As usual, our show was stacked full of innovative, creative, extraordinary new music - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. This was the final time that we produced a show as a playlist with no intros. Playlist: Amber – Maria BC Devices – Kaidi Akinnibi Babel – Marina Herlop Only Nineteen – Caleb…

Another great show stacked full of innovative, creative, extraordinary new music - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. At this time, we were producing the show as a playlist with no intros - that changed soon after this one. Playlist: Passenger – Will Epstein witches’ brew – Luna Shadows Time Lo…

Another great show stacked full of innovative, creative, extraordinary new music - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. Playlist: Lanterns Lit (Among The Living) – Son Lux Right or Wrong (Moortega! Remix) – Camp Claude, Diane Sagnier Holy Mountain – Grandamme A Barely Lit Path – Oneohtrix Point N…

More innovative, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's episode - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. Playlist: A Closer Touch - AVR Animals – The Bones of J.R. Jones Rag Child – Allison Russell More Than A Love Song – Black Pumas Perfect Heaven – 15 15 shanty – Slowdive Can’t escape f…

More innovative, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's episode - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts: Crocodile – Uma Swedish Water – Chartreuse Café Godot – Stefano Mastonardi Holy Dazed. (radio edit) - TANGO GOLF TANGO Colour Code – Breakfast Cat There Is No End – New Age Doom Apples…

More innovative, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's episode - mostly by artists and bands that struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts: Sugar – Yellow Belly A Little Bit Of Love – Duo Decad I Say Not As I – Palm Skin Productions Tanzania – Turtle Bringing Murder to the Land – Anton Newcombe, Dot Allison Shark – Sharky…

We're back! It's been just over 2 years since we last broadcast our show. It will be a different show now - just a playlist of wonderful new music that has been sent in to us. That and a few new releases by well known artists to us - maybe not so well known to our listeners. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful, innovative, stunning new music…

The FINAL episode of the After Eight Show for radio. But don't despair - we will be making the occasional podcast in the future with, as before, an eclectic mix of new music that you just don't hear anywhere else! This week's show was a 'Best of the Best of the Best' compilation - some favourite tracks from more than 8000 we've played since the fir…

*** BEST OF 2021! *** This episode comprises some of our favourite tracks selected from more than a thousand that we have played during the year. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful, innovative, stunning new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. With the exception of a short intro and outro, it is…

This week's show was a 'BEST OF THE BEST' compilation - our favourite two tracks from each of the last ten shows. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: Bad with time – Sun June Meet Ya – Full Flower Moon…

This is the final *weekly* episode of The After Eight Show thougfh we are doing three 'Best Of''s in the coming weeks. Lots of beautiful new music that we've been saving up over the past 12 months. It really is a fabulous selection this week! In our LUVVA COVER feature, we played a stripped back version of one of Tori Amos's most amazing songs. Jo …

More fabulous inventive, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's show. In our LUVVA COVER feature, we played a 'hard rocking' version of one of Björk's best known songs. It's by Chuck Wright - bass player with Quiet Riot. He has assembled a stellar band including the magnificent vocalist Whitney Tai who is the singer on another of tonight'…

More great New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! in this week's episode. Our our ALBUM OF THE WEEK actually comes from last year but we have only just become aware of it and it is sensational! The album is 'Two Of Me' and it's by Momma. They're a brilliant 4-piece indie rock band from LA. "Momma's Two Of Me is a twisted, enchanting carnival …

Lots more New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else in this week's show! This week, our ALBUM OF THE WEEK was 'Invisible Things' by Mari Conti. "Mari Conti’s new album delves into the darkness and light that can be found in life and the invisible ties that connect us all. It’s refreshing to listen to an album that pushes the boundaries on what co…

Our ambition every week is to introduce you to the music of at least 3 artists / bands who are new to you and whose music you'll want to explore. Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK, this week, is 'Area 52 Truck Stop' by Sylvia Bullett. "I have been visualising post plague dance parties spinning this!" It features two members of iconic band Television – Fred Smi…

More New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else in this week's show! Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK, this week, is 'Half Mirror' by Chorusing. "From his home in the hills of North Carolina, recording as Chorusing, Matthew O’Connell has created a piece of music that manages to create new language and meaning by meticulously crafting the sounds and lyrics th…

Our ambition every week is to introduce you to the music of at least 3 artists / bands who are new to you and whose music you'll want to explore. Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK was 'Technicolour' by Geo Jordan. Haste magazine: "Multi-instrumentalist, producer, writer and, let’s face it, musical expert, Geo Jordan just keeps getting better and better. Piano,…

Lots more innovative, melodic, fascinating new music in this week's show! Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is the amazing debut album of Gal Musette. She is a musical prodigy who began writing piano based lyrical compositions and performing at open mics in her home city of San Clemente, CA at the age of 10. 'Backwards Lullaby' explores the pangs of hopeless r…

A festival of new music again this week. With, perhaps, a bit of an electronic / nu jazz feel about it. This week, our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is 'somewhere' by Sun June. Sun June is an American indie pop band from Austin, Texas. "Somewhere showcases a gentle maturation of Sun June's sound, a second record full of quiet revelation, eleven songs that bris…

This week's show was a ' Best of the Best' compilation - our favourite two tracks from each of the last ten shows. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. Playlist: Stretch Armstrong – Dead Anyway Different Kind Of Love – Adia Victoria Bossa Nova Hangover – St…

More incredible creative, inspirational, innovative new music you just don't hear anywhere else! In our ALBUM OF THE WEEK feature, we play three selected tracks from a really interesting, newly-released album and invite the artist(s) to introduce it themselves. This week, it's 'Daystar' by Minneapolis's All Eyes. They are a duo (Alicia & Joe Christ…

Truck loads of really interesting new music again in this week's show (see the playlist below). In our ALBUM OF THE WEEK feature, we play three selected tracks from a really interesting, newly-released album and invite the artist(s) to introduce it themselves. This week, it's 'Morning Drops and Lemon Seeds' by Nana M. Rose. She is a soulful singer-…

Stacked full of exciting, innovative, creative New Music this week as per usual! Music from Iceland, USA, Sweden, Belgium (from a Dutch, Scottish and Indonesian background), Hungary, Korea, Nigeria (indirectly), Poland, New Zealand and the UK. Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is 'Mundane' by Fiona Brown. She was born in the Netherlands to a Scottish father an…

A flood of truly exciting NEW music, yet again, in our show this week. Our Album of the Week is TRY IT...YOU MIGHT LIKE IT! introduced by GA-20 themselves on the show. GA-20 are "Raw, passionate and honest" - a trio of 2 guitars, vocals and drums. On this album, they have taken 10 songs from Chicago blues legend Hound Dog Taylor and let rip - excit…

Masses of new music in our playlist again this week! Album of the Week is 'Monthly Friend' by Wyldest. While Monthly Friend is a self-contained concept album about the joys, woes and confusion of femininity and womanhood, it’s also a next step in the growth of a singer-songwriter who refuses to be pinned down by genre labels or traditional categori…

Our ambition, every week, is to make you go Wow!, at least 3 times, as you listen to an artist or band who you've never heard of before. And we think we'll achieve it! Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK, this week, is the immaculate 'Lights On' by Mozez. He will be introducing it himself and we will play three or four tracks during the course of the show. This …

As always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs and mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is 'The Woman You Want' by Scottish /Sudanese singer songwriter Eliza Shaddad. “A brilliant album” The Independent "Eliza Shaddad is like the lovechil…

The After Eight Show is almost exclusively NEW music and is an eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - alt. indie, dreampop, rnb, electronic, blues/Americana, jazz, world and folk-inspired acoustic music. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that …

Masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - and mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Last week, we launched a new feature on the show - our Album of the Week. We will be playing three tracks from an interesting, newly-released album and we will invite the artist(s) to intr…

The After Eight Show goes out on 19 different radio stations in 5 countries and is followed by over 10,000 people on Twitter. We had a new feature on the show starting this week - our Album of the Week. Each week, we will be playing three tracks from an interesting, newly-released album and we will invite the artist(s) to introduce it themselves. T…

This week's show is a 'Best of the Best ' compilation - our favourite two tracks from each of the last ten shows. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. New music you just don't hear anywhere else! On 19 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: Who’s…

A weekly radio show with an eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! On 19 internet radio stations in the UK, USA, Canada, South Africa and Ireland. This week's Luvva Cover is a moving tribute to the tragic figure of Kare…

An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play. This week's Luvva Cover is fascinating. A hit single by Lesley Gore in 1963 became an anthem for the seco…

The After Eight Show goes out on 19 5 and is followed by over 10,000 people on Twitter. This week, as always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our Luvva Cover, this w…

Masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play. In our Luvva Cover feature this week, Jim and Sam take Patti Smith's…

As always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist this week! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our Luvva Cover, this week, was VERY unusual! In 1970, Adriano Celentano - a successful Italian singer - wrote a…

Our playlist was bulging with new music again this week - just like when Cartman ate the skin off all the KFC chicken pieces. Our Luvva Cover, this week, is a stunning cover of an iconic song by The Cranberries. The much missed Dolores O'Riordan wrote the song as a response to the tragedy of two children's deaths in the Warrington bombing in 1993. …

Masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. Our Luvva Cover is a dramatic transformation of one of Kylie Minogue's biggest hits. At first sight, the lyrics are simply an expression of love but, if you look at them more closely, there is a da…

The After Eight Show now goes out on 17 internet radio stations in 5 countries and is followed by over 10,000 people on Twitter. This week, as always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have no…

This week, as always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our Luvva Cover, this week, was just sublime. The song is The Kiss, written and recorded in 1973 by the tragic …

We were overflowing with #NewMusic this week! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a Tom Petty song. Sadly, he died on 2nd October, 2017 and two nights after that, Phoebe Brid…

This week's show is a bit special! It's one of our #bestofthebest compilations - Mark and I have each chosen our favourite track from each of the last 12 shows (so 24 tracks in all). Wall to wall gorgeousness - the very best innovative, creative, melodic new music! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! On 16 radio stations in 5 countries all…

Masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play. Our Luvva Cover feature, this week, is a version of one of Neil Youn…