Some lovely words about The Eclectic Eel by Martin Colyer from his always enjoyable and enlightening "Five Things..." blog.
http://fivethingsseenandheard.com/2015/06/05/friday-5th-june/
AND ON THE PLAYLIST THIS WEEK…
Talking back and forth with my friend Graham, after he had played the Rubaiyats “Omar Khayyam” to open a recent episode of his excellent weekly radio show, The Eclectic Eel (which can be found on Mixcloud), I discover from him that it’s by Allen Toussaint. How many strings can one man have to his bow? If Five Things had a radio show, the Eel would be it – “music and sounds from across genres, eras and continents”.
http://fivethingsseenandheard.com/2015/06/05/friday-5th-june/
AND ON THE PLAYLIST THIS WEEK…
Talking back and forth with my friend Graham, after he had played the Rubaiyats “Omar Khayyam” to open a recent episode of his excellent weekly radio show, The Eclectic Eel (which can be found on Mixcloud), I discover from him that it’s by Allen Toussaint. How many strings can one man have to his bow? If Five Things had a radio show, the Eel would be it – “music and sounds from across genres, eras and continents”.
A very nice review of Eclectic Eel #38 by Mark Barton from his blog, "The Sunday Experience".
https://marklosingtoday.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/the-eclectic-eel-38/
Guess it’s not called ‘eclectic eel’ for nothing given it boasts a playlist that sits side by side b-movie inspired sci-fi twang (the blue giant zeta puppies) with an extraordinary sepia twisted slice of theremin virtuoso that frankly has to be heard (Clara Rockmore) or some well heeled honky tonk tastiness (Georgia White) with some wiggy Cambodian groove (Ros Serey Sothea). Welcome to the eclectic eel radio show hosted by Graham Lovatt and prepare for the next hour to have your ears opened up to some strange and kooky sounds from the less visited dark side of pop – among the prime pickings here are an absolute head turning remix of McCartney’s ‘coming up’ from 2004 which I must admit we’ve never tripped across previously, elsewhere some flighty and flirty French sunny pop from Les Roche Martin whose ‘les mains dans les poches’ serves as a meeting point between Stereolab and Free Design. Best of the lot though is surely ‘seconds, minutes, hours’ from a forthcoming village green set by David John Sheppard whose recent Smile Down Upon Us album has been hogging the hi-fi of late and is seriously overdue words of adoration.
Click here to listen to Eclectic Eel #38.
https://marklosingtoday.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/the-eclectic-eel-38/
Guess it’s not called ‘eclectic eel’ for nothing given it boasts a playlist that sits side by side b-movie inspired sci-fi twang (the blue giant zeta puppies) with an extraordinary sepia twisted slice of theremin virtuoso that frankly has to be heard (Clara Rockmore) or some well heeled honky tonk tastiness (Georgia White) with some wiggy Cambodian groove (Ros Serey Sothea). Welcome to the eclectic eel radio show hosted by Graham Lovatt and prepare for the next hour to have your ears opened up to some strange and kooky sounds from the less visited dark side of pop – among the prime pickings here are an absolute head turning remix of McCartney’s ‘coming up’ from 2004 which I must admit we’ve never tripped across previously, elsewhere some flighty and flirty French sunny pop from Les Roche Martin whose ‘les mains dans les poches’ serves as a meeting point between Stereolab and Free Design. Best of the lot though is surely ‘seconds, minutes, hours’ from a forthcoming village green set by David John Sheppard whose recent Smile Down Upon Us album has been hogging the hi-fi of late and is seriously overdue words of adoration.
Click here to listen to Eclectic Eel #38.
The Eclectic Eel gets a mention in Ben Scott's excellent "RW//FF" blog as part of a review of a track played on the programme.
http://rwffmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/track-of-day-ellis-island-sound-herr-ya.html
[...] Graham Lovatt's superb and refreshingly diverse Eclectic Eel Radio Show, a programme which provided me with a perfect way to soundtrack a nice Sunday afternoon yesterday.
http://rwffmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/track-of-day-ellis-island-sound-herr-ya.html
[...] Graham Lovatt's superb and refreshingly diverse Eclectic Eel Radio Show, a programme which provided me with a perfect way to soundtrack a nice Sunday afternoon yesterday.
Fantastic to be mentioned by Graham Brown in his "Thoughts from a northern place" blog.
https://grahambrownorkney.wordpress.com/tag/graham-lovatt/
Words are not enough, you need to hear it… It is called The Eclectic Eel Radio Show and I suppose you might say it is somewhat in the spirit of John Peel shows but more wide-ranging, and featuring old, sometimes very old, material along with the new.
Earlier in the year Graham described one of his shows with these words on Twitter: “”Hip-hop, Electronica, Musique Concrete, Rocksteady, Haitian jazz, R&B, Bossa Nova, Hindi Disco & Catherine Deneuve!” What more can I say? Fantastic.
https://grahambrownorkney.wordpress.com/tag/graham-lovatt/
Words are not enough, you need to hear it… It is called The Eclectic Eel Radio Show and I suppose you might say it is somewhat in the spirit of John Peel shows but more wide-ranging, and featuring old, sometimes very old, material along with the new.
Earlier in the year Graham described one of his shows with these words on Twitter: “”Hip-hop, Electronica, Musique Concrete, Rocksteady, Haitian jazz, R&B, Bossa Nova, Hindi Disco & Catherine Deneuve!” What more can I say? Fantastic.
Thanks to musician, Ola Frick (Moonbabies) for these kind words:
Always a great show. Graham has a quirky and eclectic taste and it doesn't hurt that he has the perfect voice for Mixcloud radio which makes it a really pleasant weekly "oasis" hour for me. Highly recommended!
Always a great show. Graham has a quirky and eclectic taste and it doesn't hurt that he has the perfect voice for Mixcloud radio which makes it a really pleasant weekly "oasis" hour for me. Highly recommended!