Live At The Radio 1 Club Sessions 1969 - Episode Six

Advantages: Some of the best bits from Jo Whiley's Live Lounge sessions
Disadvantages: Includes some really odd ones that you might skip

...Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley has got hold of some of the worlds best artists to perform in the Live Lounge. Not only to perform there own tracks but to perform another artists song in their own style. The Live Lounge has become an integral part of her show and becuase of its success, the Live Lounge 2CD was released. The Live Lounge sessions enable artists to let listeners hear what they are all about. The live and unrehearsed sessions allow the listeners to appreciate what an artist is really like (and how they can sign without digital enhancements)!! The Live Lounge has encouraged artist to reproduce covers of their own personal favourite artists or tracks. Some of these have been truely outstanding as any listener to Jo Whiley's show will know. Can you imagine hearing The Automatic covering Kanye West, or Franz Ferdinand covering... Read review

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Advantages: A BREATH OF FRESH AND FURIOUS AIR
Disadvantages: BELOW THE RADAR AS YET!

...The word on the street that’s steadily taking Sonic Boom Six (SB6) skyways; is it just hype? Well, having their predominantly sample supported, punk fuelled ska sound featured on both BBC TV (Desi DNA) and radio (Radio 1 Lock Up sessions) and doing their thing at Glastonbury (bigging up the Love Music Hate Racism movement) is quite something for a band that haven’t really made any waves in the six intermittent years since their debut release, the 2001 ‘Same’ E.P. They’ve supported Mad Caddies, Flogging Molly and Hard-Fi as well as numerous other bands of a similar calibre. Taking all this into account, it’s sorely obvious that this, their debut LP ‘The Ruff Guide to Genre Terrorism’ released just under a year ago was vastly overlooked. Here is a band with as much diversity as you could ask for, with songs strong enough to entice even... Read review

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Advantages: Totally Chilling Music
Disadvantages: Alittle The Samey

...I first heard of joss stone a year ago. I have to say, I was listening to radio 2, and they had a show on called soul sessions presented by Jill Scott. Then all of a sudden I heard this voice, amazing, and so funky. I instantly fell in love with the voice. A few days later, on Radio1, in the live lounge, there was no other then Joss Stone. She sang a few songs, that were off the album. This was before the album was launched. I only have a few problems with this album. Alot of the tunes are similar. This is due to the fact that all the musicians are the same and they are all re-workings of classic soul tunes. They have had some brilliant things done to them, but unfortunately, due to being so in-demand, all of her tunes have been comercialised and played to death on the radio. We need some new material Joss!! : D She is a soul super... Read review

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