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Please. Send me some spring/summer weather. It’s May and it’s as though winter has never ended. Thank you. In the meantime, beat the cold with some very hot music.

Bruise – Jennifer

The Fiery Piano – More Like A Tiger, Less Like A Dove

GUMS! – The Willow Cafe / Function Suite

The soundbed was ‘Landform’ by Solar Fields
Three From Leith theme-tune by Alex Aitken

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Easter’s been & gone, I’m another year older, but the great music just keeps coming in to the Three From Leith inbox. Here’s hoping that this’ll be followed by some warmer weather that’ll just keep on coming too. In the meantime, as we pray to the weather gods we can all enjoy some English, Greek and Swedish artists & hope they help the message get through!

Centre Excuse – Control

Personal – Perfect Empty Clone

Dandan – Swimmers / Men of Drugs & Oscar Wilde

The soundbed was ‘Still Breathing’ by Zero Project
Three From Leith theme-tune by Alex Aitken

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One of those recording days when everything just goes right out of my head – it’s a rambling TFL with a little more music than chat this week. The music all originates outside of the UK, although you’ll be hard-pressed to work out exactly where. See if you can though – it all adds to the fun.

Ms Henrik – Doing It For The Man

Anglia – Nothing I Can Do

Frida Selander – Forever On Your Team

Ummagma – BFD / Lama

The soundbed was ‘Memory’ by Gianni Bredice
Three From Leith theme-tune by Alex Aitken

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I’m a few pounds lighter and there are a few old names making a reappearance on the podcast. Lots of alt indie folk vibes abound this week, but thankfully there’s not a woolly Fisherman’s jumper in sight (and no-one’s sticking a finger in one ear and starting every song with a drawn-out “Oooooooooohhhhhhh….”). TFL – a lean, mean and modern scene!

The Ramisko Maki Maki Rocking Horse – Danger Danger

Ardentjohn – In The Morning

Bruise – Northern Line

The Ramisko Maki Maki Rocking Horse – Seas Air Do Chorra-Bhiod

The soundbed was ‘In The Beginning’ by Gianni Bredice
Three From Leith theme-tune by Alex Aitken

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After 8 years of podcasting as a member of AMP, I’ve decided to call time on my membership of the Association. It’s been fun, but it doesn’t feel relevant to me any more so it’s time to go it alone as a privateer podcaster! Fear not though – I don’t think you’ll notice any difference. The music will be just as amazing, and the blethering as bad as ever…

Daystar – Paralysing

GUMS! – New Year

Alaska Campus – Mon Reve / You, Me and The Sun

The soundbed was ‘Holy Cowboys (Remix)’ by All India Radio
Three From Leith theme-tune by Alex Aitken

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Happy New Year! Time to get back to it after a break, just as the snow arrives just a little too late for a White Christmas…

Critical Cirkus – Deceiver

Rendezvous – C Sharp

Nine Times Blue – Falling Slowly / New Beginnings

The soundbed was ‘End Of The World’ by Rendezvous
Three From Leith theme-tune by Alex Aitken

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Time to crawl back from my post-Christmas break & return to the mic – see you next week!

In years gone by, I’d get sent a LOT of Christmas music for the podcast – and there’d be thousands of tracks made available on podsafe music sites for podcasters to use.

In the last two years, seasonal music has been vanishing. This year there’s almost nothing – I’ve been sent ONE link to an album of Christmas tunes that I’ve already been using for the last couple of years. Podsafe music repositories have around 20 new Christmas tunes, mostly from the same artist and not of the type that I’d want to play.

It really saddens me to say that for the first time since the podcast began, there’s not enough material for a Christmas show and therefore I won’t be recording one. I’m totally gutted – it was always a time for a giggle & for some daft holiday tracks.

I’m REALLY sorry. See you in the New Year.

Just a wee note to say that there’s a brief pause in shows & the next one will be the Christmas Special. I hope to have it posted sometime between the 17th & the 20th. Start getting your mince pies & mulled wine ready!

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Well, by the time you listen to this it’ll be 8 more working days until I’m off work on holiday until 2013 – as the title says, I’m counting down the days. It’ll also be my 3rd last day working for my current employer, exactly 20 years and 6 months since I started. How time flies! There were no such things as iPods or podcasts back then, but there was – and still is – an abundance of fine, independent music. Enjoy, then, another fine selection of the best there is.

Nine Lies – Tragedy

Russian Gun Dogs – Dresden

Argonauts – Monet / Touch Electric

The soundbed was ‘Hotel Madras (Inevitable Remix)’ by All India Radio
Three From Leith theme-tune by Alex Aitken

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