The Saviour of Radio

Obviously I’m not talking about the pie munching, fat faced, motor mouth of Radio One’s daily ear poison, Chris Moyles. We all know that the true saviour of radio will always be the late, great, John Peel – but since his passing in 2004, the FAM collective have been spinning their dials to the left and tuning in to Radio Two.

Ok – before I completely write off Radio One, I’ve just had  a look at their line-up and there are a couple shows I still enjoy. Giles Peterson and Rob Da Bank for example – and I’m sure there’s stuff worth a listen on the world service, but I haven’t tuned in to that since Joe Strummer’s days. The intention of this post was of course to pay homage to the educational programmes of Mark Lamarr. 

Shake Rattle n Roll, Beginners Guide to Reggae, the Hip Hop ones he sometimes does, Alternative Sixties and the show that’s currently hogging the I-Player, God’s Jukebox. Such an amazing source of musical wisdom, Lamarr has learnt me so much good stuff over the years. One such recent discovery are psychedelic R&B funksters, the Crackles. From the look of their myspace page, they are new on the block and we hope to see them swingin’ on stage somewhere real soon.

Smitherz