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
Nia Fisher
Nia is a singer songwriter who hails from Kent. After graduating from performing arts college at the age of 19 she went on to work in the business for 20 years, 14 of which were in London’s West End.…
00:46:00 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Aaron Badgley
As a youngster, Aaron Badgley developed a profound love of The Beatles and music in general, also developing a fascination with record labels. At the age of 19, he started working in radio and by 20,…
01:00:08 |
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Aliens Don’t Ring Doorbells
Aliens Don't Ring Doorbells comprise Dorian Foyil (guitar, sax, backing & lead vocals), Adam King (lead, backing vocals) and Mark Boden (keyboards, backing vocals). The band took their outlandish nam…
00:27:04 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Alba
“A smoky, soulful voice, provocative lyrics, and extraordinary guitar playing make her one of the most talented musicians in this generation" - Never Enough Music
The Spanish-born and London-living ar…
The Spanish-born and London-living ar…
00:38:06 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Ellie Jones
Ellie Jones is a lover of Jazz and swing standards and performs with Gary Phillips (Guitar), Paul Smith (Drums) & Alun Vaughan (Bass) as Ellie Jones Jazz ! In this show she tells Mike all about her l…
00:47:14 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Alonza Bevan
Alonza Bevan is the English bassist for Kula Shaker - although he has strong links to Wales (and probably identifies as Welsh tbf !) When Kula Shaker split in 1999 and before reforming in 2004, Bevan…
00:45:20 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Rick Witter
Rick Witter formed Shed Seven in 1990 and signed his first record deal with the band in 1993. They went on to have thirteen consecutive Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart becoming one of the most su…
00:52:09 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Deke Leonard
Deke Leonard (18 December 1944 – 31 January 2017) was a Welsh rock musician, "serving a life sentence in the music business". He was best known as a member of the progressive rock band Man, which he …
00:40:33 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Rob Lear
Rob Lear is a Welsh-based singer-songwriter who started in music as the principal songwriter and lead singer of Welsh bands Lear and the Proud Marys before embarking on a solo career. His music has s…
01:00:01 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Steve Balsamo
Steve Balsamo, the Welsh singer/songwriter, has played the lead role in the West End revival productions of Jesus Christ Superstar, toured with Elton John for two years as a member of The Storys, has…
00:59:36 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Martin Ace
Martin first joined Man 1969 with his debut gig at the Marquee in London that year. Prior to Man he played in The Jets, The Vikings, The Brothers Grimm, The Bobcats, Smokeless Zone and The Dream !
In …
In …
00:53:01 |
Sun 28 Jan 2024
George Borowski
Legend has it that Dire Straits referenced Borowski in their 'Sultans Of Swing' song, in the lyrics 'Guitar George, he knows all the chords'. George was born in Wrexham to Russian and Polish parents.…
01:18:34 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Violet Malice
Violet Malice is a performer and writer of comedy and poetry. She also produces bad videos, dances, prances and blitzes her way through life. Mike caught up with her to talk about her groundbreaking …
00:58:54 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
The Korgis
James Warren, John Baker & Al Steele chat to Mike about their latest album Kartoon World. Originally formed in Bath in the 1970’s the band is perhaps best known for their worldwide smash hits ‘Everyb…
01:00:01 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Kula Shaker
Kula Shaker’s Crispian Mills & Alonza Bevan join Mike to chat about their sixth album, ‘1st Congregational Church of Eternal Love and Free Hugs’. They came to prominence during the Post-Britpop era o…
00:51:00 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Dana Jean Phoenix
Dana Jean Phoenix the Canadian synthwave singer-songwriter and musical theatre actress joins Mike to talk about her career to date, touring the world and why she’s settling in Wales !
00:58:20 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Dany Horowitz
Dany is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter whose music is infused with modern takes on familiar melodies, with melodic guitar and piano chords, popping bass licks, and toe-tapping percussion. Mike cau…
00:55:33 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Sandi Thom
Sandi Thom became widely known in 2006 after her debut single, "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)", topped the UK Singles Chart in June of that year, as well as in Australia and Ir…
00:49:26 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Colm Gavin
Colm Gavin is a Dublin based singer/songwriter currently signed to BEO Records home to The First Lady of Celtic Music Moya Brennan
Colm's first two solo releases (Your endless slumber/A voice for the …
Colm's first two solo releases (Your endless slumber/A voice for the …
00:58:16 |
Sun 21 Jan 2024
Ajay Mathur
Eclectic, grounded and always surprising - that's how the extraordinary trademark sound of Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Ajay Mathur can be described.
A musical cosmopolitan and smooth shifter b…
A musical cosmopolitan and smooth shifter b…
01:02:27 |
Sun 21 Jan 2024
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