Welcome to the online presence of the Quiet Revolution

You can listen to the show on HFM Radio, the community radio station for Market Harborough, South Leicestershire & North Northamptonshire alternate Tuesday’s from 9-11pm on 102.3 FM, online at www.harboroughfm.co.uk ask your smart speaker to play Harborough FM, or via the Tune In or HFM Radio apps.

  • 29 November 2016 playlist

    Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith “Night Hours” from “Night hours” (2016 Fellside Recordings) http://www.jimmyandsidduo.com Lambchop “In care of 8675309” from “Flotus” (2016 City Slang) http://www.lambchop.net 1 Giant Leap feauturing Michael Stipe and Asha Bhosle “The way you dream” from “One Giant Leap” (2001 Palm Pictures) http://www.facebook.com/1GiantLeap Jim Moray “Sounds of the earth” from “Upcetera” (2016…

  • Favourite releases of the last 6 months of 2016

    Sweet Liberties – Nancy Kerr, Martyn Joseph, Maz O’Connor and Sam Carter Maz O’Connor and Sam Carter’s solo albums are amongst my favourite releases of the year and I’ve blogged previously about their fine qualities. I will later in this blog do similarly for Nancy Kerr and the Sweet Visitor Band’s Instar album. However, one…

  • Favourite releases of the last 6 months of 2016

    Darlingside – Birds say Another entry in an occasional series, how I discover music that ends up on a Quiet Revolution playlist! Dave Wilson and Kip Winter who produce glorious music as Winter Wilson (see my earlier blog about their fine album Ashes and Dust) nudged me in the direction of American folk group Darlingside.…

  • 15 November 2016 playlist

    Eliza Gilkyson “Hard times in Babylon” from “Hard times in Babylon” (2000 Red House Records) http://www.elizagilkyson.com Erika Kulnys “Rise up” from “Rise up” (2016 Erika Kulnys) http://www.erikakulnys.com Southern Tenant Folk Union “What kind of worker do you want to be?” from “Join Forces” (2016 Johnny Rock Records) http://www.southerntenantfolkunion.com Robb Johnson “The future starts here” from…

  • The first 6 months of the year -favourite releases continued

    Gren Bartley – Magnificent Creatures I remember first hearing Gren Bartley when he was doing a support slot for the excellent Kirsty McGee and Mat Martin at the Musician in Leicester easily 6 years or more ago. I was mightily impressed and have followed his musical adventures since that time. 2016 heralded a particularly superb…

  • Favourite releases of the last 6 months of 2016

    It’s been a fine year for quality music. This continues my personal favourite releases of the year from the latter half of 2016. Once I’ve completed this I’m going to set myself an additional challenge which will be to distill from all my favourites the 20 must buy albums of 2016. Added to this I’ll…

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