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New Releases for Feb 2025

The growing programme schedule now includes a twice daily (10am and 8pm) half hour selection of tracks from recent or forthcoming new releases by local artists (that is artists from West of the Exe).

This month we are featuring new albums by Annown (due out in March) from North Cornwall , a new double EP from Banjovial (volume 1 now on Bandcamp, vol 2 imminent) based in Padstow, pre preview track from a new album Boscastle’s Jon Woode is recording – so a very North Cornwall flavour this month.

Plus the Queen of Westcountry Folk – Miranda Sykes has a new album available to pre-order for an April release. You can catch her with Jim Causley touring the area during February and March

If you are an artist based in Cornwall or Devon (aka Dunomia, or the Land West the Exe) and you have something new you’d like us to showcase drop a line to hello@wreckers.radio.

New Wreckers 20 Jan 2025

Some great new music for you this month from artists who have recently played locally and are based or connected West the Exe (ie the land of moors and rugged coasts in the SW corner of the largest British Isle)

In alphabetical order:

  • Annown’s new album “The Swing Station” is due out in March and we have a preview in New Releases as well as here.
  • Banjovial’s new double EP is top class music to make you want to get on your feet, with some more mellow tunes in the mix too.
  • Chris While and Julie Matthews’ new album “Days Like These”, two of the top folk artists collaborate with brand new songs
  • Jeff ‘the Horse’ Horsey’s 2015 album “Skeletons” – we just love the track “Rattlesnakes” and have delayed too long getting this now 10 year old gem online.
  • Jon Woode’s latest album “Into the Waves”. Boscastle based songwriter casts a nautical themed spell. His newest song Lamorna’s Lament is also being previewed in New Releases.
  • Miranda Sykes preview of the new album “Out of the Woods”. She played this at Boscastle this weekend with Jon Woode supporting and Phil Beer turned up to join her for some songs. We loved it.

You can hear a random selection of tracks from these albums every day from 12:00 to 12:30, and again in the evening from 9:00pm to 9:30.

Wreckers News 21st December

We have resisted the temptation to put Fairytale of New York in the playlist this week – but you will find a different Pogues album in the New Wreckers section and the general rotation.

What we have done to mark the week containing Christmas and ending the year is acquire a copy of the new St Agnes Fountain album as their tour (which included a sell out gig in St.Agnes itself a week ago) draws to an end.

We are featuring the entire album “Christmas Starts With … Live” in a new Featured Album slot every day at 10am and 7pm. Its a Cracker for Christmas, not at all your run-of-the-mill Christmas special. If it pulls you in then you can buy yourself a copy here

Wreckers News – 29th August

We’re back from another great Cornwall Folk Festival in Wadebridge. We spent 3 days broadcasting live from the Folk Acoustic and Roots stage – the recordings are gradually getting uploaded. Saturday’s are now all online and individual acts are available as podcasts and will be in the schedule from 2nd September every day between 10am and about 5pm.

Emma spent some time gathering interviews with performers and people in the streets and audiences – these are also appearing as podcasts. She was also performing herself with Annown on the FAR stage and at Saltbar and going to late night sessions in the Ship and the Swan.

We both managed to get to various, but not all, of the evening events in the Town Hall and the Betjemin Centre and some kind of summary will appear here as a blog post drekkly.

All in all a fantastic event and big thanks and kudos to the entire team of volunteers who put in on ably lead by Adrian Jones.

Wreckers News – 10th August 2024

Only a fortnight to go until Cornwall Folk Festival.

Wreckers Radio will be there again broadcasting live from the FAR (Folk Acoustic & Roots) stage which runs from 11am to 7pm.

Up until the festival starts we are featuring a playlist of some of the FAR acts three times a day at 10am, 3pm and 8pm. We also have a playlist of acts on the other stages at midday, 5pm and 10pm daily.

FAR features 30 minute sets from a wide range of acts from across Cornwall and the SW as well as food and drink, and the organisers promise “good Cornish weather”!

Tickets for the FAR stage are only £5 a day and are available on the door, come & go as you please throughout the day. A great place to hang out between other events, come and say hello.

Wreckers News 1st May 2024

New music on the station this week includes albums from three Cornish Bands not heard here before:

  • 3 Daft Monkeys – Punky Folk from the Scilly Isles
  • Wurlitza – quirky original music and covers from St.Germans
  • The Countrymen – Cornish Folk Rock Harmony from North Cornwall

A selection from these five albums (Dance The Night Away -Wurlitza, Trees on the Hill and The River Rolls On – The Countrymen, Hubbadillia and The Antiquated & the Arcane by 3 Daft Monkeys will be featured between 6 and 8pm on Sunday 5th, and then a shorter 1 hour selection on Monday to Saturday starting at 01:00 on Monday and moving forwards 3 hours each day.

The schedule is starting to evolve – Cornish Cream featuring only Cornish acts plays for an hour at 9am or 6pm on alternate days except Sunday. The Sunday 7pm slot will feature music new to the station each week and rotating through the days as above. Watch for news of new theed shows over the coming weeks.

Yes, we know that the schedule page on the site is not very usable, we will be working to improve it in due course – although it might have to wait until we do a complete redesign.