It's A Frog's Life Acoustic Podcast

Show 111 – Confessions of a podcaster

Jun 272011

Show 111 – Confessions of a podcaster - welcomes Graham back to the mic after six months away. He picks up where he left off with some great independent, unsigned and podsafe acoustic music from the UK, plus a Hopping All Over The World track from Hungary, courtesy of Gabor Kovaks at Electrical Language.

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Babajack – Lady Baby Stomp
babajack.com
Buy their music [direct] [iTunes] [Amazon]

Luke Jackson – Run and Hide
lukepauljackson.co.uk
Run and Hide EP out early July 2011 – buy direct from Luke’s website

Joe Holtaway – Colour White
joeholtaway.wordpress.com
From the mini album Words by H

Mike Katz and Mike Wheelans – Juan Martinos/Tail Toddle
templerecords.co.uk
Watch the video on youtube

HOPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD – H is for Hungary
Andrea Gerak – Arva Az a Hadar (Lonely Is The Bird)
andreagerak.com
Introduced by Gabor Kovaks from Electrical Language

Tinlin – Soldier Boy
tinlinmusic.com
Buy the album Instand Pleasure [CD Baby]

Dropkick – Going Over Old Ground
dropkickmusic.co.uk
Buy the new album Time Cuts The Ties [iTunes] [Amazon]

Babajack - Big Man Blues
babajack.com
Buy their music [direct] [iTunes] [Amazon]

BEDDING TRACK
Matt Stevens – Eleven
mattstevensguitar.com
Buy the album Ghost direct from Matt
ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis – Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website]
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Listen to the Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight

Show 110 – Folkwit Special II

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Jan 012011

Show 110 – Folkwit Special II – features two tracks from six of Folkwit Records‘ finest musicians and bands. It’s been two and a half years since the first Folkwit special and we thought a second one was long overdue, so here it is. Why not visit folkwit.biz and let us know if there are any other artists there who you’d like us to feature?

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Andy Whittle – Easier Said Than Done
[Folkwit] [website] [MySpace]
Buy the album Reflections Of An Illusion from [Folkwit] [iTunes]

Cavil – Plastic Bag (That’s My Flag)
Cavil – Small Moments
[Folkwit] [website] [MySpace]
Buy the album Mares’ Tails [Folkwit] [iTunes]

V.O. – Sample Song
V.O. – Constant Changes
[Folkwit] [MySpace]
Buy the album Obstacles [Folkwit]

EP’s Trailer Park – Sound of Love
EP’s Trailer Park – Hockey Skates and Butterflies
[Folkwit] [website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Scissor and Knives [Folkwit] [iTunes]

Daniel Carlson – Aviary
Daniel Carlson – Another Week
[Folkwit] [website] [MySpace]
Buy the album Aviary Jackson [Folkwit] [CD Baby] [Amazon]

Louise Le May – Be My Guru II
Louise Le May – Coal-Marble-Stone
[Folkwit] [website] [MySpace]
Buy the mini-album Tell Me One Thing That Is New [Folkwit]
Andy Whittle – Parting Song
[Folkwit] [website] [MySpace]
Buy the album Reflections Of An Illusion from [Folkwit] [iTunes]

BEDDING TRACKS
Daniel Carlson – Aviary
Louise Le May – Be My Guru II
see playlist above for details
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 109 – The Christmas Cracker

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Dec 232010

Show 109 – The Christmas Cracker – brings you a mix of seasonal and non-seasonal acoustic tracks from across the UK that will hopefully spread a little Christmas cheer during this cold, icy and snowy winter.

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The Banana Sessions – Don’t Lose Your Mind (It’s Christmas Time)
[website] [MySpace] [PMN]
Buy the The Buckfast Pilgrimage [Ten Tracks]

Will Richards – You Always Do
[website] [MySpace] [facebook]
Buy the album One More Chance [band] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Marc Reeves – Prayer
[website] [facebook] [MySpace]
Buy the new album Perfectly Fine [bandcamp] [CD Baby] [iTunes] [Amazon MP3]

England & Alman – Silent Night
[Caroline England]
Buy the single [iTunes]

Dropkick – Up On The Hill
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the 25th December EP [iTunes] [AmazonMP3]

The Occasional Orchestra – Raining Through The Queen’s Speech
[MySpace] [facebook]
Download the track for free [BigUntidy]

James Corachea – Confidence
[facebook]
Buy the EP Confidence [bandcamp]

Shagpile – Silent Night
[website] [facebook] [MySpace]
Buy the album Easy To Read [iTunes]

Ken Nicol – Good King Wenceslas (Christmas medley)
[website] [music website] [MySpace]
Buy the Christmas album Tidings [here]
Listen to Ken on [Folkcast][Folkcast on MySpace]

Luke Jackson – Christmas Doesn’t Cost A Dime (chill out mix)
[website] [facebook] [MySpace] [YouTube]
Buy the single in aid of Cystic Fybrosis Trust [iTunes]

Cross The Border – Winter Song
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the EP [bandcamp]

Great Big Sea – Walk On The Moon
[website] [Music Alley] [MySpace] [facebook]
Buy the CD Fortune’s Favour [here]

BEDDING
Shagpile – Silent Night
see playlist above for details

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 108 – Back in Blighty

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Dec 052010

Show 108 – Back in Blighty – brings the show back to its roots with a bumper selection of great acoustic tracks from across the UK.

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Circus Envy – Three Score And Ten
[website] [MySpace]
Buy A New Dawn EP [Bandcamp] [AmazonMP3] [iTunes]

HOPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD – G is for Germany
Roxanne de Bastion – One Morning
[MySpace] [facebook] [Zube Records]
Buy the EP MONO [iTunes]

Ar Bea – Paperchained
[MySpace] [folkalley]
But the CD In My Defence [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Tony Hearn – Wooden Teeth
[MySpace]
Listen to Pauly B and Tony every week on Punky!

Wax Ersatz – Electric City
[ReverbNation]

Cross The Border – Sake of the Blade
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the album Here We Stand from the website

Ian Griffiths and Jenny Hicken – Go Down Loxley
[MySpace] [FolkAlley]

Adam Wilson – Tipping The Balance
[MySpace] [Zube Records]
Buy the album West Coast Elegy [iTunes] [Amazon]

The Bright-Eyed Sky – Sea Breeze
[MySpace] [facebook] [last.fm]

The Haiku – Time
[website] [MySpace] [facebook] [YouTube]
Buy the album Life After The Bomb from the band

BEDDING
The Naughty Step – Woodsmoke
[MySpace] [bandcamp]
from the album Ice and Woodsmoke
Download for free [Jamendo]
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 107 – US Roadtrip

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Nov 142010

Show 107 – US Roadtrip – features seven acoustic songs from across the USA, as we travel from coast to coast and stop off at lots of places in between.

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David Berkeley – Chicago
[website] [MySpace] [facebook] [Music Alley]
Buy the album Strange Light from [David] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Lauren Strange – Jump
[website] [MySpace]
Buy The Strange EP [iTunes]

Jacqueline Stem – Streams of Consciousness
[MySpace]
Buy the CD Streams of Consciousness [CD Baby]

HOPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD – F is for France
Lull – Boy In The Night
[MySpace] [Jamendo]
Download the album Duo Acoustique for free [Jamendo]

Bella Ruse – Heart of Everyone
[website] [MySpace] [facebook]
Buy the EP Bella Ruse [bandcamp]
New CD Kuhzoo available from 13th December 2010

Kulewa - Seize The Day
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Kulewa [CD Baby]
Courtesy of musicSUBMIT

Art Gomperz Band – This Heart’s Been Around
Art Gomperz Band – Don’t Worry Anymore
[website]
Buy the CD A Different Story To Tell [Dig Station] [AmazonMP3]

BEDDING
Lawrence Blatt – Fibonacci’s Dream
[website] [MySpace] [Soundclick] [Purevolume]
Buy the CD Fibonacci’s Dream [CD Baby] [iTunes] [Amazon]

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

WHERE TO FIND THIS PODCAST
Shownotes – itsafrogslife.net/podcast
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[Mevio]
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Show 106 – Instrumental Rewind IX

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Sep 142010

Instrumental Rewind IX is Show 106 of the It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast and features full versions of the instrumental bedding tracks and other instrumental tracks played on the show from December 2009 to August 2010

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From Show 95 – Christmas Number One (16 December 2009)
Ken Nicol – Tidings
[website] [music website] [MySpace]
Buy the Christmas album Tidings [here]
Listen to Ken on [Folkcast][Folkcast on MySpace]

From Show 96 – House of the Rising Frog (6 January 2010)
Comfortable – Calling From Japan
[Music Alley]

From Show 97 – Icy Waters (20 January 2010)
Mat Lomas – Glissaccatura & Freestyling
[MySpace]

From Show 98 – The gasman cometh (3 February 2010)
Matt Stevens – Moondial
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Echo [Amazon MP3] [eMusic] [iTunes]

From Show 98 – The gasman cometh (3 February 2010)
RM Hubbert – For Maria
[website] [MySpace] [facebook]
Buy the album First & Last [Bandcamp] on a ‘name your own price’ basis

From Show 98 – The gasman cometh (3 February 2010)
Skully – Mardyke
[MySpace] [Irish Makover]
Buy the CD Irish Makeover [iTunes]

From Show 99 – Chocolate and ice cream (17 February 2010)
Outre Manche – L’Autre Porte
[ website] [MySpace]
Buy the album Outre Manche from their website

From Show 101 – Hopping North For Easter (30 March 2010)
More Human Than Human – So It Goes (Acoustic Version)
[website]
All the More Human Than Human music is available to download for free for personal playing and sharing only.

From Show 102 – Bank Holiday road special (2 May 2010)
David Buckingham – Chiemsee
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the cd The View [website] [CD Baby] [guitar cds]

From Show 103 – Does your Baba know (15 June 2010)
Matt Stevens – Ghost
[website] [MySpace]
Get the new album Ghost on a ‘name your price’ basis [bandcamp]
Subscribe to the Sunday Free Noodle in iTunes

From Show 104 – Podcasters United (31 July 2010)
Johnguitars – July
[website]
Buy The Year Album [CD Baby]

From Show 105 – Tales from the Big Apple (30 August 2010)
Dan-O – I’m Gonna Go
[website] [Music Alley]
Download Dan-O’s music for free from his website

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

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

WHERE TO FIND THIS PODCAST
Shownotes – itsafrogslife.net/podcast
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Show 105 – Tales from the Big Apple

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Aug 302010

Show 105 – Tales from the Big Apple - features eight acoustic songs from the New York area, including two introduced by Sarah Morrison from Insomnia Radio: New York. Why a New York Special though? Well I went on holiday there and fell in love with the place – ’nuff said!

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David Berkeley – Willis Avenue Bridge
[website] [MySpace] [facebook] [Music Alley]
Buy the album Strange Light from [David] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Ellen Woloshin – Joanna
[website]
Buy the album Water Into Wine [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Shoulders Of Giants – Code Of A Mad Man
[website] [myspace] [facebook]
Download the album Shoulders of Giants for free by signing up to their mailing list on their website.

Two tracks introduced by Sarah Morrison from Insomnia Radio: New York newyork.insomniaradio.net

Kesang Marstrand – Grow a Garden
[website] [myspace]
Buy Kesang’s album Hello Night from [Kesang] [CD Baby]

Erin and her Cello – Subway Crush
[website] [theSixtyOne]
Download the track for free from theSixtyOne

Dorian Spencer – New York Winter
[website] [Music Alley]
Buy the CD Garden [PayPal] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

David Ippolito – City Song (The Heart of NYC 2000)
[website] [Music Alley]
Buy all of David’s music from [CD Baby]

The Two Man Gentlemen Band – Prime Numbers
[website] [MySpace] [Music Alley]
Buy the CD Live in New York [ Serious Business]

BEDDING
Dan-O – I’m Gonna Go
[website] [Music Alley]
Download Dan-O’s music for free from his website

ALSO ON THE SHOW

Punky! Radio punkyradio.com

Nick Tann
music nicktann.co.uk
podcast isthisthingonpodcast.wordpress.com

[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

WHERE TO FIND THIS PODCAST

Shownotes – itsafrogslife.net/podcast
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Show 104 – Podcasters United

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Jul 312010

Show 104 – Podcasters United – features three tracks from fellow podcasting musicians, and given that the title sounds like a football team and we’re all looking forward to the new football season following the recent World Cup I’ve thrown in a song about The Beautiful Game!

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We Steal Flyers – Track
[ website] [MySpace]
Buy the single Track from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon

Blabbermouth – I Return
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Dancing Heart here

Hattie Snooks – The Birds
[MySpace] [Rann Records]
Buy the EP Bon Appétit from Rann Records, iTunes

Dan Lynch – Reality
[website]
Listen to Rathole Radio at ratholeradio.org

Nick Tann – Don’t Make Me Wait
[ website]
Listen to Is This Thing On isthisthingonpodcast.blogspot.com

Matt Stevens – Ghost
[website] [MySpace]
Get the new album Ghost
on a ‘name your price’ basis [bandcamp]
Subscribe to the Sunday Free Noodle in iTunes

HOPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD – E is for Estonia
Vlad Gusarov – Floating In Mid-Air
[MySpace] [facebook]
Download the album Pieced Fragments from Jamendo

Lotzie Weaver – The Footie Song
[website] [MySpace]
Buy Lotzie’s music from his website, iTunes, Amazon

BEDDING
Johnguitars – July
[website]
Buy The Year Album from CD Baby

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

WHERE TO FIND THIS PODCAST
Shownotes – itsafrogslife.net/podcast
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[Mevio]
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Show 103 – Does your Baba know?

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Jun 152010

Show 103 – Does your Baba know? – is a welcome return to the mic for Graham Holland, host of the It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast, who has seven great tracks from across the UK, and one from Denmark for the Hopping All Over The World feature.

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BabaJack – The Lady Baby Stomp
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the album The Maker [iTunes] [Amazon MP3]
Buy the new album Exercising Demons here

Joe Holtaway – We Go Sailing
[MySpace]
Check out The Sea Kings

HOPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD – D is for Denmark
David Kampmann – Mahogany Mood
[website] [Music Alley]

Barricades Rise – I Gave Up The World
[ website] [MySpace]
Download the EP No Love Lost for free [bandcamp]

Matt Stevens – Moondial
[website] [MySpace]
Get the new album Ghost
on a ‘name your price’ basis [bandcamp]
Subscribe to the Sunday Free Noodle in iTunes

Jo Hamilton – Think Of Me (Radio Mix)
[website] [MySpace]
Download the album Gown [iTunes] [bandcamp]

Lizzie B – Honest Never Met You
[website] [MySpace]

BabaJack – Big Man Blues
[website] [MySpace]
(see above)

BEDDING
Matt Stevens – Ghost
[website] [MySpace]
(see above)

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

WHERE TO FIND THIS PODCAST
Shownotes – itsafrogslife.net/podcast
[MySpace]
[Facebook group]
[Mevio]
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AND FINALLY…
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Show 102 – Bank Holiday road special

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May 022010

Show 102 – Bank Holiday road special – is actually a repeat of Show 49 from March 21st 2008. It contains eleven road-themed acoustic tracks to chill out to while sat in a traffic jam. There’s a Comedy Corner, and very little talking to interupt the flow of great tunes.

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Exelby – The Road Ahead
[MySpace] [PMN]
Buy the CD All Aboard The Skylark [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Roger Tarry – Driving Song
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Last Time I Was There [website] [Pink Hedgehog] [Amazon]

Kokopelli – The Road
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD and new EP [website]

Leon Rosselson – Bad Driver
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Harry’s Gone Fishing [Fuse Records] [Amazon]

[Comedy] Gary Dring – Accident Blackspot
From Clever Little Pod – Show 20

The Mrs Ackroyd Band – Send In The Cones
[website]
Buy the CD Gnus And Roses [abicat] [Amazon]

[Comedy] Gary Dring – Spaghetti Junction
From Clever Little Pod – Show 35

Harvey Andrews – Driving In The Middle Lane
[website]
Buy the CD The Gift [Amazon]

John and Wayne – Sign To Coventry
[website] [MySpace] [facebook]
Buy the CD Nearly Killed Keith [Aquarian Nation]
[Amazon] [iTunes]

Wilson Noble – Middle Of The Road
[website] [MySpace] [Jamendo]
Buy the CD Where Is [Amazon] [CD Unsigned]

Piefinger – Speed
[website] [MySpace] [PMN]
Buy the CD Where You Might Go [website] [Amazon]
Download the song Speed for free [here]

Anthony John Clarke – Turning The Corner Now
[website]
From the CD Straight On – No Problem

Peter Price – Big Road Blues
[website]

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

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
Sound effects from the Freesound Project
Car idling / Motorway ambient noise /
Car horns sounding

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