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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…]

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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…]

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Write:Record:Release with Reckless Yes

20th April 2018 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

As part of the Write:Record:Release series of events organised by Dubrek Studios and Real Creative Futures we’ll be sharing our experience and giving some advice on all things record label and PR on 2 June 2018. The events, which are on Dubrek (which is on Beckett Street in Derby and home to many Reckless Yes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Live, Pete, Reckless Yes Records, Sarah Tagged: DIY label, DIY music, dubrek studios, free course, free event, getting signed, music, music contracts, music PR, music promotion, pete darrington, real creative futures, reckless yes, Reckless Yes Records, record label, release music, rights, royalties, sarah lay, social media for musicians, what's on Derby, write record release

Debut novel from Sarah Lay – The Winter Passing – Reckless Yes Publishing

2nd February 2018 by Sarah Lay 4 Comments

We’ve not done a book in a while so we’re pleased to announce we’re firing up the presses again as we announce Reckless Yes Publishing will be bringing you the debut novel from Sarah Lay in 2018, The Winter Passing. With a cover design from Marcus Galley at Mammoth Creative Works the novel is the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reckless Yes Publishing, Sarah Tagged: books, debut novel, Marcus Galley, Morrigan Trilogy, novels, publishing, Reckless Yes Publishing, RY014, sarah lay, The Winter Passing

Now We Are Two: Reckless Yes turns two

29th December 2017 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

Well…here we are then, turning two. It is both an utter surprise and yet completely obvious that we would get this far and that exactly two years on from meeting for the first time we’d be saying a happy second birthday to our Reckless Yes. Our second year – much like our first – has … [Read more…]

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Great releases from 2017 picked by Reckless Yes Records

27th December 2017 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

We’ve heard some amazing music this year and there’s been some blinding releases from 2017.  In fact the number of albums we’ve fallen in love with has at times been overwhelming. As well as the two long players we’ve released at Reckless Yes (Pet Crow and Unqualified Nurse Band) we’ve also released singles by You Want Fox and Mower, and … [Read more…]

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We Are One

29th December 2016 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

“You should do it. So what if it’s hard? You should go on an adventure, you should say a reckless yes.” “A reckless yes? I like that…” And the adventure began a year ago today. Just like that. In a recent article for Fan Club zine I said Reckless Yes had “appeared ever so slowly and … [Read more…]

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The Rumble Show 31 (7 June 2016) playlist

8th June 2016 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

Every Tuesday night from 8pm UK time you can hear Pete‘s show The Rumble on Radio Andra. He plays two hours of the best underground music from around the world and Sarah joins him with a weekly recommendation from Louder Than War and as executive producer. You can tune in live at http://radioandra.se or get the podcast from http://therumble.podomatic.com. You can follow live … [Read more…]

Posted in: Radio Tagged: #therumble, pete darrington, radio andra, sarah lay, the rumble

The Rumble Show 25 (26 April 2016) playlist

26th April 2016 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

Every Tuesday night from 8pm UK time you can hear Pete‘s show The Rumble on Radio Andra. He plays two hours of the best underground music from around the world and Sarah joins him with a weekly recommendation from Louder Than War. You can tune in live at http://radioandra.se or get the podcast from http://therumble.podomatic.com. … [Read more…]

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The Reckless Yes are here

20th April 2016 by Sarah Lay Leave a Comment

Two crows and a string of glimmering flamingoes; a reading in the cards; the stories; the records; a map of our world. A bowler hat and a crown. The Reckless Yes are here. Maybe we’ve been here for all time, maybe we’ve just arrived. It matters little for we’re here now. And with us we … [Read more…]

Posted in: DJ, Gigs, Pete, Sarah Tagged: derby music, DIY, DIY Derby, DIY show, gigs, live music, pete darrington, reckless yes, Reckless Yes presents, sarah lay, six impossible things
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