This week’s playlist is an opportunity to say thank you for the music to a talented musician who died recently.
The Room’s guitarist Eric Bouillette was a terrific guy and will be missed.
His bandmates paid tribute to him with a performance at Monday’s Wokingham Festival, and what a performance it was.
The RaW Sounds Today playlist is on a mission to champion and showcase great music from acts that have a connection to Reading and Wokingham (that’s the RaW in our Sounds Today name).
It’s an eclectic mix of stuff that will help you discover something new. All you have to do is find it on Spotify.
To hear this week’s selection, simply head to https://bit.ly/rawsoundstoday and enjoy the music.
There is 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.
The Room – Vanished
This is taken from The Room’s 2019 Caught by the Machine album.
We have included it this week in tribute to the brilliant guitarist from the band, Eric Bouillette, who sadly passed away recently.
The Room released the album on our Wokingham-based White Star Records label so we got to know Eric well. He was a wonderful man as well as a great musician and he will be sadly missed.
We are lucky to have great examples of his guitar playing like this to remember him by – https://theroom.band/
Flutatious – Wendel the Witch (Mitchell Mix)
They are a favourite at Wokingham Music Club and Wokingham Festival and this weekend they returned to the festival.
It was a good reason to remind ourselves of this crowd pleaser – https://www.flutatious.co.uk/
That Joe Payne – Live the Dream
Here’s the latest single from That Joe Payne who headlined the Wokingham Music Club Stage at the festival this weekend. What an incredible voice and brilliant performer he is – https://www.thatjoepayne.com/
James Hollingsworth – Faster than Light
James is a singer-songwriter from South West England and came to the festival for the time on Monday. This is from his Thirteen Moons album – https://www.jameshollingsworth.com/
Spriggan Mist – Lair of Isambard
This Bracknell-based band are a local favourite and this year their fame has been spreading as they have wowed crowds at festivals around the country including Wokingham – https://www.sprigganmist.com/
Aaron Cilia – The Illusion
Aaron has a connection to Spriggan Mist. He’s the son of Baz and Maxine Cilia from the band. He’s also sound engineer on the WMC Stage at Wokingham Festival and played his own set there – https://www.facebook.com/AaronCiliaArtist
Focus – Hocus Pocus
Here’s another legendary band who had UK hits such as this one and they were headliners on the Main Trademark Stage at Wokingham Festival on August Bank Holiday Monday – https://focustheband.co.uk/
Kepler Ten – A New Kind of Sideways
It’s the title track from Kepler Ten’s acclaimed album on our White Star Records label. They have only played songs from the album once before so it was great to see them at Wokingham Festival – https://www.keplerten.com/
TRIM – Still Waters (Live)
TRIM is a Reading-based band led by singer-songwriter Chris Trim who performs original pop rock songs with a blues and folk feel. They made a welcome return to the festival at the weekend – https://www.facebook.com/christrimmusic
Split the Dealer – Hard to Take (Live Lounge Acoustic Session)
It’s Reading-based Split the Dealer with an acoustic version of his 2022 single performed by Split and guitarist Rory Evans at Northbrook Met Studios in Brighton – https://www.splitthedealer.com/
