Author Archives: Paul Carr

What Am I Listening To? Beady Belle

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Paul Carr

Thought would be interesting to highlight some of the music I am listening to at the moment by placing a Spotify playlist. Anyway artist for today is Beady Belle She is one of the many Norwegian bands I am listening … Continue reading →

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The Newport Live Music Scene: how can it regain vibrancy?

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Paul Carr

I attended a fascinating event in Newport yesterday organised by The Welsh Music Foundation. Its focus attempted to consider reasons behind why a once ‘legendary’ music scene, was now struggling to find an audience. In short, how can ‘vibrancy’ be … Continue reading →

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Stafrænn Hákon and Ólafur Arnalds

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Paul Carr

Just found this band from Iceland called Stafrænn Hákon. Can’t find any of their albums on Spotify, but this is a band worth checking out. See below There is another young Iclandic artist that i have really got into over … Continue reading →

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Heart Streamlines its Stations

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Paul Carr

Global Radio is capitalising on a relaxation of radio regulations initiated by the Digital Economy Act to streamline its Heart FM operations, by turning what are currently 33 separate local stations into just fifteen regional services. For the rest of … Continue reading →

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BPI DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Paul Carr

There has been much online chatter in the last 24 hours about a ‘takedown request’ sent by record label trade body the BPI to Google, requesting that the search engine block access to eighteen illegally posted MP3s which can be … Continue reading →

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Around the World… Waka Waka Hey Hey! – WFMU’s Beware of the Blog

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Paul Carr

Here is an excellent blog entry on Shakira’s World Cup piece Waka Waka. It concerns the seemingly free use of African copyright material in the West and is an excellent read. Around the World… Waka Waka Hey Hey! – WFMU’s … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Zappa Legacy – Mr Bungle

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Paul Carr

I seem to be on a roll at the moment in terms of thinking of bands that continue Frank Zappa’s legacy. I band that I have been aware of for a while now is ‘Mr Bungle’. Although they yet again … Continue reading →

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Another Zappa Legacy

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Paul Carr

Although there is no direct link, it is interesting to find new bands that somehow embrace Zappa’s sense of encapsulating his ‘Anything, Anytime, for No Reason At All’ philosophy.  Here is a young band from Sheffield called ‘Rolo Tomassi’ who … Continue reading →

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People Like Us – Zappa’s Legacy

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Paul Carr

Just came across a multi media artist called Vicki Bennet. She has fronted her art for a number of years as ‘People Like Us’ and after initially working with music only, began to work with film too. I have placed … Continue reading →

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New Music Listened To Recently

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Paul Carr

I have been too busy to write any blog posts for the last few weeks, but thought I would share some of the music i have been listening to lately. I am discovering most of this via Spotify, and am … Continue reading →

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