A quick glance around the schedules

[johncorrigan]

I occasionally catch 'Soul Music' on radio 4 - this week 'Strange Fruit' - I took the long way round in the car so I could hear it all.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03jb1w1

[Globaltruth]

Well Mr Hutz & the boys doing 6 gigs in the Uk, then off to Washington DC

http://www.gogolbordello.com/tour/future/

[teamsaint]

Here's board favourite Rokia Traore live , er, somewhere.

http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Rokia_Traore_Les_Suds_Arles/

[johncorrigan]

You can never get enough Hank Williams for my book - Ricky Ross chose him on a very enjoyable 'Great Lives' on R4 this week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kqfzz

[Globaltruth]

Every Monday at 9.00 pm Kathryn Tickell has her own show on Amazing Radio. You can listen to the latest one here

http://amazingradio.com/?show=kathryn-tickell

I found this info courtesy of the rather good froots App on my iPad - this means that I can now buy the occasional issue (and they even put some of the v. old ones on there for free) and read it perfectly well rather than subscribe to a paper issue which I infrequently read. Progress, technology, eh? eh?


and, not courtesy of froots, but via the honest sweat of my fevered brow.. if you go to the Dust to Digital website they have a stream of their latest, which is invariably worth a listen

http://www.dust-digital.com/

You can also find it via Soundcloud. There's an iPad app for that too.

[Paul Sherratt]

Hon mention for Gideon Coe's xmas songs show on the 24th with Nick Lowe in session and most amazingly a track from King Kennytone. Worth the licence fee atone.

[johncorrigan]

Hon mention for Gideon Coe's xmas songs show on the 24th with Nick Lowe in session and most amazingly a track from King Kennytone. Worth the licence fee atone.

Fine new Christmas CD that from Nick Lowe.

Good to hear Hugh Masekela on Private Passions this past Sunday.

[Paul Sherratt]

Actually John, I saw Nick's cd for sale in Truro's HMV. Didn't buy it though as I had to escape the premises as the synthetic, overloud dance music they were force feeding in to the ears of their customers drove me out of the store. Idiotic management by whoever was responsible !

[johncorrigan]

Called 'Motown: Speaking in the Streets' I found this programme from Radio 4 about its spoken word label, 'Black Forum', really interesting and surprising given its time and place in history and what I normally think of Tamla.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nt8wt

[Paul Sherratt]

Thanks John,
Now music fans who'd like to learn more about the recently passed Yusef Lateef will do a lot worse than dip in to Sir Doug's programmes ( all of which are archived ) during January where the whole month's programmes are given over to the DJ's hero.

https://wfmu.org/playlists/DS

[johncorrigan]

Thanks John,
Now music fans who'd like to learn more about the recently passed Yusef Lateef will do a lot worse than dip in to Sir Doug's programmes ( all of which are archived ) during January where the whole month's programmes are given over to the DJ's hero.

https://wfmu.org/playlists/DS

Geoffrey Smith played an hour of very fine Yusef on Saturday night's GSJ, Paul, on music lovin' R3.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03th72f

[DracoM]

Can anybody tell me what has happened to the transcendental Verity Sharpe?
Now if SHE were running The Choir........!! Ahem......sorry.

[Paul Sherratt]

John, thanks for that tip-off, I would have missed it otherwise ...

Draco, Verity is, I believe, pursuing her musical dreams ...

[johncorrigan]

I see Radio 2 has a sprightly new Folk presenter making his debut this evening.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03trp25

[Paul Sherratt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26030342

on The World Service ...