When the band I’m in, The Felt Tips, used to have a difficult decision to make, such as the order of a setlist, we’d often jokingly reassure ourselves that it didn’t matter because “nobody cares anyway”. In truth, we knew that although we weren’t exactly U2 there were actually people who listened to us and… …

The song I’m going to introduce for September is Freaky Finance. Last month I introduced Down at the Casino, and Freaky Finance is another song on Virtual Virgins with a money-related theme. It’s about online financial gurus who, if you’re not familiar with them, give advice and tips on how to play the system in… …

For August, I’ll introduce Down at the Casino, which is about gambling, unsurprisingly. My own experience of gambling is the few years I spent in Aberdeen working for one of the big bingo companies. I worked almost everywhere in the hall from the reception desk to being on the floor checking claims. It wasn’t a… …

July’s choice of song to introduce is Cinders. It’s the song from the album that goes back the furthest, as I came up with the initial idea in early 2020, just before Covid-19 and lockdown arrived. At that time I was starting to record my second Jaggy Nettles album of songs based on children’s fairy… …

I wasn’t planning on sharing any new songs until I had a second album ready but, with the recent UK general election announcement, it seemed a good time to put out a song I had been working on – Please Don’t Vote Conservative. Watch the video I made for the song, or have a listen… …

June’s song to introduce is Snakes & Ladders. Like a lot of the album’s songs, it was written using Nashville strings on my acoustic guitar, and then I let rip on the arrangement with overdriven guitar, some bar-room style piano and an energy-adding synth part.   The song tells the story of an ambitious politician… …