Playlist 07.12.09

Geoff Gatt was playing live on the radio show last night. Maybe you know the fella. He plays the ukulele and writes these songs that are poignant or giddy, sometimes both at the same time. His doesn't have a classically trained voice but the fragility lends itself well to the tender themes and he has a very animated presence that suggests he may have been a silent movie star in a previous life. Maybe Harold Lloyd or the urchin pal of Charlie Chaplin.

He's playing the Black Box this Wednesday in Belfast, where he will unveil his debut album, Ten Year Road. It's been a decade in the travelling, as the title suggests, and I already have strong feelings about many of the songs. Geoff was kind enough to play three tunes live, accompanied by his fiancé, who also performs under the name of Sweetcorn. It was charming company for a Monday night.

STUART BAILIE

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Mondays, ten - midnight

Playlist 07.12.09

Talking Heads- Once In A Lifetime (Sire)

Mumford And Sons - Winter Winds (Island)

Geoff Gatt - Kicked Off The Planet (live session)

Slow Club - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Moshi Moshi)

Horslips - The Piper In The Meadow Straying (Moo)

Geoff Gatt - Love To See You Again (Live session)

Echo And The Bunnymen - Life Of A Thousand Crimes (Ocean Rain)

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Your Baby Aint Sweet Like Mine (Nonesuch)

Geoff Gatt - One More Kiss (live session)

Judee Sill - The Archetypal Man (Water)

Staff Benda Bili - Mwana (Crammed Discs)

O Jays - Christmas Ain't Christmas (Philadelphia International)

Aaron Shanley - Come Down (White Mountain)

Isaac Hayes - So Glad You Were Born (Point Blank)

Rams Pocket Radio - Boats (white)

Madness - Forever Young (Lucky Seven)

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Trouble In Your Mind (Nonesuch)

Spiritualized - Broken Heart (Sony)

The Mummers - Nobody Home (Big Bass Drum)

Phil Ochs - Changes (live) (Greenpeace)

Horslips - Furniture (Moo)

Fools Gold - Nadine (iamsound)

Ella Fitzgerald - There's A Small Hotel (Verve)

The XX - VCR (Young Turk)