Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with David Thomas.
And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Judy Merry.
With new country.
Specialist in folk and acoustic sounds. Tonight Mike announces the six finalists - all aged between 15 and 20 - who will compete for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award final, to be held on 1 December.
5/10. Tonight's playlist includes music by Bob Mintzer , Donald Harrison , Duke Ellington and some of the UK's top unsigned jazz artists. Plus guest appearances by pianist Esbjorn Svensson (of Swedish jazz trio EST) and young, hip and bold quintet Empirical, who perform a song for the show.
1/4. Lulu presents a profile of soul tenor and songwriter William "Smokey" Robinson, who until
1972 fronted Motown quartet the Miracles, whose hits include the 1960 single Shop Around (Motown's first million seller), You've Really Got a Hold on Me, The Tracks of My Tears, I Second That Emotion and The Tears of a Clown. Interviewees include Smokey Robinson , ex-wife Claudette Robinson , original Miracle Warren "Pete" Moore, former Supremes singer Cindy
Birdsong and Motown songwriters Lamont Dozier and Janie Bradford.
The story begins with a look at
Robinson's early years in Detroit, where he met mentor Berry Gordy. Producer Sue Clark
He is joined by Noddy Holder.
Including at 1.30 Pause for Thought with Ged Clapson.
3.30 as 1.30
