Independent record label Reckless Yes has been shortlisted in the Mainframe 2020 Awards in the ‘Putting Derby and Derbyshire on the Map’ category. The shortlist was announced online last week and the winner will be revealed at a ceremony in Derby on 30 April 2020. Mainframe is part of The Big House, a collaboration providing sector … [Read more…]
The Rumble returned to the airwaves on 28 March 2019 for our third show for Radio Free Matlock. We gave you an hour of gems from the underground, unsigned and DIY scenes around the world including a classic album track from the solo catalogue of the world’s most recorded drummer Hal Blaine and two tracks from our featured artist and next Reckless … [Read more…]
The Rumble returned to the airwaves on 28 February 2019 for our second show for Radio Free Matlock. We gave you an hour of gems from the underground, unsigned and DIY scenes around the world including a classic album track from underrated math rock pioneers Elevate and two tracks from our featured artist and next Reckless Yes release Japan … [Read more…]
We’ve teamed up with our pals at Last Night From Glasgow records to offer a full day of workshops aimed at unsigned and independent musicians working toward successful music careers. To be held on 16 March 2019 at Stereo in Glasgow sessions on the day will be run by Sarah Lay (Reckless Yes) and Ian … [Read more…]
The Rumble returned to the airwaves on 31 January 2019 as we broadcast for the first time on Radio Free Matlock. We gave you an hour of gems from the underground, unsigned and DIY scenes around the world including a classic album track from our recent signings Turkish Delight and two tracks from our featured … [Read more…]
Sarah has contributed to the latest episode of the Grrls Like Us podcast, picking three tracks from artists on the Reckless Yes roster. The show, which plays amazing new DIY grrls (inclusively defined) across genres including indiepop, punk and post-punk, perfectly fits with the ethos of what we do at Reckless Yes and it was … [Read more…]
Reckless Yes co-founder, journalist, author and broadcaster Sarah Lay has joined the Women Amplified panel event taking place in Derby on 25 September 2018. Talking about working in the music industry, with a focus on radio, and challenges to women in this sector. Other panellists include radio-makers Sophie Sparham, Stephanie Hernandez and Vanessa Book; musicians Sue Warren and … [Read more…]
The Winter Passing – debut novel from Reckless Yes’ Sarah Lay – is out now as eBook and paperback. The second book under the Reckless Yes Publishing imprint the novel is a contemporary fantasy described as “a dark almost gothic novel quality to it and is genuinely scary in places” as well as an astonishing … [Read more…]
Here at Reckless Yes we’ve been a record label for coming up to two years but it’s not so often we reflect on how that came to be, or all the things we had to know and have experienced to get off the ground so fast. This afternoon we spent a couple of hours giving a … [Read more…]
We’re getting excited for the Vinyl Adventures record fair at Northwich Plaza next week, part of the mega CwNine Charlatans take over of the town which is starting from today. Sarah went digging about in her writing archives and pulled out this interview with Charlatans’ frontman Tim Burgess about his book Vinyl Adventures (which is … [Read more…]