It's Verdon Records The Diary of a Record Shop.  It will be a feast of poetry to bamboozle your ears.

A poetry festival descends on the village of Moustiers, the preparations include collecting poems from the gang, some classics and some penned by their own hand.  All this qword gymnastics collides with poetry in music from artists like The Doors, John Cooper Clarke, Baxter Dury and the Beatniks.  Plus, some, weird stuff.

A person appears in the midst, uninvited.  Problem is he doesn't speak so the gang don't know who he is.  Can they work out who the mystery man is?  From the airport in Marseilles to the bars in Manosque, from the Provençal village of Moustiers Sainte-Marie to the wild plains of the Verdon, a story to fire up your imagination.  Plus, as always, some great music for you to hum along with.

Verdon Records treats you to a story full of intrigue and mystery.  Someone or something, is leaving macabre items on the record shop doorstep.  Has someone got something against the record shop?  Are there any scores to settle?  Find out in tonights show, the King of Limbs!  Fantastic star cast, with Mave Davis, Scott Williams, Milly Allen, Jon Pink, Kevin Bunch.  Music from Close Lobsters, Pulp, Atmos Bloom, Jack Kerouc and more.

Back with a duster and tin of polish, it's Verdon Records.  In this show the record shop needs a reshuffle, a clean up, so with some new vinyl racks on their way from St Tropez and some new Greta Thunberg posters what more could a record shop need?  Music?  Well there will be music, from The Go Betweens, Billy Idol, Sharon Van Etten, Longpigs and others.  Tune in with some tuna.

WHAT THE DICKENS!

This episode sees the community put on a production of Charles Dickens 'The Christmas Carol'.  Scott insists that during the build up, all the cast must stay in character, this causes some confusion with Baz, who plays the uncharitable Ebenezer Scrooge, is Baz really that grumpy or is he playing his part? This episode also features a drone carrying a Labrador.  Plus loads of cool Christmas music and not a Victorian in sight.  

Just so you know, or in case you didn't know, these show are written and presented by me, Ian Callen, with the help of my family and good friends.  My wife Anna, my children, Joseph and Jasmine, my friends, Gareth, Mave, Kevin, Scott and Jon.  Of course not forgetting Radio Verdon's Lucas.  It is a real team effort, with additional musical magic from all songs available to us, which is a lot!!  A local and authentic show made like your grannies cooking!!

 The record shop gets invited to come along to a  speed networking event in Manosque inspired by a recent 'Speed Networking' event held by Kruti and her team at Expats in and around Manosque.  Kruti is featured in this episode, yes you will get to hear her lovely voice over the Verdon airwaves.  

There is also a funeral of an old friend of Hectors, Bill The Punkman Figuiere, and Jon borrows and old sheep mini bus.  Great music too, from Nick Cave, Simon and Garfunkel, Patti Smith, Cassandra Jenkins and more hits.

Tune in, safe in the knowledge that the world will be forgotten about for an hour or so and your brain will have a smile on it's frontal lobe afterwards. 

A filmmaker arrives in town with ideas that will surely change.  A brass and folk band get stranded on their way to a puzzle competition, what a lot of hot air and folking around!!  Lots of other objects placed in a non advertising way too, pints of milk, tight shorts and vinyl records of course.  Lots of good music from; Broadcast, Omertà, Stereolab, The Smile, Tears for Fears and more and more and less.  

Its another unhinged, axe wielding episode of Verdon Records - The Diary of a Record Shop.  

This episode has Ian, the handsome protagonist, heading down to the big smoke of Aix en Provence, he needs a new needle for his record player.  His shopping list grows with bizarre items.  He has to keep an eye on the time as he has to help set up a gig in his girlfriend's new cafe.  There is also some great music, Booker T and MG's, Bon Iver, Broadcast, Radiohead, Light from a Distant Star, Daisy Rickman, Clap your Hands Say Yeah! and more.  What better way to spend your evening.

Word gets out that the Northern Lights are making an appearance in Provence and there are some Mongolian acrobats to welcome them in.  Projects are steadily moving on, Freddy discovers a strange object on the beach and Daisy walks on.

A new season with new ideas and projects as spring is heralded in, inspiring the gang.  Jon and Scott surprise with a strange find and a lack of pants.  Hector falls in love with Milky Ways, whilst Anna and Baz have big ideas for Moustiers.  Ian and Jo paint things and Daisy sets off on her walk across land and sea.  Nicolas tries his best to understand the difference between donkeys and small things and a new stranger in town trying to escape his past.  It's all there plus some spine tingling music.