Radio Free D'ni

A Seventies prog band who never quite hit the big time, despite having a couple of hit singles and some album success, and a great stage show – Curved Air.  Tech issues meant we had to switch stream hosts at the start, but we were able to announce the change and we got everybody back…

Late on a midweek night so I did not expect big numbers, but peak 13, 7 still on at the end, so I’m happy with that. Espedair Street is Iain Banks’ story of a working class boy achieving success, a bit like Iain himself did, only for the protagonist of the novel, the success is…

And it was a very good year, replete with good tracks and one that even Ed found hard to select from.   The show went down well, with up to 21 listeners, and lots of banter on the plaza.

Music in a great variety of styles from a master of the keyboard.

The band with a big big hit from the late Sixties that contrived to overshadow a lot of their later work, rather unfairly.  Also the band where Robin Trower first came to prominence, and whose work with Jack Bruce we featured in the postshow.  29 listeners at peak, very satisfying in these times.

Finnish prog and pop rock band Wigwam provided an entertaining show, with up to 21 listener connections, a very satisfying number 🙂  The wildfires kept away from Cyan too.

One of my first DJ shows, back in the days of the DMR, repurposed for the Mysterium weekend.  Max 14 listeners, so not everyone was in Portland.

A third Miles Davis collection, concentrating on his rise to fame and the rise of the Cool Jazz style.  16 listener connections at best, which is a good number.

A second dose of easy listening tracks, with stuff from piano bars in Paris, Italian cinema music and British ensembles like Sounds Orchestral.  A goodly number of listeners too, up to 24 at best.

A nice relaxed set of rock on the various folk- country- and pop-rock styles.    Up to 14 listeners, but we were competing with the World Cup and the 4th of July.