| Ags Connolly : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters soon finds to hear real traditional country music travelling to Nashville isn't necessary. He finds the talented singer songwriter Ags Connolly not far from home in West Oxfordshire!
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| Al Joshua : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters meets hard-to-categorise singer-songwriter Al Joshua to talk about Joshua's remarkable solo debut 'Out of the Blue'.
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| Vic Allen : Interview - Interviews |
 On his way to a gig in Norwich, Owen Peters chances upon a talented busker. Vic Allen tells us more about what she's up to and how she got here
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| Johnnie 'Bloody' Walker : A Memoir - Profiles |
 When he discovers an old cassette recorder in his attic, Owen Peters is met by a flood of memories of his teenage years listening and taping DJ Johnnie Walker's 70's lunchtime show and his argumentative parents
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| Kate Tempest : Waterfront, Norwich, 5/12/2016 - Live Reviews |
 Owen Peters at The Waterfront in Norwich experiences why so many people are drawn to the words of Kate Tempest.
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| Sarah Moule : Cores End United Reform Church, Bourne End, 19/9/2016 - Live Reviews |
 Owen Peters, exploring another church in search of great jazz, finds that Sarah Moule and a band of local musicians don't disappoint
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| Anoushka Shankar : Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 10/11/2016 - Live Reviews |
 Owen Peters finds Indian musician Anoushka Shankar's sitar playing elating and heavenly at a gig to promote her new album 'The Land of Gold' at the Birmingham Symphony Hall
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| India Preston : Interview - Profiles |
 Owen Peters heads to Cornwall to walk it's coastline, but gets delayed in Falmouth when he comes across the artistic, youthful talents of India Preston
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| Jooles : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters catches up with Vintage Pop aficionados The Jooles on the Isle of Wight and gains insight into their mission to make people dance...
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| Ravellas : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters chats to Mac, the front man with Wigan indie rock band the Ravellas, about his band's influences and music and how their latest single 'The Thunder' was chosen by Wigan Athletic as part of their Player of The Year celebrations
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| Eileen Schaer : Interview - Profiles |
 Liverpool-born and now Isle of Man-based painter Eileen Schaer chats to Owen Peters about her unusual paintings, her eclectic favourite musical acts and the influence of them on her art
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| Kanadia : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters talks to James Bettis, the vocalist and guitarist in new Oxfordshire alternative rock band Kanadia, about their recent self-titled EP and forthcoming debut album
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| We Need To Talk About Cerys : Part 3 - Features |
 In the third and fourth part of a four part story by Owen Peters, the first two parts which we published last month, 'We Need To Talk About Cerys' tells of a marriage gently disintegrating, and the effect on it of Cerys Matthews' radio show
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| Megan Henwood : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters comes across Oxfordshire-based singer-songwriter Megan Henwood by chance. Delving into her music in more detail, he is left wondering is she is 'a secret' about to be discovered?
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| Cara Dillon : Nettlebed Folk Club, Nettlebed, 29/2/2016 - Live Reviews |
 Owen Peters marvels at the vocal dexterity of Cara Dillon at her recent Nettlebed Folk Club gig, but is left with regret her set didn't have more of a mix to it
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| We Need To Talk About Cerys : Part 1 - Features |
 In a four part piece, two parts which we are publishing this month and two parts next month, Owen Peters offers a story/parable 'We Need To Talk About Cerys'. It tells of a marriage gently disintegrating as the years go by, and the impact on it of the music of Cerys Matthews
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| Harry Chapin : Southport Theatre, Southport, 1977 - Features |
 In our 'Gig of a Lifetime' column recalls attending his first gig as a teenager, which was a show by the late American folk singer-songwriter Harry Chapin at the Southport Theatre in 1977
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| Gretchen Peters : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters talks to the critically acclaimed Gretchen Peters about her lengthy musical career and her new double CD compilation album, 'The Essential Gretchen Peters'
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| Nive and the Deer Children : Interview - Interviews |
 It's been six years since Nive Nielsen's first album, but her second, 'Feet First' has been worth the wait. Nielsen speaks to Owen Peters about her native Greenland, travelling, her unorthodox route into the music business and overcoming stage fright
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| London Klezmer Quartet : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters speaks to violinist Ilana Cravitz from the London Klezmer Quartet about their Eastern European influences and musical background and its history
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| Little Red : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters talks to Ian Mitchell from Oxford-based alt-folk trio Little Red about his band's three EPs to date and his label All Will Be Well Records
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| Rhiannon Mair : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters talks with rising singer-songwriter Rhiannon Mair about her forthcoming new EP before watching her play an entertaining gig in Henley-on-Thames
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| String Project : Interview - Interviews |
 Owen Peters attends a String Project gig in Oxford, interviews the band's founder Ben Mowat and wonders where 2016 will take this multi-talented musician
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