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New site up and running!
The Campaign For Real Music website has been given a shake-up, not only with a new look and lots more content to come in 2009, but this time with a real drive to try and get some great music known to a...
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Longines Symphonette Society – who are they?
For lovers of light music, many of the recordings of the Longines Symphonette Society are among the finest ever made. In particular, the items that feature on the six record “Evening Serenade” box,...
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Colin Berry – a little light music
Good news for all fans of light music! Colin Berry has told us that he is doing another ”A Little Light Music” show on Easter Monday on BBC Three Counties Radio. This is set to be a real treat for...
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30s and 40s music at its finestCD review: Pennies From Heaven
Now here is a timely treat for lovers of Real Music. Just when mainstream broadcasters have decided that anything made before 1965 is out, and music companies assume we all want low quality MP3s of...
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LEGEND PROFILE: David Jacobs CBE DL
David Jacobs is worthy of every superlative. He is quite simply one of the finest broadcasters we have ever produced; his weekly BBC Radio 2 show remains one of the few, true gems on air. He has been...
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Why we need BBC Eight Light
BBC radio currently fails to offer anything for a large and significant population: older listeners. While music preference should be independent of age, it is evident that the BBC provides handsomely...
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BBC confirms Radio 2 overlooks older listeners
The BBC has published the results of its 2009 consultation on audience views on Radio 2 and 6 Music. The good news for many of us is that it recognises that Radio 2 is not serving the needs of older...
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ARTIST PROFILE: Robert Farnon
It’s hard to summarise the incredible contribution that Robert Farnon has made to music. Many consider him to be the greatest composer of light orchestral music to have ever lived, and it is difficult...
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Dance Bands – Malcolm Laycock
UPDATE: 10 November 2009: We are sad to learn that Maclolm Laycock passed away on 8th November 2009. Malcolm was one of the finest broadcasters, and has been greatly missed from the airwaves since his...
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Music Radio… Like It Used To Be – Colin Berry
Good news for fans of “our kind of music”! Colin Berry has told us that he will be presenting the third in his occasional series Music Radio Like It Used To Be on BBC Three Counties, this Good Friday 9...
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