WE’RE really excited about the line-up for this year’s Wokingham Festival, there really is something for everyone to enjoy.
And one band we’re thrilled to be welcoming is Focus.
Our focus is this week on one of their most popular songs – we’re sure you’ll love it too.
It’s just one of 10 tracks in our RaW Sounds playlist, a terrific way to explore a wide range of brilliant artists, discover some new music and keep dancing – make sure you bookmark the Spotify page.
To hear this week’s set, simply head to https://bit.ly/rawsoundstoday and pump up the volume.
There’s also a Facebook page and group chat that bands and music fans can tap into. You can search for RaW Sounds Today and it will come up.
Focus – Sylvia
Exciting news that legendary rock band, Focus, will be headlining Wokingham Festival this year. The band, who recently celebrated their 50th anniversary, played a brilliant set at Wokingham Music Club in 2018 to a sell-out crowd, so we can’t wait until their return to the area for day three of this year’s festival on August Bank Holiday Monday, August 29.
This song is taken from their Focus 3 album and, when released as a single, it reached No.4 in the UK singles chart – https://focustheband.co.uk/
The Go Go Cult – Town Called Sorrow
Club Velocity is celebrating an impressive 19 years of putting on events with a Birthday Party Gig at the Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading on Friday, March 25. The gig features Abrasive Trees, This, and headliners The Go Go Cult.
Check out this great song from those headlining psychobilly punks which is taken from their latest EP, Tarantula, and pop along to the show.
We hear that there will be cake too. Three bands and cake. What more could you want? – http://www.thegogocult.com/
Wishbone Ash – Sometime World
It’s from the band’s classic album, Argus, and Martin Turner Ex-Wishbone Ash are returning to Wokingham Music Club on Friday, April 1, to perform the album in full, as well as their Wishbone Four album – https://www.martinturnermusic.com/
Rachel Redman – You Set Me Free
Rachel is a singer-songwriter from the local area and she’s recently released this wonderful new single. It’s another well crafted song with Rachel’s distinctive country pop feel – https://www.facebook.com/rachelredmanmusic/
Third Lung – Laura
This is the band’s first release of 2022 and they are certainly showing that they can maintain the quality of their previous excellent single releases. It’s from their forthcoming album, Gameplay. We’ll look forward to that. – http://thirdlungband.com/
OSP – Breathe
Here’s the debut single from Reading based rap collective OSP. They were live at Readipop Festival’s Launch Party at Purple Turtle on March 19, along with Brother Zulu and Hatty Taylor – https://www.facebook.com/ospmusicuk
My Darling Clementine – I Lost You
This duo have become part of the country and Americana landscape with their wonderful songs and live shows and they visited the area to play at Wokingham Music Club on March 18 – https://mydarlingclementinemusic.co.uk/
Grandad – About Him
Here’s a new band from Bracknell with a single taken from their debut EP, ‘Walk Around me’. The alt rock four-piece have a grungy shoegaze style overlaid with melodies – https://www.facebook.com/wearegrandad
Reliant – Pain of It All
They made our Top 10 of our best of 2020 list and now they are back with a new single. It’s another uplifting powerful indie rock anthem and it was recorded at Generation Studio in Maidenhead – https://www.facebook.com/WeAreReliant
Steve Anderson – Coda
Steve, from The Room, has just released his solo album, Journeyman’s Progress – Part One which is a wonderful album of instrumentals showcasing Steve’s skills as a guitarist and musician – https://journeymansprogress.co.uk/
