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Reckless Yes shortlisted in Mainframe 2020 Awards

2nd March 2020 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Pete, Reckless Yes Records, Sarah Tagged: business awards, Derby music scene, derbyshire, derbyshire record label, independent record label, local music scene, Mainframe Awards 2020, Mainframe Derby, reckless yes, Reckless Yes Records, small business, The Big House

The Rumble – 28 March 2019 – playlist

29th March 2019 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Pete, Radio, Sarah Tagged: #therumble, Alright Ghandi, DIY music, Drahla, Ghost SIgnals, Hal Blaine, Panic Pocket, pete darrington, Petrol Girls, Radio Free Matlock, sarah lay, Sharkmuffin, the rumble, underground music, unsigned music, Yung W A V E

The Rumble – 28 February 2019 – playlist

3rd March 2019 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Pete, Radio, Sarah Tagged: #therumble, airplay, broadcast, Calum Ward, CARBS, classic album, Cobalt Chapel, DIY music, Elevate, Endon, featured artist, hajk, heavy heart, independent music, Japan Review, Juleah, Laure Briard, pete darrington, radio, Radio Free Matlock, radio presenters, radio show, sarah lay, Sarah Louise, Snug, Snug Recording Company, The Empty Page, the rumble, underground music, unsigned music, zavaloka

Event: Reckless Yes and Last Night From Glasgow workshops for independent musicians

7th February 2019 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Reckless Yes Records, Sarah Tagged: band as a business, event, Glasgow, Ian Smith, independent artists, independent label, independent musicians, Last Night From Glasgow, making money in music, music industry, Noble and Wild, PR, reckless yes, record label, sarah lay, unsigned artist, workshops

The Rumble – 31 January 2019 – playlist

5th February 2019 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Pete, Radio, Sarah Tagged: #therumble, A-Tota-So, dream nails, flirting, haiku salut, HDMIRROR, HHY and The Macumbas, Just Mustard, Magic Dirt, Mixcloud, Novelties, Pandelic, Peter Darrington, podcast, radio, Radio Free Matlock, radio show, Sara Forslund, sarah lay, Sister John, Snug Recording Company, The Day, the rumble, Turkish Delight, White Town

Grrls Like Us – Sarah Lay picks from the Reckless Yes roster

31st December 2018 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Reckless Yes Records, Sarah Tagged: Chorusgirl, diy artists, DIY music, Fightmilk, grrls, grrls like us, grrrls to the front, LIINES, mixcoud, podcast, riot grrls, sarah lay, women in music

Sarah Lay joins Women Amplified Panel event

22nd September 2018 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Radio, Reckless Yes Records, Sarah Tagged: activism, author, editor, female boss, female editor, female journalist, gender in music, girls to the front, journalist, label, music broadcasting, music journalism, producer, record label, riot grrrl, sarah lay, vanessa Boon, women amplified, women and non-binary, women in music, writer

The Winter Passing – out now

21st June 2018 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Reckless Yes Publishing, Sarah Tagged: book, contemporary fantasy, debut novel, eBook, paperback, Reckless Yes Publishing, RY018, sarah lay, Sarah Lay author, The Winter Passing

Record labels and music media – our Write:Record:Release workshop

2nd June 2018 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Pete, Reckless Yes Records, Sarah Tagged: coverage, getting signed, music industry, music journalist, music media, music promotion, real creative futures, record label, reviews, workshop, Write:Record:Release

Vinyl Adventures: Interview with Tim Burgess

10th May 2018 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Reckless Yes Records, Sarah Tagged: cwnine, louder than war magazine, northwich, o genesis records, Reckless Yes Records, record fair, Records, sarah lay, tim burgess, vinyl adventures, Vinyl Adventures record fair
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