Thursday, March 17, 2016

Today is Saint Patrick's Day, this Sunday is the first day of Spring for 2016. Springtime is traditionally a time of refreshment and renewal, gone are the cold, cold blasts of Winter's air and hopefully we can actually say no more snow at least until next winter. Spring is a time musically look when we look forward to a summer of great concerts and music festivals. SXSW has already begun in Austin, Texas and there are many more to come spread throughout the country until Autumn rolls around. On Long Island we have the Great South Bay Festival, in New England there is Soulfest and in the Mid-west there is Audiofeed. I just found out this past weekend through an extremely reliable source that "Rock N Soul Gospel" is at this present time the world's oldest indie rock radio show. That includes both the Christian and the mainstream markets.

One of the things that I am most looking forward to this Spring is seeing my friend Dave Bainbridge of the band Iona coming through the NY/Long Island area as the keyboard player for the band Strawbs. They will be playing their album "Hero And Heroine" in its entirety. This will indeed be a very cool gig. This is also a time when I think very seriously about the direction my radio show has taken and a time to once again promise my listeners that I will always and only strive to play the absolute finest music that I can find. That's no brag, just fact! It has been such an honor and privilege for almost 35 years now to do just that and I will continue to do just that for as long as I am given the opportunity to do so. You can check out "Rock N Soul Gospel on 88.1fm & WCWP.org every Friday from 9 till 11pm and Sunday from 5 till 9pm, of course that's NY time.