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Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you about this week's all new edition of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show! This week, it's all about work and workers, the people who love them, and the consequences of doing certain jobs. It's Labour Day Weekend here in North America, and as I try to do every year, I found several songs for you about people who hold various occupations and the ups and downs of these lives. Of course, there is a wee bit of unionizing in there too, as the unions have traditionally been a preoccupation of the modern Folk movement.

After you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me for The Early Years, where and when you'll hear the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.
The show begins with the song that will tell you what tomorrow's date is, and has the longest instrumental intro of any song I know. Why? Just because!

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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s
the described movies The Public Enemy from 1931, The Incredible Journey from 1963, and The Man Who Knew Too Much from 1934.
The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK) is a 1931 American all-talking pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros.

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
It’s part 2 of our 2 part series on Wynonie “Mr. Blues” Harris, one of the greatest blues shouters of all time.

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the raw and powerful talent of the Australian rock band Cold Chisel. We drink cheap wine, enjoy the flame trees and return to Khe Sanh.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, and 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia. Just ask your SmartSpeaker to play Mushroom FM and you will be there in a trice.

Deep Dive, where we focus on one artist for one hour. On Mushroom FM, home of the fun guys.

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.

Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you about this week's all new episode of Come by the Hills. I'll be playing our usual mix of great Folk and Celtic music, including a three-song set from one of Loreena McKennitt's albums on the occasion of its upcoming release on vinyl. I myself do not understand this new vinyl craze, but it gives me a good excuse to dip into this album a bit, so why not? I'll also play a song by Stan Rogers which was mentioned to me recently by a listener, and of course there will be Me Music as well.

After you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me for The Early Years, where and when you'll hear the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.

Only on Mushroom escape:
http://www.mushroomfm.com/escape
From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s
the described movies The King and I from 1956, and Dial M for Murder from 1954.
The King and I is a 1956 American musical film made by 20th Century-Fox, directed by Walter Lang, and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck.

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.