Playlists
284 Tower of Power
A show dedicated to the one and only soul-funk-RnB-fusion band with horns from California, Tower of Power. Much more funky than our usual fare and well appreciated by the audience too.
159R James Taylor
A look at the music of this evergreen and long-serving singer and songwriter, who’s still touring today. We looked mostly at the earlier parts of his career with our show. Maybe there’s a part 2 to come 🙂
283 Van Morrison 2 – The Eighties
A selection of Van Morrison’s tracks from the Eighties, a time when he was more esoteric and spiritual in his works, but not without some more firey stuff.
158R An Evening with Stephen Sondheim
We do promise you something different, and this show was an example. A set of superb musical theater songs from original cast recordings for the most part, recalling the life’s work of a truly original composer and lyricist.
The preshow consisted of interpretations of the songs from West Side Story by a range of artists, showing how wide his influence was.
282 Oddly Entertaining
A show to keep you on your toes, with unrepresentative tracks from bands, some well known, others not so, but all entertaining none the less. Assembled by our good friend Martin Lewis, to whom we owe great thanks.
157R Going Dutch
Prog rock from the Netherlands in the early Seventies, a show curated for us by Martin Lewis. Deliberately without Focus, having had a show about them recently, but we did relent and had them in the preshow.
281 Laura Nyro
A look at the songs and performances of one of the most under-appreciated songwriters and singers of the late sixties, a poet, wearing her heart on her sleeve and performing her songs with unbridled conviction and honesty. 20 listeners joined us, a good number these days. The preshow was of Laura’s songs performed by and being hits for other people, and the postshow was Laura live.
156R Singing Together
A show dedicated to vocal harmoies in rock and pop, and full of rich fare. A tech problem meant that we were only audible through one ear, but the music was in full glorious stereo, so nothing important was lost.
280 Edison’s Review of the Year
Our now-traditional summer show where Ed looks back ove the previous years new shows and picks his favourite tracks. A goodly crowd turned up to listen and the general opinion was – it’s a hit.
155R Richard Thompson
A show highlighting just some of the talents of Richard Thompson, guitarist singer and songwriter of unnervingly great skill and seemingly no specific desire for fame. We covered a bit of his days with Fairport Convention, some of his work with Linda Peters/Thompson, some acoustic and some electric solo guitar work. Up to 19 connections, not bad for the weekend of Mysterium.
As promised, here’s the link to the schedule for the 2025 MOULa Summerfest as a pdf. Note that each event has a link, as either video stream or music stream, which will take you to the relevant stream on the day.