Playlists
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.
280 Live, All Over the Place
A set of live tracks, slightly heavy on the jazz side but with a nice feel and some excellent live performances. Our thanks to Hugh and Nigel for this one.
278 Talking Heads
A refreshing change, a New Wave band of impeccble credentials and excellent musicianship. David Byrne was the mover behind it, and with his individual performance style, became the face of the band, to their occasional chagrain. We covered the whole of their recording history, and did not ignore all of their big hits. A big success with our audience too
152R Astronomy
A stellar show,well,I thought so, and so did our audience who were effusive in their enthusiasm. Ranging from orchestral to rock, the music was all positive and very listenable, and just what was needed on a hot summer’s day.
277 Hawkwind : By The Book
A show concentrating on the multiple literary references drawn by Hawkwind throughout their career, of which there are more than enough to fill several hours.
I promised I’d link the lyrics of Steven Savitsky’s filk song “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” which contains the line about rockets landing on their tailfins. So here it is.
https://thestarport.org/people/steve/Doc/Songs/stuff/
The future isn’t like it used to be.
151R Alice Cooper
The inventor of Shock Rock, traced from his early glam-rock sessions to today and his continuing career, slightly less gory now but still disreputable. But it’s all an act, and he’s a really nice guy, these days anyway.
276 Alan Hull
A show about the founder of Lindisfarne and one of the finest songwriters of rock with an English feel, Alan Hull. Lindisfarne and Hull are favourites of mine, which made the show hard work, as i had to narrow it down from a very wide list and then do the songs justice. Hopefully I’ve made him a little more widely known.
150R The Moody Blues
A band from Birmingham (the real one, in England) that made a big name for themselves worldwide with a series of concept albums, updating their sound to stay fresh up to the 2010’s.
275 Easy Listening
We tell you that we’ll have something different every week, and this was one of them 🙂 A fascinating delve into a corner of the music business that is sometimes belittled but was and still is hugely successful commercially. Tracks from Britain, the US and Germany covered a wide range of styles but still leaving many untouched. Up to 21 listener connections too, which was gratifying.
149R Free
A fine show, a personal favorite, being stuff from my formative musical years. Well attended too, despite it being Memorial Day in the US, so we were very pleased.