Welcome to Fishbowl Podcast number 18, for May 2008. For this, the last episode in the series, we have Logan Wilson in the studio, along with his cohorts Sacha Trochet on djumbek and Steve Hope on piano. Logan and the boys will be playing at Fishbowl Live at Morello, Matfield on Sunday 25th May, along with Kaz Simmons. [...]

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Welcome to Fishbowl Acoustic Podcast number 17 for April 2008! Today, we feature our own band Little Fish Big Pond and are joined in the studio by Craig (lead guitar) and Martin (drums). We also have a live recording of Sound Sanctuary at the Grey Lady, an album track from The Diarys, and the first winning entry of our Tanglewood [...]

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Welcome to Fishbowl Podcast number 16! Today in the studio, we have the lovely Doon MacDonald playing, singing and talking to us about what she’s been up to recently and what she’s got planned for the future. We also feature a couple of tracks from Sean Taylor’s recent album “Angels”. Both Sean and Doon will be playing [...]

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Welcome to the first Fishbowl podcast of 2008! Joining us for a cup of tea, a chat and a few songs on today’s show are James and Brendan from Peanut Albinos, who will be headlining the next Live Fishbowl at Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells on Saturday 23rd Feb. If you like your acoustic music a bit [...]

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This month, we have Mike’s “other” band Acoustic Soup in the studio, playing a few songs and having a chat. The band, consisting of Mike (guitar & vocals), Arthur O’Hara (mandolin & vocals), Nils O’Hara (bass) & Carl Warner (percussion) will be playing at the next live Fishbowl (the first one of 2008!), at Morello [...]

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This month’s Fishbowl podcast features The Stand, who came along to Carrot Cottage Studios earlier this week to play a few songs in session and to have a chat with Mike & Daren about what they’ve been up to and what they have planned. The Stand will be playing at the next Fishbowl Acoustic Showcase at [...]

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  Stone the crows! Has it really been six weeks since our last podcast and six months since Fishbowl 011? Where does the time go? Anyway, better later than never. Here we are with Fishbowl 012, where we preview the acts who’ll be playing at the upcoming live Fishbowl at the Trinity Arts Centre in Tunbridge Wells [...]

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Wotcha! Today, we bring you a live set from Sevenscore, who played at the Fishbowl at the Trinity Arts Centre in Tunbridge Wells back in June. If you’ve been following the Fishbowl for a while, you may already be familiar with some of these songs from Alfie Noakes’ solo set. Now you can here them with [...]

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Greetings! Yesterday, Daren and I met up with New York duo Pete & J, who are over in the UK on tour to promote their new album “Dressed for Conversation”. We had a chat with them before the soundcheck for their gig at the Trinity Arts Centre in Tunbridge Wells, and they even got their guitars [...]

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  Evenin all! This Fishbowl Videocast is the first to come from our new venue, the Trinity Arts Centre in Tunbridge Wells. This video features Rich from The Diarys, who came along intending to play a solo set, but we had other plans!! Never one to pass up the opportunity of getting up on stage and performing, Mike joined him [...]

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Howdo This week’s Live Fishbowl features Sound Sanctuary, who played a great set at The White Hart in Wadhurst on 29th April 2007. The line-up for this gig was Toby (guitar &vocals), Dave (bass & vocals), Andy (MPC sampler & vocals) and Steve (drums), playing songs from their recent album “Dust”, their mini album “Contact” and [...]

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Hello again! Those of you who have been following Fishbowl for a while will remember that Jo Hook came along and did a solo set about a year ago (check the July 2006 archives for the recording of that performance). Well, earlier this year she came back, this time with her two backing singers (Emily Rogers [...]

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Howdo The latest Fishbowl Videocast features those lovely boys from Sound Sanctuary playing “Fades Away” from their first album “Contact”, released a couple of years ago. Sorry about the wobbly camera, but it was the end of the evening and my hand was getting tired… The lads have just released their new album “Dust” and the first single [...]

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Hello again! Today’s exclusive live recording comes from April’s Fishbowl at The White Hart in Wadhurst, when Doon MacDonald came along and played a solo set. There’s something wonderfully inspiring about Doon. Every time she gets up on stage, she just immediately grabs people’s attention with her unique songs and captivating voice. Lovely stuff! Listen out on this [...]

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Hello there! Here we are with another exclusive live recording from the Fishbowl. The charismatic Mr Alfie Noakes, a maestro of the guitar and songwriter of depth, played a set at the Fishbowl in March. “Like Nick Drake but with bigger balls” was how one particularly eloquent member of the audience described Alfie while watching him perform. Couldn’t [...]

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Evenin’ all! Time for our second video podcast, from a fab night at the Fishbowl on 29th April, when Origami Dinosaur came along and inspired everyone with their groovy tunes. It was a stripped-back set - no Dan on bass, no Afro Joe on iPod and curly dance moves, just Helen & Andy on guitar and vocals [...]

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Greetings! We’re back, with another Fishbowl Live performance for you. Today we bring you The October Game - three lads from Bedford with a really distinctive sound, combining vocal harmonies with acoustic guitars, samples, driving basslines and some infectious melodies that implant themselves in your head and won’t go away! The guys have been touring all over [...]

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Howdo folks! We have something very new and exciting for you today - our very first VIDEO PODCAST!! Yes, welcome to Fishbowl TV! For this first TV show, we have a stunning performance from Doon MacDonald, playing “You Got Me” from her album “Which Sister Knew”, live at The Fishbowl at The White Hart, Wadhurst, on 29th [...]

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Greetings! We’ve been a bit quiet over the last few weeks, but we’re back with a cracking show for you! This month, we’re taking a trip with the hippies! Yep, we have Helen, Andy and Afro Joe from Origami Dinosaur in the studio, playing a few of their cool funky tunes and telling us all about what’s [...]

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Hello there! It’s time for another Fishbowl Live Special and this week, we have the return of And His Voice Became! Yes, Mark and Paul, that dynamic duo from Dartford, came along to the Fishbowl for the second time in January 2007, and played a cracking set of their lusciously layered little epics. Astonishing stuff indeed. These boys [...]

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Greetings! Yes, it’s time for another monthly edition of Fishbowl Acoustic, the podcast that brings you some of the best unsigned, independent music from the UK’s South East. This month, we have Alfie Noakes with us in Studio 2 (i.e. Mike’s front room - Studio 1 is the garage!). Alfie sings three of his own songs and [...]

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Hello! For this week’s Fishbowl Live Special, we have a performance from our old favourites, The Diarys, who played at the Fishbowl for the second time back in October 2006. They’ll be back for a third time on Sunday 25th March, so come along, you know you want to! We also have a brief chat with Rich [...]

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Howdo Here’s another Fishbowl Live Special for ya! This week, we’ve got Zoe Konez, a singer/songwriter from Hastings, who actually runs her own acoustic nights along similar lines to the Fishbowl! Zoe came along to The White Hart at the end of January and played a great set, full of altered tunings, complex rhythms, edgy lyrics and [...]

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Hello there! Can’t believe it’s February already! Time for another Fishbowl monthly edition, we reckon. This month, we’ve got a real treat - Slashed Seat Affair live and in session! Last Sunday, on a beautiful sunny winter’s day, we had the pleasure of being joined by Ellie, Darren and Tom, who came along to Carrot Cottage to [...]

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G’day folks. Yes, it’s time for another Fishbowl Live Special, and this one really is special - it’s THE SHAKES! Currently Number One in the PMC charts with their new single “I Want a Better Life”, these podsafe pixies came along to the Fishbowl recently and delivered a superb, stripped back, acoustic performance of some of their best songs, including [...]

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