Show: 12.1.14

Join me from my private Cambridge studio for another hour of music and spoken word including Wooden Arms and Hollie Mcnish who are both performing at a special music and spoken word event with many more poets including me. Get full details from: https://www.facebook.com/events/237739173052572/?fref=ts.

12.1.14 by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 29.12.13

It was great to be back in the studios of Cambridge 105 for the final show of 2013. There are some favourites from the last year, some new music and spoken word from local poets and Raymond Antrobus plus a look ahead to a great music-spoken word event coming up in Cambridge next month.

29.12.13 Back on Cambridge 105! by Headstand on Mixcloud

Aidan Smith - Joni
Kimberley Rew - All I Want Is You For Christmas
Peel Carol Concert 1970 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Robyn Hitchcock - Fix You
Melt-Banana - Lie Lied Lies
Pete Um - DVLA
The Handsome Family - Gulls
Hannah Floyd and Alex - Poetry at Romsey Poets
Ian Fisher and The Present - Regret
Holograms - Meditations
Raymond Antrobus - The Town in This Dream
Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - Nur zur Erinmerung
Sound Menagerie - Find The Line
Hella Better Dancer - Sleeptalking
Bemba Trio - Melô Do Vatapá
Jet Jaguar - Rollige 2013
808 State - Atlas 7
Dementa - Dementia

Show: 16.12.13. with Michael James Parker

It's been a while since I got round to doing a show but here's an episode featuring Brighton performance poet Michael James Parker.

Tune in on 29th December when I'll be back on Cambridge 105.

16.12.13 featuring Michael James Parker by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 10.11.13 RIP Lou Reed

On this show we pay tribute to Lou Reed along with the usual variety of music and spoken word old and new - including Euros Childs who played in Brighton recently. You can read my review on the Argus website.

10.11.13 RIP Lou Reed by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 6.10.13

Another selection of music and spoken word including new music from La Femme, Holograms and Dragon Noir and a song from Euros Childs who plays the brilliantly named Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Brighton on November 2nd.

6.10.13 by Headstand on Mixcloud

1st Show from Brighton

This first show from Brighton includes Ross Sutherland and Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip who are both playing the city this month along with the usual random mix of music and spoken word.

If you're a musician or spoken word artist and you'd like to be featured on the show please email info@patrickwiddess.co.uk or tweet @headstand. I'd particularly like to hear from Brighton based acts.

22.9.13 by Headstand on Mixcloud

Fat Boy Slim - Right here, Right now
Tom Adams and Dan Jeffries - Iceland Song
クリームチーズオブサン(Cream Cheese of Sun) -リバーシ (Reverse)
Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Stunner
Ross Sutherland - Three Minor Compaints
Mega Emotion - Brains
PJ Harvey - The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore
Alfred Noyes - The Highwayman
Franka De Mille - Come On
David Francis - The Girl Got On
Pulp - I Spy
Musicforvoyeurs - Colliding Lovers
Luo - Imprints

Show: Rychard Carrington and Romsey Poets

Headstand may have finished on Cambridge 105 but I'm still broadcasting from Brighton. This show features recordings from last month's Romsey Poets night including Rychard Carrington's headline performance. Tune in for poppadoms, Welsh Haiku, TS Eliot and more.

The event was organised by Alex Blustin. If you're in Cambridge on a Thursday do visit his poetry stall in the market.

7.9.13 - Rychard Carrington and Friends at Romsey Poets by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 28.7.13 with Stephen Morrison-Burke

This show features poetry by Hammer and Tongue Poetry Slam Champion Stephen Morrison-Burke recorded in Cambridge at Allographic: Other Voices. There is also a poem from H&T founder Steve Larkin along with a variety of music and news of The Romsey Art Festival.

The Fall - The League of Bald-Headed Men
The Doozer - Fen Drayton
Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - Still Smiling
August and After - Set Sail
The Hogweed And The Aderyn - The Pariah
Steve Larkin - London Eye
Stephen Morrison-Burke - Poetry
Halo Halo - Sunshine Kim
Blue Sausage Infant - What The Parrot Saw
Ross Sutherland - Autopsy
maD and Alg0rh1tm - MaD - Nanits
Hyelim Kim - Scattering Rhythms

28.7.13 with Stephen Morrison-Burke by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show 7.4.13

Oasis - Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Just William and The Outlaws - Caroline
Rue Royale - Parachutes and Lifeboats
Charly “The City Mouse” Fasano - Job Seeker
Ian Keteku - Kay
Konsumprodukt - Divorcio Robot
Mwahaha - Swimmer
Nathan Leigh - Tightrope
The Bitter Springs - My Life As Dog in a Pigsty
Little Machine - The Lake Isle of Innisfree (WB Yeats)
Marika Hackman - Bath Is Black
Chris Abrahams - Stabilised Ruin
Jet Jaguar - Single-Digit High
Matthew Shaw - Dans Maen

7.4.13 by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 24.3.13 with Rychard Carrington

Rychard Carrington performs poems and prose and picks tunes with Patrick Widdess in a special show recorded in the comfort of his living room.

Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
John Shuttleworth - Life Is Like A Salad Bar
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper - The Nothing Part II
Rychard Carrington - Poetry
Loudon Wainwright 111- Donations
Mwahaha - Love
Peter Blegvad - Mama’s Boy
The Doozer - Burn The Tape
Jonathan Richman - Abu Jamal
Clorinde - Morello
Rychard Carrington - Prose
Jagwar Ma - The Throw
Neil Innes - Evening Sun
The Magnetic Fields - Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree
Sam Inglis Our Work Here Is Done

24.3.12 with Rychard Carrington by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 24.2.13

This show features artists near and far including local acts Beverley Kills and Patrick Sheil who both have gigs on Cambridge this week to Headstand favourite Jerry Gordon in Osaka performing a long with lo-fi sound track. There is also a song from the new album by Robyn Hitchcock, a renowned artist with strong Cambridge connections who plays the Junction this Saturday. We kick off though with some good old fashioned punk from The Stranglers:

The Stranglers - Something Better Change
Beverley Kills - You Can’t Have it All
Nick Cave - Jubilee Street
Patrick Sheil - Race Horse
Just William and The Outlaws - It Ain’t Right
Phil Odgers - The Godforsaken voyage
Django Django - The Hand Of Man
Peter Blegvad and Andy Partridge - Sacred Objects
Four Tet - 0181 (extract)
Jerry Gordon and Taylor Mignon  - Dragon Sparks Poem
Chris Wind - The Persistence of Memory
Four Tet - 0181 (extract)
Jet Jaguar - Mose
Ana Silvera - Painted Horizon
Gaze is Ghost - Firefly
Robyn Hitchcock - Stupefied
John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts

24.2.13 by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 27.1.13 with Tom Stade

 Listen to the latest show below including an interview with comedian Tom Stade. No stranger to national TV and a regular hit at the Edinburgh festival, Tom talks about his new show, coming to The Junction on February 7th and the art of comedy. You can also read about it on Local Secrets. There's also music from Fuzzy Lights, The Doozer and Lee 'Scratch' Perry who are all playing Cambridge in the next month.

Cornershop - Lessons Learned From Rocky I To Rocky III
Fuzzy Lights - Fever Dreams
The Doozer - The Light
Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer - The Model
The Spaghetti Faction - Magic Mushroom Chilli Con Carne
Tom Stade - Interview
Lee ‘Scratch’Perry - Kentucky Skank
The Incredible Bongo Band - Last Bongo in Belgium
Talk Normal - Bad Date
Boom Bip and Charlie White - Sabrina
Lionshare - Downstream
Phil Odgers - Dusty Fields (Featuring Eliza Carthy & John Jones)
Charly “The City Mouse” Fasano - Three Bachelors
Need a Name - Rain, Roads and Lights

27.1.13 with Tom Stade by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 16.12.12 with Grahame Johnson and Suzi Shimwell

I was joined on this show by poets Grahame Johnson and Suzi Shimwell from the writing group Free Inkers. They shared a terrific selection of poems. We got into the Christmas mood with some festive tunes including some tracks from the excellent new compilation All Ready for the 25th? An amazing selection of Christmas music and spoken word including David Coulter on musical saw, Robyn Hitchcock covering Captain Beefheart and a jazzed up We Three Kings. The show also featured a track from the new live album by Cambridge band The Scissors. You can listen to and download it here. Name your price.

Enjoy the show and please vote for Headstand on Mixcloud's best of 2012 by going to mixcloud.com/headstand and click the vote button.

David Coulter - Silent Night
Mr.b The Gentleman Rhymer - Mr.b’s Christmas Song
The Scissors - HC Ecstatic (Live at MOTM)
Malty Media - Man vs Enema
Rue Royale - Snow on Snow ( In the Bleak Midwinter)
Bob Dylan - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Charly “the City Mouse” Fasano - Gasoline Fumes
Robyn Hitchcock - There ain’t no Santa Claus on The Evening Stage
Pipo Pegoraro - Samambia
Wire - The Outdoor Miner
Staygold - Staygold Theme
A Collection of Notes - Forsake Me

16.12.12 with Grahame Johnson and Suzi Shimwell by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 4.11.12 WIth Leanne Moden & Malcolm Guite

4.11.12 with Leanne Moden & Malcolm Guite by Headstand on Mixcloud

In addition to poetry and music from Malcolm and Leanne there is a track recorded live at Shindig in September by Dave Gerard & The Watchmen and a track from one of the acts at the next Shindig night Inigo which you can download at itsallindie.com. There is also a song by Bat For Lashes from the new album The Haunted Man. Read my review here.


The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next
Dizraeli - Never Mind
Bat For Lashes - Laura
Leanne Moden- Poetry Reading
Dent May - Rent Money
Spiritualized - Electricity
Malcolm Guite - Poetry
Dave Gerard & The Watchmen - Glory Box
Inigo - Coco Lico
Furtherset - I know