Tom Ravenscroft to present innovative new music show

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Channel 4 Radio is launching an innovative weekly music show 
featuring the most original unsigned talent from across the UK. The 
new programme, SlashMusic, is presented by Tom Ravenscroft and will 
be available from 24th August on www.channel4radio.com. 

Produced by Koink Productions, SlashMusic will bring underground new 
music to the Channel 4 Radio audience in an unpretentious and 
succinct half hour weekly show. The emphasis of the programme is 
firmly on music, highlighting the brightest new talent around and 
presented with the dry wit and informed opinion of Ravenscroft. 

The bands and artists featured in SlashMusic will be hand picked by 
Ravenscroft from www.channel4.com/music, Channel 4's music website 
where over 12,000 unsigned bands and artists have uploaded tracks and 
videos that are showcased on the site. Channel4.com/music will also 
feature track-listings, background information and fan forums 
relating to the programme. 

Tom Ravenscroft, presenter of SlashMusic, said: "I'm very excited 
about SlashMusic and delighted that Channel 4 Radio has given me the 
opportunity to spread my passion for music by allowing me to create 
the programme that I want. The aim of SlashMusic is to give exposure 
to the vast amount of fantastic music out there that is relatively 
unknown – a subject close to my heart. And it will be all letting the 
music speak for itself rather than have me or anyone else talk all 
over it. 

"I hope that the show will offer something different to the music 
loving audience and that people will get as much pleasure from 
listening as we get from making the programme." 

Miles Eames, Programme Commissioner at Channel 4 Radio, said: "When 
we launched Channel 4 Radio we said we wanted to bring something 
fresh and different to digital radio and with Tom and the vast amount 
of unsigned talent on channel4.com/music we've certainly achieved 
this with SlashMusic. The show will act as a showcase for some of the 
best undiscovered music talent in the UK. Tom's heritage and 
knowledge of music is second to none and we hope that SlashMusic will 
be come a must-hear programme for music lovers looking for something 
genuinely different." 

Tom Ravenscroft works in TV and music journalism. He has written for 
music magazines around the world – including America and Australia – 
as well as The Times in the UK. He is soon to begin writing about 
music for the New Statesman. As the son of legendary DJ John Peel, 
Ravenscroft has had one of the most musical upbringings anyone could 
hope for. He saw Nirvana at Reading when he was 11 and has been 
dropped off to work by The White Stripes in their tour bus. He has 
interviewed Elton John, played football with Damon Albarn and was 
babysat by Babes in Toyland at Reading. 

The launch of SlashMusic follows the recent launch of Channel 4 
Radio, which saw Channel 4 bring its groundbreaking approach to 
television into the world of radio.