Playlist 01.05.09

The Cathedral Quarter is currently jumping - thanks to the Festival Of Fools and the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival. The cobbled streets are pounded by fire-eaters, fez-wearing buffoons, rockers, rollers, chancers and poets. On Saturday I watched the Lost Brothers at the Black Box. They feature at least one member of The Basement from Omagh, and they write songs that are doused in melody and emotional worth.

I've also seen a fair amount of the Panama Kings, most recently at a secret party near Shaftsbury Square, a night that was apparently left out of some heinous Fellini film. Also recommended is the Lawrence Watson photo exhibition at the University of Ulster on York St. Lawrence is an old compardre from the NME. He has documented the glory years of hip hop, the arrival of Blur and Britpop, the return of Paul Weller and the resplendent strangeness of Tom Waits.

Playlist 01.05.09

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Bobby Bland - Turn On Your Lovelight (EMI)

Noisettes - Never Forget You (Mercury)

Bob Dylan - If You Ever Go To Houston (Columbia)

Maria Taylor - Cartoons And Forever Plans (Nettwerk)

Jason Lyttle - Brand New Sun (Anti)

Leela James -Miss You (Shanachie)

Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (EMI)

Richard Swift - Atlantic Ocean (Secretly Canadian)

Geraint Watkins - East To Say Bon Temps Rouler (Gold Top)

Dr Isaiah Ross - Dr Ross' Boogie (Chess)

Josh Tillman - Steel On Steel (Bella Union)

Joe Strummer - Coma Girl (Hellcat)

And So I Watch You From Afar - The Voiceless (Smalltown America)

Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoff - It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Evangeline)

Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Columbia)

Jason Lyttle - It's The Weekend (Anti)

Fotheringay - The Sea (Island)

The Decemberists - Isn't It A Lovely Night (Rough Trade)

Sugar Pie Desato - Do I Make Myself Clear (Chess)

The Lost Brothers - Fallen (Bird Dog)

Del McCoury, Doc Watson, Mac Wiseman - I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (Sugar Hill)

Low Anthem - The Horizon Is A Beltway (Bella Union)

The Gladiators - Re-Arrange (Soul Jazz)

Jack Penate - Be The One (XL)

Leela James- Let's Do It Again (Shanachie)

Van Morrison - Old Old Woodstock (Polydor)

And So I Watch You From Afar - These Riots (Smalltown America)