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Yellow Brit Road

Yellow Brit Road CFRC

Come for the pun, stay for the music. Yellow Brit Road is CFRC"s weekly British music show on Sundays from 8 to 9 PM on CFRC Radio Queen"s. We delve into music history, past interviews, bizarre reviews and media, discuss band lore, and do the occasional themed show: eras, regions, dialects, albums, poetry; everything is on the plate! The podcasted version of this show contains all your favourite band trivia and stories, but the music can be found on posted playlists that accompany each individual

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00:35:49

Yellow Brit Road: Tara Lily interview!

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2024/03/28

This week, I caught up with South London-based musician Tara Lily, who combines electronic beats, drones from sitars drawing from Bengali music, and a background in traditional jazz to create complex musical soundscapes to express herself. We talked all about her unique cross-continental sound, her inspirations and influences, shooting her music videos in India and Nepal, spiritualism, jazz in London, and being a woman and young person in jazz music today (amongst many other things!)Her latest

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00:56:38

Yellow Brit Road 24 March 2024: Tara Lily interview,...

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2024/03/26

This week, we dug out a beloved Charlatans CD, played some brand-new music from upcoming artists, recapped a mad Thursday night in Toronto seeing Belfast hip hop trio KNEECAP and talked to London musician Tara Lily about her unique cross-continental sound, combining electronic beats, drones from sitars drawing from Bengali music, and a background in traditional jazz to create complex musical soundscapes to express herself. Music this week by: The Charlatans Whitelands, deary Divorce The Great

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00:44:20

Yellow Brit Road 17 February 2024: St. Patrick's Day!

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2024/03/19

This week, a St. Patrick's Day special! Guests joined me throughout the show to help curate a themed show full of Irish music, festivities and fun. For the first half, Alessia and Katie brought along some traditional Irish music and drinking songs to play along to this show, and for the second half, Emily, host of Em's Gems phones in from Exeter bringing us the scoop on celebrations in the UK, as well as an (unrelated but wonderful) anecdote about the band Muse. Find the playlist and follow

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00:30:46

Yellow Brit Road: Master Peace Interview!

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2024/03/14

This week on Yellow Brit Road, I caught up with Peace Okezie, aka Master Peace, a London-based indie musician who has captured all our attention with his masterful, dancey debut album How To Make A Master Peace. We talked all about the album, being the new face of indie sleaze in 2024, identity and plans for the future ('World domination!') This was a fun chat, find yourself a copy of the album and listen to the whole interview!Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9

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01:07:02

Yellow Brit Road 10 March 2024: 6 Music Festival,...

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2024/03/12

This week on Yellow Brit Road, we relived highlights of the BBC 6Music Festival that took place in Manchester this weekend, celebrated the women and mothers in new British and Irish music, and also caught up with Master Peace, a London-based indie musician who has captured all our attention with his masterful, dancy debut album How To Make A Master Peace, making him the new face of indie sleaze in 2024! Music this week by:The Smile, Gossip, Hak Baker CMAT, John Grant, IDestroy Gen & The

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00:43:44

Yellow Brit Road 3 March 2024: BRIT Awards, Slaight...

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2024/03/05

This week was all about the awards, both global and local. We discussed the BRITs, the biggest night in British music, where underdogs prevailed and records were smashed. We also talked all about Kingston's own Slaight Music Video Prize at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival (where the CFRC Live Sessions crew and I did red carpet interviews! Check our Instagram). Mary Ambrose from Team Ambrose, who presented the award on Sunday night, phoned in to give us the first and exclusive scoop on the

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00:58:04

Yellow Brit Road: Courting interview!

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2024/02/28

Here's the full interview! Sean Murphy O'Neil is the singer and guitarist in one of Liverpool's most exciting new bands, Courting. The band released their second album, New Last Name, an album that is also a theatrical play if you want it to be, and Sean joined me on the Yellow Brit Road to talk all about the new album, their songwriting philosophies, on wanting to be pop stars, Reading and Leeds, and being unafraid to make exactly the sort of music they want to make.PS: The CFRC

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00:59:23

Yellow Brit Road 25 February 2024: The Smiths,...

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2024/02/27

Fun show this week, we celebrate the 40 year anniversary of the Smiths' debut album with some original vinyl, play you brand new releases, discuss music at the BAFTAs (Sophie Ellis-Bextor!) and talk to Sean from Courting about their new album, New Last Name! (Look out for the full interview soon 👀) Music by: The Smiths, The Lovely Eggs, The Snuts, Drahla, KNEECAP, Nadine Shah, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Alfa Mist, Gillie, Amy Gadiaga, Dead Rat Society, Courting Find this week's playlist here. Do

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00:01:50

Sean Murphy O'Neil from Courting!

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2024/02/26

Sean Murphy O'Neil is the singer and guitarist in one of Liverpool's most exciting new bands, Courting. The band released their second album, New Last Name, an album that is also a theatrical play if you want it to be, and Sean joined me on the Yellow Brit Road to talk all about the new album, their songwriting philosophies, on wanting to be pop stars and being unafraid to make exactly the sort of music they want to make. We heard part of the interview on the live show this week, the full

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00:55:27

Yellow Brit Road: Long Distances interview!

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2024/02/22

Pan-Indian indie rock, shoegaze band Long Distances started during lockdown as a songwriting project between songwriter and guitarist Zubin Pastakia and singer Aarifah Rebello. They have since added a third core member in Apurv Agrawal (guitars, bass, synths, production), released their debut EP, been featured in Rolling Stone India, and have opened the Indian edition of the historic alternative music festival Lollapalooza. Zubin and Aarifah joined me to talk all about the EP, How The Mighty Will

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00:45:34

Yellow Brit Road 18 February 2024: Multi-Genre, Long...

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2024/02/20

This week on the show, we had new releases across the spectrum of genres of music being made in the UK and Ireland, and Indian indie rock, shoegaze band Long Distances phone in to talk about their debut EP, Lollapalooza and the Indian independent music scene! Music by: The Karelia, Bloc Party, Beth Gibbons, English Teacher, Goat Girl, IDLES, Walt Disco, Lime Garden, Gurriers, Lambrini Girls, Louis Carnell, Wu-Lu, Nubiyan Twist, Awen Ensemble, Long Distances. Find this week's playlist here. Do

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00:47:11

Yellow Brit Road 11 February 2024: Franz Ferdinand,...

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2024/02/13

This week, we celebrated Franz Ferdinand's indie dancefloor favourite (S/T 2004) turning 20, we discuss faux pas and getting it wrong on meeting your heroes (text in, I'm still here), we pay tribute to late Can singer Damo Suzuki, play brand new tracks, and Chris Barry tells us about being in bands in London with members of Sex Pistols, Generation X, Police, Pretenders (quite a supergroup!) Music by: Franz Ferdinand, Little Simz, Shed Seven, Rowetta, Master Peace, Yard Act, Katy J Pearson,

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00:41:04

Yellow Brit Road 4 February 2024: Birthday show, LIVE...

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2024/02/06

This week was an experimental show: can you do a live radio show if you haven't slept in two days? If radio DJs marathoning shows for charity can, surely I, Rue can too! Cue a fun, loose, ever-so-slightly shambolic show where pulled out new CDs, did some on-air Bandcamp diving and had LIVE coverage of the Grammys from Hayden! Music by: Pet Shop Boys, The Last Dinner Party, Nothing But Thieves, Rachel Chinouriri, Silent Forum, The Knife, Blur, George Gadd, The Maddocks, Lime Garden, Master

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01:02:52

Yellow Brit Road 29 January 2024: BRIT nominations,...

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2024/01/30

Lots going on this week on a 2 hour-long show! Many new UK and Irish independent music albums. Hayden, my cohost on Indie Wakeup Call, phones in to discuss the BRIT Award nominations. Chris Barry from the 222s tells me about being in Montreal's first punk band, and the 1979 punk riot. Music by: Franz Ferdinand, The Zutons, Gruff Rhys, Courting, NewDad, Pillow Queens, Grace Petrie, Arab Strap, Yard Act, Sabatta, Crinc, Elpac and Grove, RAYE, Little Simz, The Last Dinner Party, Olivia Dean,

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01:08:14

Yellow Brit Road 22 October 2023: Gruff Rhys Interview!

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2024/01/25

This one's a special show for me! For this show, Yellow Brit Road (I) was on the ground in Toronto, where I caught up with a personal hero of mine: Gruff Rhys, Welsh musician, former frontman of the band Super Furry Animals, one half of Mercury-nominated duo Neon Neon, storyteller extraordinaire and solo musician. Gruff was performing at the Drake Underground in Toronto on 17 October 2023, supporting indie-folk band This Is The Kit on tour across North America. We talked about the Welsh music

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00:43:53

Yellow Brit Road 21 January 2024: Ankst Musik, Chris...

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2024/01/23

Most of the music on this week's show is not on streaming services, but in case including it becomes a problem, here's an edited version. This week on the show, we paid tribute to Emyr Willams, the late cofounder of 90s Welsh independent alternative label Ankst Records, who were at the heart of the emerging Welsh-language alt rock scene of the 80s and 90s. We also had part of my interview with singer of Montreal bands the 222s (Montreal's first punk band), new wave band 39 Steps, and

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01:02:00

Yellow Brit Road 21 January 2024: Ankst Musik, Chris...

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2024/01/23

This week on the show, we paid tribute to Emyr Willams, the late cofounder of 90s Welsh independent alternative label Ankst Records, who were at the heart of the emerging Welsh-language alt rock scene of the 80s and 90s. We also had one part of my interview with singer of Montreal bands the 222s (Montreal's first punk band), new wave band 39 Steps, and many others, Chris Barry! Many of the Welsh artists on this show aren't on Spotify, so I'll link a playlist and have included some music

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00:11:10

Kiwi Jr. drop by Kingston! (interview)

Yellow Brit Road ·

2024/01/18

If there's one band who have had a gigantic year, it's got to be Toronto indie rock band Kiwi jr.! After releasing their third album Chopper in August 2022, the band have spent the last 18 months touring Europe and North America, opening for bands (and their personal heroes) like Pavement, Dinosaur jr., Sloan, Guided By Voices, and so many more. And now they drop by Kingston for a date at the Grad Club, Friday night, supported by Queen's student band Girldad. I spoke to singer and

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00:36:08

Yellow Brit Road 14 January 2024: New Releases, Chris...

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2024/01/16

Happy 2024 everyone! This week's show was the first live show of the new year, and we charged into it with new releases, some news from the indie charts, watched a stone-cold indie classic in Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out turn 20 (already!?), and had a little peek ahead at my interview with Chris Barry, who sang and fronted, amongst many other bands, Montreal's first punk band, the glam punk outfit The 222s back in 1978, and the post punk band 39 Steps in the 80s, a band who you may have

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00:22:30

Yellow Brit Road 31 December 2023: New Year's Eve show!

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2024/01/02

We're ringing in the new year here at CFRC, and we're doing it with your help! You've been sending in your suggestions for songs that signify new beginnings to you, and I pick my favourites to play for you on this week's show. Plus, we walk through NYE and seasonal traditions unique to the UK and/or Ireland, and read some Hogmanay poetry. It's all to listen out for! Artists: Local Natives, Suki Waterhouse Half Moon Run Muse Carpenters Radiohead Television The New

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