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Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate

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Bitches Brew

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/22

The next album I’ve chosen in this series is Bitches Brew by Miles Davies. It was recorded in New York between the 19th and 21st August 1969, when the world was watching the Apollo 11 moon landing, and came out in 1970. It features so many great musicians that went on to perform for many […]

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MVT 2025 Report Feedback

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/21

The press were out in force at the MVT report releasing it’s 2025 report. Here are a few of the articles that came out of that event. All of these focus on different parts of the report. Guardian: Wednesday briefing: Can we afford to be optimistic about grassroots music venues? and: UK grassroots music venues show […]

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Jazz Gone Dub

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/21

The next album I’ve chosen in this series is Jazz Gone Dub by Gaudi . It’s an album that just came out in December 2025, but it’s something I’ve really enjoyed in it’s entirety. Apparently it took four years to create, and includes David Hinds of Steel Pulse, Jah Wobble, Ernest Ranglin, and the legendary […]

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MVT 2025 Report

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/21

The Music Venue Trust’s Annual Trust 2025 has just been released. Here are the key numbers, and how they compare with previous years 2025 2024 2023 1. Emergency Responses 205 200 164 2. Grassroots Music Venues 801 810 835 3. Total Audience Visits 21,683,552 19,410,630 23,657,220 4. Events 174,552 162,092 187,040 5. Individual Artist Performances […]

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Afrodisiac

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/20

The next album I’ve chosen in this series is Afrodisiac by Fela Kuti . It’s cited as a major influence on Remain In Light, my favourite album by Talking Heads and there’s an unfinished outtake on the deluxe version on that album called Fela’s Riff, which draws heavily on Alu Jon Jonki Jon, the first track […]

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Waiting In anticipation of the MVT 2025 Report

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/19

The Music Venue Trust’s Annual Trust 2025 is due out tomorrow at their event at the V&A and online on Wednesday. Mark Davyd has already highlighted at 2025 was an incredibly hard year for the sector but that there was hope at the end of the tunnel. So let’s refresh ourselves at some of the […]

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Sunrise – Episode 17, The Last Safe Space

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/16

The Last Safe Space a straight-talking, data-driven podcast from Music Venue Trust. Each episode breaks down the biggest news affecting the UK’s grassroots music venues – from government policy to local wins, campaigns, crisis cases, and how you can take action to support live music. In this episode, Toni Coe sits down with Mark Davyd, […]

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Music Venue Trust partneres with Setmixer

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/15

From MVT on Instagram: “Music Venue Trust have recently partnered with Setmixer to help bring automated live recording technology to venues across our network, with no upfront costs. This system plugs straight into the venue’s live feed and does the rest. Artists get full ownership of high-quality live recordings. Venues get passive income from future […]

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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/15

I wanted to start 2026 with a new way of listening. I’ve been dabbling with individual tracks here and there for many years. Primarily because of the podcasting. But I remember years ago spending time listening to whole albums. Listening to the whole thing, filler tracks and all. I used to enjoy reading the lyrics […]

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Keeping Bandcamp Human

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/14

I’m not a fan of AI being used in the creative arts. Taking someone else’s creative input and appropriating it as your own is lazy, uncreative and wrong. I want AI to be doing the drudge work, giving people time to learn of develop their musical, artistic or creative sides. Not vice-versa. So I’m happy […]

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The Artist Development Cycle: Why it’s Taking Longer...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/13

“This Is Music” is UK Music’s annual economic report into the financial health of the sector. You can read the full report HERE. They have also written an article about the Artist Development Cycle, which you can read HERE. They comment: “Artist development is not an exact science with no one fixed method or metric […]

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The Sound of Silence

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/11

Baroness Hodge has published her independent review of Arts Council England. You can read the whole thing HERE. MVT’s Mark Davyd seems less than impressed. “The review could have taken the time to endorse a simple contribution from the most commercially successful parts of live music to support the grassroots that feed it. Silence. […] […]

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MPs write to Chancellor over impact on hospitality...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/09

Chair of the CMS Committee, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, said: “Venues, clubs and cinemas up and down the country are already struggling for survival, but instead of coming forward with support for premises vital to our high streets and culture, the Government with its planned business rate reform risks pushing many over the edge. “The […]

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Grassroots music venue “Where Else?” in Margate...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/08

This venue obviously wasn’t being considered by Music Venue Properties as a potential venue to purchase, but it does appear to be in bad shape. They are now crowdfunding for £40,000 to do the following: Clear £15,000 of legacy debt Pay overdue supplier invoices Settle a critical VAT bill Recover lost income from the licence […]

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UK Music Spending Climbs in 2025 — But Artists Still...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/08

Data from The Digital Entertainment and Retail Association suggests music revenue in 2025 was up 4.2% on 2024 levels but that the pace of growth has slowed. Given the planned changes to business rates in 2026 this can only get worse.

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Sunrise for Grassroots Music Venues?

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/01

My favourite part of this piece:- “If you cannot laugh at the absurdity of explaining, for the fiftieth time, that a venue with a 0.48% margin cannot absorb another pre-profit tax hike, you will end up screaming at a spreadsheet” I just wish the politicians actually listened. Sunrise by Mark Davyd Are we emerging […]

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Meet the music fans fighting to save grassroots venues

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2025/12/31

Meet Rachael McEntee, founder and operator of The Snug in Atherton, near Wigan. One of the properties now owned by Music Venue Properties. This article from the Times (via archive.today)

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Bob Lefsetz

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2025/12/30

Bob Lefsetz has been blogging for as long as I’ve been podcasting. Even a few months longer. Yet I’ve only just heard about him in the last few months, thanks to my old mate Peter Clitheroe. I’ve now subscribed to his Lefsetz Letter where he claims to be first in Music Analysis. He appears to […]

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Crowdsurfing into 2026 – Episode 16, The Last Safe Space

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2025/12/23

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I’m a proud shareholder

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2025/12/21

I got my share certificate yesterday. Now some more venues can operate without the property being owned by someone who cares only about profit, instead of culture! You can still become a shareholder by investing HERE.

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