Jim Riley’s Blues Foundation + Rastko – 23 March, Billabong Club
Jim is getting all excited. Event hosted by Terry Lane. Tickets available via WeGotTickets (please note the booking…
Foodbanks and Ferraris
…. just put this up here … one from the Ranscombe archives, Foodbanks and Ferraris courtesy of Sally…
Classic Sounds, March 2018 by Warren Finn
Long before the beat boom generation, there has been a steady flow of creativity seeping into our being….
Tape Saturation and Valve Distortion …
Tape saturation and distortion abound on a collection that boasts outstanding homages to R&B classics, alongside four strong…
Jim Riley’s Blues Foundation – A Very British Blues Explosion
Released this coming Monday 15 January Available on Trouserphonic Records from groovy-uncle-co.uk
Without music…
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which…
They don’t make them like they used to….
Medway’s Glenn Prangnell is a bloody genius. I’ve absolutely no idea how many years this guy has spent…
Lurching behemoth…
Progressive post-metal / horror-synth / sludge act Upcdownc release their new album I, Awake on 22nd September. Following…
Big River – Hometown Hustler
Ok Folks it’s here, we couldn’t wait any longer. Here’s our video for Hometown Hustler. Many thanks to…
Blows the doors off every time…
A VERY strong set from beginning to end, “A Clip Round The Ear” is an absolute knockout of…
I, Awake – new UpCDownC release arriving 22 September…
Medway-based instrumental trio Upcdownc have been nudging (sludging?) at the edges of many a rock radar since 2000….
Newest and Grooviest
Prolific songwriter Glenn Prangnell has released yet another album of fun, classy and well-crafted pop songs under his Groovy Uncle…
Absolute Bangers!!
We’re very excited to announce that Basement Cat’s debut EP ‘Times Are Changing‘ will be released tomorrow. Can’t…
Come ‘ere! You’ll get A Clip Round The Ear
“A Clip Round The Ear”-out now and available from groovy-uncle.co.uk Downloadable from Amazon, iTunes etc. Plenty more goodies…
Pondering at Pausenbrot
An interview with Glenn Prangnell, the brains behind Groovy Uncle. Thanks to the Pausenbrot Cafe, Rochester, for agreeing…
Unreleased ’66 Punkers from Travis Pike coming soon!
Teaser clips from the forthcoming State Records release from Travis Pike& The Brattle Street East, “Watch Out Woman”…
Port Bou, with added moving pictures
Port Bou was filmed and directed by Mr Young – https://www.youtube.com/user/themoontheeye
Review – Theatre Royal, Port Bou
Sometimes, bands can play but lack the human touch and vice versa. Theatre Royal have both, what they’ve…
Calling all International Groove fans…
The new album from Miss Modus and Groovy Uncle has finally been completed and will be out some…
The Scheme Of Things – More recordings from Suzi Chunk and Groovy Uncle in 2017!
Recording of the 6th Groovy Uncle album began last year and will continue during 2017 at Ranscombe Studios….
Jim and Brendan have gone home to hang up their stockings
… so you will have to wait until 4th January if you would like to make a booking…
Have you had enough of ‘Mistletoe and Wine’ already?
I know we have… so here’s some alternative thoroughly wholesome Christmas entertainment
HVMM – Modern Pussy
Available as a free download on December 16th from: http://www.wearehvmm.com
Waxing lyrical … smell the nostalgia
Jim waits for Brendan to return with the fresh wax for the latest new cylinder technology
Someone pinch me…I must be dreaming
http://www.sallyironmonger.co.uk/2016/11/08/someone-pinch-me-i-must-be-dreaming/
Met Myself Coming Back
The wonderful muckers at 50thirdand3rd have given The Beatpack ANOTHER Record Of The Day, taken from their forthcoming EP, “Back,…
Mud of Life – Sally Ironmonger
From the forthcoming album by Sally Ironmonger, recorded at Ranscombe Studios, a song about getting bogged down in the…
Love, Hate and Twists of Fate
Rastko’s first album ‘Love, hate and twists of fate’ was recorded in August 2016 at Ranscombe Studios in Rochester…
Ranscombe Studios Plate Reverb
Ranscombe Studios now have a custom built plate reverb unit, built by Tim Webster and myself (Jim.) It is…