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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.
On May 3, 2021, we lost another legend of Rhythm & Blues and father of Rock n’ Roll as Lloyd Price passed away at the age of 88. Lloyd was just a kid when bandleader and talent scout, Dave Bartholomew brought him to Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studio in early 1952 to make a record of a tune he had heard Lloyd singing.

There have, over the years, been two incarnations of Mushroom Escape. There was a gap of several years between these two incarnations, and Escape 2.0 would be celebrating its third birthday in just a few days.

Instead, we're excited to launch Mushroom Escape 3.0. This time, the gap between 2.0 and 3.0 will only be a few seconds.

Affter you've enjoyed Mosen At Large, Mushroom FM's premier opinion show, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, during which I hope all your questions get answered and all your opinions get heard, 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 Arsenic and Old Lace from 1944 and Mildred Pierce from 1945.
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American black comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant.
It was based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 play, Arsenic and Old Lace.
The script adaptation was written by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein.

Kia ora Mosen At Largers.

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.
On May 3, 2021, we lost another legend of Rhythm & Blues and father of Rock n’ Roll as Lloyd Price passed away at the age of 88. Lloyd was just a kid when bandleader and talent scout, Dave Bartholomew brought him to Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studio in early 1952 to make a record of a tune he had heard Lloyd singing.

You can never have too much Time Tunnel Tunes! Another episode heads your way this week! Join me, Geno J for three hours of great music from another specific year tomorrow, Wednesday (May 26th, 2021) at 6 pm Eastern! If you’d like to choose a year or learn more about this week's episode, keep reading!

This week we enjoy the many talents of Little Richard, regarded by many as the architect of rock and roll. We say good golly miss molly, go slippin' and slidin', and rip it up.

You can hear Deep Dive on Monday at 4 PM Eastern, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia.

Greetings and salutations! Sara Hillis here to tell you about this week's edition of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show. We're revisiting an episode from May 24 of last year due to the fact that I have been dealing with a persistent headache for the past several days--something related to the weather I expect--and I need to take a night off the show to get a good sleep. I'm also going to be taking a break from Clubhouse this week, but I hope to be back next week with everything as usual. In the meantime, enjoy the episode from May 24, 2020.

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.
Jimmy Witherspoon is one of the most influential blues shouters to emerge after WWII and yet he remains just a footnote in the evolution of Rhythm & Blues and Rock n’ Roll.