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Drawing on a long tradition…

The world continues to go mad. But the Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan should sort everything out, eh? Nah, of course not. At least we’ve still got music. Tracks from The Fall, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Oscar Brown Jr, Billy Valentine, Depeche Mode, Ólafur Arnalds, Lauren Early, Arooj Aftab, The Antlers, M83 and more.

Track List

  1. Ólafur Arnalds – and we’ll leave it there…
  2. Chaim Topol – Tradition
  3. Ólafur Arnalds – and we’ll leave it there…
  4. Arooj Aftab – Sajni
  5. The Antlers – I Was Not There
  6. Billy Valentine – We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
  7. Oscar Brown Jr. – Brother Where Are You
  8. M83 – Kool Nuit
  9. Depeche Mode – People Are Good
  10. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – I Still Owe You Everything
  11. The Grits – Black Sambuca
  12. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities In Dust (Extended Version)
  13. The Fall – Fibre Book Troll
  14. Yello – Bostich (N’Est-Ce Pas)
  15. The Tesco Bombers – Break The Ice At Parties
  16. Girls At Our Best! – Politics!
  17. Lauren Early – Good Girl Bad Boy
  18. Billy Valentine – The World Is A Ghetto
  19. The Jesus and Mary Chain – April Skies

Behold, my friends, the spring is come…

“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the Earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!”Sitting Bull.

A selection of tunes to see in the warmer times, featuring Jodie Langford, Joe Chambers, Young Fathers, Sleaford Mods, Ill Considered, GROVE, James Brandon Lewis, Emerson Kitamura and more.

Track List

  1. Emerson Kitamura – 帰り道の本
  2. Joe Chambers – Caravanserai
  3. Ill Considered – Dawn Lit Metropolis
  4. James Brandon Lewis – Someday We’ll All Be Free
  5. Passiflora – SOMS
  6. Galt MacDermot – Coffee Cold
  7. Emiliana Torrini – Hilton
  8. Yazmin Lacey – Bad Company
  9. Hot Mustard – The End of Time
  10. Edie Brickell – Go Where The Love Is
  11. Samm Henshaw – How Does It Feel
  12. Jodie Langford – Catching X’s
  13. GROVE – Feed My Desire
  14. Dame Area – Esto me pertenece
  15. Sleaford Mods – Smash Each Other Up
  16. Young Fathers – I Saw
  17. Alabama Shakes – Always Alright

Never knowingly or recklessly misleading…

From my ears to yours – 20 tunes and the added bonus of some Boris Johnson fantasy privileges committee findings. Includes tracks by DJ Koze, Sabo, Martin HERRS, Speaking In Tongues, Lucky Daye, Yasmin Lacey, Ezra Williams, Jen Cloher, Kate NV, Steve Mason, Yves Tumor and the lovely Gabriel Moreno. Consumers of TV will also recognise a couple of nods to HBO’s The Last of Us.

Track List

  1. Max Richter Orchestra – Richter: On the Nature of Daylight (Orchestral Version)
  2. DJ Koze – Blissda
  3. Sabo – Bomeno
  4. Martin HERRS – Night Call
  5. Yves Tumor – Echolalia
  6. Steve Mason – Upon My Soul
  7. Chiiild – (Running Out Of) Hallelujahs
  8. Lucky Daye – Feels Like
  9. Yazmin Lacey – Legacy
  10. Ezra Williams – Deep Routed
  11. The Lazy Eyes – Fuzz Jam
  12. Kate NV – d d don’t
  13. Jen Cloher – My Witch
  14. Cmat – I Don’t Really Care for You
  15. Faux Real – Kindred Spirit
  16. Speaking In Tongues – Ultralights
  17. The Rutles – Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik
  18. The Heavy – How You Like Me Now
  19. Linda Ronstadt – Long Long Time
  20. Gabriel Moreno – We Can Write England All Over Again

Yes! We have no tomatoes…

A lack of fruit and veg based mix, featuring tracks from Nick Drake, Eska, Steve Cobby, Gorillaz, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron, Kae Tempest and more.

Track List

  1. Louis Prima & His Orchestra – Yes, We Have No Bananas
  2. Nick Drake – Fruit Tree
  3. Camper Van Beethoven – All Her Favourite Fruit
  4. Steve Cobby – From Roots To Fruits (Original Mix)
  5. XTC – Love On A Farmboy’s Wages
  6. The Housemartins – Me & The Farmer
  7. Eska – This Is How A Garden Grows
  8. Gorillaz – Possession Island (feat. Beck)
  9. Nina Simone – Strange Fruit (Live In New York 1965)
  10. Ryuichi Sakamoto – the end of europe (2019 Remastering)
  11. Hot Chip – (Just Like We) Breakdown
  12. Yazoo – State Farm (12″ mix)
  13. Kae Tempest – Europe Is Lost
  14. Gil Scott-Heron – Or Down You Fall
  15. Just Brothers – Sliced Tomatoes
  16. Pink Martini – Hang on Little Tomato

Spring in your step…

20 tunes to put a spring in your step, including Orbital, Req, The WAEVE, Two Lone Horsemen, Bibio, Anna B Savage, Born Ruffians, Miya Folick, Seefeel, Indigo De Souza and more.

Track List

  1. Orbital – Dirty Rat
  2. Harmonic 313 – Flashback
  3. Bibio – Jealous of Roses
  4. Req – Blimpot
  5. Lack of Afro – The Outsider
  6. The New Birth – Con-Funk-Shun
  7. Joey Negro – Here Comes The Sunburst Band
  8. The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
  9. Synapson – All in You (feat. Anna Kova)
  10. Jamie Lidell – A Little Bit More (Herbert – A Little Bit Less Remix)
  11. Seefeel – Rough For Radio (Peel Session)
  12. The WAEVE – Someone Up There
  13. Born Ruffians – Plinky Plonky
  14. Rilo Kiley – Always
  15. Miya Folick – Get Out of My House
  16. Ye Woodbeast – Pearls
  17. Two Lone Swordsmen – Driving With My Gears In Reverse (Only Makes You Move Further Away)
  18. Anna B Savage – The Orange
  19. Caroline Polachek – Hopedrunk Everasking
  20. Indigo De Souza – Younger & Dumber

Sully returns…

The dream that I had the day before the commissioning meeting in 2005 that led to Sully being written suggested that the biographical play about the rugby league legend Clive Sullivan was going to be performed at the then still to be built new Hull Truck on Ferensway.

In the dream, Clive had a nice chat with me and then a huge poster with the play’s title atop the man in a hideous half-and-half FC/Rovers kit unfurled, dangling off the roof of the unbuilt theatre. As it was, it made its premiere at Spring Street. Anyway, dreams do come true, even if you have to wait 18 years.

Here’s Mosaic Productions’ press release:

𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, a new Hull based Community Theatre Company are delighted to announce that the play “𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆” will be coming to the Hull Truck Theatre in 2023!

Written by Dave Windass, and directed by Scott Solway, “Sully” tells the story of a proud Welshman, yet also one of Hull’s most famous sons, the late great Clive Sullivan MBE. In a celebration of what would have been Clive’s 80th birthday in 2023, and to celebrate his recent induction into the “Rugby League Hall Of Fame” “𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆” and his story is told through a portrayal of Clive himself, and taxi driver Max, and his mouthy passenger Chelle, stranded on the Clive Sullivan Way due to an ongoing situation.

Sully’s life, his story, is told through warmth, humour, passion and heartfelt feeling.

It’s 50 years in 2022 since Sully, the first black captain of Great Britain in any sport, lifted the Rugby League World Cup in 1972… and that try!

Although he always remained a proud Welshman, Sully is one of Hull’s most famous sons, representing everything good about Rugby League in the city of Kingston Upon Hull, both black and white and red and white. Scoring over 100 tries, in each set of colours, and winning a Challenge Cup Winners medal with both clubs.

All these wonderful achievements from a man who as a young boy was told “you’ll never walk again”

So, put on your black and white, red and white, and any other teams colours, and come and see for yourselves, the remarkable story, of a man who achieved so much through adversity, and was taken from us far too soon.

With huge heartfelt thanks to Dave Windass, and Rosalyn, Anthony, Lisa and all the Sullivan family……..

“𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆”

𝗛𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲

Tuesday 6th June – Saturday 10th June @ 7.30pm

Matinees, Thursday 8th & Saturday 10th June @ 2.30pm

Tickets on sale here: https://www.hulltruck.co.uk/whats-on/drama/sully/ or direct from the Box Office.

Please be aware, the last time “Sully” was performed 17 years ago, it sold out very quickly. There are only 7 performances to secure your seats for this wonderful story of a Rugby League Legend of Hull.

Raindrops keep fallin’…

Why, what’s the matter, that you have such a February face? Including tracks by Burt Bacharach, Television, Automatic, Dry Cleaning, The Murder Capital, RAYE, SZA, St Vincent, Ladytron and more.

Track List

  1. BJ Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head
  2. Television – Marquee Moon
  3. Automatic – On the Edge
  4. Coach Party – Micro Agression
  5. Dry Cleaning – Strong Feelings
  6. The Murder Capital – Return To My Head
  7. The Tallest Man On Earth – Every Little Heart
  8. Daydream Review – Have You Found What You’re Looking For?
  9. RAYE – The Thrill Is Gone
  10. St Vincent – Digital Witness
  11. Isaiah Mendiola – Last Dance
  12. Avalon Emerson Sandrail Silhouette
  13. SZA – Gone Girl
  14. The Arcs – Only One For Me
  15. mazie – it’s not me (it’s u)
  16. Eden Ahbez – Nature Boy
  17. Ladytron – Time’s Arrow
  18. Burt Bacharach – Knowing When To Leave

Funky February…

Funky tunes to get us moving in February, including Cimafunk, Kimbra, Samia, Nina Simone, Diesler, Prince and more.

Track List

  1. Cimafunk – Esto Es Cuba
  2. Kimbra – la type
  3. Diesler – Back to My Old Tricks
  4. Nina Simone – Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter
  5. LTJ XPerience – Funk Is On
  6. Ben Toury – Slow New Funk
  7. Nite Bjuti – Mood (Liberation Walk)
  8. The Arcs – Sunshine
  9. Samia – Amelia
  10. Prince – Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This?
  11. Phil Martin’s Mystical Funk – Here We Go Again
  12. Louis Cole – Dead Inside Shuffle
  13. Stretch – Why Did You Do It?
  14. Cimafunk – Funk Aspirin

The Sunday contortion…

The Sunday Contortion: A mixed bag of tunes that includes The Snuts, The Reytons, Royal Blood, Bush Tetras, Belleruche, Mr Scruff, Patti Smith and The Cinematic Orchestra.

Track List

  1. Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream
  2. The Reytons – It’s A Fuck About
  3. The Snuts – Zuckerpunch
  4. The Charlatans – You’re So Pretty, We’re So Pretty
  5. Mick Jagger – Sweet Thing
  6. Royal Blood – Come On Over
  7. Bush Tetras – Can’t Be Funky
  8. The Contortions – Contort Yourself
  9. Patti Smith – Redondo Beach
  10. The Reytons – Kids Off The Estate
  11. Belleruche – Northern Girls
  12. The Cinematic Orchestra – Channel One Suite
  13. Terranova – Midnight Melodic (Chase the Blues)
  14. The Long Lost – The Art of Kissing
  15. Julia Jacklin – Moviegoer
  16. Mr Scruff – Donkey Ride
  17. The Herbaliser – Gadget Funk
  18. Tom Misch & Poppy Ajudha – Disco Yes
  19. Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream

Risk is our business…

A journey into the 21st century. You’ll be amazed at what you hear, accompanied by William Shatner. With tracks by Rozi Plain, Circa Waves, Derrick Gardner & the Big Dig! Band, The Dickies, Billy Nomates, Funkadelic, Parliament, Simian Mobile Disco, Coldcut, Soulwax and more.

Track List

  1. Alexander Courage – Theme from Star Trek
  2. Rozi Plain – Here
  3. Circa Waves – Northern Town
  4. Billy Nomates – same gun
  5. Gaz Coombes – Feel Loop (Lizard Dream)
  6. Derrick Gardner & the Big Dig! Band – The Sixth Village
  7. The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet
  8. The Vibrators – Baby Baby
  9. The Dickies – Banana Splits
  10. Thee Headcoats – Davey Crockett
  11. MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
  12. Funkadelic – Whole Lot of BS
  13. Parliament – Night of the Thumpasorus People
  14. Funkadelic – Let’s Take It To the Stage (Amp Fiddler Laughin @Ya Mix)
  15. Purple Disco Machine/Kool Keith – Memphis Jam (feat. Kool Keith)
  16. Soulwax – Is It Always Binary
  17. Steinski – Everything’s Disappeared
  18. Simian Mobile Disco – Space is Filled With Ringing
  19. Coldcut – Space Journey (Hexstatic Remix)