Welcome to the first of two August editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

Music on this programme from: PAUL ROBERTS, BRIAN SHARP, JOHN ATWELL, DENNIS OYSTON, HUGH WALLINGTON, BYRON MELCHER, 

My special guest on this specially extended edition of the show is TONY PEGLER who joins me on the line for a long-overdue catch up!

Welcome to the second of two July editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

On this programme it's concert time and, for the first time since the lockdown, our microphones join the live audience at the Victoria Hall, Saltaire, where organist CHRIS POWELL is is concert at the mighty Wurlitzer formerly in the Gaumont Cinema in Oldham.  Sit back and enjoy the music from a seat in the audience perspective plus conversation with the artiste and Richard Stephenson from the Cinema Organ Society about the  way in which music has been brought back to this world-famous Wurlitzer.  During the "interval" we also catch up with Andy Carvill who solves another listener musical dilemma in our popular ASK ANDY slot.

Welcome to the first of two July editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

Music on this programme from: ANGELA TURNER JOHNSON, IAN GRIFFIN, GLENN DERRINGER, HOWARD BEAUMONT, ALLAN MURRAY, ALFRED FURNISH, ALEC WALTERS, JON DAVIS, ALAN HAVEN, MARTIN VAN HEERDE, IAIN CRUICKSHANKS, CARL FREI 110 KEY MARENGHI, CHRIS POWELL and JOANNE POWELL

Welcome to the second of two June editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

Music on this programme from: IAN GRIFFIN, MILT HERTH, DIRK VAN DE LINDEN, TONY DONALD (winner of TDP Keyboard Music Forum), HOWARD BEAUMONT, and on the occasion of what would have been the 90th birthday of the artist - KLAUS WUNDERLICH.  All this, plus ANDY CARVILL solves more listener playing issues in the popular "ASK ANDY" spot.

Our special guest this time is HOWARD BEAUMONT who chats about the launch of his long-awaited autobiography.  For details of availability contact Howard via email - [email protected]

Welcome to the first of two June editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

Music on this programme from: TONY PEGLER and KEITH EVANS.  Our special guest this time is JOHN-PAUL GARD who chats about his fascinating musical career in an exclusive interview, featuring some of his superb musical selections on his custom-built Roland keyboards.  For more information about the music, visit John-Paul's website at https://johnpaulgard.com/home-news

With thanks to our sponsor for this edition - "Organ & Keyboard Cavalcade" magazine.

Well-known organ and keyboard personality Andy Carvill joins Ian Wolstenholme every month on "Community Keyboards" to answer listener questions on getting the best from your home keyboards, plus professional hints and tips on playing.

This episode addresses sound layering

You can find out more about Andy and his work at http://www.cavalcadeproductions.co.uk/music.htm

Welcome to the second of two May editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

Music on this programme from: DAVID GILSON, MRS MILLS, REGINALD DIXON MBE, HOWARD BEAUMONT, ALAN HAVEN and winner of the recent Keyboard Music Forum challenge BRIAN DAWSON plus our look back at vintage organs of yesteryear takes us to the letter G.  Our special guest for this edition is JO COCKLIN who chats with me about her musical contributions via social media almost every day during the pandemic.  Your playing and technical questions are answered by ANDY CARVILL in the first of our new occasional series of ASK ANDY.

Welcome to the first of two May editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

Music on this programme from: ANGELA TURNER-JOHNSON and PETER MANNING ROBINSON.  Our special guest this time is STEPHEN VINCENT who chats about his fascinating musical career in a rare and exclusive interview (recorded in March), featuring some of his superb musical selections on Yamaha Electone and Paramount VTPO software.

With thanks to our sponsor for this edition - "Organ & Keyboard Cavalcade" magazine.

Welcome to the second of two April editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

Music on this programme from ANDY CARVILL, MICHAEL CLARK (winner of recent TDP Forum Challenge), HANS GUNTHER WAGNER, GRAEME WRIGHT, STEPHEN VINCENT.  Our A to Z of the vintage electronic organ world looks at the letter F and my special guest on this programme is international keyboard star CARLO ASPRI as I chat with the artiste who has faced many personal challenges throughout his career.  For more information visit www.carloaspri.com

Welcome to the first of two April editions of the award-winning Community Keyboards - celebrating all that's best from the King of Instruments in all its guises - from theatre and classical organs to the latest in digital keyboard technology and beyond.

Music on this programme from: ALLAN MURRAY, JOHN MANN and KLAUS WUNDERLICH and our look back at vintage organs of yesteryear takes us to the letter E.  Our special guest for this edition is IAN GRIFFIN who chats with me about his life and career, plus a chance to hear exclusive tracks from his latest recording "As Long as I Have Music" (visit www.iangriffin.org for more details)

With thanks to our sponsor for this edition - "Organ & Keyboard Cavalcade" magazine.