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Show 71 – Pour me a drink

Dec 312008

Show 71 – Pour me a drink – is the New Year’s Eve 2008 Drinking Special, with all of the songs being linked to an alcohol theme. And by cutting down on the talking I’ve managed to squeeze eleven songs into the 60 minute show. Happy New Year!

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Edwina Hayes – Pour Me A Drink
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Pour Me A Drink [PayPal]

Carleko – Drinking On Your Own
[MySpace] [AF Collective]

Gerry McNiece – Drink Talk
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the new single Braw Sailing [PayPal]

Joe Topping – Drinking To Forget
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Love, Loss and Alcohol [PayPal]

Terry Coyne – My Old Man
[website] [MySpace]
From the CD Geese On The Water

Anthony John Clarke – Gone Back On The Booze Again
[website]
From the CD Straight On, No Problem
Buy the new CD Tuesday We Will Fly [here]
Download over 100 songs from [Smugglers Music]

Kaya – Sick Champagne Waltz
[website][MySpace]
[facebook profile] [facebook group]
[Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight]
Buy the CD Balloon In A Cactus Field [Ultimate Fake] [iTunes]

Jazmine Ava – Deep Red Wine
[Website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Sunshine And Shadows [PayPal] [iTunes] [7digital]

His Worship And The Pig – Absent Friends
From the CD Look Back In ‘Anley [website]

Invocal – Peace And Love
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the new CD I’ve Tried Saying No To The Slugs
[Nettlewine] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Ten Gallon Hat and the Big Salute – Never Used To Drink Alone
[MySpace]
Buy the EP New Horizons [Last FM]

BEDDING
Matt Stevens – West Green
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Echo [Amazon MP3] [eMusic] [iTunes]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

The It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast can now be heard
on Acoustic Alternative www.acousticalternative.com
every Friday at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK time

Show 70 – Scampi For Christmas

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Dec 172008

Show 70 – Scampi For Christmas – is a festive feast of acoustic fun. There are some seasonal songs to get you in the mood for Christmas, and other great acoustic tracks to go with them. This show is dedicated to the memories of two very special people who died this year – Oliver Postgate (the creator of Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, The Clangers, Noggin the Nog, and Pogles Wood), and Cliff Hall (member of the popular Liverpool folk group The Spinners).

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Nathan Ball ft Adrianne Wininsky – Assumptions
Nathan [website] [MySpace] [River Rat Records]
Adrianne [Website] [MySpace]
Buy The Ballinsky Project’s “Control-Z Session” CD [PayPal]

His Worship And The Pig – Red Nose Blues
Buy the CD A Christmas Tail [website]

Dropkick – Scampi For Christmas
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the new CD Patchwork [Taylored Records]

Neil Murray – Merry Merry Christmas
[website] [PMN]

Rob Clarke – Long Way North
Buy the CD Long Way North [MySpace]

The Burning Leaves – The Holy And The Ivy
[MySpace]

The Mountain Firework Company – Walking In The Air
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Samurai [website]

The Spinners – Heavy Rain
[fan site] [Hughie Jones] [Mick Groves] [Tony Davis]
From the box set Folk Legends [Amazon]

BEDDING
The Persephone – Reflections on the Gift of Caspar
[Jamendo] from the CD Blue and Other Colours

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

You can read a very good interview with Oliver Postgate here. And don’t forget to visit the Dragon’s Friendly Society!

The It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast can now be heard
on Acoustic Alternative www.acousticalternative.com
every Friday at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK time

Show 69 – Ohh er, Missus!

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Dec 032008

Show 69 – Ooh er, Missus! - has an interview with Steve Tilston plus one of his classic songs and two from his new album. There’s also music from Alexander Murray, K Anderson, Zoe Nicol, and Ruth Theodore. The bedding track is a seasonal tune from Sketchy.

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Alexander Murray – Runnin’ With The Devil
Download the cd ‘Unaffected’ for free [MySpace]
Buy a hard copy of the cd [CD Baby]

Steve Tilston interview
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the new CD Ziggurat [Abicat] [Amazon] [iTunes]

Steve Tilston – Slip Jigs and Reels
Of Moor & Mesa – Run River Records 1992
The Greening Wind – Hubris 1999

Steve Tilston – The Fisher Lad of Whitby
Ziggurat – Hubris 2008

Steve Tilston – Madame Muse
Ziggurat – Hubris 2008

K Anderson – Foxes
[website] [MySpace]
Buy The Foxes EP [iTunes] [PayPal]

LIVERPOOL SOUND
Zoe Nicol – Walk Against The Wind
[website] [MySpace]

Ruth Theodore – Grounded
[website] [River Rat Records] [MySpace] [Jamendo]
Buy the CD Worm Food [River Rat Records]

BEDDING
Sketchy – Winter Sun
[MySpace]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

The It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast can now be heard
on Acoustic Alternative www.acousticalternative.com
every Friday at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK time

Show 68 – Acoustic Magic

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Nov 192008

Show 68 – Acoustic Magic – all of the artists perform at the Acoustic Magic gigs in the North East of England, organised by Derek and Hairy from Clear Blue Skies. Details about the Acoustic Magic gigs can be found at myspace.com/clearblueskies

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Clear Blue Skies – Here You
[MySpace]
Buy the CD Wake Up Dreaming [HMV]

THEN & NOW – Shagpile

Shagpile – Finding Yourself
Originally played on Show 23 – 23rd May 2007

Shagpile – Young
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Finding Yourself [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Hague – Let Me In
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the EP You via PayPal

Simon Todd – Pithead Wheels
[MySpace]

Steve Daggett – The Ballad of Jimmy Forsyth
[website]
Buy Songs in a Carrier Bag [website]

Snatchbag – Don’t Turn Around
[MySpace]

Adam Bomb – Saluda a Lola
[website]
Buy New York Times [Amazon] [iTunes]

[BED] Destroying Something Beautiful – It Was Nice While It Lasted
[website] [MySpace]

ALSO ON THE SHOW

Check out allacoustic.co.uk

[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

The It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast can now be heard
on Acoustic Alternative www.acousticalternative.com
every Friday at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK time

Show 67 – Penny for the Guy

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Nov 052008

Show 67 – Penny for the Guy - is a Guy Fawkes Night special. Here in the UK we celebrate the anniversary in 1605 when Guy Fawkes and his co-conspiritors failed to blow up King James I during the State Opening of the Houses of Parliament. Read more about it at www.bonfirenight.net

So, to mark Bonfire Night (as it’s also known) we’ve got a suitably themed show with lots of pennies, lots of guys (and a gal!), and lots of fire!

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Tracey Browne – Bonfire Night
[MySpace]
Buy the CD Tracey Browne [PayPal] [RocketFuelledRecords]

Steve Tilston – A Pretty Penny
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the new CD Ziggurat [Abicat] [Amazon] [iTunes]

Leon Rosselson – Penny For The Guy
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD RosselSongGs from Fuse Records [website]

The Mountain Firework Company – Burn
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Samurai [website]

Simon Connor - Open Fire
[MySpace]
Buy the EP Seaside Surprise [iTunes] [Picadilly Records] [Rough Trade]

The Sleeping Years – Setting Fire To Sleepy Towns
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD We’re Becoming Islands One By One [Rocketgirl] [Amazon] [iTunes]

LIVERPOOL SOUND 1 Jody Cooper – The Lucky Ones
[MySpace]
Buy the CD Ten A Penny [CD Baby]

LIVERPOOL SOUND 2 Guy Taunton – Superman Lunchbox
[MySpace] [Soundclick]
MochAcoustic every Tuesday

Aidan Jones – Times Like These
[MySpace] [Bebo]

[BEDDING] Paddy Rogan – Guy Fawkes
[MySpace]
Buy the EP Night Flight pad_rogan[at]hotmail.co.uk
Also in the band Paddy and Jack

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

The It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast can now be heard
on Acoustic Alternative www.acousticalternative.com
every Friday at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK time

Show 66 – Getting my kicks

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Oct 212008

Show 66 – Getting my kicks – features an interview and three songs from the Dana Wylie Band. Also featured are more great acoustic songs from artists here in the UK, including one submitted to the show by the lovely people at Manilla PR.

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The Los Dawsons – Route 66
[blog] [MySpace]
Listen to the CD Propesity to Party [Splashcast]

Lizzyspit – Another Word For A Lie
[MySpace]
New album Eggbox launched 3rd November
and available from [iTunes] [Indiestore]
Courtesy of Denise at Manilla PR

Michael Baker – Polaroid Of You
[MySpace] [Facebook Page]
Download free songs from his MySpace

Dana Wylie Band interview
[Website] [MySpace] [SonicBids]

Buy the CD ‘Almost There…’ [CD Baby] [iTunes]
Buy the new CD ‘The Unruly Ones’ [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Hurricane Boy (sample]
The Money Song
from the album Almost There…

Hometown Boy
The Unruly Ones
from the album The Unruly Ones

The Garden Party – Leaves Are Falling
[MySpace]
Buy the CD Postcards [iTunes] [PayPal]

[Bedding] Barry Mc Cabe – Arthur
(Dedicated to Arthur Conley)
[website] [PMN] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Beyond The Tears [website] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

The It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast can now be heard
on Acoustic Alternative www.acousticalternative.com
every Friday at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK time

Made In The UK 44

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Oct 192008

Show 44 of the Made In The UK Show has been made available to listeners of the It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast as a one-off experiment. The special introduction is by It’s A Frog’s Life host, Graham Holland, who also plays two of his favourite songs from his show. He then hands over to two of his fellow co-hosts from the Made In The UK stable of UK Podcasters who treat you to two of their favourite songs of the moment too.

Visit the show at madeintheukshow.co.uk

or visit the shownotes for Show 44

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Graham’s Submissions
from the It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast
itsafrogslife.net/podcast

Absent Friends by No Fixed Abode [Midlands]
www.myspace.com/musicnfa

Rambling Time by Palava [Nottingham]
myspace.com/palavasongs

Colin’s Submissions
from the Ourobouros Podcast
ourobouros.co.uk

There You Go by GK & The Renegades [Liverpool]
www.gkandtherenegades.com

Confusion Parade by Rieser [Edinburgh]
www.rieser.co.uk

Alan’s Submissions
from Darkhorse Radio
darkhorseradio.co.uk

Now I’m Gone (Is Your Life Better) by Marcus Bonfanti [London]
myspace.com/marcusbonfantimusic

The Safe House by Citadels [London]
myspace.com/citadelsmusic

AND FINALLY…
If you like any of the artists on this podcast then please support them by telling your friends, visiting their websites, going to their gigs, and buying their music. Remember to tell them that you heard their music on the Made In The UK Show. Help to keep music real.

This show is a member of the Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed] and is supported by Libsyn

Show 65 – Precious few heroes

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Oct 072008

Show 65 – Precious few heroes – features an interview and three songs from musical hero, and outstanding interpreter of songs, Dick Gaughan. Also featured are great songs from across the acoustic spectrum by artists here in the UK.

The It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast can now be heard every week on Acoustic Alternative www.acousticalternative.com

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Doofer – Darling
[MySpace]
Buy the CD Doofer [Celtic Rock Music]

Alex Dunford – You (new acoustic mix)
featuring Kate Smith on vocals
[MySpace]

Lizzie Bing – Beautiful
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the EP Living On The Edge Of My Dreams [here]

Dick Gaughan interview
[website]
All songs taken from the CD Live At The Trade’s Club, available to buy from [Greentrax] and [Music Scotland]

What You Do With What You Got
(song by Si Khan)

Tom Paine’s Bones
(song by Graham Moore)

No Gods
(song by Brian McNeill)

[Bedding]
The Accrington McBrides / Mulvihill’s Hornpipe / The Wexford Assembly

Damian Etherington – Songbird
[website] [MySpace]

Ockhams Raiser – Time To Go
[MySpace]
Buy the Ockhams Raiser CD [here]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

Show 64 – News from nowhere

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Sep 242008

Show 64 – News from nowhere – features an interview and three songs from one of the UK’s finest radical songwriters, Leon Rosselson. This is sandwiched inside more great acoustic songs from artists across the UK.

The It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast can now be heard twice a week on Acoustic Alternative www.acousticalternative.com

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Rob Clarke – September
[MySpace]
Buy the new CD Long Way North from Rob

Luke Jackson – Am I Good Enough For You
[MySpace]
Lyrics by Paul Thomas [MySpace]

ODi – Tears and Wine
[website] [MySpace] [Bebo]
Buy the EP A Superman [website] [iTunes]

Leon Rosselson interview
[website] [MySpace]
All CDs are available to buy from Fuse Records [website]

Barney’s Epic Homer
from the CD Guess What They’re Selling At The Happiness Counter

The World Turned Upside Down
from the CD RosselSongs

Conversation On A Mobile
from the new CD A Proper State

Hannah Platt – When The Days Get Short
[MySpace]

Boyhood Bravery – Pigeon French
[MySpace] [blog]

[Bedding]
Matt Stevens – Dolls House
[website] [MySpace]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

This show was accidentally recorded at 96 kps rather than the normal 128 kps. Apologies to the artists – it won’t happen again!

Just to add to the problems, this is a repost because the first attempt didn’t show in iTunes.

Show 63 – Instrumental Rewind V

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Sep 162008

Show 63 – Instrumental Rewind V – features full versions of the instrumental bedding tracks used on the It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast between June and September 2008.

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From Show 56 – Comedy Special II (11 June 2008)

Tim Cheatle – End Times Boogie
[MySpace] [facebook] [BBC Ouch]
Buy the CD Grace [7digital]

From Show 57 – The spice of life (25 June 2008)

David Buckingham – The View
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the cd The View [website] [CD Baby] [guitar cds]

From Show 58 – Folkwit Records special (9 July 2008)

Gwildor – An Elevator Fairy Tale
[website] [MySpace] [Folkwit]
Buy the CD Tales From A Town [website] [Folkwit]

From Show 59 – 2nd Anniversary Show (23 July 2008)
Originally played on Show 30 – Scouting for songs (1 August 2007)

Danny Maddocks – Bernie’s Changes
[MySpace]

From Show 60 – The road beneath my wheels (6 August 2008)

Michael Phillips – Waiting Observing
[website] [MySpace][Musicfinity]
Buy Songs From A Quieter Stream [CD Baby]

From Show 61 – Liverpool’s got culture! (20 August 2008)

Andrew Ellis – Creole Belle / Drybone Shuffle
Andrew Ellis – The Woman of the Blue Islands
[website]
Taken from the new CD Solos / Duets

From Show 62 – Didn’t we do well (3 September 2008)

Sean Murray – Michelle
[website] [MySpace] [youTube]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast now broadcast on Acoustic Alternative

To get just the Instrumental Rewind in its own feed visit instrumentalrewind.itsafrogslife.net

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