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The last songs about pleasant places and some of my holiday favourites this week on the Early Years!

After you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me for The Early Years, where and when you'll hear the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.

Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Love Actually and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Only on Mushroom escape:
http://www.mushroomfm.com/escape
From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies Love Actually from 2003 and How the Grinch Stole Christmas from 2000.
Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis.

B.B. King this week on The Juke In The Back!

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
The “Juke In The Back” pays its respects to a true musical icon, B.B. King.

Mara's Musical Tapestry: Let me in!

So, one time, there was this little radio show on a little outfit called mushroomFM. but it was so very early in the morning that nobody cared about it.

Hi, it's Mara Kelland and I'd love it if you'd let me in, just for an hour on Sunday morning, 8Am uS Eastern time (midnight monday in NZ) and replayed Tuesdays 8pm NZT.

I am going to make a special show this week. it's about you - all requests from you. so get 'em in quick! If you don't say I pick 'em.

Deep Dive here's from the morning DJ

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy some great stories from the talented US entertainer Harry Chapin. We go flying in his taxi, hear about a lot of bananas, and meet the morning DJ.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 8 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which works out to be 10 PM in Eastern Australia. Just demand that your SmartSpeaker of choice take you to Mushroom FM and you will be there momentarily.

Pookie Hudson (The Spaniels) this afternoon on The Juke In The Back!

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
Pookie Hudson spent his entire life close to the music he loved.

Scottish Songs for St. Andrew's Day and Something Special, this Week on Come by the Hills!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you about this week's upcoming episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM! We've got a whole bunch of songs from Scotland in honour of St. Andrew's Day, which is coming up on November 30. Also, we're beginning to ring in the festive season with a half hour or so of holiday tunes in honour of the launch of voting for our annual Holiday Countdown and Christmas Party! Votes are now open, and the countdown will take place live on Mushroom FM on Saturday, December 17, 2022, from 7:00 AM Eastern to 5:00 PM Eastern.

It's time! Vote for your top 10 holiday songs, receive an invitation to our holiday countdown and party where we play back the top 100

I don't know about you, but at this stage of 2022, I think many of us are feeling, "what a year!" The pandemic rages on, there's war in Europe, the Queen died and Elon Musk bought Twitter! I think we need to bring on some Christmas cheer, right now. Once again, Mushroom Fm is here to do exactly that with our holiday countdown and party.

More songs about pleasant places this week on the Early Years!

After you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me for The Early Years, where and when you'll hear the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.
I continue the listener-suggested theme, songs about pleasant places this week. The music will span 31 years from 1960-91. I'll finish this theme next week.

Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: The Best Man Holiday and Office Christmas Party.

Only on Mushroom escape:
http://www.mushroomfm.com/escape
From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described Movies the Best Man Holiday from 2013, and Office Christmas Party from 2016.
The Best Man Holiday is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written, co-produced and directed by Malcolm D. Lee.

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