Category Archives: The BCB Sessions

Matters relating to Laura Rawlings’ BCB show, entitled The BCB Session, broadcast on Wednesdays at 9pm (UK time).

The BCB Sessions on Going North from Nashville: Monday 3rd January, 10-11pm

A dip into the BCB sessions, + other music which has come our way via BCB. With thanks to Albert & Laura!

Gaslight Anthem – Heaven Sitting Down
The Duke & the King – The Morning I Get to Hell  – BCB sessions
Mary Chapin Carpenter  -The Age of Miracles
Stephanie Dosen – Only Getting Better – BCB sessions
Micah P Hinson – Beneath the Rose – BCB sessions
Corrine West &  Kelly Joe Phelps – River’s Fool
King Creosote – Coast on By - BCB sessions
Dan Korn – Dustbowl
Willard Grant Conspiracy’s  Rober Fisher – Drunkards’ Prayer – BCB Sessions
Chief – Irish Song
Laurence Arabia – Apple Pie Bed – BCB sessions
Mountain Man – The Whale Song – BCB sessions
Kate Rusby -  Poor Old Horse
The Rolling Creek Dippers – In My Hour of Need

Hear three of these sessions, those by Mountain Man, The Duke & The King and Lawrence Arabia, in full here:

Mountain Man BCB session by DJ Albert Freeman
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What’s on the radioooo?

Happy New Year folks!

Hope you’re having a good one…

It’s been great going through the archives and finding some of my favourite songs from 2010. Here’s the lineup from Wednesday’s show:

Wednesday 29th Dec 2010
Jonny – Candyfloss
Fujiya & Miyagi – Ventriloquizzing
Duke & the King – If you ever get famous (acoustic session recorded at BCB)
Flying Lotus – And the world laughs with you…feat. Thom Yorke
Walls – Cylopean remains
Flying Lotus – Do the astral plane (couldn’t just pick one song from the album!)
Sparrow & the Workshop – Devil song (acoustic session recorded at BCB)
Heads We Dance – Computer love (featured Leeds band in 2010)
The Kiara Elles – Odio
The Hush Now – On holiday
Mogwai – Mexican Grand Prix
Twin Shadow – Yellow balloon
The Horn The Hunt – Raptor (keep your eyes and ears on this duo from Leeds!)
The Superimposers – Christmas again

More of our favourites on next Wednesday’s show from 9pm.

Lx

Ooh the weather outside is frightful but never worry never fear – The BCB Sessions it is here!

The BCB Sessions – 1 Dec 2010

Far be it from me to harp on about the weather (not very showbiz) but we’ve all got giddy with it. Loads of snow = six hours before the show,  stranded in London, scrambling to get on a train, thinking this must have been what Lord of the Flies was like…. Anyway the chance of trudging through the white stuff to get my record bag and meticulously selected songs was a big fat zero. On the upside, three hours on a train gave me plenty of time to find weather related (or tenuously connected) tunes on the ipod…and lovingly put together a show for you.

The cherry on the snowy icing is the session from Les Shelleys (FatCat Records). Thanks to Albert Freeman for pressing the record button and adding some extra sparkle. The result’s gorgeous. Three fab covers…

Miike Snow – Black and blue

Fujiya & Miyagi – 16 Shades of black and blue

Stereolab – Come and play in the milky night

Fists – Finger (from a Tip Toe Records compilation. Leeds based label with lovelies like Fran Rodgers, Buen Chico and Insect Guide)

Les Shelleys – Late John Garfield blues, written by John Prine

Ed Harcourt – In the bleak midwinter

Peppermint Lounge – Snow falls down (session track from the archive. Love these guys, hear more of them at mypsace.com/thepeppermintlounge).

Mercury Rev – Snowflake in a hot world

Les Shelleys (BCB Session) – I’m on fire, written by Bruce Springsteeen, originally on his Born in the USA album.

Belle and Sebastian – Write about love (well..it’s one way to keep warm on a cold night)

Fleet Foxes – White winter hymnal

Northern Introvert – Breakdown (Producer/DJ from Bradford…Secret Symbols EP out on Dec 6th)

Neon Indian – Terminally chill

Les Shelleys (BCB Session) – Deep Purple, written by Peter DeRose (1920s tune)

I’m back on Wednesday night at 9pm – 106.6fm in Bradford / www.bcbradio.co.uk online. Whatever the weather the show must go on (my stiff upper lip is actually frozen) and our session comes from Gregory and the Hawk, who’ve been touring with Les Shelleys.

Don’t forget to keep the postie busy and send in any songs you’d like me to play on the radio: Laura Rawlings, The BCB Sessions, 11 Rawson Road, Bradford BD1 1NE. Or if you’d like to come and do a session, email me: laura.rawlings@bcbradio.co.uk

Until Wednesday.

Lx

Golau Glau in the mix on The BCB Sessions!

Wed 24th Nov – 9pm

Hello, hello!

Something to keep you warm and happy on those dark, grey nights….

Golau Glau have put together a special mini mix for The BCB Sessions and it sounds great (thanks all). If you haven’t come across them before, they’re an anonymous collective of musicians and artists based in Leeds. They’re a mysterious bunch and don’t play live but you can download songs for free from Last.fm, SoundCloud and their myspace (myspace.com/golauglau).

Gotan Project – La Gloria
Pantha Du Prince – Lay in a Shimmer
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Heart in your heartbreak
Warpaint – Undertow
Kava Kava – Clarity (B-complex remix) (Chocolate Fireguard artist from Huddersfield…go to myspace.com/kavakavamusic to get the full range of their tunes).
Belle and Sebastian – Write about love
Koudlam – See you all
Golau Glau (BCB Sessions mini mix)
The Volitaires – Joy
School of Seven Bells – I L U
The Luminaries (BCB Session) – O.C.D (5 piece from Keighley – you’ll have to go to Barnsley in December to see them live or visit myspace.com/wearetheluminaries)
Lotus Mason – Dream Surreal

If you’re sitting on a gem of a tune, you’d like to do a session, plug a gig or if you’ve got a record deal then get in touch – we’d love to hear from you: laura.rawlings@bcbradio.co.uk

That’s all folks.

Lx

Yorkshireguese on The BCB Sessions

Wednesday 17th November – 9pm, The BCB Sessions

Evening all!

We’ve got more tasteful tuneage for you courtesty of The BCB Sessions.

I’ve been going through the archive sessions, getting dust up my nose and giddy about songs I haven’t heard for ages. So I’ve selected three from Bradford bands and one from Choir of Young Believers – all recorded here in our plush velvet studios. The postman’s also delivered this week – not sure how generous he’ll be nearer Christmas but we’re dining out this week with……

Zola Jesus – Poor animal
Agnes Obel – Just so
The Whigs – Hundred / Million
Wilful Missing (BCB session track) – I am clay. Great band from Bradford – with celebrity connections! www.wilfulmissing.co.uk
This is the kit – See here (Jim Barr remix)
Tu Fawning – I know you now
Flamingos – Evryone
Yorkshireguese (BCB session track) – Woman on the wireless
Chatting to Mark Hearne (aka Yorkshireguese) about what his musical instruments & house parties.
Syd Matters – Hi life
Archie Bronson Outfit – Chunk
Choir of Young Believers (BCB session track) – Under the moon. One from the archive…love the start of this song.
!!! – Jamie my intentions are bass
Sweet Sneakers (BCB session track) – Pointing the gun

Happy, happy days.

Don’t forget there’s a session for bands/artists at Rios in Bradford on Sunday 21st November, 3-9pm for FREE. Covering all the serious stuff you need to do to get noticed, paid etc…copyrighting, production, PRS, MCPS and PPL. Book your place by emailing kath@lunamatik.co.uk.
And get in touch if you’ve got news of an upcoming gig, a new track, record deal…we want to hear from you: laura.rawlings@bcbradio.co.uk
Or post: Laura Rawlings, The BCB Sessions, 11 Rawson Road, Bradford BD1 3SH

Lx

Escort Knights on The BCB Sessions – Wed 10th Nov

Hiya,

Escort Knights are our featured band of the week…they’re from Leeds and are having a big do this Saturday night at Nation of Shopkeepers, playing with Club Smith (indie/house).  For all the blurb and to get details of their remix competition: www.myspace.com/escortknights

Here’s what made the show:
SBTRKT – Look at stars
Jonny – Continental
Micah P Hinson – Watchers, tell us of the night
Escort Knights interview – with Joe
Escort Knights (featured band) – Hole in your head
Hide Me – We love
Dirty Projectors – As I went out one morning
Deerhunter – Never Stops
The Dawnriders – Goldrush (lovely track from West Yorks band – playing with The Sunshine Underground at St George’s Hall, Bfd on 26 Nov)
worriedaboutstan – The Butterfly Effect (Two guys from Leeds, making soundscapes that push boundaries and keep me very interested)
iliketrains (archive session track) – sirens (see them this weekend at Constellations Festival)
Girls – Heartbreaker
Chilly Gonzales (Erol Alkan rework) – Never Stop
Escort Knights (featured band) – I don’t know your name

Get in touch if you’d like to come in and record a session or get your music played on the radio. We’ll add you to the The BCB Sessions Hall of Musical Fame! email: laura.rawlings@bcbradio.co.uk

Back next week, Wednesday night at 9pm on 106.6fm in Bradford or www.bcbradio.co.uk wherever you are.

Lx

La liste – Le BCB Sessions 3rd Nov

Hi folks,

Loved putting this show together for you – although it was tough because there’s so much good stuff out there. Let me know if there’s something you think I should be playing on the show – especially if it’s from a West Yorks artist/band. Thanks to everyone who’s already got in touch. Here’s the email addy to reach me: laura.rawlings@bcbradio.co.uk

And here’s what I played on the show (3rd Nov) – we had Maia in session!

Fujiya and Miyagi – Sixteen shades of black and blue
Darren Hayman  and the Secondary Modern – Calling out your name again
Neon Indian – Terminally Chill
Maia (BCB Session) – Dead Centre
Everything Everything – MY KZ, UR BF
Spodni Pradlo – Korak the Killer (track from The BCB Sessions archive)
WALLS – Hang Four (Banjo or freakout remix)
FOPS – Black boar
Maia (BCB Session) – Melons
Laetitia Sadier – Un soir, un chien
Bear Driver – A thousand samurais (lovely Leeds band. ‘Wolves’ is a great single. http://www.myspace.com/thebeardriver)
IRN MNKY – Johnny Cash rules everything around me (Leeds mashup, mixer dude. http://www.whiteeyedtigers.com/?page_id=31)
Peaches – Downtown (minor indulgence on my part!)
Maia (BCB Session) – Sidelines (absolutely fantastic track!)

Thanks to Maia for their great session. All the session tracks are on their debut album, ‘Maia’. They’ve also got a couple of gigs this month in Huddersfield -for full blurb take a look at: http://www.myspace.com/maiatheband

Next Wednesday night (from 9pm) I’ll be chatting to Joe from Escort Knights ahead of their single launch in Leeds on 13th Nov. If you’re a music maker, remixer type then make sure you listen in or check out their site because they’re looking for you to remix their single! http://www.myspace.com/escortknights

Bye for now,

Lx

The Twilight Sad on The BCB Sessions – woo!

Hello!

Hope you enjoyed the show. Had lots of fun. Delighted to welcome The Twilight Sad as our band in session for the evening. Big thanks to Albert Freeman for doing the twiddly bits and recording the tunes.

The Twilight Sad at BCB, October 2010

The Twilight Sad at BCB, October 2010

Here’s what I played…

Wed 28 Oct:
Penguin Prison – A funny thing
Ingrid Olava – Warrior Song
Chicken Lips – Kudashuda
The Twilight Sad (BCB Session) – Wrong car
Cloud Control – Meditation song
Gui Boratto – Colours
The Twilight Sad (BCB Session) – And she would darken the memory
Blackgold – Shine (this was the pot luck track! Sounds a bit like Gary Barlow singing… )
Sky Larkin – Year Dot (cracking remix by Minotaur shock. Sky Larkin are playing at ‘Constellations Festival’ in Leeds on Nov 14th)
Shamanix – Blood Drop (Bradford producer who’s got a great ear for catchy mixes: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shamanix/72786374283?filter=1)
The Twilight Sad (BCB Session) – Cold days from the bird house

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Win free tickets to see Duke & the King!

My messages are like buses…you wait ages and then loads come at once. But the joy when you get one is oh so good!

Great news, we’re giving away a pair of tickets to see The Duke & the King and Wilful Missing! They’re playing tomorrow night (Thursday 28th) at the Wardrobe in Leeds (right next to the bus station). It’ll be fantastic! I saw them play at the Hi Fi – it was packed and brilliant. So if you want to go for free (courtesy of the Hee Haw Sessions & BCB radio) then tune in tonight to Eclectic Mainline from 8pm. The winner will be announced before 10pm on The BCB Sessions. That’s 106.6fm if you’re in Bradford or www.bcbradio.co.uk to listen online.

Lx

The BCB Sessions

Well hello there! I know, I’m rubbish. Like some dodgy ex that comes crawling back with a paltry offering…and a feeble apology. So here I am with the latest playlists (worth waiting for I’m sure). And I’m not helped this morning because I’m being distracted by some wierd, slowed down, gentle guitar love-in version of Live and Let Die. OK, so you’ve heard the excuses but where are the goods I hear you cry?

Well this is what we played on Wed 20 Oct:

Sparrow and the Workshop in session! This band are ace – top tunes and lovely, lovely people.

School of Seven Bells – Heart is strange
Still Flyin – Stay wild, tokelau
Magic Kids – Hey boy
PVT – Window
Sparrow & the Workshop (BCB Session) – Devil song
Yann Tiersen – Palestine
Blonde Redhead – Here sometimes
KORT – Picking wild mountain berries
Dirty projectors – As I went out one morning
Sparrow & the workshop (BCB Session) – Just what I needed
SBTRKT – Look at stars
synthetic phonics – got my lovin
Peppermint Lounge – African orange. (Two lads in Leeds who mash it up, playing tunes that cut across genres & make you happy) http://www.myspace.com/thepeppermintlounge
Declining Winter ( Epic 45 Remix) (Pudsey’s Fourth best band – not sure who’s top trumping them but their live performances are intense and brilliant) http://www.myspace.com/thedecliningwinter
Sparrow & the workshop (BCB Session) – Medal around your neck

And on Wed 13 Oct:

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