I decided it was time for a small change and so the podcast is no longer Wizardmarras Drystone Wireless Show merely Wizardmarras Wireless Show. I thought it was high time I ditched the Drystone altogether, no use hanging on to past glories that no longer have any relevance to the here and now. This also marks the first podcast episode and the first blog that can be accessed directly from wizardmarra.com, they’ll still be available from podmatic and blogger for the time being but in a month or two when any bugs that may surface have been ironed by my webcrafter  (that’s the new wizardmarra word for Laurence of ISO|dais… “Who art thou? Speak or my sword will sing in this dark night and taste thy blood.” “Fear not, I am Laurence of Isodias, a webcrafter. I know of webs and their crafting, of all things webbish and webbable.” “Thou speaketh of spiders and creepy things.” “Nay my Lord, I speak of the Great Web of the World Spider that surroundeth the globe like a vast net of knowledge that you can dip into and find the TRUTH.” “Canst thou catch this intonet in a jar?” “Yes! But it has to be a bloody great big jar.” “Do you have such a jar?” “Yes." “Where?” “it is in my head, but maybe Argos will have one too.” “Pass Friend!” …who has done such a fantastic job on the site for me.) Hopefully the music will be just as good as any before and I do think I have one or exceptional tracks here on the first podcast of 2013. As usual all the yellow words are direct links to the artists websites or Facebook. WIZARDMARRAS WIRELESS SHOW 2013 #1 THE ALAN FLUFF FREEMAN TRIBUTE EDITION As it’s the Chinese New Year it’s big Gung Hei Fa Choi for the Year of the Snake as depicted on the cover by Ansel Adams wonderful picture of the Snake River in Wyoming. The tribute to the late Fluff is for no other reason than for the happy hours listening to his shows over the years and it has to be said he’s an old revered DJ that hasn’t been embroiled in a scandal of late. *see caveat at the bottom of the page TRACK LISTING The Crooked Man – Merry Hell Let’s Just Go (The Way We Know) – Run Young Lovers Caves – FitzLets Be Ourselves – Jack Hartley‘Til It Shines - Bonnie McCallum and Jim McNeilliePain in Truth – The Proudbone ProjectA Night Out - Jay BettsBold Erin – LarsaLeaving Gower – StooshieDuelling Banjos – Biggles Wartime Band123 – Monty SwanPower Of a View – Wille & The BanditsDrunken Serenade – Merry HellHarvest Moon - Elaine Davidson Of course topping and tailing the whole thing are the “Pick Of The Pops” theme “At The Sound Of The Swingin’ Cymbal” by Brass Incorporated and the incredible “Theme One” by George Martin. The majority of the tracks on this one are all unsolicited demos sent through the mails and are just a small sample of what comes through, though there are some gems here. Please, please, please check out the artists websites by following the highlighted links and get your card out and buy their stuff. Even better go and see them live they’ll all be gigging at festys and elsewhere, then buy the CD off them then. If you have anything that you want bringing to the wider world send me mp3s and it could be in the next episode. Of the other tracks Jack Hartley is of course one of The Righteous Bees the track here is him on his own though I think I can hear Louise Martin somewhere in the background. But it’s always a pleasure to hear Jacks distinctive vocals and he certainly knows how to pick a guitar. The Proudbone Project is Mike Proud bassist for the Cumbrian band Mazzoni Proudbone is his solo outlet and is full of a wonderful eclectic mix of music from this talented lad from Whitehaven (token patronizing comment in the style of a local newspaper). Mike also ran the fantastic Woodland Glade Stage at Nuts In May last year.Bold Erin from Larsa featuring Jack Karl Badcock on vocals is simply a piece of pure traditional folk music done exceptiona