Spilling the Tea on BBC Tees 😉
BBC Tees – a BBC radio station on the East Coast of England. Beautiful area, lovely studio, cool presenter. We had only set foot in the UK a few months prior before we visited John Foster to do an interview and little live session at the studio.
Listening back to this, we can tell just how much in awe we were about everything that was happening and about the fact that we were suddenly finding ourselves in a different country, giving interviews on England’s most established radio network. We couldn’t believe it 🙂
Playing live on air was also something that was still pretty new to us. When you do these live performances you don’t have a lot of time to prepare. There is no soundcheck, no warming up, no time to “acclimate” to the studio and no way to hide any mistakes. It adds an extra challenge to any other “regular” live gig. That’s what makes these radio performances so raw and, for us, such a great way to track our own progress as musicians and performers over the years.
We hope you enjoy this little trip down memory lane and have fun listening back to the three songs we performed live on air. A mix of some of our favourite covers and original songs. Have a listen …
LISTEN: 2014/06/02 BBC Radio Tees – John Foster
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Stay groovy,
Mona & Lisa
I just finished listening to this, another stellar interview and live performance back when you first moved to the UK. I never stop being amazed by your artistry in these live sessions. Your performances ring like they came from studio recordings with the benefit of all the less-than-perfect parts removed and redone. But there simply aren’t any less-than-perfect parts! And they are so fresh, crisp and natural… its like eating fruit picked right from the tree. Delicious!!!
This tour-de-force of your musical and personality skills is simply amazing! Listening to you ladies play and sing live is such a joy. And as great and tight a live band as the Beatles were in the “Live at the BBC” sessions, to me Mona and Lisa are even better. I hope you believe in yourselves half as much as your fans do – you deserve every accolade and success and happiness for your super talent and hard work.
A pleasure to listen to this cold, wet rainy fall day… Thankyou for offering sunshine of Postivity to brighten up the dreary?☮️
3 delightful live performances. You both sound so great with just your two voices and guitars. Thank you for that! 🙂
Another great radio interview/performance! John’s a lucky DJ!