Music Shows
FromeFM music shows cover a huge diversity of genres. Here are a few of the highlights.
Use the A-Z menu on this page to find a show by name or try the Search in the top menu bar to find all the shows for a particular genre.
Junkshop Jury - Presented by John Nelson. The show that plays the music other people have thrown away. Join John Nelson and his studio Jurors as they choose the best Junkshop gems from Frome’s local markets, auctions, charity shops, garage sales and the Jurors’ own collections of musical rubbish covering the past 500 years. This show is a […]
Bad Detectives Radio Show - Presented by The Bad Detectives. Listen in amazement as the addled brains of Frome’s biggest hit-makers try to make sense of their record collections! Thrill as they search for something vaguely contemporary! Gasp as another obscure slice of rock n roll, pop, soul, punk, surf or country assails your senses! Then go to bed – you’re up […]
Club Tropicana - Presented by the Somerset Cool team. Club Tropicana pays homage to the music of the 80s, with snippets of news and trivia from the decade to stir your memories. Click here to view all Club Tropicana shows.
Tongue & Groove - Presented by Paul Johnson – Monthly on a Saturday at 8pm tongue&groove treats the traditional format of the radio programme as a concept – a unit of time to be manipulated – i.e. a show could be symmetrical in form with the first and last, second and penultimate pieces etc being connected – or a […]
Rebellious Jukebox - Presented by Julian Crawley. Thursday evenings from 8.00 until 9.00. So what is there for a music show to rebel against? Well, possibly the mediocre, possibly the manufactured; certainly the mundane. There are no rules here: a particular show is just as likely to be influenced by a weekend at WOMAD or the Cambridge Folk […]
The Folk and Blues Show - Presented by Richard Harris. “I like to play the music that you don’t always here on the radio”, says Richard, “especially from artists that put a lot into their music but because they are not ‘mainstream’ get very little recognition. “Folk music is a deep rooted tradition and culture within Britain that covers such a […]
Lemons - “Lemons”, presented by Toby Spin. “Lemon – A person or thing which turned out to be defective or unsatisfactory” Toby Spin will sift through the fruits, chuck out the Lemons and only bring you the best music he can find! Fortnightly good vibes, with old and new Hip Hop, Soul, DnB, Dancehall, Breaks and anything […]
Classical Analysis - Written by Mike Burrows and presented by Rupert Kirkham. Classical Analysis is an in-depth look at a composer or piece of music across the repertoire, produced by Mike Burrows and presented by Rupert Kirkham. A composer himself, Mike has been writing classical music radio shows for 6 years and joins us on Frome FM to analyse […]