ZZT, Art of Noise, 'Moments in love', and once married to the lovely Claudia Brücken of the even lovelier Propaganda and the very bonkers 'Act'. But I digress.
Have some music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3u31SAeEM
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ZZT, Art of Noise, 'Moments in love', and once married to the lovely Claudia Brücken of the even lovelier Propaganda and the very bonkers 'Act'. But I digress.
Have some music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3u31SAeEM
Machiavelli
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R6 is the only music station I listen to, but I'm not as regular as many on here. What I have noticed of late, however, is the wonderful music that Tom Ravenscroft plays.
I hadn't previously given him enough time which might be because (I think) he tends to fill in for others, but he contrives to introduce stuff I'm unfamiliar with, from a diversity of different genres -- is he the most 'eclectic' in what he plays on R6?
I like Marc Riley, Huey, Cerys, Craig Charles and, especially, Gilles Peterson, but they all remain largely wedded to certain particular styles whereas TR is trickier to pigeonhole
I hadn't previously given him enough time which might be because (I think) he tends to fill in for others, but he contrives to introduce stuff I'm unfamiliar with, from a diversity of different genres -- is he the most 'eclectic' in what he plays on R6?
I like Marc Riley, Huey, Cerys, Craig Charles and, especially, Gilles Peterson, but they all remain largely wedded to certain particular styles whereas TR is trickier to pigeonhole
- Jun 27, 2012
- 14,565
Unfortunately I was out. Not currently available. I guess it will be listenable later at some point.
This is coming soon to BBC Sounds >> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b09398hw
That interview with Morley is from 2 hours.15mins via https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010gcm
Cheers!
Nemone is amazing and she’s a really interesting person besides her R6 career, so talented. I don’t know if she has a regular show, she seems to sit in when others are on leave. She builds a mini meditation into the show, related to her other career in wellbeing.
I didn’t try R6 for years, wrongly presuming it was created for teens and 20’s, playing just Hip-Hop, Drill and Rap.
Is there a track list for all the shows on R6 Jem?
I was looking for a list of tracks from the Huey show last Saturday.
pearl
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Tom Ravenscroft is a chip off the old block .... (hope that's how the saying goes
)
TR is good, Gideon Coe is also another not afraid to play what he wants.
Both have plaid the Dials on more than one occasion so always in my good books!
Both have plaid the Dials on more than one occasion so always in my good books!
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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TR is just fantastic all round, love his dry, self-deprecating delivery, very much in the mould of his pa as pearl says.
I should love Hooo Stevens but I can't abide his very Welsh accent
I should love Hooo Stevens but I can't abide his very Welsh accent
There usually is but I can't seem to find it for that show https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/features/track-information
Many thanks, I will keep an eye on that page.
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
I maintain a love/hate relationship with R6 and listen to it a lot less these days.
Don't really like the daytime presenters between Lauren Laverne and Marc Riley, or the Sunday stuff that follows Cerys.
Tom Ravenscroft is excellent, as others have said. At the other end of the spectrum we have Mary Ann Hobbes and Jamz Supernova (I can forgive the latter though – I appreciate the schedule needs to accommodate people younger and cooler than I am).
My main beef is the playlist behind the playlist, if you like. So predictable and boring to play the same three Ramones and Bow Wow Wow songs on rotation when so much other great stuff from the past 40 years is overlooked.
Don't really like the daytime presenters between Lauren Laverne and Marc Riley, or the Sunday stuff that follows Cerys.
Tom Ravenscroft is excellent, as others have said. At the other end of the spectrum we have Mary Ann Hobbes and Jamz Supernova (I can forgive the latter though – I appreciate the schedule needs to accommodate people younger and cooler than I am).
My main beef is the playlist behind the playlist, if you like. So predictable and boring to play the same three Ramones and Bow Wow Wow songs on rotation when so much other great stuff from the past 40 years is overlooked.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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^ the stupid name Jamz Supernova makes me switch off every single 
Similarly, I can't cope with Gemma Cairney dropping her T's all the frickin time. Grrrrr. Lauren Laverne does it to a lesser extent, but I can forgive LL anything.
Similarly, I can't cope with Gemma Cairney dropping her T's all the frickin time. Grrrrr. Lauren Laverne does it to a lesser extent, but I can forgive LL anything.
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
^ the stupid name Jamz Supernova makes me switch off every single
Similarly, I can't cope with Gemma Cairney dropping her T's all the frickin time. Grrrrr. Lauren Laverne does it to a lesser extent, but I can forgive LL anything.
Forgot about Gemma Cairney. I'm sure she's lovely in real life but I don't listen to R6 to be bombarded with "how ya DOIN?? Whatchoo WEARIN? I wanna hear all about it!!!"
pearl
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Iggy has moved to Sundays now (4pm to 6pm)
I loved the 4 weeks Ezra Furman covered Family Guy Garvey. They played some amazing stuff.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Yes. There normally is - but very occasionally there isn't. Eg: Huey's show last Saturday. Apols.
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
I've enjoyed some of these "album in full" things ... but it does seem a strange move from a station presumably worried about losing listeners to Spotify and Apple Music.
- Jun 27, 2012
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This is from 2019 - but 6 Music in a year plays 18,000 different tracks. A typical commercial station might play around 2000 tracks.
https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/7987/pdf/
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
Can't dispute those figures ... but neither can it be disputed that someone high up in that station has an inordinate respect for Bow Wow Bleeding Wow!