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When's the Show!

Posted by: stevesutherland in Untagged  on

Hi

Here's a quick heads up about Sunday's Theme Time Show which will feature a bunch of songs which ask the question: When?

During the show you will encounter:

A song about a famous soul singer

A song by a band named after an illustration in a comic book

A song off an album which was recorded in no less than 19 different studios

A song about what fun it will be when you finally die

A song about the


Win Sweet Billy

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Here's your chance to win a copy of Crown And Treaty, the acclaimed new CD by Sweet Billy Pilgrim.

All you have to do to win this fab prize is answer the following 10 questions correctly and if you're first into the inbox with the right stuff, the CD's yours.

Here goes:

1. Where did Elvis Costello not want to go?

2. Who was the drummer in The White Stripes?

3. Who was the lead singer in the classic


Cotswold Country 19th May 2012

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This week on Cotswold Country we feature an album released in 2006 on the Curb record label .

"If your goin thru hell " by Rodney Atkins was produced in the artists home studio and features some great tracks of classic country co produced by Rodney Atkins and Ted Hewitt .

As usual at around 12.15pm we take our regular weekly look at the USA charts both Mediabase ( radio spins ) and Billboard (


That's An Order!

Posted by: stevesutherland in Untagged  on

Hi

Here's the play list from Sunday's Theme Time Show which featured songs which say "DON'T!"

Elvis Costello And The Attractions: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea

The White Stripes: You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)

The Animals: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Steely Dan: Rikki Don't Lose That Number

Thin Lizzy: Don't Believe A Word

Steppenwolf: Don't Step On The Grass, Sam

Beastie


DON'T!

Posted by: stevesutherland in Untagged  on

Hi

Here's a quick heads up about Sunday's Theme Time Show which will feature loads of songs that say "DON'T!"

During the show you will encounter:

A song partly composed by a very famous singer's brother in law

A song constructed from another song played backwards

A song featuring a drummer who went to jail for murdering his mum

A song composed by a singer while he was recuperating from hepatitus

A song


Cotswold Country 12th May 2012

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Following the special feature last week on a UK based Singer Songwriter Roger Knott we continue the  Unsigned UK artists theme and take a look at a new album from another Singer Songwriter based in the UK .

Grahame Lister an Australian by birth but now based in Essex in the UK is a veteran of the British Pop and Country music scene and his latest album  just released on "Bushranger records "


Shakey!

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Here's the play list from Sunday's Theme Time Show which was full of songs about EXTREME LOVE.

The Kinks: You Really Got Me

Fine Young Cannibals: She Drives Me Crazy

Little Willie John: I'm Shakin'

Jack White: Missing Pieces

Pond: You Broke My Cool

Ike Turner: He Makes Me Holler

The Allman Brothers Band: Whipping Post

Trees: Sally Free And Easy

Big Star: Feel

Peggy Lee: Fever

Mansun: She Makes My Nose


Cotswold Country 5th May 2012

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This week on Cotswold Country we have a very special guest on the telephone from his home in Bedfordshire .

Roger Knott is a UK singer songwriter who has had five albums recorded in Nashville and released in the UK over the last seven years and has been featured three times on Country Radio stations in the USA and local BBC Radio together with various Country and Americana stations throughout


Win Carole King

Posted by: stevesutherland in Untagged  on

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Here's your chance to win a copy of the brand new Carole King CD, The Legendary Demos, which collects together her earliest versions of many of her most famous songs.

All you have to do to win this fab CD is answer the following 10 questions correctly and if you're first into the inbox wioth the right stuff, the booty's yours.

Here we go!

1. Who's the lead singer in Super Furry Animals?

2. What was


Hot Rounds!

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Here's the play list from Sunday's Theme Time Show which, in celebration of Ilmington Primary School's fab Olympic CD, Rings Around The World, was full of songs all about CIRCLES.

The Jam: All Around The World

Vintage Trouble: World's Gonna Have To take A Turn Around

Super Furry Animals: (Drawing) Rings Around The World

Noel Harrison: Windmills Of Your Mind

The Bravery: The Ring Song

Traffic: Here We


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