She’s great. Have seen her a number of times before she moved to Bulgaria. Very nice lady to chat to as well. Hope she does well .....
Very nice lady, very committed to her music. Her partner Joe was playing with her on Saturday, and most of the passengers on the boat seemed to be members of her family! My wife works with a woman who Jess’s mum fostered, so they grew up together, which is how I came to be there.
this is kind of appropriate for this thread.... Forgot about this track until I diug this album out to play today. Some of Chicago's finest….
Ok, so we march on into 1988 and there was some fantastic new and varied music being produced on both sides of the pond... First up we have a single and the first track off of the critically acclaimed and influential NYC Avant/Alternative Rock band, Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation double album..
After this strong debut album, Ancient Heart from Pop Folk Singer/ Songwriter, Tanita Tikaram I expected her to do big things, but she could never quite replicate the success...
This is the debut single from probably the biggest Supergroup ever, The Traveling Wilburys and it was written by a collective collaboration...
Here's a Scottish Indie band that were one of the first on the Bristol based Sarah Records (which was voted as the second best Indie Label of all time by NME)...
And a new term called "Shoegazing" was being used to describe Dream Poppy and fuzzy guitar sounding music. Dublin band, My Bloody Valentine on the Creation label were one of the first...
A young female American Singer/Songwriter turned up at the Nelson Mandela Concert at Wembley with just her acoustic guitar and powerful voice and blew everyone away. Her eponymous debut album then became a best seller all over the World...
This is a great Beatles cover from the NME Childline charity compilation album, Sgt Pepper Knew My Father from The Wedding Present...
This is a single from Derry Indie band, That Petrol Emotion, who were an influence on the coming Madchester and Britpop scenes...