Brass Band Podcast

Frank welcomes a few visiting bands to the UK and plays recordings exclusively available on

Brasspass.TV by the combined forces of The Fairey and Leyland Bands.

Frank Looks ahead to SIDDIS, recalls getting the call to conduct James Shepherd Versatile Brass containing some of the best musicians in the country, and invites us all to ‘chill’ to a modern classic.

Frank gets to use a pop DJ’s favourite link; “climbing up the charts this week is….” He gets cool with The Reg Vardy band and enjoys some culture mixing.

The Brass Band Podcast brings you news, interviews and analysis from across the banding world. Dave Kinross and Martyn Ramsay also look to challenge thinking and stimulate respectful debate so that new ideas can come forward for the good of the movement.

The Brass Band Podcast brings you news, interviews and analysis from across the banding world. Dave Kinross and Martyn Ramsay also look to challenge thinking and stimulate respectful debate so that new ideas can come forward for the good of the movement.

The Brass Band Podcast brings you news, interviews and analysis from across the banding world. Dave Kinross and Martyn Ramsay also look to challenge thinking and stimulate respectful debate so that new ideas can come forward for the good of the movement.

On Holiday with some time to spare Frank’s thoughts turn to a subject that has fascinated him since he first played in a brass band, and that is the enormous value that musicians who haven’t spent the whole of their lives steeped in the brass band tradition bring to the movement. A look  at the full playlist reveals the names of Edward Elgar, Colin Davis,  Malcolm Arnold,  Howard Snell, and  Elgar Howarth  amongst these unique talents

The Brass Band Podcast brings you news, interviews and analysis from across the banding world. Dave Kinross and Martyn Ramsay also look to challenge thinking and stimulate respectful debate so that new ideas can come forward for the good of the movement.

This weeks music includes a little march from yesterday, something by one of our greatest ever Euphonium players and music by a man who might have written a significant piece for brass band, but never did plus the Fairey Band occupying the featured band slot.

Episode 5 of Frank Renton: Still Listening to the Band