Regular listeners of Radio Ga Ga may have heard our program a few months back featuring artists who have had both hits as a solo artist and with a band. Two hours was not enough time to feature the many great peformers who have achieved this feat. Solution? Part Two! Join host Shaun Stokie on Saturday the 25th of June
Read moreIs it possible to go wrong with a cast that includes Robert Duval, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek? No! Well, at least not on the evidence of the small but charming American gothic fable Get Low. Filled with wry humour and understated yet piercing emotion, this is one of the year’s hidden gems. Duval plays the scruffy, bearded and allegedly
Read moreVery sadly John Walker (Maus) of the legendary Walker Brothers group lost his battle with liver cancer on May 7, 2011. Join our very special guest Gary Walker as he pays tribute to his late colleague from the Walker Brothers. Official John Walker Website: http://www.johnwalkerinternational.com/ Purple Haze is sponsored by Classic Cars with Character
Read moreBe sure to tune in for the debut of SKA’D FOR LIFE, the new Friday night Ska Show on 88.3 Southern FM. Friday 17th June we will be showcasing a mixed bag of Ska over the generations, from its origins in Jamaica through to present day Ska-punk. Each week thereafter we will feature a band that was influential to the
Read moreAny musical combo featuring the mandolin, bass, drums, keyboard, accordian, cello, guitar and fiddle might normally be strictly and automatically classified as folk. To pigeonhole The Bon Scott’s would be a mistake as they are so much more. Hear why it would be such folly by listening into Southern FM’s might Live Sunday Sessions at 4pm this Sunday 19th June.
Read moreThis week on Built for Speed it’s music new and old as we play tracks from the latest albums by #EagleandtheWorm and #TheKills and back track through some punk pop. In our film reviews segments we step away from the sci-fi action blockbusters and examine the more subtle charms of the Robert Duval/ Bill Murray fable #GetLow and and French relationship drama #LittleWhitelies. There’s also our
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