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Check out the nominees for the South West Music Awards

With links to the music

 

Nominees for best act by genre –

Best Acoustic Act Johnny Edgar – Nicky Swann – Some Sort Of Threat

Best Folk Act Show Of Hands - 3 Daft Monkeys - Seth Lakeman

Best Jazz Act John Shilito select 6 – Jim Blomfield Trio – Duncan Fraser Big Band

Best Country/Americana Act Dixiegrass – Count To Fire – Eagle Country

Best Indie Act The Computers – Secrets of September - Kosmo Kings

Best Blues Act The Rattlesnakes – Bad Knees Blues Band – Eddie Martin

 

Best Soul Act The Loose Cannons – Hula Groove – Phantom Limb

Best Rock Act Idiom – Crazy Arm – Muse

Best Metal Act Fallen Divinity – Red Mist – Le Skye

Best Punk Act 2 Sick Monkeys – The Cut Ups – Bangers

Best Ska Act Too Hot – The Simmertones – The Mighty Offbeats

 

Best Reggae Act Scubaroots – Hot Dub Bikini Party – Zamba

 

FM Radio DJ of the year Award – Mike James, the Rock Show on Phonic FM

 

Best Break-through act Cambion – The Beacons – Morning Rush

 

Best Video/ You Tube -

‘I’m The Man You Need’ – Count To Fire

‘Youth Is Everything’ – Electric Skies

‘Begging Me’ – Florrie

 

Beacon of The South West Award - Joss Stone

Best EP -

‘Everything coming up ska’ – The Simmertones

‘Diamond Eyes’ – Honey Sol

‘Experiments’ – Florrie

 

Best Album -

‘WTF’ – NUMB

‘The Whirling Dervish’ – Mad Dog Mcrea

‘The Antiquanted And Arcane’ – 3 Daft Monkeys

 

Best Producer Richard De Rosa – Paul Reeve – John Tomkins

Best Live Act Muse – Portishead – NUMB

Best Act of 2011 The Computers – Cold Play – Muse

 

There will be live performances from Kagemusha Taiko, The Beacons, Marky Jay and Bashema. John Robb is Master of Ceremonies.

 

 

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The Kirkwood Brown Trio popped in to our latest show and brought with them a much needed dose of cool.

 

James Kirk plays the acoustic double bass strung with real sheep gut. He once caused unnecessary distress gigging at a vegetarian restaurant.

Get It Together

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Tonight

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When you meet the Kirkwood Brown Trio you realise that it is all about the sound, not only did they check out the loos for the acoustics, they also brought their own mic. And as you talk more with them you realise they choose their instruments with equal purpose. These resonator guitars were invented at a time when musicians would be found in noisy public houses. Noisy pubs… I think I remember those.

Vapour Trails

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Lift Me Up – I have made this name up, no doubt someone will put me right!

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This mandolin is some 300 years old and chosen because of its sound. In common with all the other instruments the band uses it has been added to the Kirkwood Brown arsenel by design. I dare say the band are the coolest thing to come out of Teighnmouth.

Get It Together

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Oh, there is Muse, but these guys are different. Don’t listen to these guys if you want Muse, I just want to make that clear.

The band can be found here.

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From the comic Waiting for Geese to the cry-out-loud I Can Tell, this pair are hugely entertaining and deeply personal. Hugh and Graham popped in prior to a walk over Dartmoor on which they stopped off at a couple of churches to sing and play.

If our show was the dress rehearsal, I dare say the walk itself was nothing short of brilliant.

Also included is advice on what should be done when discovering a nude motorist in need…

Hold your heart with both hands, this is no ordinary love song.

I Can Tell

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Waiting for Geese

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Blue Sky (superb harmonics despite my employment of the worst microphone on Earth. All credit to the guys, they can sing.

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On The Beach (He’s a very nice man. Slightly embarrassed, but nice)

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Herons

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Hugh was our house band for some of our summer series - do check out Basic Rock Song and Earth Quake in Newton Abbot.

 

 

 

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It’s true, we’ve been nominated for Best FM DJ at the South West Music Awards! Naturally Shannon and I are delighted and looking forward to thanking our mums at the black-tie event in November. And it’s here where you come in, Just click the link below and pop ‘Totnes Monster’ in the comment box.

The Exeter Corn Exchange is the venue with John Robb hosting. Nominees (for other awards) include Totnes Monster regulars Hot dub Bikini Party, Crazy Arm and Too Hot, as well as live performances from The Beacons (also nominees for Best Reggae Act) and Kagemusha Taiko. Be there or be doing other stuff, but it would mean the world to us if we could represent Soundart Radio. Your vote counts.

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