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  • 'King of the Road' -- Roger Miller

    'King of the Road' -- Roger Miller

    14 March 2015 Kym Frederick

    In the late 1950s and early ‘60s, Texas-born Roger Miller was enjoying a successful career as an actor, singer and songwriter. He was touring America and starring on television shows. Miller got the inspiration to write ‘King of the Road’ whilst on h...

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  • Music On The Mountain

    Music On The Mountain

    14 May 2019 Xania Boreanaz

    Music, Mountain, Lloyd Bader-Jones, Constrictor, Heavy Metal

    There are so many things to see on the mountain, the scenery, the sheep, the tree's, the musicians.

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  • Memories and music of a Newport DJ – 1998

    Memories and music of a Newport DJ – 1998

    27 April 2017 Ian Lamsdale

    DJ, Lamsie, Newport, Venue, 1998

    It's 1998. Actually, no. Can we please flash back to November 1997 first? After an awful attempt to make a business from selling radio advertising for Falmouth College Radio, I’m back in Newport.

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  • Music On The Mountain

    Music On The Mountain

    10 month(s) 15 day(s) ago Xania Boreanaz

    Music, Mountain, Lloyd Bader-Jones, Constrictor, Heavy Metal

    There are so many things to see on the mountain, the scenery, the sheep, the tree's, the musicians.

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  • Westlife

    Westlife

    1 years(s) 1 month(s) 17 day(s) ago Rachel Harris

    westlife, brian, Shane, Nicky, Kian, Mark

    Known for their smart suits, cover songs and iconic key changes, 20 years on from when they first began Westlife are back!

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  • Story Behind the Christmas Song: Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid

    Story Behind the Christmas Song: Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid

    1 years(s) 3 month(s) 7 day(s) ago Kym Frederick

    Story Behind the Song, Do They Know It's Christmas

    In October 1984, a BBC television report by Michael Buerk was aired in the UK. It highlighted the famine that was sweeping Ethiopia. Bob Geldof, singer with the band The Boomt...

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  • Story Behind the Christmas Song: Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

    Story Behind the Christmas Song: Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

    1 years(s) 3 month(s) 8 day(s) ago Kym Frederick

    Story, Behind, The, Song, Rudolph, Red, Nosed, Reindeer

    Here's a jolly little Christmas song that every child learns, at a very young age. As a matter of fact, it wasn't even written as a song in the beginning - it was a book.

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  • Fairytale of New York - The Pogues Ft. Kirsty McColl

    Fairytale of New York - The Pogues Ft. Kirsty McColl

    1 years(s) 3 month(s) 11 day(s) ago Kym Frederick

    Music, The Pogues, Kirsty McColl

    Here's a Christmas song that is totally different to every other song of the season. It's a sort of anti-Christmas song, highlighting the troubles that blight the lives of a l...

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  • Feliz Navidad - Story Behind the song

    Feliz Navidad - Story Behind the song

    1 years(s) 3 month(s) 16 day(s) ago Leah Fox

    song, story, navidad, feliz,  José, Monserrate, Feliciano, García

    Feliz Navidad is one of the most downloaded Christmas songs in the United States and Canada but only peaked at 78 in the UK charts in Jan 2017.

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  • Jingle Bells - James Lord Pierpont

    Jingle Bells - James Lord Pierpont

    1 years(s) 3 month(s) 17 day(s) ago Kym Frederick

    Jingle, Bells, Christmas, song, James Lord Pierpont, Massachusetts

    One of the best known Christmas songs of all time didn't actually start out as a song for Christmas! Jingle Bells was written by American songwriter James Lord Pierpont...

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  • Spice Girls

    Spice Girls

    1 years(s) 4 month(s) 11 day(s) ago Rachel Harris

    girls, spice, come-back, tour, 2019

    With their recent come-back announcement, I'm going to take a look back at the career of Britain's most famous girl band of all time, The Spice Girls!

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  • Olly Murs

    Olly Murs

    1 years(s) 4 month(s) 26 day(s) ago Rachel Harris

    murs, olly, You Know I Know, Dear Darlin

    With his sixth studio album, You Know I Know, just been released, I'm taking a look back at the career of singer, tv presenter and all round cheeky chappy from Essex Olly Murs...

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  • 2018 Winning Song!

    2018 Winning Song!

    1 years(s) 5 month(s) 13 day(s) ago Kym Frederick

    2018, winning song

    It’s been a long wait for the five finalists and as the votes started coming in from our listeners and readers, it was hard to tell which song would come out on top. During th...

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  • Lady Gaga

    Lady Gaga

    1 years(s) 5 month(s) 17 day(s) ago Rachel Harris

    gaga, lady, star, is, born, Bradley, cooper, Just dance

    Following the recent release of her new musical romantic drama film, A Star is Born, I'm taking a look at American singer and actress Lady Gaga's career history and my favouri...

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  • Busted

    Busted

    1 years(s) 5 month(s) 25 day(s) ago Rachel Harris

    busted, year 3000, James Bourne, Matt Willis, Charlie Simpson, music

    What better blog to come back with after a few months than about the childhood band Busted. Formed in 2000. English pop-rock band Busted hit the charts.

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  • Knowing Me Knowing You: Shimai

    Knowing Me Knowing You: Shimai

    1 years(s) 5 month(s) 28 day(s) ago Kym Frederick

    knowing, shimai

    Knowing Me Knowing You: Angharad & Rhiannon of Shimai Here we are in the last week of voting for Newport’s best original song of 2018 and sisters, Angharad & Rhiannon Griffith...

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  • Knowing Me Knowing You: Dave Merrick of Crisis Talks

    Knowing Me Knowing You: Dave Merrick of Crisis Talks

    1 years(s) 6 month(s) 18 day(s) ago Kym Frederick

    dave merrick, live music 2018, song, contest

    My Biggest Fear by Crisis Talks is one of the five songs in the final of the Newport City Radio Original Song Contest 2018. I’ve been chatting with band member Dave Merrick ab...

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  • Knowing Me Knowing You: Zoila Garman

    Knowing Me Knowing You: Zoila Garman

    1 years(s) 6 month(s) 18 day(s) ago Kym Frederick

    knowing, garman, zoila, song, contest

    Zoila Garman is one of our five finalists in the 2018 Newport City Radio Song Contest. You can hear and vote for her song, Yo Let It Fly by following this link to our new mini...

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