Today I spoke to a very brave lady Aimee Picton.

https://www.facebook.com/aims.picton1

Alan from St Francis Hospice chatting about Frankies Classic Car And Bike Fest

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Today we had another chat with Jane from St Francis Hospice

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Today we had our regular chat with Jane from St Francis Hospice

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Today we had out regular chat with St Francis Hospice, This time Claire popped in for a chat.

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We welcomed Animal Communicator and Apprentice Holistic Health Practitioner Ruth Bradshaw to the station today.

Ruth talked about how animals really can communicate and how you can understand them better. You can hear the interview again here:

You can find more about Talk To All Animals on their Facebook page.

Today I chatted to Helen from Walk On The Single Side about her group.

www.walk-on-a-single-side.org.uk

Today it is Time To Talk Day, and the first chat today was with Rhianna and James.

Today we had our regular chat with Jane from St Francis Hospice about their upcoming events.

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Today we had a quick chat with a regular visitor to the station, Lisa from the Pandemonium Theatre Company about her new play.

Today we spoke with Anita from St Francis Hospice about their upcoming events for this year.

Today we had our monthly catch up chat with Jane from St Francis Hospice.

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Today we had out monthly chat with Jane from St Francis Hospice

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Today we had our monthly chat with Jane from St Francis Hospice.

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Today I spoke to Tim Murphy from the Renegade Theatre Company

Box Office Number 01277 200305

www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/141103

Today we had a surprise visit from Jane from St Francis Hospice to tell us how they got on at a local event.

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Today I interviewed Emily from “Stand Up To Cancer” about their upcoming Abseil

Today we had out monthly catchup with Claire from St Francis Hospice

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Today we had our regular chat with St Francis Hospice this time with Jane.

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Today I spoke to Alan Mason the organiser of Frankies Classic Car & Bike Fest

For more details click HERE

Today I spoke to Lisa from the Pandamonium Theatre Company about their new play “The Tempest”

13th August Terrace Garden at Ingatestone Hall.

More details HERE

Today we had out regular chat with Alan the editor from the Brentwood Gazette.

Checkout all the stories HERE

Today we had our monthly chat with Claire from St Francis Hospice

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Today we spoke to the organiser of the Brentwood Festival about what we should expect from this years festival.

www.brentwoodfestival.co.uk

Today we had our weekly chat with Alan the Editor of the Brentwood Gazette.

Alan Woods from The Brentwood Gazette

Today we spoke to Peter Stremes about whats coming up this year with St Francis Hospice.

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Today we had out weekly chat with Alan Woods the editor of the Brentwood Gazette.

Today we had out monthly chat with Peter Stremes from St Francis Hospice.

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Today I spoke to Jack Baxter about his world record attempt and his London marathon entry

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Today we had our monthly chat with Peter Stremes from St Francis Hospice

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Today I had the pleasure of talking to David Hamilton about a gig he is doing in the Towngate Theatre basildon.

Today we had our regular chat with Peter Stremes from St Francis Hospice about the amazing work they are doing.

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So this is going to be the Top Ten From When today.

1 Boy George – Everything I own

2 Mel & Kim – Respectable

3 Ben E King – Stand By Me

4 Jackie Wilson – I Get The Sweetest Feeling

5 Mental as Anything – Live It Up

6 Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender

7 Percy Sledge – When A Man Loves A Woman

8 Man 2 Man Meets Man Parish – Male Stripper

9 Alison Moyet – Weak In The Presence Of Beauty

10 Jets – Crush On You

But whats the month and year?
I’ll tell you after 9am

Today we had our regular chat with Peter Stremes from St Francis Hospice about the amazing work they are doing.

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Today I spoke to the Fitness In Mind team about Time To Talk Day.

Today we had our monthly catch up with Peter stremes from St Francis Hospice.

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So this is going to be the Top Ten From When today.

1 UB40 – Red Red Wine

2 Culture Club – Karma Chamelion

3 Peobo Bryson & Roberta Flack – Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You

4 Madness – Wings Of A Dove

5 Genesis – Mama

6 KC And The Sunshine Band – What Am I Gonna Do

7 Rod Stewart – What Am I Gonna Do

8 Modern Romance – Walking In The rain

9 Paul Young – Come Back And Stay

10 Ryan Paris – Dolce Vita

But whats the month and year?
I’ll tell you after 9am

Today we spoke to Peter from St Francis Hospice about the upcoming events he has planned.

Today I had a great chat with Luke from Business Biscotti

Click here to listen again:

Billericay Community Cinema is a new volunteer-led, not-for-profit community cinema, run by a group of volunteers who want to give something back to Billericay.

Adam Adshead and Emma Neppl came in to talk to Greg Dukeson to talk about the new project, how viewers can shape decisions on which films will be screened – and how much money they can save by avoiding the multiplexes!

You can keep up to date with which films will be screened on their official website and Facebook pages.

So this is going to be the Top Ten From When today.

1 Wet Wet WEt – With a Little Help from my Friends

2 The Timelords – Doctorin the House

3 Bros – I Owe you Nothing

4 Kylie Minogue – Got to be Certain

5 Desireless – Voyage Voyage

6 Aztec Camera – Somewhere in my Heart

7 Maxi Priest – Wild World

8 Fat Boys and Chubby Checker – The Twist

9 Belinds Carlisle – Circle in the Sand

10 Fairground Attraction – Perfect

But whats the month and year?
I’ll tell you after 9am

So this is going to be the Top Ten From When today.

1 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax

2 Queen – Radio Ga Ga

3 Cyndie Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

4 Thompson Twins – Doctor Doctor

5 Nena – 99 Red Balloons

6 Matthew Winder – Break My Stride

7 Joe Fagin – Thats Livin Alright

8 Madonna – Holiday

9 Nik Kershaw – Wouldnt It Be Good

10 Duran Duran – New Moon on Monday

But whats the month and year?
I’ll tell you after 9am

So this is going to be the Top Ten From When today.

1 Art Garfunkel – Bright Eyes

2 M – Pop Muzik

3 Blondie – Sunday Girl

4 Boney M – Hooray its a Holiday

5 Bryan Ferry – Dance Away

6 Abba – Does Your Mother Know

7 Peaches and Herb – Reunited

8 Racey – Some Girls

9 Amii Stewart – Knock on Wood

10 Eruption – One Way Ticket

But whats the month and year?
I’ll tell you after 9am

Today we had our monthly chat to Peter Stremes about what St Francis Hospice is up to.

Checkout the St Francis Hospice website HERE

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing a fascinating man – BBC Springwatch’s Iolo Williams.

Iolo will be visiting the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch on 23 August to present a fascinating wildlife show.

If you would like to go and see Iolo call the Queens on 01708 443333 or click HERE.

So this is going to be the Top Ten From When today.

1 Paper Lace – Billy Dont Be A Hero
2 Alvin Stardust – Jealous Mind
3 Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
4 Suzi Quatro-Devil gate drive
5 Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl
6 ringo starr-your sixteen
7 Bay City Rollers – Remember
8 Elton John – Candle In The Wind
9 Barry White – Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up
10 David Bowie – Rebel Rebel

But whats the month and year?
I’ll tell you after 9am

Today we had our monthly update from Peter Stremes from St Francis Hospice

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Today we had our monthly chat with Peter Stremes from St Francis Hospice

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Today I spoke to Alan Mason, one of the volunteers at Saint Francis Hospice, about a fantastic day out in September.

You can hear more about it here:

Find out more about the Car Fest Here

Today we had Greg on the show, Greg is from Bennetts Funeral Service and came in to talk about a charity event happening soon.

Today on the Breakfast Show I spoke to Tracy Cunningham the Manager of the Day Therapy Unit at St Francis Hospice about Dying Matters Week.

Check out the website here www.sfh.org.uk

Peter Stremes from Saint Francis Hospice came in to chat about the latest fundraising news and events.

You can hear it all again here:

Joe and Reece from Basildon based band Courts joined me live in the studio this morning to chat about their new single, Part Of, because it’s my Track of the Week.

Listen back to us having a chat here:

Listen to Part Of below:

https://soundcloud.com/courts/part-of

Joined in the studio this morning by singer-songwriter Adam Wedd and his tuba player Nat.

Listen back to our chat below:

Adam Wedd – Bare Necessities

Adam Wedd – Fight Fear With Faith

Adam Wedd – Orbit 

For more about Adam’s music visit his website www.adamwedd.com

Louise Smith was live in the studio this morning because her record Speak My Mind has been my Track of the Week. As well as having a chat, Louise also performed Speak My Mind live.

Listen back to our chat and the live performance below:

Listen back to the live performance of Speak My Mind below:

Download Louise’s EP here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/louise-smith-ep/id969596399

Peter from Saint Francis Hospice joined me in the studio to give us a run down of their forthcoming events.

Listen back below:

It was great to have another chat with Hannah Symons on the show this morning. We talked about The Voice and her new single Deeper with production duo Solsine.

Listen back below:

Watch Hannah take part in The Voice battles tomorrow night on BBC One from 7pm.

On the show this morning Brooklyn and Hollie Barrie popped back into the studio to chat all things Voice battles and played a round of ‘Dope or Nope’ which was all about their coach will.iam. Oh, and of course Madonna falling over was mentioned.

Listen back here:

The Voice Battles begin Saturday from 7pm on BBC One.

On the show this morning I was joined live in the studio Megan Clark, who is appearing on the current series of Ex on the Beach.

We chatted about all things Ex on the Beach and did a TOWIE screen test.

Listen back below:

Ex on the Beach is on MTV Tuesday evenings from 10pm.

Local singer Lauren Mason joined me live in the studio last week to chat about her track ‘Ghosts’ with HigherSelf, as it was my Track of the Week.

Listen back to the interview here:

Listen to Ghosts below:

Ghosts is released on the 29th March.

Local singer-songwriter Aaron Floyd joined me live in the studio on Wednesday morning this week. We had a chat and you can hear that below:

Here’s Aaron singing ‘Thinking Out Loud’ by some guy called Ed Sheeran:

Find out more about Aaron by visiting his website… www.aaronfloydmusic.co.uk

Billericay’s Hollie Barrie joined me live in the studio this morning to chat about being a contestant on the current series of The Voice. Hollie also played the first and last edition of ‘Pitbull or Just A Load Of Bull’.

Listen back below:

Last week it was announced Alex Lynn is going to be a development driver for Williams, alongside driving for DAMS in GP2. I had a catch up with Alex from his training camp in Spain about this and other things.

Listen back below:

Former Apprentice contestant Daniel Lassman joined me live in the studio this morning.

Listen back here:

Local singer/songwriter Sam Reck joined me live in the studio this morning to have a chat because his song ‘Strawberry Kiss’ is my Track of the Week.

Listen back below:

Listen to ‘Strawberry Kiss’ here:

On this morning’s show I had a chat with Hannah Symons, who is a contestant on the current series of The Voice. We chatted about what life has been like since her blind audition was televised, working with Rudimental and most importantly what we both order at Nandos.

Listen back below:

Joined in the studio this morning by Mark Abery, who is the founder of Soccer Six. He chatted about the forthcoming Dunk ‘n’ Funk event coming to the Brentwood Centre on Sunday 8trh February.

Listen back below:

Tickets and the full line up can be found here:

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/soccer-six-presents-dunknfunk-celebrity-basketball-tickets-14729328819

Actor and comedian Ethan Lawrence joined me for the final hour of this mornings show. We chatted about Bad Education, Friday Download movie, Ethan’s school days and Ethan achieved a career high by turning some Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull lyrics into a monologue.

Listen back below:

As soon as you hear that DJ Fresh has teamed up with Ella Eyre for a new song, you know it’s going to be good.

They’ve made a song called ‘Gravity’ and your going to hear it on the show every morning this week.

Check out the video here:

Gravity is released on the 8th February.

Chairman of Chelmsford City Race Course Joe Scanlon joined spoke to me on the show this morning ahead of their launch on Sunday. Includes some very average horse puns that Joe didn’t seem keen on :/

Listen back here:

Peter from Saint Francis Hospice joined me live in the studio this morning to give us a rundown of their forthcoming events.

Listen back below:

Below are the discounts Saint Francis Hospice are offering in January:

£2 off the Star Walk (£10 per person)

20% off the Big Yellow Quiz (£8 per person)

10% off Mud n Madness (£45 per person)

10% off an Audience with Elvis (£31.50 per person)

For any more information, visit their website www.sfh.org.uk

Local songwriter, recording musician & co-producer Jaidon Kent joined me live in the studio this morning to chat about his new project, the JK Collective.

The first single, ‘Same’ featuring Sarah de Warren, has just been released online and you will hear it on the show every single morning this week as it’s Track of the Week.

Oh, and naturally we also talked about cab drivers being idiots.

Listen back to my chat with Jaidon below:

Listen to ‘Same’ here:

On the show this morning myself and Chris Hood discussed Christmas present reactions, in particular, a young girls reaction to finding out she got One Direction tickets.

Listen back here:

I had a catch up with Joe Swash backstage at the Harlow Playhouse, where he is playing the role of Buttons in Cinderella.

Listen back to our chat below:

On the show this morning, I welcomed back X Factor contestant Stevi Ritchie.

We had a catch up about what he’s been up to since his last visit, the forthcoming X Factor tour and played a festive game called ‘Stuffing Stevi’.

Listen back below:

You may have read in the news last week about a man dressed as a chicken standing outside Shenfield rail station holding up a sign saying ‘Are you fed up with Greater Anglia too?’.

That man is called Colin and he was deployed via The Quiet Riots App. Colin joined me in the studio this morning to talk about it all.

Listen back below:

You can download the Quiet Riots App by clicking here

There’s nothing more depressing than seeing someone else your own age making incredible music. whilst all your doing is playing it. At the age of 18, Holly Fletcher is the focus of a lot of online hype with her track ‘Falling Short’.

It’s available to buy now and is part of her forthcoming four track EP titled ‘Understudy’, which is released on the 5th January.

Listen to ‘Falling Short’ below:

Local singer-songwriter Kieran Eldridge visited the Phoenix FM studios to perform a live session.

Listen back to the two live tracks below:

Heart In Mine

Wonderwall (Oasis Cover)

It was a great to be joined on the show this morning by GP3 Series champion Alex Lynn.

We talked about his success last season, what music he listens to before a big race and looked ahead to next season.

Listen back to our chat below:

Thanks to Alex for coming on the show!

Callum Burrows, better known as Saint Raymond, recently supported Ed Sheeran on his ‘Multiply’ tour so he’s doing alright for himself.

He filmed some pretty good tour diaries which you can watch on his YouTube channel by clicking on these words your reading right now.

Saint Raymond is back on tour next February.

Anyway, I’ve still not got to the fact that his new single ‘Fall At Your Feet’ is my Track of the Week and you can listen to it here:

Peter from Saint Francis Hospice was live in the studio this morning to give us a rundown about their forthcoming events. Peter discussed; the Santathon, Carol Concerts, Mud ‘n’ Madness, a Dogs Night, the Brentwood Half Marathon and an Elvis Tribute night.

Listen back to Peter talking below:

For more information regarding any of these events click here to visit the Saint Francis Hospice website.

On this morning’s show I was joined live in the studio by Jon Morter.

You may recognise his name because Jon was one of the people involved with the campaign to get Rage Against The Machine to Christmas number one ahead of Joe McElderry in 2009 and he also was involved with The Justice Collective’s track ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’, which got to Christmas number one in 2012.

This year Jon is at it again as he’s involved with promoting The Peace Collective, who have recorded their own version of ‘All Together Now’. Artists on the track include; Clean Bandit, The Proclaimers, Gabrielle, Alexandra Burke and Gorgon City.

Listen back to my chat with Jon below:

To pre-order ‘All Together Now’ text GET PEACE to 84222. It’s released on the 14th December.

Apparently Karen Harding was an X Factor contestant in 2013, where she made it to the boot camp stage. I’m sure I’m not the only one who didn’t know this and to be honest who cares about that fact anymore.

Anyway, since then she’s clearly gone away and has now appeared again with a very good pop/house record. To be honest, as soon as I read it was written and produced by MNEK, I knew it wasn’t going to disappoint.

The 22 year old has said, “I want to bring what Whitney Houston brought to 80’s and 90’s R&B to house”. She’s heading in the right direction to achieving this optimistic aim with the song ‘Say Something’.

Zac Samuel has done a remix of the track which is well worth listening to as well.

Have a listen below:

Fresh from the X Factor, Colchester’s Stevi Ritchie was my co-host on this morning’s show.

We chatted about his time on the show, Chloe Jasmine, The Richettes, honey on his chest and made him play his own game The Street Quiz!

Listen back below:

Morning!

It was a pleasure to be joined by Sharon Alford on the show this morning to chat about Soundstock Festival.

It’s a new music and comedy festival coming to Roxwell next year at the start of May (Saturday 2nd – Sunday 3rd).

Tickets are now on sale here.

Listen back to my chat with Sharon below:

The new single from Youth Club is my Track of the Week.

You may recognise the name Youth Club, as they stormed the charts earlier this year with their Colours EP, which reached number 7 in the ITunes download Alternative Chart.

I first heard ‘People’ when they performed it at this years Flag Factory Festival. You can download it right now, as well as pre-ordering their forthcoming Brothers EP which is released on the 1st February 2015.

Shout out to the dog in the video. Top work by that dog. Oh and the bit where they run round a supermarket is quite good.

Listen to ‘People’ below:

Hello!

Essex YouTube stars Niki ‘n’ Sammy co-hosted the final hour of The Phoenix FM Breakfast Show!

Listen back to it here:

Thanks to everyone who tweeted throughout the hour and to Jemma, Sophie and Rachael for chatting on the phone!

As he was my ‘Track of the Week’ artist, local singer-songwriter Charlie Wallis joined me live in the studio to perform his song ‘Concave’ and also did an R&B mash up! You can listen back to the session below: Concave

R&B Mash Up

Morning!

On this morning’s show I had a catch up with Brentwood Olympic swimmer Roberto Pavoni about the recent news that he has lost his funding from British Swimming.

Listen back to our chat below:

Thanks to Roberto for his time!

Morning!

Peter from Saint Francis Hospice joined me on the show this morning to give us an update about their forthcoming events.

Listen back to my chat with Peter here:

Events Recap

18th November – Annual Conference.

22nd November – Christmas Market.

7th December – Santathon.

7th December – Lighting up a Life Event.

13th March 2015 – Elvis Tribute Night.

Details of these events can be heard by listening to Peter talking above.

Morning!

On the show this morning singer-songwriter Raye popped into the studio because her record ‘Hotbox’ is my ‘Track of the Week’.

You can listen back to our chat below:

Listen to ‘Hotbox’ here:

Thanks to Raye for coming on the show!

Hello!

It was great to welcome back Essex lad James Graham to the show! I had a catch up with him over the phone about the live shows so far and to get his thoughts ahead of the weekend, where one act will be eliminated after just 10 minutes of voting on the Saturday night!

Listen back to our chat below:

Stereo Kicks will be performing Everybody by Backstreet Boy’s tomorrow night!

Hello!

My ‘Track of the Week’ this week comes from the band Years & Years. The trio are frontman Olly, Michael and Emre.

‘Desire’ follows previous singles ‘Real’ and ‘Take Shelter’ which were equally brilliant and is released on November 23rd.

Recently they have supported Sam Smith on his UK headline tour and are also set to appear on Jools Holland this week.

Listen to ‘Desire’ below:

On this morning’s show I caught up with mind reader Alex McAleer about ‘The Champions of Magic’ tour he’s part of.

Alex will be performing alongside; Young & Strange, Michael Vincent and Ben Hart at The Mercury Theatre in Colchester this Saturday and then Alex will also be performing at The Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch on Friday 21st November alongside; Young & Strange, Fay Presto and Edward Hilsum.

Listen back to my chat with Alex below:

Thanks to Alex for having a chat!

Hello!

Brand new ‘Track of the Week’ for you. This week I’ve chosen Shura’s new track ‘Indecision’ to play on the show every morning. If you haven’t heard them, it’s also  worthwhile checking out her tracks ‘Touch’ and ‘Just Once’ and she’s also recently done a remix of Jessie Ware’s ‘Say You Love Me’. Expect to hear a lot more from Shura in the near future as she will probably appear on a lot of those ‘Sound of 2015’ lists.

Listen to Indecision here:

Due to the awful news this week that Bob the Builders face has been changed, I quizzed Jess on The Phoenix FM Breakfast Show about some classic theme tunes from kids TV shows.

SHOCKING NEWS WARNING: Does include Jess admitting she has never watched Blue Peter.

Have a listen back below:

Hello!

I found a list on Buzz Feed to do with Essex. I enjoyed reading it so I chatted about on the show this morning. You can listen back to it below:

Morning!

New week, new track of the week on the show. I’ve chosen Pharrell’s new single ‘Gust of Wind’ to play on the show every morning this week. It’s one of my favourites from his album ‘GIRL’. Pharrell has teamed up with Daft Punk once again for this track. You may have seen him perform this song on yesterday’s X Factor.

Watch the video for ‘Gust of Wind’ below:

Hey!

It was great to welcome back X Factor contestant Lauren Platt to the show. She previously visited the studio after we saw her room audition on the show. You can listen back to that by clicking here.

On Sunday evening, it was revealed at Cheryl’s judges houses that Lauren has made it through to the live shows which start on Saturday. I had a catch up on the phone with Lauren about reaching the live shows. Listen to our chat below:

Best of luck to Lauren for the competition and I’m sure you will be hearing more from her on the show in the near future!

Morning!

It was a pleasure to be joined by Barry Hearn on the show today. As ever, there was never enough time to cover everything, however, we did cover the latest situation at Leyton Orient, Boxing, Snooker, Darts and Fishing.

Listen back to our chat below:

On this morning’s show, Peter from Saint Francis Hospice joined me live in the studio to give us an update of what they are up to over the next month. The main event happening is Hospice Care Week.

Peter has summarised what we talked about below:

Monday 6^th October – Friday 10^th October is Hospice Care Week.

Hospice Care Week is a chance for all of the hospices in the UK to join together and promote the work they do and raise awareness of hospice care.

This year the week will focus on the many ways and places that hospice care is provided. It’s summed up by this year’s slogan: Hospice care everywhere! At Saint Francis Hospice, 85% of the patients we care for are looked after in their own home or care home.

During the week Saint Francis Hospice will have information stands at King George’s Hospital, Goodmayes, on Wednesday 8th October and Queen’s Hospital, Romford, on Thursday 9th October and will also be holding a special bumper prize of £10,000 in their lottery draw to be made on Friday October 10^th.

Also one supporter, Mark Cole, from Upminster, will be running heritage buses through Havering on Saturday 11^th. They will run usual bus routes but instead of a charge to use them they will be asking for voluntary donations to Saint Francis Hospice.

Details for all of these events is on www.sfh.org.uk

Morning!

It was great to have a chat on the phone with comedian James Acaster this morning. We chatted about Sam Pepper, Kettering, our top three lads and most importantly his comedy of course.

Listen back to our chat below:

James is bringing his ‘Recognise’ tour to The Dixon Studio this Friday 3rd October. You can get tickets by calling 01702351135.

Hello!

Another really fun show this morning as I was joined live in the studio by James Graham from Bicknacre, who is one of this year’s X factor contestants. We chatted about his room and arena auditions which have been on the TV and also his forthcoming experience of boot camp. James also took part in my quiz ‘Judge the Judges’.

Click below to listen back to the chat and quiz:

Thanks to James for popping in this morning and the show is officially now #TEAMGRAHAM and remains #TEAMPLATT!

Hello!

It was great to chat on the phone to Joe from Youth Club about their performance at Flag Factory Festival earlier. The band are on stage Friday evening at 8:45pm. We also chatted about the success of their debut EP ‘Colours’ and when we can expect new material from the chaps.

Click below to listen back to our chat:

Hello!

Really fun show this morning as I was joined in the studio by Lauren Platt from Billericay, who is one of this years X factor contestants. We had a great chat about her first room audition, which included Simon Cowell saying “I think we may have found someone special with you. I’m going to remember this name. 100% Yes”. After the interview, we did a quiz to find out which X Factor judge Lauren would be (sadly it wasn’t Louis).

Listen back to our chat and the quiz below:

Thanks to Lauren for popping into the studio this morning and the show is now officially #TEAMPLATT for this years X Factor!

Guest in the studio this morning was Dean Suett from Wing Chun school in Hackney. The Wing Chun School Kung Fu, for the purpose of Self Defence and Health & Vitality, is based on the Yip Man Wing Chun Kung Fu system through the lineage direct from Grand Master Ip Ching. They have Wing Chun schools covering East, West, North, South, Central and Greater London, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norway. All classes & private lessons are supervised by qualified Instructors with years of experience, and Dean starts a new class for children on September the 15th with an open day this Saturday (6th). Listen to Dean again below and for any further information head to their website www.thewingchunschool.co.uk/

Hello!

My ‘Track of the Week’ on the show this week is the anthem that is Changing by Sigma featuring Paloma Faith. You may recognise Sigma for their previous number one ‘Nobody To Love’ from April this year. The song is co-written by Ella Eyre and will be released on the 14th September.

Listen below:

Good Morning!

On this morning’s show Alex and Sean from local band The Shermans joined me in the studio to chat about their forthcoming Flag Factory Festival performance and Alex taught me to play the drums!

Listen back to my first ever drum lesson below…

The Shermans play Flag Factory Festival Friday 12th September, with their DJ support coming from James Buckley, aka, Jay from The Inbetweeners!

Listen to their latest track ‘Hurricane’ below:

https://soundcloud.com/theshermans/the-shermans-hurricane

Thanks to Alex and Sean for coming in!

Hello!

On this morning’s Breakfast Show, Jo and Sue from Brentwood Boot Camp joined me for BREAKFAST BOOT CAMP! We chatted about the boot camp and then they made me do a morning workout…

Listen back to the interview below:

Listen back to the workout below (includes me suffering A LOT!):

Brentwood Boot Camp Website

http://www.brentwoodbootcamp.co.uk/

Brentwood Boot Camp Twitter

@BwoodBootcamp

Thanks to Jo and Sue for coming in (I think) and get along to one of their sessions! Although I wouldn’t advise wearing skinny jeans!

Sooty & Friends

Richard Cadell, Sooty’s right hand man joined me to talk about the legend that is Sooty!

Recently celebrating his 65th year in show business Sooty, the nation’s favourite bear, will be embarking on a UK tour in 2014. Here is a look back at some famous friends Sooty has made during his exciting TV career.

He’ll be on stage at the Queens Theatre, Hornchurch next Thursday 21st, Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd August!

Sooty and Friends

Ricky suffered a personal loss through Parkinson’s disease so his throwing himself out of a plane to raise money for.

He took time out of his busy schedule to tell me all about it.

You can donate to Ricky’s sponsorship here https://www.justgiving.com/rickyrayment/

If you know someone who is over 65 and isn’t as mobile as they used to be, they could be entitled to Attendance Allowance.

The criteria talks about problems with ‘bodily functions’ but it’s not quite as you might imagine.

For example, if the person in question has arthritis and can’t get around as easily as they used to, it might be that they’re needing to take taxi’s to and from doctors appointments or perhaps in need of adapted equipment to help them perform tasks in the kitchen.

Later today I’ll post up a full guide to go with this but, in the meantime, you can check out what qualifies someone for Attendance Allowance here:

https://www.gov.uk/attendance-allowance/overview

You can download the application form here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/attendance-allowance-claim-form

Riva beat hundreds of other young hopefuls to win recording contract at Abbey Road studios and a debut
at Sundown Festival.
A year and hundreds of auditionees later, Riva was chosen as the winning artist to record songs written by producer and guitarist Tom Misner.
Riva is currently in the process of recording her EP at the famous Abbey Road Studios. She’s also set to be performing at the Sundown festival’s main stage, along side Boy George’s musical director John Themis and Tom Misner on guitar. Riva won the competition ‘Fame Music’ due to her unique, powerful, soulful tone with a depth and power that touches people’s soul.
Tom Misner wanted an earthy, organic singer-songwriter to be the voice if his songs, and Riva’s pop/soul style fit the bill perfectly.
Her inspiration comes from artists such as Stevie Nicks, Tracy Chapman, Dusty Springfield and Amy
Winehouse.
Riva studied music at the Academy of Contemporary Music.
It’s a busy time she’s got ahead – as well as a heavy recording schedule, she’ll also be sharing her dulcet tones as she joins a hot line up of acts including of Neon Jungle, Chase and Status, Ellie Goulding and Tinie Temper at The Sundown Festival in Norfolk on August 31st.

An old friend of mine Al joined me in the studio this morning ahead of his channel swim.

To quote his website: “Being told you child is terminally ill, AND that there is no specialist support on offer due to the hospice having to close – that would be so much worse.

So my aim in tackling this notoriously difficult event (as tragically proven by recent sad events) is partially to repay Acorns for the help they gave us, but more so to try to ensure the hospice is still there when other parents need their support.

Scale of the challenge: More people have successfully climbed Mt. Everest!”

Find out more and lend your support with a donation by visiting his website and donating whatever you can afford here:

http://www.algale.co.uk/channel-2014

The Quiz Father joined me for a chat ahead of a fabulous fund raising quiz next Friday night!

All the info you need’s in the interview but, for more information about the quiz, visit www.sfh.org.uk

Paul Greenburg joined me to talk criminal law.

With the new drug driving tests on the horizon, we discuss the implications and, if you’re under arrest, what are you entitled to?

Paul also gives an insight to the ‘human’ impact of dealing with a wide variety of people from different backgrounds.

DPP Law, High Street Brentwood provide legal advice on a wide variety of issues including: Criminal Defence; Action Against The Police; Personal Injury; Family Law and Mediation.

Every Thursday, I’ll be joined by one of the team of solicitors to talk about a different aspect of law.

Today we spoke to Thaira Bibi to find out more about Mediation when it comes to divorce and separation.

If there’s an area of law that you’d like more information on, email radio@phoenixfm.com

If you’re still not convinced whether or not you should purchase their self-titled album, out this week, my Track of the Week is another example of the musical wonder that is Jungle. You can download Julia now. Listen to it. Love it. Share it. Listen to it again. Love it a little bit more.

Enjoy

R

ps. The blog pic has nothing to do with the band. there just happens to be a TV character called Jungle Julia which I think could use this track as it’s theme tune (assuming it doesn’t already?!)

What a great name for a band – Milky Chance. Absolutely fantastic!!! And they sound pretty darn good too. Good enough for me to have Down By the River as my Track of the Week. I think these guys are going to get quite popular in the next few months. New album out this week too, you can have this track on me.

Enjoy

R

Taken from his first full-length album, The Morning (All of the Songs), Stay is my Track of the Week which means it’s yours for free!!!

Spread the musical love and as always…

Enjoy!!!

R

Previously unknown, Eliza Shaddad has a beautifully haunting voice which is just one of the reasons her track Waters is my Track of the Week.

Download it. Listen. Enjoy. Tell your friends. Tune in each morning to hear it for the next week on the show.

R

A beautiful, summery folk song full of melody, harmony and ear-pleasing loveliness.

They are First Aid Kit and Stay Gold is their musical offering up for your sonic consumption this week as my Track of the Week.

Enjoy

R

A poptastic track for your audible consumption this week. And a particularly good accompaniment to this lovely weather we are experiencing at the moment too!!

Daithi has enlisted the vocal help of Senita on Case Closed and now thanks to the power of technology (and persuasion) you can download my Track of the Week for free!!!

Enjoy,

R

I don’t think this young gent needs any introduction, so I’ll simply say, here is my Track of the Week for you…

Sam Smith – Life Support

Enjoy,

R

It’s pronounced Juror-Mid-Erm (I think). Either way it sounds fantastic and that is why I have chosen it as my Track of the Week.

So please do go and enjoy the amazing songwritings of Nick Mulvey with Juramidam

R

Like you’re not supposed to have a favourite child, I’m not really supposed to have favourite tracks and bands but I do. And I’ve got to say that these folk are one of my newly discovered favourites and I’m very pleased to say that you can get the very cool Call Me by St.Paul and the Broken Bones for free as part of the Track of the Week scheme we run on the Breakfast Show.

You’re welcome.

Enjoy,

R

One of my favourite parts of the week is receiving a lovely big pile of new music to play you. And among these tracks is the one I pick as my Track of the Week.

From today then Future Islands’ Seasons (Waiting On You) is my TOTW and it’s yours for free!!

Enjoy

R

A nice atmospheric track for you this week. From Down-Under, it’s described as “enticing murmurs over an arrangement built from diaphanous layers of synths and a sparkling uptempo beat”. Not sure what that means?? Me neither. It kind of makes sense once you hear it.

Take a listen and take a copy…

RÜFÜS – Take Me

Enjoy

R

Click here to listen again to the interview:

Champion fundraiser Jonjo Heuerman returned to the Phoenix FM studio today to chat to Rob Jelly about his latest event – abseiling down the 200ft Bobby Moore Stand at Upton Park!

Following on from his successful 50-mile Boot It For Bobby walk from Southend United to West Ham United in February, 12-year-old Jonjo is organising the event at the Boleyn Ground on Saturday 26 April from the top of the stand named in honour of England’s greatest captain – although being aged under 18, he’s unable to take part himself. It’s the latest in a series of fundraisers that has seen Jonjo raise over £160,000 for the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.

Jonjo said, “I’m really looking forward to the day and hope as many people as possible can enter. Those taking part will be able to enjoy spectacular views across London from the roof area, while friends and family are welcome to come along to spectate.”

It’s not too late to join the abseillers – you can find out more about it at www.fornannyandbobby.moonfruit.com. A non-refundable registration fee of £10 is payable to secure a place and medical clearance may be required for those taking part.

Another change of pace for this week’s TOTW.

Not a new band by any means, but a new track from The Vamps in the form of “Dangerous”.

And the best bit of all, as ever, is that it’s free!!

I’ll play each morning for the next week for you but hey, it’s free. I’m sure I mentioned that earlier.

R

The title track to his hotly anticipated debut full-length album SOHN’s Tremors is instantly recognised among other sounds around it. A beautifully produced track and yours for nothing!!

Enjoy

R

Yes, that really is the title to my TOTW.

And yes it really is as spacey as it sounds.

Paul Thomas Saunders is his name and until next Monday (7th April) you can grab A Lunar Veteran’s Guide to Re-Entry for free!!!

How about that??

R

Bit of a different tempo for this week’s Track Of The Week (or TOTW as I refer to it on Twitter)

Tensnake & Jacques Lu Cont – Feel of Love (ft. Jamie Lidell) is yours, for free. You’re welcome.

Enjoy!!!

R

No, not the Aerosmith/Run DMC track, this one…

MØ – Walk This Way all the way from Copenhagen will have you tapping your hands on the steering wheel/desk drumming with pens/office-chair dancing for sure. AND it’s your for free!!

Enjoy.

R

And no, I haven’t turned into some sort of hoodie wearing lout who can’t spell. That really is the title of Dan Croll’s song and my new Track of the Week.

It is rather good even if it isn’t spelt correctly and you can download it, as ever, for free. Dan Croll – Thinkin Aboutchu

Enjoy!!

R

Another TOTW that, on the surface, appears to have been written about my lifestyle. Alas, tis not the case. However, just like last week’s it is available to you for free, but for just one week.

A Great Big World – Rockstar, it’ll fill you with summeryness and wonderment. Listen to it. Like it. Love it. Download it. Listen to it again. Sing it out loud. Sing it in the shower. I’m not looking. You’re welcome.

R

But don’t panic!!!

I know, I know, I know.

Progress isn’t looking all that great right now. Still only done 2 things from my list and I’m nearly 8 weeks in. But here’s the thing:

1 – Beat Steve Davis at Snooker. Still no reply from the man himself. Will chase him again but I may ask my other mate, Ronnie O’Sullivan, if he fancies a match.

2 – Break A World Record. Since, provisionally, deciding that I was going to set a World Record and not break one I haven’t done much else but I am hoping to get this done by the summer. And for those who don’t know, I am aiming for the most cream pies in the face in a minute. I’m checking with Guinness on what conditions I’d have to abide by on this.

3 – Buy A House. Well I’m still saving and hopefully in the next few weeks I might be off to do my very first “house viewing”. Very exciting!!!

4 – Buy A Tailored Suit. I’m going to get this made at the end of the year so no progress yet.

5 – Carve A Pumpkin. PENDING. Calcott Hall Farm Shop have offered me a Pumpkin, come Pumpkin season, for this particular thing.

6 – Climb A Mountain. PENDING. A friend and I are looking at Scafell Pike in about May for this one. He’s got a really fancy camera so we should have some pretty good photos from this.

7 – Complete A Rubix Cube. I am going to start this one this week (w/c 24th Feb). I reckon it’ll take me a good few days of working at it, with instructions.

8 – Conduct An Orchestra. I have a friend who is a composer and I’ve been brain-storming some ideas on this one. Nothing in stone yet though.

9 – Drive A Tractor. PENDING. Back to #5 and Calcott Hall also offered me the chance to drive one of their Tractors which is tres cool!!!

10 – Feed A Zoo Animal. I can’t tell you about this one. All will become clear in time. Shhhh!!!

11 – Find A Four-Leaf Clover. Not sure where to start with this one. I’ll come back to it.

12 – Find My Doppelganger. I saw a stat online recently that everyone has approximately 8 “Doppelgangers” which has increased my hope of this one but then I realised that’s 8 in 7,000,000,000 so who knows.

13 – Fly A Hawk. I have found a local Aviary to Brentwood and so will be in touch with them. I’m really hoping that they’ll bring a bird of prey in to the studio. Would I be the first person to present radio with an owl on his arm?? World Record!?!

14 – Get A Piercing. People have asked what I’m going to get pierced and I’ve said, “Probably my ear.” I’d quite like to do this one live on-air if any qualified ear-piercers are willing to come on the show and do it for me??

15 – Get Cream Pie’d. The most popular one for volunteers by a long shot!!! Thank you all for asking to help with this one. I am aiming to tie this in with #2 as mentioned so standby for details.

16 – Get Mentioned In A National Newspaper. Not sure how I’m going to go about doing this yet but I’ll think of something. I’m also open to suggestions??

17 – Get My Car Washed In A Drive-Thru Car Wash. Sounds simple. I guess it is. But I haven’t given this one any thought yet. Might do it on the way back from Scafell Pike (see #6) as I imagine the car will get a wee bit filthy.

18 – Give Blood. Right, so I’ve already tried this but apparently I was “black-listed” from doing it!! Turns out my GP didn’t reply to the Blook clinic when I previous tried to give blood at University (note that I tried, did not succeed so this one still stands as something I’ve never done). The lovely nurses at Brentwood’s Blooc Clinic are getting the thumbs up from my Doctor and then I’ll get this one booked in.

19 – Go To A Book Signing. DONE!!! See previous blog for my review.

20 – Go To A Festival. I was thinking of one of the big ones (Reading, Leeds, Glasto) but they’re quite expensive. Plus I wanted to do something a little more local. So I’m thinking maybe Standon Calling which we were big followers of last year on the PhoenixFM Breakfast Show.

21 – Go To A Murder Mystery Dinner/Evening. A friend said she may be able to help with this. I’ll let you know as and when things get organised.

22 – Host A 24hr Radio Show. Well the boss at Phoenix said yes, in not so few words, I just need to pick a date to do it.

23 – Learn A New Instrument. This is one of the ones I’m a little concerned about. I’ve previously said that I want to be able to pass Grade 1 at least on an instrument that I can’t play. Any ideas what to choose?? ps. I can play drums, guitar & piano.

24 – Learn To Dance. Hopefully this will be tap dancing and hopefully I should be starting that this week. Time dependent.

25 – Perform A Stand-Up Set. PENDING. If you listen to the show, you’ll know I’ve made friends with the Laughing Pod Comedy head honcho and he has agreed to find me a slot on one of his nights at The Ivory Rooms in Billericay which I am very excited about. I have also already written most of material too. Wanna sneak preview?? Hahaha, yeah. Not likely sunshine!!!

26 – Plant A Tree. Another one of the relatively easy ones which I could and probably should get done sooner rather than later so that I have something to show for it by the end of the year. Maybe I’ll grow a Christmas tree. They grow quickly right??

27 – Play A Part In A Musical. I did make an enquiry as to an audition but I was quite unwell a few weeks ago and missed it. I will keep my eyes and ears open for more auditions.

28 – Pull A Pint In A Pub. Haven’t done anything with this one yet but I’m hoping I can help The White Horse (Coxtie Green Rd, Brentwood) with some promotion in return for a lesson in “Pint Pulling”.

29 – Ride A Horse. PENDING. One of the girls in the office owns a horse and has offered to teach me but she did recommend waiting a few months for the weather to improve. Apparently, with all the bad weather we’ve had, the horse has been kept inside a lot more than usual recently as is quite restless and not a very good/easy ride at the mo. It’s not called a challenge for no reason!?

30 – Ride A Segway. I’ve reached out on this one but with no response so far. Can anyone help?? I only want to borrow it for 5 minutes. Supervised I assume.

31 – Ride A Tandem Bicycle. So there’s a bike hire place in Thorndon Country Park. I’ve dropped them an e-mail today (Sat 22nd Feb) to perhaps join me in the studio and once their “season” starts at the end of March I’ll get myself a bike hired. Who wants to the Jerry to my Tom?? The Hardy to my Laurel??

32 – Ride An Open-Top Bus In London. Was thinking of doing this one in the summer when the weather’s a bit better. Probably do it during the World Cup when everyone else is in the pub. See?? Not just a hat-rack my friend.

33 – Scuba Dive. Haven’t looked into this properly yet. I’m thinking that I’ll probably have to do some practice in a swimming pool first. Does this count as Scuba Diving??

34 – Send A Message In A Bottle. PENDING. So I wrote my message while on-air this past week. Got my bottle. All I need to do now is put it in the sea. May take it down to Southend (nearest coastline for me)

35 – Shoot A Gun. This might seem like a bit of weird one but I’ve watched a lot of TV and film where people seem to have no problem hitting the smallest target in the world while it’s moving and their doing a barrell-roll through the window of a moving train so I want to have a go. Anyone know of any local gun ranges??

36 – Sky Dive. PENDING. So Saint Francis Hospice, friends of PhoenixFM are hosting 2 of these fundraising jumps this year. I’m pretty much signed up to do one. Probably the one in September giving me a chance to raise a nice healthy sum of money for them while ticking off #36 on my list.

37 – Spend The Night In A Treehouse. Sounds simple but I don’t think people have Treehouses anymore?!? If you have one, even the most basic of one, can I borrow it for a night?? All I want to do is sleep in it for one night and that’s it. Nothing else. If you have a business that wants some free promotion on my show, I am totally happy to do this.

38 – Stilt Walking. Anyone know a local circus school??

39 – Walk On Fire. PENDING. In May, the Brentwood Centre are hosting a Firewalk. And yes I am signed up to it. 800C apparently. A bit warm then.

40 – Write A Children’s Book. PENDING. Being the creative type, I have ideas, thoughts and stuff bouncing around my tiny little brain all the time. And a few years ago, I wrote a children’s story. Turns out, according to the Chicken & Frog Bookshop (who are a little knowledgable on the world of children’s books I’ll have you know) it’s actually pretty good!! It needs a little tinkering and some drawings done for it but it has some potential so I’m working on it with them for now. Standby for more on this soon.

And now on to your suggestions. Yes, the things on my list that my friends, family and listeners of the PhoenixFM Breakfast Show have come up with.

41 – Wear A Pregnancy Belly for 24 Hours (Liz). Errr, where do I get one of these from?? Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

42 – Host Story Time (Ruth). I’ve been asked if I’d host story time by a local library and the Chicken & Frog so I just need to organise a date for this.

43 – Perform As A Living Statue (Michelle). I do have some rather wonderful friends don’t I?? Yeah, so another for the summer I think.

44 – Kiteboarding (Philly). I have no idea. Anybody??

45 – Be An Extra (Richard). Thanks to the Mr. Frog (of Chicken & Frog) I have been put in touch with the Casting Producer of Eastenders!!! How cool would that be?? I’ll let you know if anything comes of this contact. I really hope so.

46 – Book The Most Expensive Room In A Hotel (Nic). DONE. See previous blog for my review of this one.

47 – Get Chased By A Police Dog (Sally). Now, strangely enough, what I was expecting to be quite a difficult one has already turned up first contact with a Police Dog Trainer. I will enlighten you all as to when and where this is happening if you fancy watching me get mauled by a big dog. You sadistic bugger!!!

48 – Walk Hadrian’s Wall (Kyle). It is what it is and I need to plan a trip to the far North I guess. More to follow.

49 – Drive A Steam Train (Alec). Another one of the tasks I thought might be near impossible but it would appear not. Just down the road is a company called Epping Ongar Railway who do Driver Experience days!!! How cool is that?? So I’ve made contact with them and hope to complete this one in the coming few months.

50 – Complete A Cross Stitch (Becky). A fairly straight-forward task I’m guessing but I have no idea how to cross-stitch, so not so straight-forward. Anyone fancy teaching me??

And that’s where I am. So not doing as bad as you first thought eh??

It was while talking to my friend about #8 that the phrase “just ask” came up and he’s bloody right. If you “just ask” you might find that you can actually do more than you thought. So I am hereby introducing the use of #JustAsk into the #50ThingsRobHasntDoneYet

If you can help in ANY way, shape or form then please let me know. I am willing to do/help you with something in return for your help so please #JustAsk. And hey, if you want to do any of the things with me, let me know too!!!

Be sure to check back to this blog regularly to read more about the whole challenge and individual parts too.

I know this has been a long blog, but hopefully you’ve enjoyed and maybe even been inspired to carry on doing/start doing something you’ve been thinking of giving up on. I’ll write to you soon.

Cheers for your *ears

Rob

*eyes

Happy Single-Tasking Day!! Definitely aimed at guys this one.

My TOTW however is aimed at you all, like a crazy-daisy hose attachment, I hope to spread the love, or free music, anywhere and everywhere. And this week it’s Olympically themed with Russian-born Zedd (or Anton Zaslavski) and his mate Lucky Date AND some vocal help from Ellie Goulding too.

Fall Into The Sky is your TOTW. Download it, play it, play it again, love it, play it once more, tell your friends, smile.

You’re welcome.

R

We’ve got Mesmerise on our A-List and I’ve got this musical treat as my TOTW.

Temples – Shelter Song is yours for nothing. Nudder. Nought. Zip. Diddley squat.

You’re welcome

R

So in the first week of my challenge #50ThingsRobHasntDoneYet I managed to tick one thing off the list but since then it would seem I have gone a bit quiet about it all. That is where you are wrong my friend. Not at all. I have working away to organise many of the bigger tasks such as, Climbing A Mountain, Drive A Steam Train, Feed A Zoo Animal and so on…

This weekend I will be heading into Billericay to pick up my copy of “The Story of Billericay” by Charles Philips and then taking said book to the Library to meet the man himself where he is signing copies. So that’ll be Number 2 (or 19 if you’re looking at the list itself) done!!

And here’s the thing, next week I have some guests coming in to the studio to talk about some of the things on my list and some things that aren’t too.

Louise from Heybridge Creative will be joining me on Tuesday to talk #BillericayHour and on Wednesday I will have Paul Barrell in to talk about Brentwood’s Firewalk!!! Ooh! Ah! Eee! Yep, a real firewalk which is very handily one of the things on my list!!!

See you all Monday!!!

R

“Of course it is Rob” I hear you say. Yes, well that’s because you think I’m talking about the meteorological happenings of the atmosphere on this fine rock we call Earth.

I am actually referring to my new Track of the Week by Decade. British Weather is a brand new song from the 5-piece indie band from Bath. Grab your copy now. It’s a nice short track, straight to the point and it’s got a great energy too!!

R

Ok, so that was a bit of a rubbish play on words but did you really expect anything else?? No. Of course you didn’t.

Anyway it is time to give you some new music. Yes. Give you. It’s free. If you’ve stumbled upon this page by mistake then by Jove are you in luck. What are the chances of that?!? Seriously?? Of the 264 trillion pages on the Internet you’ve landed on one with free music. And what makes this even better is that the music is Foxes – Holding Onto Heaven How about that??

Sometimes I think I’m too good to you. But then I’m not paid to think am I??

R

Sorry it’s a bit late this week but better late than never eh???

Childish Gambino’s 3005 is a our Track of the Week and it’s yours for free!!

R

It’s our new Track of the Week from The First (Love. Regret. Forgive. Forget) If you like loud, rock, guitars, drums, riffs, rock, loud, new music, rock and did I mention loud, it’s yours for free if you like it. Consider it part of the service.

R

Yes, another Riptide but not in the Sea/Moon/Gravity-based sense. No. In the musical sense. Not that many weeks ago, we had the wonderful Emma Stevens as our track of the week with her song Riptide but now it is time for Vance Joy’s Riptide. And for the next 7 days (give or take a few hours) you can download it for free!! Click the link, press play, enjoy. It’s as simple as that.

R

No, not the shop you wally. The Southwest London DJ/Producer Mr. Mark Wilkinson. It’s his third single and so it’s time for him to shine. Download his new one Tonight now and let us know what you think. Did I mention it’s free??

R

… and everything else will take care of itself. That’s exactly what Dublin-based songstress Orla has done here with this beautiful track. And best of all, is it’s absolutely free for the next week. We’ll be playing it each morning for you incase you’d like to hear it first or if you’re sold with our simple words, you can download it from the link below.

Orla Gartland – Roots

T

Yes, I know that’s a stupid question but it’s better ask and get that look you just gave me than not ask and then you miss out eh??

Anywho, you know how it works by now surely. We have a free track to give you and this week it comes courtesy of PAPA with Put Me To Work.

It’s a bit energetic and it won’t be for everyone but if you do like it, help yourselves. I’ll give it a spin each morning so you can hear it first if you’re not sure you want it.

R

But firstly, apologies that last week’s podcast is still not available. It will be as soon as possible. Hopefully, to make up for the lack of this, we have some brand new music for you and it’s absolutely free, as usual.

She burst in to our attentions with Royals and now we are excited to hear and give you Buzzcut Season by Lorde

T

…and that means it’s time to top up your record collection with some new music. And best of all, is it won’t cost you a penny!!

You know I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for country-esque music so you already know that I love this track. It’s the new track by the rather good looking Emma Stevens – Riptide

You’re welcome.

R