"McGarvey is a young singer/songwriter with that rarest of things in the genre; imagination." – Clash

"Epic, otherworldly sounds in an intimate show, with digital trickery framing trad folk singer-songwritery fare." - The Guardian

"McGarvey has locked himself away in his bedroom and crafted songs of true otherworldly magic and splendour." - Manchester Evening News

"A haunting take on modern folk." - Red Online

In this, the first of two Manchester based SNS Onlines, Nick Randell visits locally-based alternative songwriter/producer, *Ben McGarvey, AKA Minute Taker, to talk about his musical inspirations, his song writing process and that indefinable creative 'spark' that goes into developing and releasing his own particular brand of music. With many examples of Minute Taker’s work taken from his first two critically acclaimed albums, Too Busy Framing and Last Things, plus an exclusive/live performance from Ben, this is a show to be enjoyed by both fans and newcomers alike!

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter(ScratchNTweet).

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

*Follow Ben on http://www.minutetaker.net/

[Photo by Jamie Alun Price]

Thanks go to Paul Thomas.

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