Author Archives: Simon

About Simon

Simon Ashberry has been playing the best of local music on Bradford Beat for almost a quarter of a century . He was music columnist for the Telegraph & Argus for several years, covering local acts such as Embrace, Terrorvision, Tasmin Archer and New Model Army, and has played bass in several bands himself. He was previously part of Bradford-based Loom with John Rigby from Trip and Stumble and currently plays with innovative blues trio West Yorkshire Noblemen's Society.

A very Special trombonist

The latest edition of Bradford Beat remembered the Rico Rodriguez, sometime trombonist with The Specials.

Here’s the full list of tracks we played:

The Specials – A Message To You Rudy
The Delvaux – At The Jeunesse Doree
Wolf Alice – You’re A Germ
Eaves – Pylons
Blur – Ong Ong
Allusondrugs – Magic College
New Order – Restless
Monty Casino – Put Me Back On My Bike
Albert Hammond Jr – Losing Touch
Vessels – Elliptic
Marika Hackman – Next Year
Embrace – All You Good Good People
Bear’s Den – Elysium
Too Many Chiefs – Devil Bird

You can listen again here

Myrtley awesome dude

Here’s the full tracklisting for our Bingley Music Live special:

Embrace – Come Back To What You Know
New Order – Age of Consent
Chutzpah – Eyes
Soak – Be A Nobody
Stand Alone – This Is Ours
The Beat – Too Nice To Talk To
Cast – Fine Time
James – Sit Down
Ash – Girl From Mars
Idlewild – Out of Routine
Super Furry Animals – Golden Retriever
Blur – New World Towers
Embrace – The Love it Takes

You can listen again here

Who loves Cilla?

We managed to sneak in a tribute to Cill Black in the latest edition of Bradford Beat.
Here’s the full list of tracks we played:

Marika Hackman – Next Year
Talk To Angels – He Loves Cilla
Blur – Lonesome Street
Stand Alone – False Beginnings (BCB session)
New Order – Restless
The Word – Wide Awake
Soak – Be A Nobody
Bear’s Den – Above The Clouds of Pompeii
The Delvaux – Nightman
The Prettiots – Boys (I Dated In High School)
Bluesbeaten Redshaw – Prisoner’s Home
Embrace – Refugees
Albert Hammond Jr – Born Slippy

You can listen again here

Soak Eggs with Tequila and Beat. Lovely

Here’s the full list of what we played on our latest show:

Ghostpoet – Sorry Love It’s You Not Me
The Delvaux – Trouble Buried Deep
The Lovely Eggs – Don’t Look At Me (I Don’t Like It)
Frank Turner – The Next Storm
Terrorvision – Tequila
The Libertines – Gunga Din
The Beat – Can’t Get Used To Losing You
Stand Alone – Save You (live session)
Soak – Be A Nobody
Eaves – Pylons
Blur – I Broadcast
The Spills – A Film And a Frame
The Prettiots – Boys ( I Dated In High School)
Vessels – Vertical

You can listen again here

Second helpings

We enjoyed having Bradford rockers Stand Alone in the studio so much that we repeated their interview and session.

Here’s the full list of what was played:

Wolf Alice – Freazy
Stand Alone – False Beginnings (live session)
Stand Alone – This Is Ours (live session)
Stand Alone – Save You (live session)
Stand Alone – Demons
Queens of the Stone Age – If I Had a Tail
The Libertines – Gunga Din
Embrace – Target

And you can listen again here.

Festival fever rising

With Glastonbury still fresh in the memory, we started to look ahead to Bingley Music Live on this week’s Bradford Beat.

Here’s a full list of what we played:

The Maccabees – Something Like Happiness
The Delvaux – When Ownership Shifts
The Prettiots- Boys (That I Dated In High School)
Vessels – Glass Lake
Albert Hammond Jr – Born Slippy
Underworld – Born Slippy
Stand Alone – This Is Ours
Embrace – Follow You Home
Wolf Alice – Your Love’s Whore
Soak – Blud
Zed – White Knuckle Ride
Bear’s Den – Above The Clouds of Pompeii
Palma Violets – On The Beach
Terrorvision – Rock Radio
Ghostpoet – Sorry My Love It’s You Not Me

You can listen again here

Get set to be Soaked

Rising star Soak was among the artists featured on the latest edition on Bradford Beat. Here’s the full list of what we played:

Soak – Blud
Stand Alone – Demons
Paul Weller – Going My Way
The Spills – A Film and a Frame
Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight
Vessels – Attica
Maccabees -Something Like Happiness
Embrace – Refugees
Frank Turner – The Next Storm
Rattlesnake Shake – Some Like It Hot
Tame Impala – Eventually
City of Lights – Here, Alive
The Delvaux – The Fountain Statues

You can listen again here

Myrtle on my mind

Ths week’s Bradford Beat featured an early preview for this year’s Bingley Music Live.

The full list of what we played is as follows:

Bear’s Den – Above The Clouds of Pompeii
Stand Alone – False Beginnings
Soak – Blud
The Delvaux – At The Jeunesse Doree
Paul Weller – Pick It Up
Vessels – Echo In
Balthazar – Bunker
The Lovely Eggs – Goofing Around (In Lancashire)
Drenge – Running Wild
Super Furry Animals – Inaugural Trams
Eaves – Pylons
Wolf Alice – Bros
Tame Impala – Cause I’m A Man

You can listen again here

King of the blues

We paid tribute to BB King in the latest edition of Bradfor Beat.

Here’s the full list of what we played:

BB King – The Thrill Is Gone
Stand Alone – Demons
Tame Impala – Cause I’m a Man
Dean McPhee – Sky Burial
Balthazar – Bunker
The Delvaux – Spider’s Bride
Drenge – Running Wild
Warpaint – I’ll Start Believing
Richard Dawson – Bamburgh Beast
Stand Alone – This Is Ours
Wolf Alice – Bros
Vessels – Elliptic

You can listen again here

Sad losses

Even before we heard about the death of BB King, we were mourning the loss of Errol Brown and Ben E King.

We paid tribute to the latter two in the latest edition of Bradford Beat. Here’s what we played:

Hot Chocolate – Everyone’s A Winner
Malibu Stacey – Horses
Balthazar – Then What
Rev Chunky/Jam Sponge – Wednesday Downers
Beans of Toast – Nola Honeymoon
Eaves – Pylons
Ghostpoet – X Marks The Spot
The Delvaux – Apology To Rosamund
Lord Huron – The World Ender
Alt-J – The Gospel of John Hurt
Ben E King – I Who Have Nothing
Vessels – On Your Own Ten Toes

You can listen again here