Glastonbury Calling Podcast

This week Ian and Jem chat about Ian's train journey to Scotland, WOMAD, get attacked by a cat and this weeks local gigs. West Country Music from: Here She Comes- The Rhynes Island Skanking- Irie Fire Cleanskin- Ducan Batey Fame- Portraits Pull Back the Sea- Izzie Yardley Invisible Nation- Matt Johnson Go Long- Bridges

We have a chat this week about Jems trip to Italy, Ritual Union Festival and what's on this week. West Country Music from: Ember Mile- Krooked Tongue Break- Spencer Fley Atlas- The Lost Trades Breakin Loose- Charlie Miller The Ghost of Badon Hill- Sergeant Thunderhoof We are Amimal- Bite the Buffalo

Ian's on his own this week and talks about his trip to London, another Ice Hockey trip and this weeks gigs, West Country Music from: Golden Days- Galaxy Thief Spectral- Turner Nice Mouth- Lewis Poole Tell Her So- Young Martyrs Newshounds- Knives Shake the Walls- Twin City

Ian and Jem chat about better options than Spotify ]If you have any better suggestions please add to the comments] we also talk about what we got up to last week and this weeks gigs. West Country music from: Waiting for a Change- Autumn Red Bonnie and Clyde- Tragic Love Co. No God of Mine- Taynee Lord Deathgasm- John E Vistic Voids- Andromidous Miss England- The Setbacks Serenity- Ian Perry

Ian and and Jem chat roasties, Minehead and this weeks gigs. West Country Music from: Four Phone Calls- Lonely Tourist Bin Day- Bad Cowboys Atlas- Lost Trades Stranger- Iyabe Hypnosis- Cosmic Ninja Big Fat Blackberries- Flipron Deadlock- Scalping

Ian and Jem chat about recent gigs, Glastonbury Calling, Ice Hockey, Jem's anniversary and preview this weeks gigs. West Country music from: I Get Down and Around- Bite the Buffalo Raid- UKID G.O.D- Idestroy Jealous- Heavy Lungs Broken- The Leylines More than Ever- Alex Roberts Track Back- Soeur

Ian and Jem chat about local gigs, Ice Hockey, Artimus 2, Nottingham, cream eggs and more local music. West Country music from: Eddie Mole- The Sunshine Song Search for Autonomy-Demons Alex Hart- Love is Enough The Clean Up- Morning Rush Charlie Miller- Breakin Loose Hunny Buzz- Not Your Place The Blunders- The Outrage Industry

Ian and Jem chat about Jem's random week, Ian's visit to The Victoria in Shepton for their punk night and the gigs coming up this week. Local music from: At the Slight Hint of a Mess I can Make a Really Big Mess- Paper Fishes The Shadow- Sammi Evans Come Away- Mighty Magic Animal Human After All- Shoto Daito Rinky Dink- Future Plan Small Talk- Nick Parker Go Get It- Shoot the Moon

Ian and Jem chat about Jems random trip to a gig in London, Ian celebrating Burns Night, the small venues week and gigs coming up this weekend in the local area if you can get through the floods. West Country music from: Middle of Lidl- Monkey Bizzle Sound of Love- BA4 Collective Yes Chef- Heavy Lungs The Day I Found Out- Liam Howard Droll- Future Plan One Billionaire- Gurt Dog She- September Son

Ian and Jem bring 5 new tracks never played on the podcast. We also chat about what we got up to last week, preview this weeks gigs and get annoyed by songs with too many me's and I's in them. Local music from: Waiting for A Change- Autumn Red Middle of Lidl- Monkey Bizzle Newshounds- Knives Swing- Droogs Soul Man- Mark McAdam We Stand- Search for Autonomy Deathagasm- John E Vistic

Ian and Jem chat about Jems trip to Australia and New Zealand, our beer at The Etsome and talk about what's on this week. Local music from: Rain- Galaxy Thief Duty of Care- Lonely Tourist Synthetic Ecstasy- Elkapath This Time- Anna Bea Peas an Rice- Brian Ingillis The Sum of our Love- Will Cartwright Who's Sleeping in my bed- Onika Venus

Ian and Jem are back after a break to welcome in 2026 and chat about our holidays and what's going on with Glastonbury Calling. West Country music from: See the Light- The Rhynes Concrete- Eddy Looking Through the Old Scrapbook- Henry Wacy Freight Train- Night Swimming All Hail the Clown- Billy in the Lowground Wave- Sangar Sounds Still Holding my Breath- Phil Cooper

Ian chats about watching The Chameleons at The Trinity centre in Bristol, the new laws that will come in to combat rip off ticket resales plus this weeks gigs. Local Music from: Sick- Leathers Devil Me- Dream Robbery Lemonade- Rhiannon Paige King of Rock and Roll- John E Vistic Punched in the Face- Samantics

I have Joe Atkinson from The Rhynes to talk about his new album 'Feel So Sure' which has just come out. We also have a chat about some of his other act involvements. West Country music from: Swing- Droogs Feel Less Lonely- Harri Pick Feel So Sure- The Rhynes Turning Up the Mainstream- The Rhynes See the Light- The Rhynes The Sum of our Love- Will Cartwright We Woke the Monster- Shoun Shoun

On the 200th episode I chat to Phil Cooper about his music and the new track from the other act he's in The Lost Trades. They have a gig coming up at The Avalon Acoustic Sessions in Glastonbury. I also round up the Rock Against Cancer gig and Pop Will Eat Itself at the Exeter Phoenix which I recently attended. Music from: Could Be- Georgina Sweet Looking Over My Shoulder- Bullybones Atlas- The Lost Trades Float Me on Your River- The Lost Trades The Easy Road- Phil Cooper Miss England- The Setbacks Ghost Party- Rameagle

Max from Rock Against Cancer comes on to chat about 10 years of Rock Against Cancer and this years line up at The King Arthur this weekend. West Country Music from: Rain- Galaxy Thief Time- Shoot the Moon This Bleak Bliss- Inheritor Rise Banana Phone- Land Captains Alive- Brave Ones Secrets- Don't Do Tuesdays Bite- Kite Thief Yes Chef- Heavy Lungs

Ian and Jem chat about some of the great stuff in Shepton Mallet, what we got up to in the last couple of weeks and gigs coming up this weekend. West Country music from: Better off at Home- Signature Vision Long Time Coming- James J Turner Freedom Fighter- Da Fuchaman Kala Chng- Red Sea Sold My Soul to the Devil- Grizzly and the Grasshoppers Caravan Bingo- Gaz Brookfield Long Drop Summer- The Leylines

Ian and Jem chat this years Mercury nominees, Pattern Pusher, last week and this weeks gigs in the area. West Country music from: Is it Time?- Harri Mason Happy- Grandmas House Happy Place- Pattern Pusher Miss England- The Setbacks My Child- Metalised McDonalds for the Mind- Jez Hellard Departures- Nick Parker

Ian's on his own this week so a round up of the fantastic Cross Keys beer festival and a run down of this weeks gigs in the area. West Country music from: The Streets of Paris- Retini Cardiac Unrest- Cosmic Ninja Old Mans Words- Liam Merrigan Atlas- The Lost Trades Driving West- Andy Grant

Ian and Jem chat about Spinal Tap and wonder how music will change in the future, what we got up to last week and preview events this week. West Country music from: Always the Way- Lonely Tourist Unsure- Masca Vibez- Krayz Legz Gutterball- Slit Dogs Birom Erovel - Giant Robot Bodies GOD- Idestroy Cut Em Down- The Jamestown Brothers