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Nicole Atkins @ BBC Television Centre

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. : :September 16th, 2008 : : .

 

Combing through Ye Olde Archives of Tapes Unreleased to upload, I came across not only the previously posted early Nicole Atkins & The Sea recording I made from the band's performance at Lee's Palace in Toronto, but also a capture I made of her performance on the BBC's legendary Later... With Jools Holland.

 

I grabbed this from a rerun around 2012, but it's original air date is from September 2008. I couldn't get concrete details on the filming data, but it's presumably in that vicinity.

 

Unlike my personal recording, this one is professional and sounds fantastic. Nicole performs two of the most accessible, powerful songs off her celebrated debut album. This would probably be a much better introduction to the band, and I should've posted it first. Oh, well. Live and learn, I guess!

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Kathleen Edwards @ BBC Radio

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. : : June 7th, 2007 : : .

Bob Harris' radio show for BBC Radio 2 co-sponsored the NXNE event that first introduced me to Kathleen Edwards. Harris was fond of the roots rock scene in Canada, and was known to promote it on the other side of the pond whenever possible.

It's hard to say whether or not that concert -- you know, the one that introduced me to Kathleen, Jim Bryson, Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland, Justin Rutledge, Oh Susanna, etc. -- would have still happened without his support and the Beeb's agreement to record it for airing on his program. I like to imagine it wouldn't have: it was a confluence of random happenstance that brought all these acts together, and me to that room.

I then have to give a lot of credit to Bob and the BBC for their part in my obsession with deep fondness of these performers and their music.

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NXNE @ Lee’s Palace

. : : June 9th, 2007 : : . Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays. As a special, one-time present to the fans of this blog which have helped make it so successful…