Hyperlocalsongs

About as hyperlocal as it gets!

“A singer-songwriter of notoriety and repute. Listen to the man’s heartrending tales of arguments with seafood-sellers in the Hare and Hounds in Kingstanding, gasp at his portrayal of a man who was born in Dudley Road hospital.”

Click the link to download a selection of his Birmingham UK hits.

Another Birmingham (adapted) ditty from Digbeth - the city’s Irish Quarter. Local mentions: Digbeth (natch), The Spotted Dog, Cheapside, Bradford Street.

Discovered the classic West Brom on Rhubarb Radio, courtesy of @thebigpaws radio show. From there, it was a very short step to Guardian-reading Moseley and gravelly-granned Northfield.

Click the link to listen.

Bulletpoint bio (via myspace):

• Fraz and Gus are two born and bred Brummies.
• Fraz is Faisal Rashid currently plays bass in Brummie Ska band “The Heels”, and, bizarrely, guitar and tenor banjo with traditional English Folk outfit “Rannygazoo”.
• Gus is Angus Campbell, who ‘has worked in just about every genre of music going, including… Birmingham’s legendary Bhangra scene’.

Discovered: On a sampler from Gotham Records circa 2005/6. Local mentions: Aston, Chelmsley, Ladywood, Hockley.

Click the link for a free download.