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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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