Friday Night Extra on Phoenix FM

Tonight’s music mix included the track from Elton John from Rocket man that has been nominated for an Oscar for best original music for a film. We had five contestants for ‘Guess the year’. The feature vintage chart came from this week in 1968.

We had a chilled music mix for the last day in January 2020.

Tonight we had a feel good music mix for a damp and dreary January Friday.

Tonight we celebrated the legacy of music left by those who gave their final curtain call in 2019. Listeners commented that this was a real mix of very talented artists who had left a wonderful variety of music.

Tonight I was joined by Katherine Loveday and Louise McConnell from Kids Inspire. Kids Inspire works with children and young people recovering from traumatic experiences or dealing with emerging mental health difficulties. They told us how the charity had grown from the vision of Sue Bell twelve years ago to now having over fifty staff.

It was great to be chatting with all the guests and hearing about what Christmas means to them.

Tonight we were joined by Tom Page. Accompanying himself on the mandolin, he sang two carols and two Christmas songs.

Tonight we featured a new recording from local Band ‘The Goodbye Look’ of their version of Driving home for Christmas. Listeners who responded were 4-1 in preferring the new version. It is only available to view on You tube and the band say that it is a Christmas gift to everyone who likes their music.

We had four tracks from Ocean by Lady Antebellum. This new album on a new record label returns them to their best.

Dan Pierce joined me tonight to talk about his role as Pioneer minister at St. Francis Community church in Beaulieu and the Channels in Chelmsford. He has been in this role for eighteen months and a great deal has happened.