Podcast 8 

Kasha

Tyrone ‘Kasha’ Roach, is a rap artist from South East London - his style is warm, rich, emotional, raw and poetic.  Kasha is an integral part of the label and production team called Vivid Imagery, whose reputation is growing both nationally and internationally on the back of some very exciting material. 

Vivid Imagery teamed up with Beezwax Recordings to produce The Sting Operation, a 20 track compilation of UK rap artists – and Kasha will be touring Germany in 2008.

Kasha's track for the podcast is Criminal Minded.

For more information on Kasha and Vivid Imagery, visit kashamusic.co.uk or  myspace.com/vividimageryuk 

Pinstripe

These four seventeen-year-olds have played more than 150 gigs since their debut show in April 2005.  Their self-produced EP Critic Killer sold all 1000 copies produced on CD. 

They’ve been on Channel 4s new music show, Transmission, and were handpicked by Michael Eavis to play the Glastonbury Festival this year.

They’ve released two singles on South West Recordings, Innocent and Did I Say which have both picked up plenty of radio plays on Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq’s shows and on 6 Music; both were playlisted on XFM.

Have a listen to their track, Closest Thing to Heaven.

The band have just completed a 4 week tour of the UK and have started work on their debut album. 

For more info on Pinstripe visit: myspace.com/pinstriperock  or pinstripe.mu 

Pete Canter

West Country-based jazz saxophonist and composer Pete Canter began playing on London’s modern jazz scene in the 80’s, and has since become well-known all over the UK for his fine hardbop and latin jazz playing. He works regularly with Bristol based pianist Jim Blomfield .

Pete began writing for small jazz ensembles in 2004, and in 2005 was awarded an Artsmatrix mentoring grant to study composition with Iain Ballamy.

His podcast track is Down From The Trees.

Like so many jazz musicians, Pete tours and performs constantly – check his website, petecanter.com for his gig diary, and myspace.com/petecanter to hear more of his music.

Namaste 

Namaste are a rock band, no two ways about it, but you can’t really narrow them down with a label any more specific than that, such is their broad appeal.  They cite their main influences as Radiohead, Led Zeppelin and Tool, which gives you a pretty good idea of what to expect – intelligent, riff-heavy rock music. 

Their podcast track is Brainy Box. 

Namaste's  debut album Outside is Endless is due for release in the UK in 2008. 

If you’d like to find out more about Namaste, visit  namasteband.com or myspace.com/namaste