Greg Butler’s guest is Matthew Kent. Matthew is a second year Geography student at the University of Cambridge and grew up in Wakefield (near Leeds, West Yorkshire). He is currently the Head of Music at Cam FM and is as their new music columnist for New Zealand-based Coup De Main magazine. … [Read more...]
Greg’s Afternoon Record Club: Richard Johnson
Greg Butler’s guest is Councillor Richard Johnson, who represents Abbey Ward for Labour. Richard is Executive Councillor for Community, Arts and Recreation, which covers community centres and community development, sports and leisure, and arts and cultural events organised by the council. … [Read more...]
Greg’s Afternoon Record Club: Gerri Bird
This week Greg Butler welcomes the Mayor of Cambridge, Councillor Gerri Bird in to the studio. Having contracted polio as a child, the Mayor has been a constant campaigner for the rights of disabled people in order to bring about change and independence. She worked for Disability Cambridgeshire and is involved with a number of organisations that … [Read more...]
Greg’s Afternoon Record Club: Honey and the Bear
Greg welcomes songwriters Jon Hart and Lucy Sampson, aka Honey and the Bear, into the Record Club this week. Before disappearing to Australia, Jon was a regular at the Alma Songsmith sessions in Cambridge entertaining the assembled musicians with his deathdefying technical masterpiece Wristburner. Now back in Blighty, Jon and Lucy have been … [Read more...]
Greg’s Afternoon Record Club: Ian Ralls and Jay Cantebrigge
This week Greg is joined by two members of the Strawberry Fair team, Ian Ralls and Jay Cantebrigge. Ian is also Treasurer of the Cambuskers Community group and nuclear network coordinator for Cambridge Friends of the Earth, while Jay will be talking about his book on the history of the Cambridge Band Competition. … [Read more...]
Greg’s Afternoon Record Club: Sam Harrison
The guest in Greg's Afternoon Record Club this week is Sam Harrison. Sam is a Lincoln born singer songwriter, whose fresh and quirky songs have graced stages at Glastonbury, the Edinburgh fringe and the 2012 Olympics, but who still occasionally comes down to Cambridge to sing and perform at The Alma Sessions. Sam Harrison on Greg's Afternoon … [Read more...]
Greg’s Afternoon Record Club: Lewis Herbert
Greg Butler invites guests to share their favourite records and say why they like them.Leader of Cambridge City Council, Lewis Herbert, is the guest on the show this week. Lewis has served as a City Councillor for nearly a decade, he was first elected in June 2004, and now heads up Labour in the city. … [Read more...]