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There's nothing like keeping up the traditions at this time of year. Join Jonathan, Bonnie, the bananas, the nearly banana-in-law and others, as we explode into 2018. New Zealand gets to the new year a full 18 hours before Eastern US time, a massive 21 hours before US Pacific time, and a still impressive 13 hours before the UK and Ireland. So, no matter what the time, why not do what so many people do at this time each year. Set an alarm if needed, crank up your best speakers and join us for one of the first broadcasts ever to be made in 2018 anywhere.

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.

Merry Christmas!

I hope the holidays are being kind to you. I myself am going back and forth over the next while, seeing family and planning a New Years party for friends and such, so The Sara Hillis Show will be taking a break for a few days. I'll be back on January 2 with a new year of music from our four decades of magic mushroom memories though, so in the meantime, I hope you have a very happy new year and I'll see you in 2018!

At 2 PM Eastern time, 7 PM UK Time on Christmas day, Christmas is over in New Zealand. But I’m able to prolong the magic a little longer by spending four hours with you.

When you finish enjoying the songs that didn't make the Mushroom FM 2017 Christmas Countdown at 6 PM, Mushroom FM'S Christmas programming continues with The Early Years Christmas Eve edition featuring Christmas music primarily by Canadians, and stories written and read by Canadians.
So pore a glass of your favourite Christmas beverage and keep your virtual dial tuned to Mushroom FM throughout the Christmas season for the best Christmas entertainment anywhere!

The holidays can be very busy, but if you've got some time while you're toasting the season, and perhaps your toes, by the old yule log, why not hang out with me for a Celtic Christmas? We've got music from a lot of great Celtic artists and groups and in the second hour, there's a special treat: a reading by Dylan Thomas himself of his beautiful collection of Christmas memories called "A Child's Christmas in Wales." I always enjoy listening to this story on Christmas Eve, and this year, I thought I'd share it with you.

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.
The entire “Juke In The Back” is loaded with the greatest RB Christmas records from the late 1940s and 1950s. It’s the yuletide soul that came before rock n’ roll. From the all-time classics by Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters and The Orioles to some rarer Christmas plattahs from Amos Milburn, JB Summers and The Five Keys. So grab some ‘nog and get groovin’.

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.
The entire “Juke In The Back” is loaded with the greatest RB Christmas records from the late 1940s and 1950s. It’s the yuletide soul that came before rock n’ roll. From the all-time classics by Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters and The Orioles to some rarer Christmas plattahs from Amos Milburn, JB Summers and The Five Keys. So grab some ‘nog and get groovin’.

Yep, if you love Christmas music and love The Carpenters, you'll definitely enjoy Thursday's Sara Hillis Show! It'll be four more sleeps till Christmas by then, and I've decided to crack open this great collection of music and to go through all 31 songs on the two-disk set. (Well, alright. They're not disks here, but you know what I mean.) I have very fond memories of The Carpenters Christmas Portrait album, and we'll be going through it in the first hour of the show.

At 5 AM Eastern time on Tuesday, and once again in the usual Mosen Explosion slot of 2 PM Eastern on Christmas Eve, I’ll be continuing the tradition I started last year of playing songs that people voted for, but which didn’t make the top 100 countdown. Altogether, the mushroom crowd voted for 269 songs, so there is plenty to fill a four-hour show and then some.
We’ll have a mix of genres including country, traditional, and of course novelty.
I hope you’ll join me for one of the playings of Christmas Castoffs, only on your famous festive fungal station, Mushroom Fm.