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Gwildor - Soaks Away Your Scorn
[website] [MySpace] [Folkwit]
Buy the CD Tales From A Town [website] [Folkwit]

THEN & NOW - Ludwig

Ludwig - Sea Nomad
Originally played on Show 6 - 26th September 2006

Ludwig - How Do You Feel
[MySpace] [Folkwit] [NoCelticBoundaries]
Buy the Let Go EP [Broadjam] [DownloadMusic]

Palava - Rambling Time
[website] [MySpace] [Folkwit]
Buy the CD The Whitethorn Tree [Folkwit]

Pulco - Growing Hard
[MySpace] [Folkwit]
Buy the CD Sorepaw [Folkwit]

Andy Whittle - Angels Dressed In Black
[Website] [MySpace] [Folkwit]
Buy the CD A Songmaker's Tale [Folkwit]
New album Moon Enough To See out 26th July

Keith Mouland & Paul Godden - Dreamtown
Keith [website] [MySpace] [Folkwit]
Buy the CD Walking The Hills [Folkwit]

Gwildor - Toe The Line
[Bedding] Gwildor - An Elevator Fairy Tale
[website] [MySpace] [Folkwit]
Buy the CD Tales From A Town [website] [Folkwit]

Listener comments from
Gabor Kovaks
Gustav Bertha
Rich Palmer


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[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
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Liverpool Acoustic

Show 57 - The spice of life - features a wide variety of acoustic music from across the UK, including 3 Blind Mice, Azoora, Evangeline, Jessicas Ghost, Karen Cleary, Danelle Harvey, and the amazingly gifted, 14 year old Luke Jackson. Leave a comment if you can work out the reason behind this episode's title - the first correct answer wins a CD!

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Luke Jackson - Rain
[MySpace]

THEN & NOW - 3 Blind Mice
[Website] [MySpace] [Facebook] [PMN]
[Fan group] [Fan group MySpace]

3 Blind Mice - Emily Has Compasion Fatigue
Originally played on Show 6 - 26th September 2006
From the CD 3 Cents An Acre [CD Baby] [iTunes]

3 Blind Mice - The Breaking
From the CD Good Grief [website] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Azoora - She's Coming acoustic
[website] [MySpace]
Thanks to H Johan Lundin from 23 seconds Netlabel
Download Azoora's music for FREE [here]

Evangeline - Easy Now
[website] [MySpace] [PMN]
From the EP Easy Now [7 Digital] [Soundclick]

LIVERPOOL SOUND 1
Jessica's Ghost - Breakdown
[website] [MySpace] [facebook]
Buy the EP Return To The Start [7 Digital]
The single Breakdown released 5th July [iTunes]

LIVERPOOL SOUND 2
Karen Cleary - Awful Down
[MySpace] [MySpace extra]

Danelle Harvey - Only Human (acoustic demo)
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the limited edition EP Only Human [website]

BEDDING
David Buckingham - The View
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the cd The View [website] [CD Baby] [guitar cds]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
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Liverpool Acoustic

Thanks to Rich Palmer from Audio Gumshoe for nominating the show for a Podcast Peer Award.

Show 56 - Comedy Special II - features a whole host of funny songs from acoustic artists across the UK and a few of my favourites from further afield. The show also contains commercial breaks to keep us chuckling between songs, courtesy of Gary Dring over at Clever Little Pod

Warning!! Some of the items in the show contain naughty words which may not be suitable for young children.

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Jay Forman - Chained To A Radiator
[website] [MySpace] [facebook fan page]
Buy Jay's CD 20 Songs [website]

Louis Gentile - Poor Hamster
[website] [Garageband] [iLike] [youTube]
Free download of the song Poor Hamster here
Buy Louis' CDs here

AD BREAK 1
"Fairy Finance" [Clever Little Pod]
"Biological Raz" [Radio Active]

Jonathan Coulton - Tom Cruise Crazy
[website] [MySpace] [PMN] [youTube]
Buy the Thing A Week boxset [website] [CD Baby]
Watch Tom Cruise Crazy (live) on youTube


SKETCH
The Podcasters' Code [Clever Little Pod]

Todd Chappelle - Country Song Titles
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD I'm From Delaware [CD Baby]

AD BREAK 2
Movie trailer "Plastic bags on a plane" [Clever Little Pod]

His Worship And The Pig - I Hate Country Music
[website]
Buy the CD Bringing Home The Bacon [website]

Richard Digance – Drag Queen Blues
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the new CD Wireless [website]

AD BREAK 3
"Watch the football!" from youTube [Mitchell & Webb]
"Not just pants" from youTube [Clever Little Pod]

The Lancashire Hotpots - He's Turned Emo
[MySpace]
Buy the CD Never Mind The Hotpots [Townsend Records] [iTunes] [Amazon]
Watch He's Turned Emo on youTube

Oystar - I Fought The Lloyds
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD London Lite [website]
Watch I Fought The Lloyds on youTube

SKETCH
Tim Hawkins - God gave me this song

Tim Hawkins - Kids' Rock
[website] [Tunafish]
Buy the CD Extremely Madeover [Tunafish]
Kids' rock video on youTube by Burnin8r55555

[Bedding]
Tim Cheatle - End Times Boogie
[MySpace] [facebook] [BBC Ouch]
Buy the CD Grace [7digital]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

Show 55 is the Instrumental Rewind IV and features full versions of the instrumental bedding tracks used since Show 47 in February 2008.

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From Show 47 - Perfect Cense
Meallnaneach - Corryhully
[MySpace]

From Show 48 - And Barry says
Barry Mc Cabe - The Emigrant
[website] [PMN]
Buy the CD The Peace Within [website] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

From Show 49 - Bank Holiday road special
David Buckingham - Chiemsee
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the cd The View [website] [CD Baby] [guitar cds]

From Show 50 - Return to Show 15
Nick Walters – Cutty Dyer
[website] [Can I Be Me] [MySpace]

From Show 52 - Breaking all the rules
Lawrence Blatt - Una Vida
[website] [MySpace] [Soundclick] [Purevolume]
Buy the CD Fibonacci's Dream [CD Baby] [iTunes] [Amazon]
Music Promotion with musicSUBMIT.com!

From Show 52 - Breaking all the rules
Azevedo Silva - Dó
[MySpace] [Last.fm] [Lastima]
Download the CD Tartaruga for free [Lastima]

From Show 53 - Calypso Good
Tom Janssen - Neals Tune
Tom Janssen - Tea Bag Rag
[website] [MySpace]
Contact Tom for a copy of his new free CD

From Show 54 - A Rae of sunshine
Andrew Ellis - The Kid On The Mountain
[website]
Buy the CD Midnight On The Water from Andrew


ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
To get just the Instrumental Rewind in its own feed visit instrumentalrewind.itsafrogslife.net

Show 54 - A Rae Of Sunshine - features three collaborations between Jimmy Rae, Phil Chisnall and Joe Topping. There are also new songs from Buddahead, Plunkett, Sixpeopleaway and Dahm the Bard, plus a surprise bonus track ahead of Show 56.

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Damh the Bard – Pagan Ways
[website] [PMN]
Buy the new CD The Cauldron Born [BardicArts] [CD Baby] [Woven Wheat Whispers] [iTunes]

THEN & NOW
Buddahead - When I Fall
From the CD Crossing The Invisible Line
First played on Show 13 - 19 January 2007

Buddahead - The Time Of Our Lives
[website] [MySpace] [SoundClick]
Buy the new CD Ashes [iTunes]

Plunkett - A Sheep Tale
[website] [MySpace] [PMN]
Buy the excellent new CD Folk Songs from
[website] physical CD and digital download
[CD Baby] physical CD

LIVERPOOL SOUND 1
Jimmy Rae – Take You Home
[website] [MySpace]

LIVERPOOL SOUND 2
Phil Chisnall - There’s A Place
Member of the Phil McGinty band [here]

LIVERPOOL SOUND 3
Joe Topping - I’m Not Gonna Worry No More
[website] [MySpace]
Buy Joe's two CDs from his website.

Sixpeopleaway - Nightlight
[website] [MySpace] [bebo] [facebook] [PMN]
Buy the EP Intermittant Fault [website]

BONUS TRACK
Anthony John Clarke - Killaloo
[website]
Buy the CD Acquaintance Of Mine from his website

[Bedding]
Andrew Ellis - The Kid On The Mountain
[website]
Buy the CD Midnight On The Water from Andrew

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
Liverpool Acoustic

Songwriters by Candlelight, featuring Jimmy Rae, Phil Chisnall and Joe Topping, takes place on Friday 13th June 2008. For more information visit Jimmy's MySpace blog.

Show 53 - Calyp-so good - contains the first ever acoustic calypso on the show, courtesy of Calypso Facto. There's also two songs from Joe Keelan, and acoustic track from GK and the Renegades, and music from Robin Grey, Ruth Theodore, Paul Wilkes, Sam Bentley and Tom Janssen.

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Calypso Facto - Down The Road
[MySpace]

THEN & NOW
Joe Keelan - Simple Little Song
From the Tuesday Afternoon EP (2004)
First played on Show 1 - 19 July 2006

Joe Keelan - Ashtray (demo)
[website] [MySpace]
The Random Family [MySpace]
The Kambourines [MySpace]

Robin Grey - Somewhere
[website] [MySpace] [facebook] [YouTube]
Buy the CD Only The Missile [website]
[Amazon download] [iTunes]

Ruth Theodore - Worm Food
[website] [River Rat Records] [MySpace] [Jamendo]
Buy the CD Worm Food [River Rat Records]

LIVERPOOL SOUND 1
GK & The Renegades – It’s Down To You (acoustic version)
[website] [MySpace] [facebook] [YouTube] [PMN]
Buy the Girls From Birkenhead EP [website]

LIVERPOOL SOUND 2
Paul Wilkes – What Was I Supposed To Do
[website]
Download the Paul Wilkes LP for free by joining Paul's mailing list
They've Go Nothing On You EP [Amazon] [iTunes]
Walkin' the Long Road EP [Amazon] [iTunes]

Sam Bentley - Falling
[MySpace]
Buy the Colours EP direct from Sam

Tom Janssen - Tea Bag Rag
[Bedding] Neals Tune
[website] [MySpace]
Contact Tom for a copy of his new free CD

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
New podcast - Music and Mumblings
Promo - Electrical Language Podcast
PC Podcast with Pete Cogle
Liverpool Acoustic

Show 52 - Breaking all the rules - sees me playing some non-acoustic tracks, and some non-UK artists. I also break a third rule right at the end of the show, but you'll have to listen to find out what it is! .

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Sarah Mac Band - Not Done Yet (live)
[website] [MySpace] [Sonic Bids EPK] [PMN]
Buy the brand new CD Awakening [website] [iTunes]
Download the version of Not Done Yet from the EP Countdown To Silence [MBD]

THEN & NOW
Ned Evett - Shine Like A Diamond On Me
[originally played on Show 6 - 22nd September 2006]
[Website] [MySpace] [YouTube]
From the CD I Stole [Amazon] [iTunes]

THEN & NOW
Ned Evett - Get Back To England
[Website] [MySpace] [YouTube]
From the CD Middle Of The Middle [Amazon] [iTunes]

Lawrence Blatt - Una Vida
[website] [MySpace] [Soundclick] [Purevolume]
Buy the CD Fibonacci's Dream [CD Baby] [iTunes] [Amazon]
Music Promotion with musicSUBMIT.com!

Vickers Vimy - Offseason By The Aquarium
[MySpace] [The Beat]
Buy That Vinyl Scratch EP from the band

LIVERPOOL SOUND 1
Steve Roberts & The Bank of England – From Speke To Waterloo
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the From Speke To Waterloo EP [iTunes]
Check out Steve's Song A Week podcast [here]

LIVERPOOL SOUND 2
Kevin Critchley - Desire
[website] [MySpace]

Brother Love - Summertime (live)
[Website] [PMN] [MySpace] [Wikipedia]
Buy the new CD Turn It Up [here]

BONUS TRACK
Bluesman Tom Malafarina - Cigarettes And Whiskey
[website] [MySpace] [UBL] [PMN]
Buy the brand new CD Less Is More [CD Baby] [Blues Detour]

[Bedding]
Azevedo Silva - Dó
[MySpace] [Last.fm] [Lastima]
Download the CD Tartaruga for free [Lastima]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show
New podcast - Music and Mumblings

Show 51 - Lizzie Nunnery Hungry EP launch - sees me out and about at 3345 Parr Street in Liverpool for the launch of Lizzie's brand new EP. I get to chat with Lizzie Nunnery and Vidar Norheim and find out about the new recordings, and some of the other things she's been up to recently. I also grabbed some time with the other artists taking part in the launch event, and play a track from each of them.

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Lizzie Nunnery - Twisting On The Breeze
[website] [MySpace] [facebook group]
Taken from the EP Monkeys and Devils
Buy it from [website] [iTunes]

Sensorites - Postcards
[MySpace]

Gareth Gregory - Carry Me
[iLike] [MySpace] [facebook]
Buy the CD Turns To Blue [here]
Download this song for free [here]

The Unfortunates - The Machine Song
[MySpace]
Contact The Unfortunates to buy the CD The Natural Engineer

Lizzie Nunnery - Hungry
[website] [MySpace] [facebook group]
Taken from the EP Hungry
Buy it from [website] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Lizzie Nunnery - Concertina (Live)
[website] [MySpace] [facebook group]
Taken from the EP Hungry and the DVD Live At Flat 1
Buy the DVD from [website]

Lizzie Nunnery - Pubs The Never Close
[website] [MySpace] [facebook group]
Taken from the EP Hungry
Buy it from [website] [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Lizzie was joined on the EP Hungry by Vidar Norheim
Check out his band Wave Machines [MySpace]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Listen to the Made In The UK show

Show 50 - Return to Show 15 - plays a new track from (almost) all of the artists on the first MySpace Special back in February 2007. There's also the start of a new Then and Now feature to replace MySpace Corner. Here's to the next fifty shows!

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Richard Brown - Smile
[MySpace]

Cloudy - Kind Of Love
[MySpace]

Nicholas Grinyer - Pebble Dash
[MySpace]

PosterBoy - 100 Miles
[MySpace]

Dirty Mick - Buddy And Rosie
[MySpace]

Nicholas Grinyer - The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
[MySpace]

Brickbat - Cabbage Heart
[website] [MySpace]

Nick Walters – La Idioma Del Amore
Nick Walters – Crystal Cage
[Bedding] Nick Walters – Cutty Dyer
[website] [Can I Be Me] [MySpace]

All artists originally offered they music on the UK Acoustic and Folk Roots Network MySpace Group

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Show 36 of Clever Little Pod is accompanied by the new Clever Little Mag available to buy for only £1
Listen to the Made In The UK show

Show 49 - Bank Holiday road special - contains eleven road-themed acoustic tracks to chill out to while sat in a traffic jam. There's a Comedy Corner, a competition, and very little talking to interupt the flow of great tunes.

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Exelby - The Road Ahead
[MySpace] [PMN]
Buy the CD All Aboard The Skylark [CD Baby] [iTunes]

Roger Tarry - Driving Song
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Last Time I Was There [website] [Pink Hedgehog] [Amazon]

Kokopelli - The Road
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD and new EP [website]

Leon Rosselson - Bad Driver
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the CD Harry's Gone Fishing [Fuse Records] [Amazon]

[Comedy] Gary Dring - Accident Blackspot
From Clever Little Pod - Show 20

The Mrs Ackroyd Band - Send In The Cones
[website]
Buy the CD Gnus And Roses [abicat] [Amazon]

[Comedy] Gary Dring - Spaghetti Junction
From Clever Little Pod - Show 35

Harvey Andrews - Driving In The Middle Lane
[website]
Buy the CD The Gift [Amazon]

John and Wayne - Sign To Coventry
[website] [MySpace] [facebook]
Buy the CD Nearly Killed Keith [Aquarian Nation]
[Amazon] [iTunes]

Wilson Noble - Middle Of The Road
[website] [MySpace] [Jamendo]
Buy the CD Where Is [Amazon] [CD Unsigned]

Piefinger - Speed
[website] [MySpace] [PMN]
Buy the CD Where You Might Go [website] [Amazon]
Download the song Speed for free [here]

Anthony John Clarke - Turning The Corner Now
[website]
From the CD Straight On - No Problem

Peter Price - Big Road Blues
[website]
Competition - Listen to the show for your chance to win a copy of the CD Big Road Blues

[Bedding]
David Buckingham - Chiemsee
[website] [MySpace]
Buy the cd The View [website] [CD Baby] [guitar cds]

ALSO ON THE SHOW
[Theme tune] Andrew Ellis - Blind Mary
Association of Music Podcasting [website] [AMPed]
Supported by Libsyn
Show 36 of Clever Little Pod is accompanied by the new Clever Little Mag available to buy for only £1
Listen to the Made In The UK show

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Car idling / Motorway ambient noise /
Car horns sounding