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.

  • 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…

  • Favourite releases of the first 6 months of 2016 continued

    Well this is the last entry for my blog charting my favourite releases for the first 6 months of this year. Completed just in time to get ready to compile my favourites from July onwards! Norrie McCulloch – These mountain blues I like an amazing number of singer songwriters and bands from Scotland. This blog…

  • Favourite releases of the first 6 months of 2016 continued

    Paul Mosley and the Red Meat Orchestra – The Butcher A couple of my favourite record labels are based in the East Midlands. Being an East Midlander myself this makes me pretty happy. Anyway I digress just a tad. The two labels I allude to are Reveal Records, originally based in Derby and now in…

Subscribe

Enter your email below to receive updates.