This Week's Music for Grown-Ups on Radio/TV

Your exclusive listening/watching guide… thanks to compiler Mike Ollier:


Radio For Grown-Ups

Thurs BBCR2 23.30 ~ 00.30
* The Funk Factory (1 of 8)
Norman Jay plays Sly, Curtis Mayfield and The Isley Brothers.

Fri BBCR6 21.00 ~ 22.00
* Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan
The delightful radio show continues, in between tours and making records, where does he find the time? BBC website is being usually slow in updating so I can't tell you what the theme is, but it doesn't really matter ‘cos it'll be good anyway!

Fri BBC3 22.30 ~ 23.30
* Jazz Library
Horace Silver selects from his own back catalogue ~ recordings with Miles Davis, Stan Getz and The Jazz Messengers.

Fri BBCR3 23.30 ~ 01.00
* Jazz On 3: At The Electric Proms
Basquiat Strings with Seb Roachford, Simon Fell and Ellery Eskelin.


TV For Grown-Ups

A terrible week for radio is matched on TV, not only for music - with The Sopranos departed and Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe wiped, there's hardly anything to recommend. HIGNFY (Saturday evening with an extra 10 mins) and BBC4’s The Genius Of Photography (not much cop if you're not interested in cameras!).

Music wise…

Fri BBC4 19.30 ~ 20.30
* European Roots: The Warsaw Village Band: Back To The Future
On tour with the band as they travel round Poland finding old musicians and instrument makers.

Fri BBC4 20.30 ~ 21.00
* Cambridge Folk Festival 2007
Belated showing for this year’s event ~ The Waterboys are promised tonight, as is Sharon Shannon and Scottish band Shooglenifty.

Fri BBC4 21.00 ~ 22.00
* Legends: Louis Prima
The voice of Disney's King Louis in The Jungle Book is the focus for another welcome show in the excellent 'Legends' strand. Be warned, though - Lenny Henry contributes.

Fri BBC2 23.35
* Later with Jools Holland
A new series, but this first show doesn't have a lot to recommend ~ gentle rocker Richard Hawley and, perhaps, The Decemberists.