Freewheeling by Arif Abrar

28/02/2023

Orbital - still going strong.

From the new album, Visual Delusion.

Listen to ‘Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles)’: https://orbitalband.lnk.to/AreYouAliveThe new album 'Optical Delusion' out now: https://orbitalband.lnk.to...

28/02/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIi11QEasr8

This is fantastic. Old school soul-gospel from Gabriels.

British-American gospel-soul trio Gabriels (consisting of Jacob Lusk, Ryan Hope and Ari Balouzian) treat us to an uplifting performance.Fo...

23/01/2023

And then there is this...

17/01/2023

One of my New Year's Resolutions was to not only save my radio show playlists on Spotify (something I've been very lax in doing), but also to share them. And to share new music that I'm listening to.

I wasn't very good about this the first couple of weeks, but finally put this into motion with Sunday's show. So here goes... click on the link to play.

Freewheeling Playlist - Sunday, Jan 15.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5myxkOms9q2ydi3y7t0n2i

Freewheeling - Jan 15, 2023 · Playlist · 26 songs

04/07/2022

Freewheeling playlist from Sunday, July 3
A whirlwind world tour with the first 3 tracks from Mali, Czech Republic, and New Zealand respectively. Followed by a blast of punk, your usual eclectic stuff - including a trio of songs from bands with names inspired by dinosaurs ('cause, why not?) before we bow out with some blissed out grooves.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hzjBa7Yqn6Kb4d4AehyPW

Freewheeling - July 3 2022 · Playlist · 23 songs

01/07/2022

Last Sunday was Glastonbury weekend - with the festival returning after a 2 year, COVID-induced hiatus.

And what an absolutely legendary return it was with hundreds of acts performing on various stages around the Worthy Farm venue.

Freewheeling was there in spirit, and here's the playlist featuring some of the acts who performed over the weekend.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/05AM6OGnfk5K7HeDJgLVoB

Freewheeling Glastonbury Special - June 26, 2022 · Playlist · 24 songs

23/11/2021

This is simply brilliant!

buy the vinyl/cd: https://boburnham.lnk.to/Shoplisten to the album: https://boburnham.lnk.to/INSIDEinside now streaming on netflix.thank you for watching.

25/07/2021

Freewheeling Featured Album - Mdou Moctar "Afrique Victime."

If you listen to one world music album this year, this should be it. Moctar is a Tuareg musician from Niger who largely sings in his native Tamashek, but when you play guitar like he does, the language is universal. He may not be known to most mainstream listeners, but Moctar is one of the most respected guitarists in the world right now carrying on the fine tradition of regional desert blues legends like the late great Ali Farka Toure, and the Malian Turaeg band Tinariwen, about whom I'm waxed eloquent many a times.

This album is electrifying, explosive, incendiary and uncontainable - it simply blows you away with its intensity. The fluidity with which the band play is mesmerizing and it doesn't matter that you don't understand the words. From the opening track Chismiten to the glorious climax of Bismilahi Ataghi, there are grooves that suck you in built around Moctar's fiery, searing solos.

Standout tracks - well, pretty much every single one :).

25/05/2021

The great man turns 80!

A look back at the life and career of the influential and now-octogenarian singer-songwriter.

25/05/2021

The featured album on last Sunday's (May 23) Freewheeling was 'Walking Like We DO,' the sophomore offering from UK all-female indie rockers The Big Moon; the follow-up to their Mercury prize nominated debut 'Love in the 4th Dimension.'

Side A is irrepressible, Side B slightly more modest in comparison. The band are at their best when they're upbeat and boisterous - the wit is sparkly and self-deprecating masking a deeper anxiety, the guitars flash and chime. The album does have a poppier sound than its predecessor but the overall vibe is of progress and evolution. It's going to be interesting to follow this band, particularly frontwoman Juliette Jackson, and track their journey.

04/04/2021

Absolutely fantastic album on today's Freewheeling. If you haven't heard it already, do check out Song Machine Season 1 from Gorillaz.