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Billy “The Kid” Emerson this week on The Juke In The Back!

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 “Juke In The Back” with Matt The Cat features Billy “The Kid” Emerson, a talented R&B singer and songwriter who never had a hit record, but his songs were covered by the likes of Elvis Presley and Billy Riley.

This Tuesday on A little bit of this and A little bit of that.

Hi there, a special treat is coming your way this Tuesday.
every song you will hear in A Little bit of this and A Little bit of that is a live recording.
we are doing away with recording studios in this particular show.
so don’t miss it, it’s going to be great.
please don’t forget to send in your requests for our Friday feature, You say it we play it.
You’re welcome to either type it out, or send a voice note.
Send those mails to:
gary@mushroomfm.com

Deep Dive listens to the music

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the rocky musicality and tight vocal harmony of the Doobie Brothers. We go rockin' down the highway, listen to the music, see a long train runnin' and think about black water.

Tune in 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 ask your smart speaker of the choice to play mushroom FM and you’ll be there in a couple of seconds.

Deep dive, where we focus on one artist for one hour. I look forward to you joining me.

Art Rupe & Specialty Records part 3 – 1953-55 this afternoon on The Juke In The Back!

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, the “Juke In The Back” pays our respects to one of the great record men of the 1940s and 50s; Art Rupe. Rupe passed away on April 15, 2022 at the age of 104! He started Juke Box Records in 1945, which would become Specialty Records in ’47 and go on to become one of the most important independent labels of Rhythm & Blues and early Rock n’ Roll.

Come by the Hills Cancelled This Week Due to Technical Difficulties

Hello! Sara Hillis here again. I know I promised you a fun show about lads and lasses this week, but nature has had her way with us around here and we currently have no power. Consequently, there will be know Come by the Hills this week, and the show I had planned will be presented next week instead. I'm very sorry for this, but I hope you'll tune in again next week. Thanks and have a great week!

A musical miscellanie this week on The Early Years!

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.

Celebrating a Lovely Lad's Birthday with Songs about Lads and Lasses, this Week on Come by the Hills!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you about this week's lad-and-lass-laden edition of come by the Hills! My lovely little black Labrador guide dog, Aladdin, the lad with a lad in his name, is turning nine on Saturday, so we will hear lots of songs about lads and, to be fair, some lasses as well. We'll maybe throw in a couple of songs about dogs, and we'll generally have a great time!

Tune in to Come by the Hills live on Saturday at 2:00 PM Eastern, or catch the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern. However and whenever you listen, enjoy! And oh yes. Happy birthday, Aladdin!

the Election Day edition of Damo's All Day Breakfast.

Hi Everyone.

It's great to be back after an enforced break caused by my computer suffering a major melt-down.
This weekend in Australia we have a federal election, so we'll be talking about some of our odd election traditions such as Democracy Sausages. I also have lots to share about my travels, and other things going on in the McMorrow household. In the last week, I found time to do some baking, and had a second go at Irish Mark's buttermilk scons, and this time, the recipe worked so I'll be able to share it with you.

Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Cast Away and A Walk to Remember.

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 Cast Away from 2000, and A Walk to Remember from 2002.
Cast Away is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy.
Hanks plays a FedEx trouble shooter stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific, and the plot focuses on his desperate attempts to survive and return home.

Art Rupe & Specialty Records part 3 – 1953-55 this week on The Juke In The Back!

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, the “Juke In The Back” pays our respects to one of the great record men of the 1940s and 50s; Art Rupe. Rupe passed away on April 15, 2022 at the age of 104! He started Juke Box Records in 1945, which would become Specialty Records in ’47 and go on to become one of the most important independent labels of Rhythm & Blues and early Rock n’ Roll.

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