One of, if not the most delightful things about working in radio, is finding a band that I haven't heard before. I first established contact with Prefontaine late last year through Facebook and Twitter, and struck up a rapport with Gary Barwell. They formed in 2006 but have been on something of a hiatus, so last year was me finding this band for the first time. They sent me track after track, all of which I was more than happy to play on the radio. I wasn't doing UK radio at the time, so I first played them in America. Getting the NottinghamLIVE gig was my opportunity to secure a live session from one of my favourite bands. When I first joined NottinghamLIVE I chose Prefontaine (along with The CTRL and Captain Dangerous) as my 'hot picks', and cited all three of those same bands for bigger things this year.

Tonight it looked like the show was going to be a disaster area, as Darren was running late, and some of our tracks hadn't transferred over to the system. However, it all went brilliantly, although I was nervous for the first fifteen minutes and stumbled a bit. Once I'd calmed down, we delivered what will in the future be remembered as the three best hours of the twenty four that filled today.

It's a cramped cosy studio

After interviews and sound checks you could hear on air, (Darren doesn't like that bit, I like it because it adds to the atmosphere of the show), Prefontaine performed a storming session. There was a slight technical wobble which meant we lost the beginning of the first song, so they became the first band to do an encore for the show. I know I said this last week, but it was one of the best live sessions we have had. They were originally meant to be on the show next week, but I will be missing the show next week as I'm in London so I deliberately moved them forward so I didn't miss out.

Don't we all look happy?

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