BBC Radio 2
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Following my run of programmes on the network during Christmas 1996, I began a series of regular shows on 29th March 1997. I broadcast every Saturday evening for three hours from 11pm until 2am, now working with Mark Simpson, a friend and colleague from the GLR days.
I build my programmes at home. I produce a running order and it and the corresponding CD's go into a programme box which I take into the studio with me, so I play all my own CD's and records. I like the programme to have a musical flow (the American 'wave' idea is my template) with segues of maybe two, three or four tracks together. I try to play a lot of different styles and blend each track as seamlessly as possible. I find programme building fabulously enjoyable and rewardingly creative. I spend a lot of time trying to get it right. I don't 'format' the show at all but I do use the Rockdate diary to inject familiarity.
The music is contempory and as diverse and interesting as I can make it. A 'no boundaries' music mix. If you want details of the tracks I'm playing, look up the playlist section on the web site.
Radio 2 is available in stereo to anyone in the UK with Freeview on channel 72, Sky Digital on channel 0102 or Virgin TV on channel 860 or 902
Sessions 2010
Lisa Redford - 27 MarchMakes Your Heart Sing
NY Song
Live Your Life
Music And The Mountains
Paul Brady - 20 MarchMoney To Burn
Lakes Of Ponchartrain
One More Today
Rainbow
Jill Sobule - 6 MarchJet Pack
Palm Springs
Where's Bobby Gentry?
Wendell Lee
Houdini's Box
Among The Oak And Ash - 27 FebruaryHousewife's Lament
The Water Is Wide
Angel Gabriel
Peggy-O
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers - 20 FebruaryGreen And Dumb
Summer Number 39
I Do
Banditos
Jonatha Brooke - 13 February10 Cent Wings
Love Is A Battlefield
Start Again
Safe And Sound
Joan Armatrading - 6 FebruaryMy Baby's Gone
Love And Affection
Heading Back To New York City
This Charming Life
Marcus Bonfanti - 30 JanuaryWhat Good Am I To You
Tweed Blazer
Devil Girl
Give Me Your Cash
Kate Walsh - 23 JanuaryGreatest Love
As He Pleases
The Dark Night
Your Song
Black Joe Lewis - 16 JanuaryBig Booty Woman
Sugarfoot
Somebody Loves Me
Boogie
Low Anthem - 9 JanuaryTo Ohio
This God Damn House
Ticket Taker
Cage The Songbird
Israel Nash Gripka - 2 JanuaryEvening
Let It Go
Don't Run
Pray For Rain
Sessions 2009
Valerie Marshall - 26 DecemberLove's Ghost
Can't Let Go
Diamonds And Pearls
Cupid's Butterfly
Capitol Years - 19 DecemberRolling Hills
Endless Town
You Can Stay There
Revolutions
Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett - 12 DecemberDown On The Farm
Honest Man
Sailin' Shoes
Sam Carter - 5 DecemberBones
Oh Dear, Rue The Day
Yellow Sign
Hired Hands
Alela Diane - 28 NovemberWhite As Diamonds
Dry Grass And Shadows
Tatted Lace
Lady Divine
Thea Gilmore - 21 NovemberThea Gilmore's Winter Toast
Old December
Cold Coming
That'll Be Christmas
Sam Baker - 14 NovemberSigns
Mennonite
Angels
Snow
Tinariwen - 31 OctoberAssuf Ag Assuf
Chabiba
Arawan
Chegret
Imidiwan Afrik Tendam
McIntosh Ross - 24 OctoberA Passing Place
Any Trust I Place In You
Walls
Oh The Dark
Ruby Turner - 17 OctoberI'm Travelling On
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
This Train
Oh Mary Don t You Weep
Portland - 10 OctoberThe Letter
Believe In You
Tonight
Burning Sky
Stephen Dale Petit - 3 OctoberMy Friend Bob
A Better Answer
It's All Good
As The Years Go Passing By
James Grant - 26 SeptemberMy Father's Coat
Strange Flowers
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Sarah Jane Morris - 5 SeptemberIt's A Shame
Never Forget How To Dance
Promised Land
You Know Her
Katy Lied - 22 AugustWhen It Rains
Piece By Piece
Katy Lied
Welcome To The World
Aynsley Lister - 15 AugustSoul
What It's All About
Sugar Low
Crazy
The Whispertown 2000 - 8 AugustOld Times
Erase The Lines
Pushing Oars
Done With Love
Sonny Landreth - 1 AugustSouth Of I-10
Zydeco Shuffle
Blue Tarp Blues
Next Of Kindred Spirit
Fredo Viola - 25 JulyDeath Of A Son
The Sad Song
Robinson Crusoe
Red States
Bex Marshall - 18 JulyBlack Guitar
Too Much Rock 'n' Roll
Dave Matthews - 18 JulyFunny The Way It Is
Lying In The Hand Of God
Bex Marshall - 18 JulyHot Headed Man
Kitchen Table
Dave Matthews - 18 JulyDive In
Andrea Glass - 11 JulyDon't Burn Down The House
The Price
We Could Be Over
Steve Cradock - 4 JulySomething Better
The Apple
Beware Falling Rocks
You Paint Your Picture
Glenn Tilbrook - 27 JuneThrough The Net
Still
Melancholy Emotion
Best Of Times
Steve Forbert - 20 JuneStolen Identity
Blackbird Tune
Sing It Again, My Friend
Hang On Again Til The Sun Shines
Ben Kweller - 13 JuneWantin' Her Again
Fight
Penny On The Train Track
Sawdust Man
Carrie Rodriguez - 6 JuneRag Doll
El Salvador
She Ain't Me
Absence
Jon Allen - 30 MayNew Year's Eve
Young Man Blues
Going Home
Dead Man's Suit
Olympic Symphonium - 23 MayCold And Blue
A Lot To Learn
Pieces
Intentions Alone
Bowmans - 16 MayMake It Last
On The Road
Southern Sky
Nothing Yet
Walter Strauss - 9 MayDustdevil
Djimbaseh
The Spring Song
Ishi
Ben Taylor - 2 MayWicked Way
Dangerous Girl
Turn On The Lights
After It's Over
Martyn Joseph - 25 AprilOn My Way
Some Of Us
Vegas
Lonely Like America
Ella Edmondson - 18 AprilHunger
Hold Your Horses
Sing For You
Capable
Lau - 11 AprilStephen's
The Unquiet Grave
The Master
The Burrian
Eliza Carthy - 4 AprilMohair
Hug Like A Mountain
Two Tears
Mr Magnifico
Hey Negrita - 21 MarchNine To Five
Fishin'
Room Service
The Last Thing That I Do
Greg Pearle and John Illsley - 14 MarchLoving You
Love Let Me Breathe
Demons
Romeo and Juliet
Mawkin Causley - 7 MarchThe Greenlander
George's Son
The Jolly Broom Man
Lost Brothers - 28 FebruaryAngry At The Sun
Last Day On The Job
Fallen
Ribbons And Bows
Who Could Love You More
Nitin Sawhney - 21 FebruaryLetting Go
Shadowlands
My Soul
October Daze
Noches En Vela
Jonatha Brooke - 14 FebruaryMadonna On The Curb
All You Gotta Do Is Touch Me
Sweetest Angel
A Taste Of Danger
You Ought To Be Satisfied Now
Tift Merritt - 7 FebruaryAnother Country
Broken
I Know What I'm Looking For
Bar With A TV On
Keep You Happy
Rosabella Gregory - 31 January
Fake Lazy Supernovas - 24 JanuaryGolden Boy
Cara Dillon - 17 JanuaryJimmy Mo Mhile Stor
The Parting Glass
The Verdant Braes Of Skreen
P Stands For Paddy (Lament for Johnny)
Chris While and Julie Matthews - 10 JanuarySingle Act Of Kindness
Shadow Of My Former Self
Welcome To Your Life
Together Alone
Joe Brown - 3 JanuaryStay Young
I'll See You In My Dreams
Long Gone
Killing The Blues
Sessions 2008
Richard Thompson - 27 DecemberSo Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo
A Hunting The Wren
Oops!... I Did It Again
See My Friends
Calexico - 20 DecemberSlowness
Victor Jara's Hands
Two Silver Trees
House Of Valparaiso
Steve Tilston - 13 DecemberGoodbye Madam Muse
Speaking In Tongues
Life By Misadventure
The Road When I Was Young
Josh Rouse - 6 DecemberWinter In The Hamptons
My Love Is Gone
1972
Lemon Tree
Southside Johnny - 29 NovemberTango Till They're Sore
I Don't Want To Go Home
Bryan Adams - 29 NovemberWalk On By
The Way Of The World
Southside Johnny - 29 NovemberTired Skin
Bryan Adams - 29 NovemberTonight We Have The Stars
House Arrest
Fleet Foxes - 22 NovemberBlue Ridge Mountain
Mykonos
Your Protector
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Nell Bryden - 15 NovemberHelen's Requiem
Goodbye
Second Time Around
Tonight
Marillion - 1 NovemberThis Train Is My Life
Whatever Is Wrong With You
This Is The 21st Century
80 Days
Tom Russell - 25 OctoberBig Water
Luke Doucet - 25 OctoberThe Day Rick Danko Died
Tom Russell - 25 OctoberWho's Gonna Build Your Wall
Stealing Electricity
Luke Doucet - 25 OctoberLong Haul Driver
It's Not The Liquor I Miss
Tom Russell - 25 OctoberGuadeloupe
Luke Doucet - 25 OctoberBlood's Too Rich
Julie Fowlis - 18 OctoberBiodh An Deoch Seo 'n Laimh Mo Ruin
Lon-dubh/Blackbird
Hug Air A Bhonald Mhoir
Turas San Lochmor
Annie Keating - 11 OctoberFor The Taking
Belmont
On The Road By Ten
It Already Hurts When You Leave
Walter Trout - 4 OctoberThe Next Big Thing
Welcome To The Human Race
In My Mind
Sanjay
A Matter Of The Heart
Angie Palmer - 27 SeptemberNightsong
If I Was
Fiery Lake
Hey Lazarus
Gougers - 20 SeptemberEverybody Knows
To Mock A Killing Bird
Eileen Rose - 13 September$20 Shoes
Trying To Lose You
Sad Ride Home
All Those Pretty Things
Fraser Anderson - 6 SeptemberPhotograph
I Hope I'm Alive
Rag and Bones
Grace
Aimee Mann - 23 AugustFreeway
Phoenix
31 Today
Borrowing Time
Kate Rogers - 16 AugustStealing From You
Wowbox
Go
St Eustacia
Teddy Thompson - 9 AugustDon't Know What I Was Thinking
In My Arms
Where To Go From Here
Jonathan's Book
Jim Moray - 2 AugustThree Black Feathers
Leaving Australia
The Rufford Park Poachers
The Wild Boar
Justin Townes Earle - 26 JulyHard Livin'
Lone Pine Hill
South Georgia Sugar Babe
I Don't Care
Turn Out My Lights
Emily Smith - 19 JulySunset Hymn
May Colven
Come Home Pretty Bird
The Mermaid Of Galloway
Caledonia
Cath and Phil Tyler - 12 JulyWater Is Wide
Queen Sally
Wether's Skin
False True Love
Ben Harper - 5 JulyWaiting For You
Lifeline
Fight Outta You
There Will Be A Light
Eric Bibb - 21 JuneRiver Blues
Pockets
In My Father's House
Get Onboard
Spirit I Am
Thea Gilmore - 7 JuneRosie
Old Soul
The Lower Road
Breathe
Andy Fairweather Low - 31 MayHymn 4 My Soul
I Don't Need
Wide Eyed And Legless
Ashes And Diamonds
Kim Richey - 24 MayTurn Me
Drift
The Absence Of Your Company
Chinese Boxes
Every River
Fish - 17 May13th Star
Arc of the Curve
Zoe 25
Danny and the Champions of the World - 10 MayI Still Believe
The Truest Kind
Shadow Of The Wolf
The Red Tree Song
Heidi Talbot - 3 MayEverything
When They Ring The Golden Bells
If You Stay
Time
Bedlam Boys
Pete Molinari - 26 AprilAdelaine
It Came Out Of The Wilderness
God Damn Lonesome Blues
A Virtual Landslide
Yoriyos - 12 AprilThe Pied Piper
Endoscopises
Love At The Gates Of Dawn
(unnamed song)
Corinne West - 5 AprilAmelia
Second Sight
Cabin Door
Gandy Dancer
Morcheeba - 15 MarchAu Dela
Run Honey Run
Gain The World
Enjoy The Ride
Ruth Notman - 8 MarchLimbo
Fause Fause
Heather Down The Moor
Billy Don't You Weep For Me
The Gathering of... - 1 MarchDon't Make Me Old Before My Time
Meet Me On The Corner
Fire On The Line
False Hands
Storys - 23 FebruaryBe By Your Side
Jingle
Long Hard Road
Town Beyond The Trees
It's All We Really Need
Oh Laura - 9 FebruaryIt Ain't Enough
Mess You Left Behind
Release Me
Black N' Blue
Josh Ritter - 2 FebruaryThe Temptation Of Adam
Empty Hearts
Rumours
To The Dogs Or Whoever
Stewboss - 26 JanuaryFill Station
Swing That Axe
Always How It Starts
Steve Forbert - 19 JanuaryThirty More Years
What Kind Of Guy
Middle Age
Thinking
Paul Carrack - 12 JanuaryLove Will Keep Us Alive
How Long
Running Out Of Time
Raining, Raining
Satisfy My Soul
Dennis Locorriere - 5 JanuaryI'm Impressed With Myself
Unchain My Heart
Dance On Daddy's Feet
Shine Son
Sessions 2007
Beth Rowley - 22 DecemberOh My Life
Sweet Hours
Only One Cloud
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Peter Von Poehl - 8 DecemberStory Of The Impossible
Dion - 1 DecemberSon Of Skip James
Baby I'm In The Mood
And The Night Stood Still
Nadine
Joe Bonamassa - 4 AugustWoke Up Dreaming
Sloe Gin
You Upset Me
High Water Everywhere
Martyn Joseph - 28 JulySome Of us
Gary Fletcher - 28 JulyMay You Now Find Peace
Martyn Joseph - 28 JulyProud Valley Boy
Turn Me Tender
Gary Fletcher - 28 JulyPayback
A Lie Is A Lie
Martyn Joseph - 28 JulyKindness
Stephanie Dosen - 21 JulyDaydreamers
This Joy
Somerset
A Lily For The Spectre
Tia McGraff - 14 JulyI Can't Quit
Oughta Be Rock
Second Chance
Hope Is Everything
Sunny Sweeney - 7 JulyLavender Blue
16th Avenue
Next Big Nothing
Band Of Gold
Yvonne Lyon - 30 JuneColours
Come
Everything's Fine
Jackie Leven - 23 JuneKings Of Infinite Space
One Man One Guitar
Blues Run The Game
Anaïs Mitchell - 16 JuneOld Fashioned Hat
Before The Eyes Of Storytelling Girls
Behind The Wall (Hades Town)
Ron Sexsmith - 9 JuneSecret Heart
Never Give Up
Blue Rodeo - 9 JuneWhat Am I Doing Here?
Ron Sexsmith - 9 JuneNot About To Lose
These Days
Blue Rodeo - 9 JuneBad Timing
Wire Daisies - 2 JuneTime Will Tell
Come Home Safely
Let Me Love You
Rocket Girl
Megson - 26 MayI Lied
Smoke Of Home
Follow It On
Butternut Hill
Sue Foley - 12 MayTwo Moons Gone
Jesse Malin - 12 MayBroken Radio
Aftermath
Sue Foley - 12 MaySo Far
Jesse Malin - 12 MayDon't Let Them Take You Down
Lucinda
Sue Foley - 12 MayDown The Big Road Blues
Joan Armatrading - 5 MayInto The Blues
All The Way From America
Tall In The Saddle
Something's Gotta Blow
Love And Affection
Empty Highway
Woman In Love
Martha Tilston - 28 AprilFalcon
Artificial
Winter Flowers
Marillion - 21 AprilNeverland
Fantastic Place
Thank You Whoever You Are
Somewhere Else
The Last Century For Man
Afraid Of Sunlight
Show Of Hands - 14 AprilUndertow
Roots
Country Life
Are We Alright?
Draytones - 7 AprilTime
Keep Loving Me
Out Of This World
Scott Matthews - 31 MarchDream Song
Passing Stranger
Eyes Wider Than Before
Aynsley Lister - 24 MarchGet Away
Rain
Disorderly Me
Endrick Brothers - 17 MarchQueen Of The Summer
Beautiful Rejection
Thorns On Every Rose
Loser's Excuse
Justin Rutledge - 10 MarchI'm Your Man, You're My Radio
Does It Make You Rain?
Come Summertime
David Celia - 3 MarchBest Thing Ever
I Found You
Evidently True
Infinity
Tunng - 24 FebruaryFair Doreen/Stories
Jenny Again
It's Because...We've Got Her
Woodcat
Rebecca Worthley - 17 FebruaryConsumed
Castles
Coming Home
Myths Of Competition
Thea Gilmore - 10 FebruaryAre You Ready?
Roman Candle - 10 FebruaryModern Radio
Thea Gilmore - 10 FebruaryDecember In New York
Sugar
Roman Candle - 10 FebruaryWinterlight
Thea Gilmore - 10 FebruaryTeacher, Teacher
Roman Candle - 10 FebruaryWish I Was In New York
Thea Gilmore - 10 FebruaryLip Reading
Roman Candle - 10 FebruarySomething Left To Say
Kris Drever - 3 FebruarySteel And Stone
Poor Man's Son
Navigator
Harvest Gypsies
Bruce Cockburn - 27 JanuaryWhen You Give It Away
Open
Life Short Call Now
Angie Palmer - 13 JanuaryThe Ballad Of John Henry
Fool's Gold
Premonition Blues
Michelangelo
Jon Redfern - 6 JanuaryI'm Still Young
Can't Take The Heat
I Love The Sun
Sessions 2006
Lisa Redford - 23 DecemberDon't Tell Me
Lost Again
Wildfire
You Will Know
Brian Houston - 9 DecemberThese Days
Childish Things
Christmas Day
Red Badge Of Courage
Sugar Queen
Derrin Nauendorf - 25 NovemberShipwrecked
Queensland
Universe Demands
Shatter Like Stars
David Kitt - 18 NovemberSleep
What I Ask
Saturdays
Guilty Prayers Pointless Ends
Sessions 2005
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnnie Irion - 19 MarchIn Lieu Of Flowers
Exploration
Sessions 2004
Anne McCue - 20 MarchMy Only One
I Want You Back
Tiny Little Song
Sessions 2003
Gretchen Peters - 8 NovemberThe Secret Of Life
On A Bus To St. Cloud
Don't Cry A Tear For Me
