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

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

Radio For Grown-Ups

Tues BBCR2 22.30 ~ 23.30
* Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan: Dance

Fri BBCR6 21.00 ~ 22.00
* Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan: Laughter - Big Joe Turner, The Maytals and Gene Chandler

Fri BBCR3 22.30 ~ 23.30
* Jazz Library: Rex Stewart - the essential recordings of the cornet player

Fri BBCR3 23.30 ~ 01.00
* Jazz On 3 - Spindrift in concert

Sat BBCR2 20.00 ~ 21.00
* Mark Lamarr’s Redneck Music (3/4) - the relationship between country and rock ‘n’ roll.


TV For Grown-Ups

A Friday night repeatfest on BBC4, but they are good shows and if you haven’t seen ‘em, you should!

Fri BBC4 19.30 ~ 20.00
* Transatlantic Sessions - repeat for the sessions recorded at Strathgarry House

Fri BBC4 20.00 ~ 21.00
* Legends: Al Bowlly ~ The Very Thought Of You - more excellence in the Legends series with a repeated profile of the pre-war popular crooner.

Fri BBC4 22.00 ~ 23.00
* Emmylou Harris’ 10 Commandments Of Country - yet another repeat, but a worthy one as Emmy and her crack band take us through some superb country/bluegrass songs.

Fri BBC4 23.00 ~ 23.35
* Emmylou Harris at the BBC - a selection of appearances Emmy has made over the years

Fri BBC2 11.35 ~ 12.35
* Later With Jools Holland - Andy Fairweather-Low with Chris Barber and his band are the ones to tape and watch later this week… Ha - so that’s why it’s called ‘Later’!