Dave and Kenny this week are joined by Paul Hindmarsh. As a journalist, publisher, former commissioner of music for BBC Radio 3 and now Chair of the European Brass Band Associations music panel Paul offers his unique insight into his thinking behind commissioning pieces such as Pagannini Variations, Songs for BL and Judith Bingham's Prague.

We review the SIDDIS contest in Stavanger, offer our views on politics in the UK and US and launch the Brass Band Podcast's Campaign for Better Banding.

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