By Chris Hillman
Wednesday was International Women’s Day, and it is a day of celebration.
One of the ways it was marked this year was the release of a new single from one of our favourite bands, Selina and the Howlin Dogs.
It’s top of our playlist this week, while two other favourites, A Better Life and Third Lung, are our other new entries.
It’s a great listen – tune in for free on Spotify. It’s a mixture that will help you discover something new.
To hear this week’s selection, simply head to https://bit.ly/rawsoundstoday and enjoy the music.
There is also a Facebook page and group chat that bands and music fans can tap into. You can search for RaW Sounds Today and it will come up.
Selina and the Howlin Dogs – Woman
This new single was released this week to coincide with International Women’s Day.
The band describe the song as ‘a tribute to all women, keeping it real and full of passion as you’d expect from the blues’.
That’s what we’ve come to expect from this band as it’s a very good single and shows their quality continuing following their appearance in our Top three of 2022.
They will be live at Ram Jam Records Club in Kingston Upon Thames this Saturday, March 11 – https://www.selinaandthehowlindogs.com/
A Better Life (ft. Pete Rawcliffe)
I’m on Fire – Whenever A Better Life release something new you know it’s going to be well worth a listen. This new single is no exception.
It’s a unique, atmospheric and beautiful interpretation of a Bruce Springsteen classic with a wonderfully chilled instrumental backing to an incredible vocal performance by regular A Better Life collaborator, Pete Rawcliffe. – https://abetterlifemusic.com/
Third Lung – Dance Me Lover
Third Lung were at the summit of our Top 20 of 2022 due to their brilliant singles and stunning debut album,Gameplay.
This song is one of our faves from the album and as the band has just released it as the fourth single from the album, we had to include it here this week.
Dance around to this one as it’s a song that you can’t help move to or sing-along to with its driving rhythm and ear worm melody – http://www.thirdlungband.com/
OSP – Tun Up
One of our faves from Wokingham Festival last year have just released this new single for 2023. It’s another good one with a brilliantly uplifting energetic track featuring excellent vocal performances – https://www.facebook.com/ospmusicuk
Chumbawamba – Tubthumping
This Saturday, Club Velocity and New Mind Promotions have a Q&A with Dunstan Bruce of Chumbawamba at Reading’s Biscuit Factory, as well as a showing of I Get Knocked Down, a film about the band – https://www.facebook.com/thatwasthenandthisisnow/
Daviid B – Midnight Wine
If you enjoy jazzy/bluesy originals with guitar sax and flute, here’s a single which features a wonderful sax intro into a song which has a very cool blues club feel. Watch out for live shows from Daviid B & Dinos – 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 storyteller, and he will be bringing his distinctive style to Wokingham Music Club this 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, recorded at Dean Nelson’s Generation Studio – 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 dynamic artist – https://www.facebook.com/dakorraband
