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Hello! Sara Hillis here to invite you to join me for another three hours of awesome Folk and Celtic music on Come by the Hills! I've got a wide range of music for you as usual from traditional to modern and back again, and of course there's the banter!

It will soon be time to sit back, relax and enjoy two wonderful hours of the theatre of the mind at its best. It’s kids’ songs and stories on Small World, the kids’ programme for the whole family.

Have you heard of a churkendoose? You haven’t? Well, it is really complicated to create one, that I can tell you. All will be revealed this week.

If you miss the audio described movie version or just love the story so much you’d like to hear a radio adaptation, we’re going 20,000 leagues under the sea. 20,000? Jiminy Cricket! That’s a lotta leagues!

Affter 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 in The Early Years where and when you'll enjoy the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.

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 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea from 1954 and Moby Dick from 1956.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 American Technicolour science fiction-adventure film and one of the first features shot in CinemaScope.
It was personally produced by Walt Disney through Walt Disney Productions, directed by Richard Fleischer, and stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre.

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.

This week on Deep Dive we meet the piano man, and enjoy the multiple talents of American singer-song-writer Billy Joel. We encourage Virginia, hear about a big shot, and learn that she's always a woman to me. Billy Joel is one of my favourite entertainers - yes we hear that one as well - so it's a party in the studio during the show.

Join me at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia. Just talk to your SmartThing - they are the best form of transport to Mushroom FM.

As you will have heard from Geno, Time Tunnel Tunes has ended its present series as Geno and Ash prepare for their wedding. All of us at Mushroom Fm wish them both a happy life together and we hope to have Geno back in the near future.

We have a couple of great new shows in our line-up to tell you about.

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 once again! Sara Hillis here to let you know that there's another fantastically folky edition of Come by the Hills headed your way in just a few short hours! yes, once again we go on a three-hour journey of discovery sure to brighten any part of your day. There is also some very awesome Joni Mitchell news to let you know about, so tune in if you want the scoop!

Another week has flown by like weeks do. Weeks must have pretty awesome wings, don’t you think? We’re getting close to you being able to hear this week’s edition of Small World, the kids’ programme for the whole family, only on Mushroom Escape.

This week, we’re taking a trip to story land with our little carrot eating friend. We have a couple of classic fairy tales for you, one of which has a big bad wolf in it, another has a wicked stepmother! Ooh!