Morning:
07:00 - 08:00 Early Breakfast
Ross Watchman presents a great variety of music to start your Sunday. And why not have a go at his weekly brainteaser? Programme Website
08:00 - 10:00 John Gannon's 60s Scene
John Gannon has a great selection of 60s Sounds for Easter Sunday including the Guitar Twangers Corner with The Outlaws, and the Top Ten Chart is from April 9, 1964. Programme Website
10:00 - 11:00 Women Making Waves
Women Making Waves features women who each play a positive part in shaping our society and are at the forefront of empowering change. Presented by Suzie Thorpe & Linda Ness. Programme Website
11:00 - 12:00 BookmarkListen Again
Celebrities and icons are the theme of this weeks show. Leigh Chambers' featured guest is Peter James Bowman talking about his book The First Celebrities; Five Regency Portraits which examines how the cult of celebrity started earlier than we might think. Dr Mathelinda Nabugodi discusses how we might view the Romantic poets in relation to the slave trade. And Sean Campbell chats about the connection between musicians and the Northern Irish conflict. Programme Website
Afternoon:
12:00 - 13:00 Cambridge Arts RoundupListen Again
Simon Bertin invites Classics Professor Paul Cartledge to talk on the Parthenon marbles and secret talks over returning them to Greece that may eventually impact on the Fitzwilliam Museum; exhibition aerobatics pilot George Sealy, who creates large scale images in the sky using smoke with synchronised flying in teams; and we take a look at the future of Cambridge’s creative sector with Cambridge Arts Network Conference. Programme Website
13:00 - 14:00 From the TerracesListen Again
If you love local football then join Tim Armitage and the From the Terraces team as they follow Cambridge United, Cambridge City, Histon and our local women sides through another exciting season. Programme Website
14:00 - 16:00 Strummers & Dreamers
Les Ray presents folk music old and new, along with news of what’s happening on the folk scene in Cambridge. Listen for live sessions, new tracks and classics from the folk archive, with a particular focus on young songwriters and bands. Programme Website
16:00 - 17:00 Jazz TodayListen Again
Pete Butchers features new music from Europe and the United States including an Ornette Coleman tribute from vocalist Monica Nica Agosti, the oboe of Fynn Grossmann and the twin guitars of Julian Lage and Bill Frisell. Pete will also be listing the jazz gigs coming up in and around Cambridge, illustrated with music from the trio Vein, coming to our city later this month. Programme Website
17:00 - 18:00 Polish WavesListen Again
Join Basia and Chris for an hour of relaxing music and Easter chat. Programme Website
18:00 - 19:00 Songs from the Gaelic World
Martin Atherton to members of the Irish band Seo Linn and plays tracks from their new album Anuas in which they give a modern treatment to tunes handed down from previous generations. There will also be Gàidhlig songs from the Rankin Family of Nova Scotia, Ewen Henderson, Mairi MacMillan and even the Budapest Cafe Orchestra. Programme Website
Evening:
19:00 - 20:00 The Big Band Show
John Hammond chats to Nick Ross, leader of The Nick Ross Orchestra, about their forthcoming gig at The Key Theatre in Peterborough on 29 April and plays some of their music. Programme Website
20:00 - 21:00 Let The Good Times Roll
Jackie Bond presents the best rock 'n' roll from the 1950s through to the bands keeping the music alive today. Programme Website
21:00 - 22:00 Queer Cambridge
Hannah Bestwick and Daisy Thurston-Gent present Cambridge 105 Radio’s dedicated LGBTQ show. We give you the low down on the LGBTQ events you can go to around Cambridge, and take a look at queer news happening nationally and locally. And every song we play is by either a queer artist or has a strong association for LGBTQ people. Programme Website
22:00 - 23:00 Stagger
The alternative music show with rap, electronica and experimental music. Programme Website
23:00 - 00:00 Evening Under Lamplight
Robert-Louis Abrahamson presents Greek myths, hero Journeys, pithy poems and stories from all over the place. And a smattering of music too. Programme Website
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