By Chris Hillman
FESTIVALS are always great places to discover bands, and the act at the top of this week’s playlist is one we discovered at Wokingham Festival last summer.
Here is a chance to hear their new single, with fab lyrics.
Counterpointing is a song by Chumbawamba, a 1990s band that need little introduction. The diversity is fabulous.
As ever, we’re on a mission to champion and showcase great music from acts that have a connection to Reading and Wokingham (that’s the RaW in our Sounds Today name).
It’s a mixture that will help you discover something new. All you have to do is find it on Spotify.
To hear this week’s selection, simply head to https://bit.ly/rawsoundstodayand enjoy the music.
OSP – Tun Up
One of our fave live performances last year was OSP at Wokingham Festival and they have just released this new single for 2023. It’s another good one with a brilliantly uplifting energetic track featuring excellent vocal performances.
As per their previous singles this Reading based collective have again created a single that makes you feel good with an infectious melody and positive lyrics.
This opens with ‘New vibes, good energy around me, I wanna pick fruit from the tree of life’ – They are certainly doing that and it’s wonderful – https://www.facebook.com/ospmusicuk
Chumbawamba – Timebomb
As well as promoting great gigs, Reading promoters Club Velocity/New Mind Promotions put on some very interesting musical events and one coming up is a Q&A with Dunstan Bruce of legendary anarchic rockers Chumbawamba with a showing of I Get Knocked Down, a film about the incredible story of the band.
That’s a good excuse to remind ourselves of this classic from their 1994 album, Anarchy – https://www.facebook.com/thatwasthenandthisisnow
Daviid B – Midnight Wine
If you enjoy jazzy/bluesy original and covers with guitar sax and flute, it’s well worth popping along to the Hope and Anchor in Wokingham this Friday, March 3, where you can see a live performance from Daviid B & Dinos.
Daviid has released a couple of singles already this year and here’s one of them which features a wonderful sax intro before a song which has a very cool blues club feel – https://www.instagram.com/daviidbmusic
BDD – Dream for the Future
This is from Songs for an Angel Vol 1 – Music for Eric Bouillette, a tribute album to the late guitarist. BDD is the alter ego of The Room bassist Andy Rowe – https://www.ftf-music.com/de/tributetoericbouillette/tributetoericbouillette.htm
Mark Harrison – Tribulation Time
Mark is a unique singer-songwriter, an excellent guitarist and a wonderful story teller and he will be bringing his distinctive style to Wokingham Music Club on Friday, March 10 – https://www.markharrisonrootsmusic.com/
Small Town Heroes – Only 18
Here’s a new single from this young Berkshire-based band and it’s a very good piece of melodic uplifting indie pop.
It was recorded in Generation Studio and features guest guitar from Jake Slack – https://bio.site/smalltownheroes
Dakorra – All Eyes to the Floor
Based in the Reading area, Dakorra (aka Kate Herridge), has established herself as a talented and dynamic performer and this features a catchy melody, driving rhythm, and emotive lyrics – https://www.facebook.com/dakorraband
Dennis Siggery & Neil Sadler – I Paid the Price
A classic blues voice and a brilliant guitarist come together on a new album, Testify – https://www.ericstreetband.com/
Eloise Kate & Matthew Little – Just One Night
This is a beautiful mellow song which features a soulful vocal performance. https://www.instagram.com/eloisekatemusic/
One Last Day – As Time Stands Still
Here’s a great live rock band with their latest single. They have a tour coming up so check them out – https://linktr.ee/onelastday
