Surreal black comedy and live music for all the family...

...featured today on Hot Pebbles! on Phonic FM along with tracks from quite a number of new musical releases.

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Eddie Elks looked in to talk about the world premiere of his play Mugs Arrows running until 12 October at Exeter BikeShed Theatre.

Mugs Arrows is a surreal black comedy set in a pub and explores the themes of love, life, death and darts. Performed by Third Man Theatre, the play had a very promising first performance yesterday. Intrigued? Find out all about it here. For the full programme of events at the BikeShed Theatre visit their website.

Julie and Emma from Exeter Contemporary Sounds told us about an exciting new venture for young children and adults at Exeter Phoenix on the last Sunday of each month. 

Earworms is a series of family friendly concerts featuring a wide range of musicians and genres beginning this Sunday 29 September at 14:00. For this concert, local choir Isca Voices will be singing alongside beat boxer Audible1 aka Alex Norgate.

The concerts will be family-friendly and will be presented by Mervyn Bedford. 

They run alongside the Family Sunday events at Exeter Phoenix.

Other Earworms events are planned for 27 October and 24 November and the latter event will feature music from Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman.

Up-to-date details along with the prices and ticket information are on the Earworms Blog.

Playlist
Duane Eddy..Rebel Rouser
Woodford Green..Sycamore Seed..Exeter Local Records Sampler 2
April Verch..Broken..Bright Like Gold
Tony McLaughlin..Harlan Road..The Contender
Tim Grimm..The Lake..The Turning Point
The Bitterati..Burn Out..Exeter Local Records Sampler 2
Oumou Sangare..Djigui..Seya
Bootleg Swing Band..Si Tu Savais
Scissor Sisters..Paul McCartney..Ta Dah
Fela Kuti..No Buredi..Red Hot + Fela
Ashleigh Flynn..A Million Stars..A Million Stars
Sweet Honey In The Rock..See See Rider
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman..The Wisdom Of Standing Still..Hidden People
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin..Last Broadcast / Elegy..Mynd
Sam Lee..Goodbye My Darling..Ground Of Its Own
The Tillers..Tree House..Hand On The Plow
Buena Vista Social Club..Orgullecida..At Carnegie Hall
Celtic Fiddle Festival..Valse Du Chef De Gare
Maz Totterdell..Delirious..Sweep
Mae & the Midnight Fairground..The Persian Boy..Exeter Local Records Sampler 2
King Porter Stomp..The Shuffle..Shuffle

Community

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Phonic FM is Exeter's community radio station and we broadcast lots of information about events in our community. On this Wednesday's Hot Pebbles! on Phonic FM, Martin Hodge welcomed Sue Taylor and Karl Zumar, two of the organisers of the St Thomas Community Festival in Exeter. Lots of fun things are happening this Saturday 14th September at St Thomas Pleasure Ground, Exeter.

We had excellent live music from singer, guitarist Karl Zumar too. He played Horizon and an untitled guitar piece.

Karl is the musical director of the festival which ensures a great programme of music there.

Recordings played
Sky..Westway..Masterpieces - The Best Of Sky
Richard Thompson..Waltzing's For Dreamers..Action Packed
Söndörgő..Jova..Oj Javore
Rev Hammer..Spanish Lullaby..Hootenanny
Sweet Honey In the Rock..Patchwork Quilt..In This Land
Alice Jemima..Technicolour Postcard..Alice Jemima
Jiggerypipery..Tom's Gone To Hilo / Powderham Castle..The Drift
Matthias Tsahouridis..Ela Poulim..Looking For A New England Vol. 2
Ruarri Joseph..For The Love Of Grace..Shoulder To The Wheel
Tamikrest..Takma..Chatma
Polly & The Billets Doux..Sycamore Ships..Songs From The Shed
Grupo Lokito..Esengo Ya Ko Bina..Esengo Ya Ko Bina
Gecko..Guanabana Juice..Pigeon
The Swamp Gods..Serenity Calls..Space Junk
The Eurthymics..Angel..We Too Are One
Martin Simpson..John Hardy..Righteousness & Humidity
Nina Simone..Just Like A Woman
Nigel Kennedy & Kroke..Ajde Jano..East Meets West

Just you and me...

It makes a change not to have any guests in and it is quite pleasant once in a while when this happens. A chance for me to research and mention a number of arts events in Exeter. Do check out the programmes at Exeter BikeShed Theatre, Exeter Phoenix and the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter.

Music played
The Celtic Fiddle Festival..Gavottes "Swing"..20th Anniversary Concert Live in Brittany
Norma Waterson..Black Muddy River..Norma Waterson
Temenik Elektric..Dèouni..Ouesh Hada?
Amadou Diagne..Baikat..Yakar
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss..Trampled Rose..Raising Sand
The Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain..Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush..Bertie..Aeriel
Leonard Cohen..My Secret Life..Ten New Songs
David Harbottle & The Friendly Cats..When Nothing's Going Your Way..Ferrara Girl
Jay Tamkin..Don't Wait Too Long..Alibi
Otis Gibbs..I Walked Out In The River..Joe Hill's Ashes
Tarika..Sento (Sigh)..Son Egal
Richard Bona..Esoka (Trust Your Heart)..Reverence
Billy Bottle..Inhibitions..Message From Billy Bottle
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin..Thirty Miles / Silver Bottle..Mynd
Randy Newman..Marie..Lonely At The Top
Natalie Merchant..Carnival..Tigerlily
Ocho Macho..Savaria Kingston Town
Sharon Shannon..The Bag Of Cats..The Spellbound: The Best of Sharon Shannon
The Tillers..Old Westside..Hand On The Plow
Ian McKenzie..Stormy Monday / Choogling..Last Chance