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I'll be broadcasting an interview with David, Katie and Fraser on my show on Cam FM this coming Wednesday (August 28th). It's a really interesting conversation that looks back on the origins of the band, and also looks ahead to the new album. As a bonus, you'll be able to hear a brand new track from...

Excellent to see. Doubly pleased to see another outing from Radio Orwell! Can't wait.

The food was decent - but I think they need an extra stall to get the queues down a bit and offer a bit more choice! The pizza was really good but the wait later in the day, less so! Glad to see people giving this feedback - I was thinking much the same. Hey Dhal's food was lovely, but once they'd ...

The show's now up on Mixcloud. Head to 1h 7m if you want to get straight to the interview...

I'm on Cam FM on alternate(ish) Fridays over the summer, and this Friday's show will feature a fairly lengthy interview with Andrew Laidlaw of Lucky Soul. I found it quite an interesting conversation so hopefully it will be interesting for others to listen to! Its on 97.2FM in Cambridge, online live...

If you prefer your music with someone talking, and occasionally doing battle with a live radio studio, in between - you're in luck! I'm doing a run of shows on community radio over the Christmas / new year period. The first three are up on Mixcloud, though probably nobody's interested in the Christm...

Reply from Rachael: "As far as I remember Radio Orwell were a side project of two former members of Help Stamp Out Loneliness, I've not heard anything else by them so I think the project was short-lived." Thanks Gareth, and by extension Rachael. HSOL were great so I'm not surprised there's a connec...

Lucky Soul
Piney Gir
Misty's Big Adventure
Just Joans on the main stage.

And I have also been getting... not jittery, but curious about the lack of confirmed dates.

Excellent, thanks - I'd love to know!

Really pleased there will be another CD this year! :)

Could I ask a question about a past one? Who are / were Radio Orwell who did the cover of Last Christmas in 2013? I absolutely loved it, but couldn't find them online anywhere - have the same people / person done anything else?

I'd like to add a late vote for Martha Ffion - she'd be a great fit. Hope she applies!

Rob very kindly let me have a new track from his album for my radio show last week (thanks Rob!) - it's up here if you fancy a listen.

Just a few suggestions from me this year... Returning acts MJ Hibbett and the Validators of course The Just Joans - can we have them on the main stage this time please? That'd be awesome. Misty's Big Adventure - last played in 2009 so well due a return, and hopefully will be plugging a new album Hea...

I'm doing shows fortnightly on Cam FM over the summer, and this evening's will be an Indietracks special! All tracks will be by Indietracks bands, an I'll be yakking about this year's festival no doubt. 8-10pm, online at http://www.camfm.co.uk or via the TuneIn app, or 97.2FM if you're in / near Cam...

Just booked!

I'll be booking a taxi to get to either Holmes Chapel or Macclesfield for a train towards Manchester on the Saturday night - if anyone else is heading off in the same direction and wants to share, drop me a line any time between now and then. :)

The playlist for the first show is here, and you can listen again via the same page. If you like the look (or sound) of it, there's another one next Monday at 8pm!

Blatant plug: I'm presenting a show on the community (and, in term-time, student) station in Cambridge, Cam FM. I'll be playing a fair bit of indiepop, and other stuff (hopefully) pleasing to the ear. It's on 97.2FM in Cambridge, and online at http://www.camfm.co.uk, 8-10pm, Monday evening. There's ...

Ordered. Didn't even need to look at the tracklisting.

Here's my wishlist / suggestions... I don't want to get into a "is this indiepop" discussion particularly; but I do think all these acts would find a receptive audience at Indietracks, although I wouldn't necessarily advocate putting all of them on at once! Returning acts (mostly last played 2012 or...

If you're nostalgic for the Pacer, pop up to Yorkshire sometime. There are loads of the buggers still working the Northern Rail region. Yes - my grandfather lived in Knaresborough at the end of his life, and I used to watch them going over the viaduct from his living room window (when they were sti...