Real Rock and Blues podcast!!

So it has been a while…………..

I wrote some time ago about Ribble Valley Radio. I had a show on the station playing what I like to call real rock and blues. I am afraid that RVR has gone the way of all flesh…… As a community radio station the biggest problem was always funding. In the first year we raised £26,000 and spent £21,000 of that on equipment and £5,000 paying the Performing Rights people and offcom for the licence. Finally, after 3 years the strain was too much and RVR folded.

We are in the process of starting a new station, but in the meantime……………

I have started a web site called realrockandblues.com. There is a lot of work to do, of course, it is amazing how much time a small web site can take up.

I thought that just writing about music would be enough, but it wasn’t. I really miss broadcasting! It really is the most fun that you can have with your clothes on! The solution? Podcasting! The first podcast is here Real Rock and Blues Show 1. A pretty natty title (Show 1) I think that you will agree. Why not give it a listen?

So What is Real Rock?

That is a really good question. Real rock, as I see it, is music (not necessarily ‘rock’) that poses questions. I hate music that could be played in a lift. Real music demands attention and thought. What I think I dislike is inoffensive music, and that varies from person to person. So, what you get here is my ‘real rock’ and that might not be yours, and that is fine. One of the great things about music is that it appeals to different people and means different things to different people.

Who makes Real Rock?

So many people; Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Wreckless Eric, Roger Chapman, Crimzon, Nick Cave, Beefheart, Zappa, Zoot Horn Rollo, John Coltrane, Miles Davis. Anyone working with imagination and with honesty.

The list is almost endless.

Who does not make ‘real rock’?

Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, any boy band, The Monkees, any girl band, anyone who thinks that they do, Bedingfield, Blunt, Grey etc. etc.

This is rather like the old definition of art. “I do not know what it is, but I know what I like.”

I hope you like what you hear, let me know.

All the best,

Phil