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SE23 Spotify Playlist
Some further details and background on the artists with a connection to Forest Hill, London SE23
To listen to the playlist, click here to find it on Spotify
Song | Artist | Connection & background |
|---|---|---|
25 | Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers | Played at the Glenlyn Ballroom during its 1960s heyday |
26 | The Alan Bown Set | Played at the Glenlyn Ballroom during its 1960s heyday |
27 | Nou Enle | Alt-folk band from FH. You may have seen them at Finches Ski Emporium |
28 | Saint Jude | AKA Jude Woodhead was born in FH |
29 | SAHRA | Berlin-born jazz vocalist Sahra Gure is a FH resident |
30 | Disco Zombies | Guitarist Andy Ross owned Counterpoint Records in FH. The cover of their compilation LP “South London Stinks” is a photo of a British Rail Forest Hill platform sign |
31 | Split Enz | Interviewed for the Quietus, NZ-born Neil Finn is quoted as saying: “when I was living in London when I first joined Split Enz we were living in Forest Hill…” |
32 | Siouxsie & The Banshees | The object on the cover of their Juju LP can be found in the Horniman Museum |
33 | Crazy Cousinz | Pioneers of Funky House, founder Luke Reid - aka Flukes – is from FH |
34 | Big Audio Dynamite | Founder member Don Letts used to live in Westwood Park |
35 | Flux of Pink Indians | Bassist Derek Birkett lived in Westbourne Drive in the 1980s and set up the One Little Indian label (in next door SE26), which became the home of The Sugarcubes and Björk |
36 | Halls | Halls – aka Samuel Howard - is from FH |
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