Playlists
143R Georgie Fame
The British R&B and jazz musician gets the Radio Free D’ni treatment, with two hours of tracks from his fifty-year career. The big hits from the Sixties, some jazzy numbers and some bluesier ones kept our audience interested. Over 20 listeners at one point.
268 Zawinul!
An examination of the work of Joe Zawinul outside of Weather Report, for the most part, with tracks from his earliest recordings and his last ones. Well attended with an appreciative audience including some new faces.
142R Peter Hammill
One of Hugh’s shows this one, as he’s the one with the big stash of stuff. A quirky performer, Mr Hammill, but one who nevertheless appealed to our audience, up to 22 at one point. Good numbers for us on a cold February night.
267 A Winter Warmer
Tracks with warmth as a common factor, and mostly quiet ones too, although we did get a bit rowdy towards the end. Very effective – we almost sent our audience to sleep – although they say they were just listening quietly. A successful show.
140R UnCovered II
Another set of tracks related only by their titles, and a good collection too. Well attended, with up to 28 listener connections. I was still suffering from the after-effects of pneumonia and had no voice, or energy, so wasn’t there. I hope this wasn’t a harbinger
266 The Eyes Have It
Tracks having the eyes, the windows of the soul, as part of their title and subject. This one assembled by Hugh, and very well appreciated too.
I was once again unable to attend as the virus had left me with bacterial pneumonia and I was really quite ill. Fortunately the antibiotics were doing their job. Unfortunately I was the battleground. Voice had completely gone.
I’m told that up to 20 listeners were connected, which is a very rewarding number indeed in a chilly January.
139R Live and Direct
Tracks taken from live albums or concert recordings and ones that we think are better than their studio equivalents. A lot of excellent music in this set and I was told that it went down well in the cavern. We may think of putting another set together.
I was unable to attend due to voice problems stemming from a winter respiratory virus.
265 Lost in 2024
The annual review of musicians and entertainers who died in the previous 12 months was very full this year, with some spilling over into the pre and postshow sets. The core audience stayed with us, to a max of 16 for the show, and were very appreciative in the cavern.
136R Lost in 2019 Remastered
A Remastered show starts off this year, as we are all still recovering from Solstice celebrations of all kinds. Updated to reflect the passage of time and to better fit the timeframe, Peter Tork got shifted to the postshow. 24 listener connections at one point, very satisfying for the first show of the year, and the audience were full of fun, as usual.
264 A Christmas Carol
A festive emterainment themed around Charles Dickens’ Victorian morality tale “A Christmas Carol”
Oddly enough, this show grew out of the fact that I remembered the first line of Marillion’s Childhood’s End being “and it was morning”, fitting that into Scrooge’s awakening, and the whole thing grew out of that. It came together with a bit of effort and went down very well, a good show for our last in 2024.
We all here at Radio Free D’ni wish you a very happy solstice celebration of your choice (why not choose more than one, Jul, Christmas, Old Christmas, Saturmalia…) and a good New Year. We will return on January 5th 2025.