Newer artists in the mix are Glasspop (Poland), Toby Benson (London) and Iceland’s The Retro Mutants. #413 features loads of new music including brand new tunes from Elvis Costello, Boy George & Country Club and wow after a number of years early 90s favorites Swervedriver! Tim Armstrong (Rancid) joins Essex, England rocker Ratboy lending his vocals and Dramarama comes back also. Happy Holidays and the brightest of a New Year everyone! Young Fathers “In My View” (Edinburgh, Scotland) -The Courettes voice intro- The Courettes “Strawberry Boy” (Brazil/Denmark) -TC&I voice intro- TC&I “Greatness (The Aspiration Song)” (Swindon, England) -The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show voice intro- The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show “Float Your Boat” (Dorset) -back and front announce- Fie! Fie! Fie! “Hit The Spanish Main” (Yorkshire, England) -Alice Rose voice intro- Alice Rose “Berlin Is For Dreamers” (Berlin, Germany) -Space voice intro- Space “Metropolis” (Liverpool, England) -MC Duro voice intro- MC Duro “Hurricane” (Czech Republic) -back and front announce- Twisted Wheel “Johnny Guitar” (Manchester, England) -Georgia And The Vintage Youth voice intro- Georgia And The Vintage Youth “Glory” (Essex, England) -Stoneman voice intro- Stoneman “Geil und Elektrisch” (Switzerland) -Hegarty voice intro- Hegarty “Won’t Go Down (That Road Again) (Liverpool, England) -back and front announce- Red Telelphone “Victoria Park” (Cardiff, Wales) -Lizette & voice intro- Lizette & “Have A Little Faith” (Stockholm, Sweden) -Wayne Hussey voice intro- Beauty In Chaos f/ Wayne Hussey “Man Of Faith” (Los Angeles) -The Winachi Tribe voice intro- The Winachi Tribe “Transition” (Warrington, England) -back and front announce- Neville & Sugary Staple “Wrong Shoes” (Conventry, England) -K-Man & The 45’s voice intro- K-Man & The 45’s “What’s Inside A Girl” (Montreal, Canada) -Fjokra voice intro- Fjokra “Sugarface” (Dublin, Ireland) Seaker “Fireworks” (London, England) -back and front announce-Little Brother Eli voice intro- Little Brother Eli “Oops” (Oxford, England) -Vertillizer voice intro- Vertillizer “Outlaw” (Wels, Austria) -Krähe voice intro- Krähe “Meine Heimat” (Berlin, Germany) -back and front announce- ** 1 song from my Top 5 Albums of 2018** -The Scrags voice intro- The Scrags “Cold Wind” (Stockholm, Sweden) -Kensington Road voice intro- Kensington Road “Gold” (Berlin, Germany) -Paul McCartney voice intro- Paul McCartney “People Want Peace” (Liverpool, England) -Rat Scabies voice intro- Rat Scabies “Floydian Slip” (Surrey, England) -back and front announce-Ben Watkins/Juno Reactor voice intro- Juno Reactor “Dakota” (Brighton, England) more info. I think the musicians themselves would feel the way I do.

This edition will air this week and next week, and one more time the first Sunday of 2019. As always it is not easy paring it down to almost 30 from the many hundreds that were played on the show. This is from your comments over the year and my input of personal favorites that were deserving of acknowledgement of their hard work. #414 Giving the ultimate deserving airplay to those musicians who stood out in 2018.

Dramarama swamp song