Due to some unexpected and severe brain seizure activity this evening, tonight’s Witching Hours Session comes to you a few hours earlier than usual. Please overlook this (hopefully) once off and with a bit of luck normal service will be resumed tomorrow night. Sleep hopefully comes rushing now….. The Witching Hour Sessions – 24/01/2018 Prince …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – 23/01/2018 Nirvana Nirvana were formed by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington. Despite releasing only three full-length studio albums in their seven-year career, Nirvana have come to be regarded as one of the most influential and important alternative bands in history. Though the band …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – 22/01/2018 Mott The Hoople Mott The Hoople were an English rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid-1970s. They are best known for the song ‘All the Young Dudes’, written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – 21/01/2018 Laura Cantrell Born in Nashville in 1967, Laura Cantrell moved to New York to study law and accounting. Laura reached a wide audience in 2000 with the release of her debut album and big John Peel favourite ‘Not The Tremblin’ Kind’. The album was full of literate songwriting and …
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The Witching Hours Session – 20/01/2018 Pearl Jam Pearl Jam were formed in Seattle in 1990. Since its inception, the band’s line-up has consisted of Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament. Formed after the demise of Gossard and Ament’s previous band, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – 19/01/2018 Michael Jackson Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the “King of Pop”, he was one of the most popular entertainers in the world, and was the best-selling music artist during the year of his death. Jackson’s contributions to music, dance, and fashion …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – 18/01/2018 MTV Unplugged MTV Unplugged was an acoustic television show that I loved during the tail end of the last century. It aired regularly on MTV. Many of the artists who appeared on the show, released their sessions as albums and some were commercial and critical hits. Eric Clapton’s ‘Unplugged’ …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – 17/01/2018 Roy Orbison Roy Orbison (1936 – 1988) was an American singer-songwriter known for his distinctive, impassioned voice and dark emotional ballads. The combination led many critics to describe his music as operatic, nicknaming him the “Caruso of Rock” and “the Big O”. While most male rock-and-roll performers in the …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – 16/01/2018 Four Tet Introduced into my orbit by the mighty Dave Holland in 2010 and still occasionally seen in the sky’s over Durrow… Kieran Hebden (born 1978), best known by the stage name Four Tet, is an English musician. Hebden first came to prominence as a member of the band …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – 15/01/2018 Sigur Rós Sigur Rós are an Icelandic avant-rock band from Reykjavík, who have been active since 1994. Love them but might let others attempt to describe their albums! Suffice to say it’s some of the most beautiful music you will hear. Tonight’s listening; 1. – Takk (2005) 2 – …
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