SleeveNotes # with Mike Kennedy
Sleeve Notes grew out of the Welsh Connections Show that I’d hosted since 2013. It was a vehicle to shout out about all the fantastic musicians that are in Wales but as the show grew and gained listeners the guests did too and I found myself interviewing ... Richie Blackmore, Allan Clarke, Kula Shaker, Steve Balsamo, Suzi Quatro, John Illsley etc - now some did still have a Welsh Connection but others did not and I was getting a few tongue in cheek comments asking what their connection to Wales was !
After a decade it was time to change. I wanted a name that still said what it did on the can but everything was taken - then I was interviewing Van Dyke Parks who was telling me about some sleeve notes he’d written for ‘Orange Crate Art’ and I had one of those lightbulb moments. So welcome to Sleeve Notes. I hope you’ll be entertained and I hope you discover some new music to fill up your record collections for the future
After a decade it was time to change. I wanted a name that still said what it did on the can but everything was taken - then I was interviewing Van Dyke Parks who was telling me about some sleeve notes he’d written for ‘Orange Crate Art’ and I had one of those lightbulb moments. So welcome to Sleeve Notes. I hope you’ll be entertained and I hope you discover some new music to fill up your record collections for the future
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 125
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
The Now
Vibrant and attention grabbing rockers The Now have just released their much awaited and highly dynamic debut album ‘Too Hot To Handle’.
Four of the five members join Mike to chat about the new album…
Four of the five members join Mike to chat about the new album…
00:37:41 |
Fri 16 Aug 2024
Brick Briscoe
Brick Briscoe is an American songwriter, composer, performer, filmmaker, television and radio producer. He has spent over thirty years in show business on virtually every level from New York to Los A…
00:44:59 |
Sat 10 Aug 2024
Death Monkey Records
Death Monkey Records record and promote Underground music from South-Wales and beyond and have been part of the Alternative and Indie music scene in Swansea since 2010.
Mike chats with Dave Milsom and…
Mike chats with Dave Milsom and…
01:34:16 |
Fri 02 Aug 2024
Eduard Shyfrin
Raised in Ukraine, Eduard Shyfrin was classically trained on piano before becoming an award-winning mathematician, physicist, and businessman. A crisis led him to begin a search for meaning and purpo…
00:42:12 |
Thu 25 Jul 2024
Ian Wills (Part 2)
Ian's sometimes brutal, sometimes apocalyptic and at all times personal lyrics are known for knocking down doors. Together with a live show that ensures all that see it are left with a feeling tomorr…
00:53:09 |
Fri 19 Jul 2024
Ian Wills (Part One)
Ian's sometimes brutal, sometimes apocalyptic and at all times personal lyrics are known for knocking down doors. Together with a live show that ensures all that see it are left with a feeling tomorr…
00:47:56 |
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Coolhand
Coolhand’s debut self titled album was released in 2014 and received rave reviews from critics and the public alike and even peaked at number 15 in the IBBA monthly chart !
Luke & Darren join Mike to …
Luke & Darren join Mike to …
01:52:02 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
Dirty Proper
Nashville’s Dirty Proper, Trey Call & Natalie Aulvin Thomas, are with Mike in the studio talking about their UK your and album release.
01:02:27 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
Crashin Clouds
Hard rock valleys band, Crashin Clouds join Mike to talk about their acclaimed album.
02:00:59 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
National Milk Bar
Following 2021's very warmly received debut album "Villains In My
Head", National Milk Bar have followed up with the bigger, more
accomplished-sounding album 'ELECTRO/CUTE'.
The album explores new terri…
Head", National Milk Bar have followed up with the bigger, more
accomplished-sounding album 'ELECTRO/CUTE'.
The album explores new terri…
00:54:32 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
Play Misty
Play Misty are a folk & Americana band that draw their influences from the Laurel Canyon sound of the early 1970’s and give it a unique and contemporary feel. Based in Bristol their music is making w…
00:55:37 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
Sorrel Nation
Kent born songstress Sorrel Nation brings a soulful mix of folk/country/rock with powerful vocals and haunting melodies. She engages audiences with her heartfelt, emotive and relatable songwriting an…
00:50:30 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
Al Lewis
Al Lewis, originally from North Wales, released his first Welsh language EP entitled Byw Mewn Breuddwyd in 2007 followed by an album in 2009 which reached No.1 in the C2 Radio Cymru Welsh language ch…
00:48:36 |
Tue 28 May 2024
Cara Pearce
Cara Pearce is a Swansea singer-songwriter. In this episode she talks to Mike about her favourite tracks, inspirations and future plans.
01:58:18 |
Tue 28 May 2024
Ayesha Pontin
The Canadian/Welsh musician and film-maker joins Mike to talk about her love of music featuring tracks from her album and influences through the years.
01:39:10 |
Tue 28 May 2024
Caitlin Lavagna
BORN IN THE RHONDDA WITH STRONG GIBRALTARIAN ROOTS, CAITLIN LAVAGNA HAS DEVELOPED A HUGE PASSION FOR PERCUSSION. WITH A STRONG, RICH VOCAL AND A KNACK FOR INSTANT POP HOOKS, SHE BLENDS HONEST SONGWRI…
00:46:52 |
Tue 28 May 2024
James Oliver
James Oliver is one of the UK's busiest acts playing over 300 gigs a year all over the UK, Europe, and the USA! He has performed over 3000 gigs and shared the stage with many acts including Albert Le…
01:03:00 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Dai Williams & 505 Friends.
Dai Williams has been in bands for the best part of his life, starting with Million Dollar Babies in the 90s. His solo work is now being transformed through collaboration with his 505 friends into ma…
00:57:44 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Hayley Griffiths
In 2004, Hayley was flown to Dublin to sing for the Executive Producer of the Irish phenomenon, ‘Riverdance’. Just two days later she began a tour that over the next few years would take her extensiv…
00:53:00 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Cristiano Varisco
Aline, the debut album of Cristiano Varisco, reflects the life of the guitarist, whose daily life is shared between bucolic country ways and the polluted streets of Porto Alegre, located in the south…
00:38:23 |
Thu 16 May 2024
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