News: BIFF BYFORD (Saxon) interview and special features on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio

Biff Byford of Saxon

Sunday 30 November 2014, 17:00
Thursday 4 December, 22:00 repeat

Saxon frontman Biff Byford chooses the music in Get Ready to ROCK! Radio’s ‘Favourite Tracks from Favourite Artists’ sequence. He chats to GRTR!’s David Randall about the band’s progress and his influences.

Saxon’s UK tour starts on 30 November, celebrating 35 years since the release of their debut album.

The Dowling Poole

Also this weekend, on Sunday 30 November (21:00), as part of the occasional ‘In Session’ series, pop rockers The Dowling Poole play three exclusive tracks recorded on their recent UK tour.

Mike Vernon

And in the Pete Feenstra Feature (19:00), Pete chats to the legendary blues producer Mike Vernon who worked with John Mayall (including Eric Clapton), Fleetwood Mac and Chichen Shack in the sixties and more recently has produced Dani Wilde and Oli Brown.

Selected shows are now uploaded to a Mixcloud page to give listeners a chance to listen on demand.

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Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK

Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook.

Next session: Sunday 19 January

Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio

David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 1 December 2024.

UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 3 December 2024.

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Power Plays w/c 9 December 2024

In this sequence we play ‘The Best of 2024′ GRTR! reviewer selections

Featured Albums w/c 9 December 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2024 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2024 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2024 (Singer Songwriter)