Cliff Gets Under My Skin At a sprightly 70, looking half that age and in impossibly fine voice it would be great post?modern sport to have a critical go at this C D. Sorry to disappoint but on this showing this is a topper of an album. This music swings, it rolls and transports all [...]
Time in the Country
On today’s show I’ll be announcing a new competition where you can win the latest highly acclaimed album from Kenny Chesney called ‘Hemingway’s Whiskey’ and the new EP release from ex frontman with the Mavericks Raul Malo. I’ll be taking a look at the risers and fallers in the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and [...]
The Big Beat Scene-years on
They always say that youth is wasted on the young. Not always, as this timely re-issue of a teenage memoir shows. This paperback tells the story of the birth of beat music, and the first flowering of British pop that led to the golden age of The Beatles. At the age of eighteen author Royston [...]
Take a country ride
On this weeks show I’ll be reminding you about our phone in request line where you can leave your personal message to broadcast to your loved ones or just ask for your favourite song and I’ll give it a play……(tele 0771 6628974). In our ‘On This Day’ feature I’ll be mentioning Elvis, Cigarettes, Shredded Wheat, [...]
We’ll Keep On Loving You Reba
There are certain artists in the musical world that you only have to mention the christian name and you know immediately who they are. Mention Cliff, Elvis, Dusty,Whitney ,Cher, Beyonce, and Elton and there is no need to add surnames. Country music also has its christian name stars, just mention Johnny, Dolly, Porter, Kenny, Patsy, [...]
Cliff Richard and The Shadows – Reunited
Released 2nd November 2009 Rating 10/10 Enjoy for the very last time Twenty years since their last performance together, Cliff and The Shadows reunite to celebrate their 50th anniversary. In the late ’50s and early ’60s, Cliff and The Shadows dominated the British popular music scene, enjoying record-breaking solo and joint careers, and establishing their [...]