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Once more, it’s a glorious summer morning here in Hampshire. England have six points, and are through to the second round, so life’s not bad. Yes, I’m adrift on a sea of tranquility.

So, on a day like this, how can I resist the temptation to play a song called Weatherman? This is by Boo Hewerdine, a hugely talented songwriter. I guarantee that you will have heard one of Boo’s songs, but probably sung by someone else. Many thanks to MVine Records for kind permission to play 2 songs from Boo Hewerdine’s recent album Harmonograph, a collection of songs written by Boo but previously recorded by others (e.g. Patience of Angels, a hit for Eddi Reader in the early 1990s).

Sleepthief is the musical project of Justin Elswick. Justin’s day job is as a music attorney; at night he transforms into a talented musician, writing and performing mellow electronica featuring guest vocalists. Just Say It is by Sleepthief featuring Kyoko Baertsoen.

Jen from Washington DC performs lyrical poetry to electronic music provided by others, under the name Mellow Dramas. Jen has kindly permitted me to play Inside Out, featuring music by Solar Moon.

Paul Aiden is a singer-songwriter from London. He is acquiring a reputation All Over The World, and it won’t be long before we’re all hearing more from Paul.

The podcast closes with another Boo Hewerdine song, The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon … leaving us adrift on a sea of tranquility.

Many thanks to: the radio guy for the audio between the first 2 songs; to Torchomatic, Cagey House and Map for the soundbed music; and to Tragic Shellsuit Disaster for the title music.

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It’s a glorious day; it’s been a glorious week. So I have some mellow songs for that mellow weekend mood. And England have 3 points in the bag!

So, to the music. Today’s show started with another song by Junk, who I played in podcast no 20. This time I played Rumour. You can buy Junk’s excellent album The Last Stand Of The Conspiracy Cowboy via their website and you can hear and purchase 3 songs via MVine records.

Then I played Hopelessly Helplessly by Simon Andrews, a 22 year old singer-songwriter from Derby.

Katey Brooks is a 21 year old from Bristol with a rich deep voice. If the rest of her songs are as good as Willing she should be one to watch out for.

To London – Ontario – for Lori Girard aka Askher, and an excellent song called Karma.

Last up, T-Spoon, who tells us little about himself, but played an excellent song called Weary Bones.

Honourable mention for help with the html code for this relocated page to Grant from Three From Leith, an excellent music podcast.

Soundbed music today was by Dave Rave and Map. The title music is by Tragic Shellsuit Disaster.