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Don’t worry if you missed our interview with the creator and artist behind the wonderful tributes to Prefab Sprout, Sproutless: Insights from Retrospect and Moveable Feast. You can listen and/or download the interview now by going to the Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation PodOMatic podcast page.
The podcasts now come with handy, dandy Spotify links to the songs originally played during our interviews. So, now you can listen and sing along to the tunes spotlighted! Enjoy!
…Donna Cosper! Congratulations to Donna for winning this latest Pure Pop Radio contest. Donna gets a copy of Sproutless: Insights from Retrospect, signed by the man behind the album and its companion, Moveable Feast, Scott McPherson.
We’ve got lots more cool contests coming up. Watch this site for the latest giveaways, and, as always, thanks for reading, and listening to Pure Pop Radio. We appreciate it!
In conjunction with Scott McPherson’s appearance this week on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, during which Scott is talking about the two CD’s he’s just released in tribute to the band Prefab Sprout, we’re giving away an autographed copy of Sproutless: Insights from Retrospect.
All you have to do to win is fill out the form below. Be sure to include your name and email address and type the word “Sprout” in the Comments window. Entries must be received by Sunday, February 2 at midnight ET. Only one entry per person, please.
Listen to Scott talk about his Sproutless project tonight and Friday by tuning in to Pure Pop Radio. Air times are tonight at 8 pm ET and Friday at 6 pm ET. Click on the links below.
Good luck!
Liar’s Club member Scott McPherson loves the music of Paddy McAloon and his band Prefab Sprout. So much so that he has paid homage to all things Sprout on two new albums he’s recently released: Sproutless: Insights from Retrospect and Moveable Feast. Scott will be the guest on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation beginning this coming Tuesday, January 28 at 8 pm ET. The show will repeat on Wednesday, January 29 at 8 pm ET, and on Friday, January 31 at 6 pm ET.
These two wonderful albums, performed by musicians from points both near and far, and sung by Scott and the wonderful Texas-based singer and songwriter, Andrea Perry, will both delight and surprise longstanding Sprout fans. Sounding very much like the Sprouts without actually being them, the musicians deliver the songs, written by Scott and a host of other songsters, in grand fashion. These songs stand on their own as pure pop creations while also tipping their hats and hearts to McAloon’s sterling song craft. Songs like “Charm Offensive,” from Insights from Retrospect, and “P.S. I Love You,” from Moveable Feast, perhaps typify the sounds that listeners will encounter from the Sproutless collective–lovingly-crafted songs with sumptuous melodies that stick like a hot summer’s day. They will both charm and move you, in the sense that you may well be moved to revisit the Sprouts catalog, recently added to with the real Sprouts’ “Crimson/Red” album. If you’ve never heard the Sprouts before, you may be moved to try them out for the first time.
Honest, true music can both bring you back to a specific time and place–the day you first fell in love, your first day in your new house, the day your child was born–and make new memories that will last a lifetime. Insights from Retrospect and Moveable Feast push both of those buttons for a collective experience that will put a happy smile on your face. Alan Haber will talk with Scott about these classic-sounding, newly-released records and play three songs that demonstrate their power. Prepare to be charmed.
Alan Haber’s interview with Scott McPherson will air Tuesday, January 28 and Wednesday, January 29 at 8 pm ET; and Friday, January 31 at 6 pm ET, on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, broadcast on Pure Pop Radio. Click on either of the links below to listen. Enjoy!
Visit the Prefab Sprout Project website at http://www.theprefabsproutproject.com/.
(The song “Steve McQueen” by Prefab Sprout began playing on Pure Pop Radio just as this story was completed. Really!)
