WE’RE all missing live events, and none more so than our very own Wokingham Music Club.
Featuring some of the biggest names in music, and some great up-and-coming ones too, it is a great place to see bands up close and personal.
It forms the backbone for this week’s collection of Wokingham-inspired music curated by Chris Hillman from White Star Records. The Wokingham Love Music soundtrack, features songs from bands and artists with some connection to Wokingham’s music scene.
You can listen for FREE via Spotify. There’s a special page set-up at bit.ly/wokinghamlovesmusic
Focus – Hocus Pocus
Wokingham’s Stan Hetherington has done an amazing job bringing legendary bands andartists to perform at his Wokingham Festival and Wokingham Music Club (WMC). One such band is Focus who performed a brilliant WMC show in 2018.
They were booked to return again last week which we were so looking forward to but sadly, due to the virus, it was not to be. Here’s the full-length version of one of their classic hit singles to remind us of how good they are and hopefully we’ll see them again soon – focustheband.co.uk
Andy Fairweather-Low – Wide Eyed and Legless
Here’s another legend who was due to play at WMC this November with his band The Low Riders. Andy has had huge hits with Amen Corner and in his own right and has toured and recorded as a session musician with some of the biggest artists there are including Roger Waters, Eric Clapton and Bill Wyman. This track is one of his biggest hits which graced the Top 10 in 1975. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for a rescheduled date when circumstances permit – andyfairweatherlow.com
Will Wilde – Love That Burns
Contemporary blues artist Will Wilde who has visited Wokingham Music Club andthe Festival. Here’s his tribute to the late great Peter Green – www.willharmonicawilde.com
The Honey Pot – Walk A While
Psych pop folk single from the band formed by Icarus Peel and Crystal Jacqueline released on Wokingham based record label, Mega Dodo Records – www.facebook.com/thehoneypotband
Quantum Pig – Dirty Old Engine
From the Progressive Music Award nominees debut album, Songs of Industry and Sunshine on Wokingham based White Star Records – quantumpig.net
Moth Man – The Water
A new Reading and Manchester-based band on a new record label called Billywitch Records, an offshoot from Wokingham based Mega Dodo Records – www.facebook.com/mothmanbandpage
Split the Dealer (Feat. Deva St. John) – XV
Recommended by Wokingham rock photographer Andrew Merritt, this track is an example of modern indie pop at its best – www.facebook.com/splitthedealer www.facebook.com/dayvasaintjohn
Mother Vulture – Tell Me
This ‘hectic blues punk’ band from Bristol featured at the recent Jamma Presents: The Everyman Everyjam event – www.facebook.com/MotherVulture
Kepler Ten – Falling Down
The prog rock trio release their new album A New Kind of Sideways this week on Wokingham-based White Star Records and it features this track – www.keplerten.com/
Astor Wolfe – Emerald Green
Psych chamber folk from Sweden as featured on a compilation album called From A Distant Shore released on Wokingham record label, Mega Dodo – www.facebook.com/astorwolfemusic
