Forest Weekender brings you the latest club tunes mixed live in the studio by Ryan Davies. Also in the show are regular interviews with top artists and Dj's, guest mixes and competitions!
Forest Weekender Reeewind does all of that apart from it drops more old skool tunes and doesn't mix!
Check out the Weekender weekly playlists on the Forum.
The Moon
Presenters: John Cunningham & Ben Evans
Broadcast: Every Saturday 7-8pm
John has travelled the world as a professional gardener and picked up music on the way. “Passion is everything in the show; be it an early Mississippi blues track from the forties to the Propellerheads via Dale Winton reading ‘Kubla Khan’ - it’s all there. The music we play is a soundtrack to our lives; we don’t have a set format like commercial stations, so we play the music we believe in.” says John.
Ben, who has done everything from flying birds of prey and juggling (although not at the same time) to website design, has spent many years writing and recording his own music. He has been truly inspired by the new generation of internet-based music as a medium for the distribution of unsigned musicians.
"Our show is inner space filled with inspirational music, poetry, humour and even the odd word of wisdom”, adds Ben.
John and Ben compile their show in space via a link in Longhope, from a home-based recording studio, where they also write and compose their own rather bizarre brand of music.
So try to stay in tune with “the moon”. You never know, it may just change your life! At least for an hour……
“Like it now, learn to love it later - tune in and break that knob off!”
Sandrine’s Folk Hour
Presenter: Sandrine
Broadcast: 4th Thursday of every month at 7pm, repeated the following Sunday at 10am
Sandrine is a mature student at the University of Gloucestershire studying Radio Production. She is interested in all types of music, but predominantly Folk & Country and also presents a specialist country music programme on the University student radio station.
Every month Sandrine will bring you some of the best folk and roots music from all corners of the globe, as well as keeping up with the local scene. This includes the very best of what’s new, along with plenty of classics! From traditional to contemporary, mainstream to alternative, English, Celtic, North American and World; whatever your tastes there will definitely be something for you to savour, as well as exciting new stuff to discover.
The Swing Shift
Presenter: Gerry Crossman
Broadcast: 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm, repeated the following Sunday at 4pm.
This programme is part of the jazz hour rotation and showcases music from an era when Big bands were king, as well as some great Jumping and Jiving sounds and the coolest vocalists to hit this planet. The sounds are sweet & hot, and the music is for dancer and listener alike.
So roll up your bobby socks, strap on your saddle shoes and put on your zoot suit and join all the hepcats at the Swing Shift.
Blue Front Blues
Presenters: Alan Draisey, John Anderson and Pete Smith
Broadcast: on the third Thursday of the month, 7pm-8pm
An eclectic mix of the best traditional and up-to-the minute acoustic and electric blues.
From field recordings to Nu-Blues, with classic, jump and British blues along the way, we aim to demonstrate the interesting and sometimes surprising variety of African American and White blues - not just those same old tired blues band blues!
Presenters: Alan Draisey, John Anderson and Pete Smith
