With New Country
Christmas. Featuring the pick of the best festive music from
Nashville, with artists like Dwight Yoakam , Suzy Bogguss and Martina McBride.

Contributors

Unknown:: Dwight Yoakam
Unknown:: Suzy Bogguss
Unknown:: Martina McBride.

Source: Radio Times

20:00

Mike Harding

BBC Radio 2

Wed 22^nd Dec 1999, 20:00 on BBC Radio 2

Mike Harding talks to guitarist
Richard Thompson about his 30 years in music. He talks frankly about his earlydayswithfolkgroup Fairport Convention and explains what continues to drive him.

Contributors

Talks:: Mike Harding
Guitarist:: Richard Thompson

Source: Radio Times

21:00

Sweet Soul Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

Wed 22^nd Dec 1999, 21:00 on BBC Radio 2

Rufus Thomas presents a series devoted to vintage soul music from 1969-76. This programme focuses on 1975 and features an interview with Patti
LaBelle about her hit
LadyMarmalade. Plus music by Syl Johnson , Al Green and Earth, Wind and Fire.

Contributors

Unknown:: Rufus Thomas
Music By:: Syl Johnson
Music By:: Al Green

Source: Radio Times

22:00

Blue Collar: the Portrayal of Working People's Music: 6: Contemporary Pop and Rock - UK/USA

BBC Radio 2

Wed 22^nd Dec 1999, 22:00 on BBC Radio 2

Jimmy Nail presents the last programme in the series exploring how working-class life has been charted in popular music.

The story concludes with a look at pop on both sides of the Atlantic from the late sixties through the seventies and eighties.

Contributors

Presenter:: Jimmy Nail
Producer:: Mark John

Source: Radio Times

22:30

Richard Allinson

BBC Radio 2

Wed 22^nd Dec 1999, 22:30 on BBC Radio 2

Source: Radio Times

23:45

Paradise Street

BBC Radio 2

Wed 22^nd Dec 1999, 23:45 on BBC Radio 2

The last of the series in which Janey Lee Grace talks to celebrities about how they were affected by their childhood experiences of religion. Her guest in this programme is Richard Ingrams.