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03/12/2009

Marc Riley dons his comfy broadcasting pumps for your pleasure, bringing you a live session from Sparrow and the Workshop.

Tonight's musical delight .. live in the studio - Sparrow And The Workshop.

Sparrow and the Workshop are a three-piece alt folk/country/indie outfit based in Glasgow, formed in the dew of January 2008 under the heavy fog of yeast from the Tennents Factory. The American/Scottish/Welsh trio play a stripped-down drum kit, a crashbox, a very white bass, a smallish acoustic guitar, a mellow yellow electric slide guitar and occasionally an old french violin. Tinged with elements of country and folk but incorporating a huge range of references from motor city to Seattle, their sound ranges from punky and harsh to sparse and sensitive, allowing boy/girl vocal duets, various instrumentation and a penchant for storytelling to shine through.

Apparently the band are The Maple Bark - Vocals, Guitar, Violin, The Hissing Bee-hive - Drums, Vocals and The Mortered Brick - Bass Guitar, Electric Slide Guitar, Basstar.. somehow I think these are pseudonyms ... don't ask me why!! Oh I know it's because this is their second visit to the show ... !!!

2 hours

Last on

Thu 3 Dec 2009 19:00

Music Played

  • Sparrow and the Workshop

    A Horses Grin

  • The Damned - Wait For The Blackout

  • Bromheads

    Hole In My Head

  • Tindersticks

    Black Smoke

  • Cortney Tidwell

    So We Sing

  • Vivian Stanshall

    Still Nice And Tidy

  • Vivian Stanshall

    Sir Henry Vs Nice And Tidy

  • Lloyd & Glen

    Too Late

  • Untitled

    Big Audio Dynamite- E=MC2

  • The Sexual Objects

    Outta Place Again

  • Sparrow and the Workshop

    Blame It On Me

  • These New Puritans

    We Want War

  • Colin Blunstone

    She Loves The Way They Love Her

  • The Dirtbombs

    Motor City Baby

  • John Cale

    You Know More Than I Know

  • Sparrow and the Workshop

    Into The Wild

  • John Barry

    Theme From The Persuaders

  • Beirut

    The Akara

  • Euros Childs

    Shithausen

  • Cocteau Twins

    Peppermint Pig

  • The Gun Club

    The House On Highland Avenue

  • The Undertones

    The Love Parade

  • Richard Hell & the Voidoids

    The Kid With The Replaceable Head

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Dec 2009 19:00

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