Yesterday's (Dec. 18) Morning Show on KEXP via the Streaming Archive. Every once in a while he (John Richards) gets stuck in a 80s College Radio Classics zone and this one's been going for 2 hours now...
JB Radio-2 out of Toronto. FLAC, free to listen, no adverts, no DJ and a sort of 'Way back when' version of RP. Still an avid RP listener and supporter but on some days when I need a change this scratches the itch. Currently playing Santana 'I Love You Too Much'.
âwhen classic rock meets the blues, modern rock mingled rhythmically with indie and pop mixed with a bit of electronic music.â
Serenade Radio is the brainchild of Andy Marriott. Andy has worked in broadcasting, both radio and TV since 1981. Over the years he found it increasingly difficult to find something to listen to on the radio. All the stations that pledged to serve the older age group were apparently turning their backs on that audience and focusing on youth.
So, in February 2015, Serenade Radio was born. Right from the start Andy chose to keep the station free of commercial content of any kind, an oasis of calm in a frantic world. There are no adverts and no sponsorship, and there never will be. This, of course, means no money coming in. No money to pay presenters, so the challenge was to find professionals who would give their time and experience to the station for free. Andyâs friends and colleagues rallied round, many it seems had also found themselves with nothing to listen to!
The station is loosely based on the old Light Programme, where quality and a sense of warmth and old-fashioned values were paramount.
We have just playedâ¦..
Steyn's Song Of The Week - Begin The Beguine
A Traditional Sunday Singalong - Sing Something Simple
Sam Cooke - Too Young
The Living Voices - Witchcraft
Val Doonican - Dream On Little Dreamer
The Jive Aces - Mack The Knife
Joe Loss And His Orchestra - Begin The Beguine
Dean Martin - Mississippi Mud
Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Nat King Cole - It's Only A Paper Moon
I have a Yes CTTE DVD with the music minus the vocals and it’s fun to see how much of Close to the Edge I can nail without following Jon. (Not as much as I thought). So, today, driving, anyone looking into the car saw me wailing “1985” as best I could. But that synth is a bit much, true.
This is not something I needed, though, just like I don’t know if I ever bothered listening to “Let it Be Naked.”
I wanted to sorta sing along with 1985, too. But what is good is that the music itself was worthy. I gotta like the music before I even give the lyrics a chance. So it works for me in the end
I actually liked Let It Be Naked. Been a long while since I've played it though.
The Let It Be box with the alternate Get Back album is really good, imho. I actually like it better. It's fun and really nice to hear The Beatles playing as a live band. By then you kinda forgot that they could play live and be that good without any additional dubs or additions. The definition of tight. Let It Be now sounds too polished and slick in comparison. But that's what The Beatles had to be; was expected of them.
