Mount Famine, Pub Kid and Son of Cormack... A show with a folky/blues vibe!!!

About this episode

A blues and folk inspired edition of Freshly Squeezed this week... well for 2 out of the 3 emerging artists featured anyway. As always, this is the podcast where you can find the very best of new music and potentially discover your next new band. The three acts Jim has hand picked (or should that be ear picked?) this week are... Pub Kid: If Bob Dylan had grown up in the Midlands, spent too much time in pub back rooms and developed a fondness for modern British storytelling, he might sound a bit like Pub Kid. Stripped back, unfiltered and wonderfully authentic, his songs place lyrics front and centre, drawing on folk traditions where every line matters and every character feels real. Mount Famine: Mount Famine occupy that sweet spot where indie rock's melodic instincts collide with post-punk atmosphere and alternative swagger. There are shades of New Order's drive, lyrical dexterity of Slow Readers Club and the restless energy of Franz Ferdinand, all wrapped up in a sound that's unmistakably their own. Check the Halloween inspired video for Pulse here. Son Of Cormack: After more than two decades of writing, refining and living the stories that shape his music, Son Of Cormack is