Bit slow on this one but from Island 50 website (1st May):
http://www.island50.com/news/#news30ISLAND 50 RADIO NEWS
The season of nationwide radio programmes dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of Island Records kicked off on April 12th, with the GMG Radio documentary on the 50 years of Island, ‘Legendary Record Labels – Island at 50’, narrated by Dan Gillespie Sells. (did anyone catch it?)
Meanwhile, further shows air on:
May
23rd: 10.00pm – Radio 2 Documentary on Island Records Part 1 ‘Island
Life: the story of Island Records’, narrated by Don Letts.
May
25th: 7.15pm – Radio 4 Front Row Special on ‘Chris Blackwell – The Man
and the Music of Island Records’: Chris Blackwell in conversation with
Jon Wilson.
May 26th: 2.30pm – 1Xtra thirty minute
documentary, ‘Island at 50’, narrated by our very own hitmaking Tinchy
Stryder , and concentrating on our more urban history.
May
30th: 7.30pm – Radio 2 Documentary on Island Records Part 2 ‘Island
Life: the story of Island Records’, narrated by Don Letts, anchored
around the classic 50 list.
Also, from May 25 for one week Absolute Radio will be repeating Island sessions from their archive across BOTH ‘Hometime with Geoff Lloyd’ ( 5 – 8pm ) and Ben Jones ( 8pm – 12am) all that week.
MONDAY 25TH MAY: 6-7PM – SPECIAL MARK RONSON SHOW: “ISLAND IS 50 !!”
TUE 26TH: 7-8PM – KEANE SESSION TRACKS (GEOFF LLOYD)
9-10PM – THE FRATELLIS SESSION TRACKS (BEN JONES)
WED 27TH: 7-8PM – PAUL WELLER SESSION TRACKS (GEOFF LLOYD)
9-10PM – PAUL WELLER SESSION TRACKS (BEN JONES)
THU 28TH: 7-8PM – FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE SESSION TRACKS (GEOFF LLOYD)
9-10PM – THE FEELING SESSION TRACKS (BEN JONES)
ALSO ON SUNDAY 31ST MAY, FROM 8-10PM, PJ HARVEY SESSION TRACKS WILL BE PLAYED ON GEOFF LLOYD’S XTREME SHOW.
Meanwhile,
on the week beginning Monday May 25, Q Radio will have a focus on
Island tracks as well as giving over a lunchtime show each day, from
1-2pm, from Tuesday to Friday to an Island act.
Tues – The Feeling
Weds – Florence
Thurs – Tricky
Fri – Fratellis
This will also be featured in a 2 page spread in the June issue of Q, which hits the shops in early May.
Happy listening!!!
There are also more gig tickets released for Keane & Paul Weller.