Since February 2009 I have been a presenter with 102.5fm The Bridge, a community radio station broadcasting to the Southern Black Country. Through the magic of the internet anyone can listen to the station through a variety of apps, or by visiting the station website www.thebridgeradio.net .
My Friday Afternoon show is generally a mixture of music & chat, encompassing a variety of musical styles and genres along with a plethora of guests from all walks of life. Let me give you a little taster.
My show on Friday 18th April included:
An interview with first season X Factor winner Steve Brookstein. Steve is on tour and promoting his latest album, 'Forgotten Man' . I played three tracks from the album, California Dreamin',Rainy Night in Georgia and Good Man Down.
Steve has a great voice and in my opinion this is Blue Eyed Soul at it's very best, a terrific album, slow, sultry and soulful.
Steve is also a delight to interview, a lovely guy with a real feel for his music and his fans.
I also spoke to the talented guitarist & singer Mick Wilson, Mick is currently on tour with The Reflections Band 
features musicians who have performed with bands and artists as diverse as 10CC, The Manfreds, The Hollies, SAS Band, Kylie, Alice Cooper and Sir Cliff Richard. They are coming to Huntingdon Hall & Redditch during April and I chatted with Mick about the tour, recording and his musical ambitions.
Prelude hit the top of the charts in 1974 with an acapella version of Neil Youngs ‘After The Goldrush’ I thought I was going to be chatting with founder member Brian Hume, but in fact I got to interview all three founder members, Brian, Irene Hume & Ian Vardy. We chatted about songwriting, gig audiences and bus stops!
Now it isn't every day I get offered cake on the show, but I spoke to Avis Robinson from the new Oak Furniture Land at Merry Hill to find out why they are playing host to The Deputy Mayor, Dudley Zoo’s CEO and even more importantly, why they had a lifesize replica of Daseep the tiger made from cake! It turns out that the new store is the companies 50th, and by way of celebration they'd tied in with Dudley Zoo to celebrate the conservation work that the zoo is involved with. Avis promised to send cake to the studio, where no doubt it will be eagerly devoured before I get anywhere near it!
Lead singer Luke from local band Of Kings and Captains, popped along to the studio to talk about their latest single ‘Takes All Night’ and the launch party on Enville Ales beer bus, which is taking place next Friday. It was great to catch up with Luke and hear all about the guys tour in support of Jon Bonjovi last year.
Trainee Simon had been busy all week compiling my regular feature Todays Top Ten, this week it was favourite Easter songs, not an easy task, he included Hot Chocolate and The Jesus & Mary Chain, but number one came from The Steaming Weasels , a new one on me!
This weeks new music came from Family of the Year, Corrina Taylor, and Nude.
All in all an enjoyable three hours. The interviews can be heard on The Bridge replay page so if you're interested pop along to the website to check them out.
Saturday has, apart from putting this together, been a quiet day, but tonight I'm off to The Artrix in Bromsgrove to see legendary American folk singer/songwriter Eric Anderson who joins Irishman Ben Reel and his band for a musical journey through folk, R&B and Americana. A review of the evening will no doubt follow.
So that's it, my first ever blog entry, seemed painless enough and I haven't even talked about my evening show New Traditions (Thursday 11pm gmt) or my involvement with Community Production Company Hat's Off to Charlie. Still the weekend is yet young.....
tara-a-bit
MW
So that's it, my first ever blog entry, seemed painless enough and I haven't even talked about my evening show New Traditions (Thursday 11pm gmt) or my involvement with Community Production Company Hat's Off to Charlie. Still the weekend is yet young.....
tara-a-bit
MW
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