We check out the awesome record collection of veteran Blues guitarist Jim Carlisle. He tells us how he got into collecting the Excello record label back in the early 60's in Belfast and plays us some of the best Rock & Roll, Blues and Rockabilly we've hea

She Rocola brings her band, Lady & the Tramps along to the Home Spun Sessions for a knees up. Believe you me, these cats throw a rum party - I got to bed as the sun was rising and it was a Monday. MeaOw! My poor head...

Hot African night, the Afro Palace join us to promote their gig at the New Empowering Church this Friday featuring Yaaba Funk & Ebo Taylor (visiting from Ghana) and play us some super funky Afro beats for your delectation.

Fusing Cumbia and Secousse rhythms with hints of Arabia, the fantastic L'Orchestre du Montplaisant visit the Home Spun Show this week for our live sessions. These inspirational players create a melting pot of sultry and exotic sounds which inspire reverie

What does it mean for an artist to be ahead of their time? We explore a few artists considered to have been ahead of their time from Robert Johnson to Blondie from the Modern Lovers to Digital Underground, Roland Kirk and beyond.

Exclusive! On a flying visit over from Brazil for the Notting Hill Carnival, we managed to convince the amazing Aleh Ferreira to let us record one of the two gigs he did here in the UK. Expect uptempo Brazilian Funk of the highest order this week on the H

Up and coming Blues singer and slide guitarist extraordinaire Tarq Bowen graces the Home Spun Sessions this week for a heavyweight wig-out. Bowen is tearing up the contemporary British Blues scene with his killer guitar licks and highly original lyrics.

In true punk style Crass bring you spiky guitars and a DIY ethic on their graphics whilst bringing the Anarchist politics home with a bang. It's a big bang too on "Big A Little A".

If you listen to one Home Spun Show, it should be this one. Mak Murtik presents his extraordinary suite "A Place Glowing a Brilliant Red", a visionary exploration of the possibility of Man's colonization of Mars. Performed by a 15-piece Big Band, it inves

The sound of the summer is finally here as The Cracked join us for the Home Spun Sessions! Ian Tepper's band bring us the blissful sound of Balearic Summer experienced via flamenco guitar and hot African basslines. Tune in Turn On and Drop Out!