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To celebrate 10 years of The Rock House - a monthly accessible and integrated gig in Brighton - this show brings you the story of how the Rock House developed over the last decade, and interviews and music from this year's Rockhouse Festival. Featuring music from Beat Express, Zombie Crash, Daniel Wakeford, The Revs and Richard Watson.
This week Wendy and I catch up and honestly... I forget what we even talked about. I do remember that she had a bone to pick with me about leaving a mess in the kitchen at the beginning of the episode, that's it though. Intro song: Memory Lane by Dean Martin Outro song: Playboy Girls by Daniel Wakeford Instagram: jake_merle Twitter: @JakeMerle Email: memorylanepod@gmail.com
Daniel Wakeford is a singer-songwriter from the UK's burgeoning learning disabled music scene, based in Brighton. Daniel has been writing and recording music since 2009. He has amassed an impressive back catalogue, in excess of 60 songs. Daniel has gained a cult following, due to his show-stealing appearances on Channel 4's 'The Undateables'. In 2018 Daniel toured the UK with his band, The Daniel Wakeford Experience, to promote their new album, ‘That’s How I See It’. In this show we hear from Daniel, his family, his band, his fans and musicians who have worked with him to tell the story of pure and ecstatic pop from a charismatic and honest individual.
The Award-winning Carousel Radio Podcast features songs, poems and stories by artists with a learning disability. This edition includes poems and stories by Eleana Re and Silvercat, songs from Daniel Wakeford and Kollektiv Barner 16, as well as Carousel news.
An exorcism of a year’s worth of ear worms. 24 tunes transmitted through the airwaves in order to free up some space in my audio cortex. Dave Van Ronk, R. Stevie Moore Yukio Yung, The Dells, Nat King Cole, Caetano Veloso, The Smiths, Deux, Omar, Gavin Bryars, Hailu Mergia and The Walias, The Beatles, Jorge Elbrose, Loose Joints, John Baker, Pusha T, Quelle Chris, Gilberto Gil, Daniel Wakeford, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lloyd Cole, Low, Eric Donaldson, Eden Ahbez, Olivier Messiaen. First broadcast on Radio Reverb 97.2FM in Brighton on 4th January 2015. A music only version without DJ links is available on www.currentlyoffair.com
After a 2014 performance at the Blue Camel Club, Shut Up & Listen spoke to singer/songwriter Daniel Wakeford about his music, his performance at the European Song Festival in Stockholm and his romantic adventures on the Channel 4 TV show, 'The Undateables'.