Festival Pass with Rob Da Bank and ticket giveaway

BBC Radio 1 DJ, label boss and festival organiser Rob Da Bank gets things moving for my new run of shows entitled Festival Pass, on Amazing Radio, with agent and promoter Howard Monk (The Local).

Rob gives us a unique insight into the UK festival circuit, what it takes to be successful as an independent and how he decides his line-ups. Originally kicking off Bestival over a decade ago, the small festival went from strength to strength and even spawned a little sibling in the ever popular Camp Bestival. Don’t forget we’re giving you the chance to go for free!

We're also giving away tickets to all our upcoming featured festivals - this Saturday we feature Meltdown and Field Day, so you'll find tickets to those too here.

Bethia Beadman in session

Described by Amanda Palmer as sitting somewhere between Cat Power, Nick Drake and Scott Walker, London based Bethia Beadman reveals her new video for Mary exclusively here on Amazing Radio. The new album Chinatown is soaked in Phil Spector-esque production and big, strong melodies. There’s no acoustic noodling here, this is the sound of a confident artist who is poised for greatness album number three.

Bird to Beast in session

On first hearing Bird to Beast's single Elephant, you cannot help but break out into a joyful whoop and start singing along like a maniac. It's *that* catchy, it's *that* beautifully crafted and honed, it's worthy of the great pop masters, I reckon Lennon would have been envious. Married couple Sam and Hannah Hird are the talent behind Bird to Beast, and 2014 will be a special year for them, having already garnered radio and online attention - the only way is up for this pair. I snagged a session with them for Amazing Radio in 2013 that thought best to hang onto it until the single release - so here it is for your listening pleasure:

The Other Woman & The Local present...

I'm very excited to be putting on three fantastic bands in association with The Local. On April 27th - London experimental quartet Collectress headline, with a new album to plug, then using electronics, harp, cello and more there's TOW favourites Talk in Colour and taking a break from TV soundtracks and Levi's ad campaigns we also have Megan Wyler on the bill - all will perform at The Ace Hotel in London's Shoreditch. I'll be deejaying - it's FREE.

Festival Pass on Amazing Radio

Over the next 6 weeks I'm hosting a new show on Amazing Radio with agent and promoter Howard Monk (The Local) - Festival Pass.

We're getting under the skin of our favourite festivals and asking the organisers how they do it, but more importantly how do YOU get to play on the bill. Do you need an agent? Do they actually listen to every last submission they receive?

As well as giving away tickets to Camp Bestival, Meltdown, Field Day, Barn on the Farm and The Great Escape - we're also running a competition where you and your band could play at How The Light Gets In.

All you need to do to enter is upload a killer track to your Amazing Tunes profile like this:

Artist Name - Track Titles (Festival Pass) ... and you'll be in the running.

Intl Women's Day with Little Boots - listen again

Our guest on The Other Woman to celebrate International Women’s Day was Victoria Hesketh aka Little Boots. The electronic musician and On Repeat Records founder has been on a whirlwind trajectory from Brit’s Critics Choice nominee (and major label deal) to true independence. Little Boots has railed against the misogyny she experienced in the industry and is now fiercely independent and outspoken about what women in the great grinding mainstream machine go through. With an excellent ear for an electro-pop hit, she’s playing us some of her latest favourites and we’re getting to the bottom of it all…

listen to ‘Intl Women's Day - Little Boots Special’ on Audioboo

Sephine Llo in session

The gorgeous Sephine Llo is in session on this week's The Other Woman on Amazing Radio – the sound engineer turned awesome songwriter and musician is facing 2014 full steam ahead with her new EP Flame, out on Tape Club Records, and has an album set for later this summer. With an interest in weird and wonderful instruments which aid the song writing process, her songs are intricate and very beautiful. Listen to the session tracks below: