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Join me in The Early Years where you'll enjoy the best variety of music from the 50s and 60s with an occasional nod to the 70s and even the 80s, including music from before the rock era which is generally accepted as starting in 1955.
After 14 theme shows and a replay, I'm back to regular shows this week and it feels good. That doesn't mean I won't do more theme shows in the future; I will, but a change is as good as a rest.

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.

Yes, at long last Loreena McKennitt's new album, Lost Souls, has dropped, and we've got it this week on Come by the Hills! We'll be playing the album in its entirety throughout the show, and we'll have lots of other great music as well.

Join me in The Early Years where you'll enjoy the best variety of music from the 50s and 60s including music from before the rock era which is generally accepted as starting in 1955.
It's Mother's Day in North America so this week, it's 50s and 60s songs for moms, mamas and mas, but no mummies!
I'm way beyond the gold for this show. You'll hear songs you may not have heard in a long time if ever, and songs you may not want to hear again.

We’re celebrating Stevie Wonder’s 67th birthday this week on The Mosen Explosion. He’s our featured artist, and mate, there’s no shortage of Stevie classics for us to play. Got a particular favourite? Tweet, phone, or email me your request.

Bonnie is back with another action-packed bulletin, I’ll be talking about my latest epic health experiment, we’ll have plenty of great conversation about whatever comes up during the show, and we’ll look back on this cay in history.

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.

Another week has flown by. There seems no way of stopping it I tell you! And we’re about to inflict another four hours of The Mosen Explosion on an unsuspecting world. Can you cope? Can I?

On today’s show, happy birthday Bob Seger, blowing out 73 night moves. Ooh he’s done some good stuff! Oooh yes he has. And if you have a particularly epic Bob Seger song you want me to play, well then, you know the drill. Email me, tweet me nicely, because as I always say, we should always tweet people as we would want to be tweeted, or you can call the jolly old listener line.

Join me in The Early Years where you'll enjoy the best variety of music from the 50s and 60s with a nod to the 70s, including music from before the rock era which is generally accepted as starting in 1955.

Well, as this past Tuesday was the first day of May, I thought it fitting that Mushroom FM's premier Celtic Music Show, affectionately known as Come by the Hills, should honour the customs of this magical time again this year. Yes, it's back by popular demand! We've got a salute to Padstow Cornwall and its May celebrations, a spotlight on songs about the Cuckoo, which is a bird that heralds the coming of summer in Europe, and lots of songs about Spring and may-time and whatever else I can think of.

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.