offering which commemorates the Mayflower's voyage.

By Bekki Bemrose 23 Jan 2020
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Bones UK

‘Music is a vehicle for us to empower people, to make people feel better about themselves, and to get our message across’: says Rosie Bones of rock duo Bones UK.

By Bekki Bemrose 22 Jan 2020
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Isobel Campbell

‘[Songwriting’s] unpredictable, because sometimes an idea that I’m most excited about will be quite disappointing and then sometimes something that’s throwaway will be the best thing. It’s a mysterious mistress,’ muses Isobel Campbell.

By Bekki Bemrose 21 Jan 2020
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My Bus

‘I come up with the melodies and Gary’s job is just basically to put the apocalypse on basically anything I do': Butterfly Child's Joe Cassidy and Gary McKendry, aka Papa Sprain chat collaboration.

By Bekki Bemrose 16 Jan 2020
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