We were overflowing with #NewMusic this week! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet!

Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a Tom Petty song. Sadly, he died on 2nd October, 2017 and two nights after that, Phoebe Bridgers performed one of his songs as a tribute. It was added as a Bonus track to her album of earlier that year and it's such a sensitive and beautiful treatment of his song. Give it a listen!

New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

On 17 radio stations in 5 countries all week!

Playlist:

The Darkness – Josin

Click Click Domino – Ida Mae, Marcus King

Who’s Having The Greatest Time? – Low Island

speedfight – Late Verlane

How Is The House Still There? – Dead Anyway

Street Pulse Beat – Special Interest

Awake – Chiiild, Mahalia

Until Then – Moorea Masa & the Mood

Solid Heart (Guy Sigsworth remix) – Gia Margaret, Guy Sigsworth

My UFO – Kelsey Bulkin

It’ll All Work Out – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

It’ll All Work Out – Phoebe Bridgers (Luvva Cover feature)

Behind the Masks – Famous Forgotten Artists

revelation – Holy Sh*tshow

Sad Events Reoccur – A VOID

Promenade (Extended) – LearningToDive, Bravo Bonez

Freeze – Judith Haustein

Criminals (Acoustic) – Loyal Lobos

Transcended Before Me – EMIKA, Horace Andy

Iron Mountain – This Machine Kills Archons

Julio’s Lament - Silva

This week's show is a bit special! It's one of our #bestofthebest compilations - Mark and I have each chosen our favourite track from each of the last 12 shows (so 24 tracks in all). Wall to wall gorgeousness - the very best innovative, creative, melodic new music!

New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

On 16 radio stations in 5 countries all week!

Playlist:

Incantation – Whitney Tai

Scars – Ambient Jazz Ensemble

For All You Give – The Paper Kites, Lucy Rose

Want It Kept – Many Voices Speak

Robber – The Weather Station

Give It Back to the Feelings – Konradsen

The Spell – NIGHTSONG

Liquidity – Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Kjartan Sveinsson

Difficult – Ruby Waters

The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You – Shadi G

3017 – Lexxy

Hiatus – Yellow Belly, Gus Ring

Laissons Cela Entre Nous – Project Blackbird

Love Me World – Soda Blonde

Missing – Anúna, Terry Radigan

These Silvery Days – Paaliaq

Where the Time Went – Ex:Re, Josephine Stephenson, 12 Ensemble

Stories – Sarah Neufeld

INFINITE – PAVILION

Hysteria – Aeria

Moonlight – Neon Gru

Dream My Life Away – Tash Sultana, Josh Cashman

Oleander – Kinlaw

As A Child – Madeline the Person

Masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play.

Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a version of one of Neil Young's best loved songs. Talking to Dolly Parton about the song when she was about to cover it, he said he didn't remember what it was about but there is an element of time travel in the lyrics - verse one is set in medieval times, verse two is in the present, and verse three mentions 'The Chosen Ones' evacuating Earth in silver spaceships. The cover version is fabulous - it's by Katie Pruitt - an Americana / folk / alt. country artist based in Nashville. Give it a listen!

New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

On 16 radio stations in 5 countries all week!

Playlist:

Oleander – Kinlaw

African Proverb, Call Me A Fool – Valerie June, Carla Thomas

I’M OK YOU’RE OK – PAVILION

Come Here – Wy

2 a.m. - Zsüd

Boulevards – Sly5thAve, Denitia

Shoulder Season – Freelove Fenner

Hollow – Wyldest

Lava Lamps – The Dawdler

Understand – Emma Campbell

After The Gold Rush – Neil Young

After The Gold Rush – Katie Pruitt (Luvva Cover feature)

Another Sky – Nitin Sawhney, AVAWAVES

Wenn Der Südwind Weht – Group Listening, C.A.R.

Roll Away – Martin Green, Adam Holmes

No Man Is An Island – Gavin Holligan

Sweet Honey – Nana M. Rose

Stepping (Cholly remix) – Cholly

Consumed – Chris Short

As A Child – Madeline the Person

Howth – Grandbrothers

Nice and Easy – Aaron Dingus

Neon Lights – Trip Jacker, Emily Zuzik

Grow - Audiokicks

The After Eight Show now goes out on 16 different radio stations in 5 countries and is followed by over 10,000 people on Twitter.

This week, as always, we have masses of #NewMusic in our playlist!

Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a reworking of a huge hit by Massive Attack. It is by Thana Alexa - a Grammy nominated jazz vocalist and composer. All About Jazz music blog: "'Teardrop' is equal parts intoxicating and mesmerizing as it plays off multiple vocals with Jordan Peters' electric guitar". Give it a listen and see what they're talking about!

Playlist:

Hurt In Your Heart – Katie Spencer

Dream My Life Away – Tash Sultana, Josh Cashman

Breakthrough – Zilverbacks

Message From God – M30

Moonlight – Neon Gru

Anthropic -Cold Times (Tusks remix) – Hilang Child, Tusks

LEAVE ME ALONE - A COLORS SHOW – Amaarae

LVCIE - NØELLE

ANIMALS – AJIMAL

Radiator – Gordi

Teardrop – Massive Attack

Teardrop – Thana Alexa (Luvva Cover feature)

Astronomica – of1000faces

Fire Leap – NYX, Gazelle Twin

Doctor Frazer Mcglinchey – Out of the Ordinary – Edinburgh, Joseph Malik

Scratchcard Lanyard – Dry Cleaning

Linger – Lost Horizons, Gemma Dunleavy

Attack – Cholly

Rainy Day – Astrid M

Found – Jacob Banks

International Women's Day March 8th, 2021

To mark #IWD2021 on The After Eight Show, we approached a number of women in the Music Industry and invited them to record their thoughts and nominate a piece of their own music and/or a piece by a female artist who has inspired them.

The response was completely overwhelming!

So, as a result, you can listen to the considered thoughts of 22 women about the state of gender equality in music. They discuss their own experiences, hopes and fears for the future, and in some cases offer advice for young musicians building a career in this industry. Together with their chosen music, we have compiled their contributions into a 2 part special.

There are performers from the world of indie pop, metal, jazz, traditional and classical music. There are women from the world of music PR, artist management, music teachers and the boss of a London radio station who was a member of some prominent punk bands in the 70s - between them, they have a wealth of knowledge and experience of surviving and prospering in the music industry!

There are some wonderful stories to listen to. There is practical advice - resources for young artists to draw from and make use of, some very funny moments and some stunning music by the contributors themselves as well as inspirational music by Nina Simone, Tori Amos, Aretha Franklin, Alice Coltrane and many others.

List of contributors (in running order):

Part 1

Madisyn Whajne (musician from Whitefish River First Nations)

Aoibheann Carey-Philpott (Singer, songwriter, choral director, foodie, nature-lover, artist... from Cork)

Marianne Dissard (Desert noir chanteuse, Thanet-hinged performer, brutally honest author. Left her home in Tucson Arizona for a dream boat in England.)

Eliza Shaddad (singer, songwriter, film score composer, co-founder of Girls Girls Girls - now based in Cornwall)

Emma Miller (singer, songwriter, music blogger from Elgin, Scotland)

Anna Russell (founder of AR Artist Management helping music artists to start, build and grow successful, sustainable music careers, host of The Virtual Manager podcast - from London)

Charlotte Carpenter (singer, songwriter, music label boss, podcast host of Indie Insider ... from East Midlands)

Katie Spencer (singer, songwriter, guitar player from Yorkshire)

Tusks (Artist/ Producer from London)

Jo Beth Young (singer, songwriter, composer, music blogger and podcaster)

Clelia Felix (French composer, songwriter, musician)

International Women's Day March 8th, 2021

To mark #IWD2021 on The After Eight Show, we approached a number of women in the Music Industry and invited them to record their thoughts and nominate a piece of their own music and/or a piece by a female artist who has inspired them.

The response was completely overwhelming!

So, as a result, you can listen to the considered thoughts of 22 women about the state of gender equality in music. They discuss their own experiences, hopes and fears for the future, and in some cases offer advice for young musicians building a career in this industry. Together with their chosen music, we have compiled their contributions into a 2 part special.

There are performers from the world of indie pop, metal, jazz, traditional and classical music. There are women from the world of music PR, artist management, music teachers and the boss of a London radio station who was a member of some prominent punk bands in the 70s - between them, they have a wealth of knowledge and experience of surviving and prospering in the music industry!

There are some wonderful stories to listen to. There is practical advice - resources for young artists to draw from and make use of, some very funny moments and some stunning music by the contributors themselves as well as inspirational music by Nina Simone, Tori Amos, Aretha Franklin, Alice Coltrane and many others.

List of contributors (in running order):

Part 2

Monique Barry (singer, songwriter, music producer from Toronto)

Aisha Vaughan (musician, producer, singer, songwriter from Bristol)

Fiona Joy Hawkins (pianist, singer, composer from NSW, Australia)

Catherine J Campbell (founder of CJC promotions, music promoter & radio presenter)

Fiona Ross (jazz vocalist, pianist, producer, composer, writer on music and former Head of British Academy of New Music, London)

Dee Webb (radio station boss at Mad Wasp Radio in London, former punk rock guitarist)

Annie Smart (singer, songwriter, musician, music teacher, leads 2 choirs in Scotland for children and adults)

Jessica Rowe (founder of Bunny Music - platform celebrating and championing womxn in the industry)

Ruth Blake (musician, singer, songwriter from Somerset)

Emily Palen (founder of KnightressM1, violinist, musician, singer from Oakland, California)

Kar Stanton (Scottish multi instrumentalist, songwriter now based in Manchester)

As always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play.

Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a version of a song which was written and first recorded by A Flock Of Seagulls - an 80s gem! Paragon Cause have very much put their own stamp on the song - their version came out in November. Give it a listen!

New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

On 15 radio stations in 5 countries all week!

Playlist:

Sohinland – Speckled Doves

Dub It Over – Little Barrie, Tim Love Lee

Keep Checking Up On Me (ALASKALASKA re-edit) – Chartreuse, ALASKALASKA

Like a Stone (trentemøller remix) – Tricky, trentemøller

INFINITE – PAVILION

Nothing is Forever – Dig

Hysteria – Aeria

Verdad – Ayelle, Nobu Sounds

Under the Covers – Flunk

Tomorrow – Sophie Dorsten

Modern Love Is Automatic – A Flock Of Seagulls

Modern Love is Automatic – Paragon Cause (Luvva Cover feature)

Fall Again – Duval Timothy, Lil Silva, Melanie Faye

The End (Pitch Black remix) – Ink Project, Fifi Rong, Pitch Black

I Need You to Be Sweet Like Sugar (Nnge Nte Suka) – Ibibio Sound Machine

Morals – Africa Express, Mr Jukes, Muzi, Mahotella Queens, Moonchild Sanelly

Sahara – Debanjan Biswas

The Journey – Frank Birtwistle

Escape – Nice Humans, Svatá Luciá

Bad News – Taylor Mas

The Morning After – The Luxembourg Signal

The After Eight Show goes out on 15 different radio stations in 5 countries and we now have over 10,000 followers on Twitter.

This week, as always, we have masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play.

Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is another incredibly dramatic rework of a rock standard. One of Led Zeppelin's most famous songs has been totally reshaped by H.C. McEntire - Stereogum: "Her take on the song is a warm, folky acoustic ramble, and it’s beautiful." Give it a listen and let us know what you think!

New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

On 15 radio stations in 5 countries all week!

Playlist:

Trouble with You – indifferentmonkey

Can’t You Feel It? – Sylvan Paul

Dead To Me – Tizane

Same Size Shoe – serpentwithfeet

2 Far Gone (Vocal mix) – Moses Boyd, Katy B

We Choose You – bernice

Darknesses – Beauty in Chaos, Simon Gallup, Tish Ciravolo, Wayne Hussey

The Oracle – Collapse of Dawn

Where the Time Went – Ex:Re, Josephine Stephenson, 12 Ensemble

Postcard Lover – NIKKITA

Houses of the Holy – Led Zeppelin

Houses of the Holy – H.C. McEntire (Luvva Cover feature)

Stories – Sarah Neufeld

The Anti Universe – Emika

Loss – The Weather Station

Fragments of Joy – Aoibheann Carey-Philpott

Arrogance is the Death of Men – Skinshape

Blackbirds – Paperwing

That’s How It Feels – The Toms Trio

Brothers Keeper – TMMO

The Storm – Perry Ripley

The After Eight Show goes out on 15 different radio stations in 5 countries and we now have over 10,000 followers on Twitter.

This week, as always, we have masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play.

Our Luvva Cover is a version of one of Metallica's best known songs done by a chamber orchestra. Little Kruta did a rework of all of the tracks on Metallica's album '... And Justice For All', invited 5 up and coming soul and jazz singers to do the vocals, and made some incredible cover versions which offer completely different interpretations of the songs. The one we've chose features a brilliant acoustic soul singer Jenn Mundia. Give it a listen - it's such an interesting transformation of the song (and it even weaves in a iconic song for good measure)!

New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

Playlist:

hallelujah california (quiet) – Luna Shadows

Take Me With You – Eleanor and the Stars

Unthunk – Otzeki

Anything & Everything – akaMatisse, lemin.

Daddy – Charlotte Cardin

Black Bees – Uma, Lucy Lu

Breathe – HEIGHTS

Waking Up – Django Django, Charlotte Gainsbourg

One More Kiss – Kenneth Whalum

Back To The Sky - Ólafur Arnalds, JFDR

Harvester Of Sorrow – Metallica

Harvester Of Sorrow – Little Kruta, Jenn Mundia

These Silvery Days – Paaliaq

Exhale - Jónsi

Kid – Def Neon

Luz – Belau, Sexto Sentido

Missing – Anúna, Terry Radigan

No Plan – Gretchen Parlato, Mark Guiliana

Wait – A.A. Williams

Dad – Jonas Källstrand

I Need To WIN – By Devices

Engage – Sonar Red

NOT IN MY LIFE – BAD BREED

The After Eight Show goes out on 15 different radio stations in 5 countries and we now have over 10,000 followers on Twitter.

This week, as always, we have masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play.

Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a dramatic reworking of the last song Elvis Presley ever sang in public. It was the one he almost always chose to close his live shows. The cover version is by the highly successful film and TV composer Tommee Profitt featuring the brilliant vocalist Brooke. Their version begins as a beautiful, haunting love song and then builds to an exciting, cinematic climax. Give it a listen and tell us what you think!

New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

Playlist:

Laissons Cela Entre Nous – Project Blackbird

Ain’t You the Man – Maria Daines

Afterglow – Shingai, Aron Kyne

Justified – Tayla Parx, Tank and The Bangas

Dreaming That I’m Not In Love – Stay Lunar

Ship – The Notwist, Saya

Love Me World – Soda Blonde

We Had A Good Time – Bullion

Drinking – Zsela

Night – Gurli Octavia

Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley

Can’t Help Falling In Love – Tommee Profitt, Brooke

Your Place Is Empty – Hiatus, Malahat

Joan of Arc, Pt. 2 – model family

Dimitro – islandman, Elis Dubaz

Ona – Thana Alexa, Rosa Vocal Group

Empty Streets – Diamond Thug

9 times a week – WE ARE JOINERS

Rise – WILLOW, Jahnavi Harrison

Urban Driftwood 0 Yasmin Williams, Amadou Kouyate

Lois Lang – Acantha Lang

Wait – A.A. Williams