Back to the fray...

Big props to producers Row, Will and broadcast assistant Phil - what a team ! Our first NowPlaying show together last Friday was completely wild: we were seriously taken aback by the enthusiasm of your responses before, during and after the show...



Sorry its taken me till Wednesday to post here. Family trip to Devon at the weekend was followed by my wife's birthday on Monday, taking part in BBC Introducing's Glasto panel, listening to several thousand recommendations for my Fresh On The Net shows and recording the voiceover for this year's Ivor Novello Awards - and no, I'm not allowed to tell you who's won what, you have to wait till May 19th for that :-)



I like the themes we've got this week - loads of mileage in all three of 'em. Naturally my role is supposed to be impartial, at least I think it is. But fascinating as peace protest songs and the career of Jakob Dylan are, my feeling is that the really big buzz by the end of the week is going to be the upcoming Record Store Day. All sorts of people have been bending my ear about it for weeks... Still - let's see what everyone else thinks.



And yes, it'll be great if we can thrash out a better name for our Three Of The Best sequence - it's shame that Peter Wylie and Mark Radcliffe beat us to the Crucial Three! Personally I'm leaning towards the slightly illicit sound of Triple Treat but don't let me sway you...



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Tom x