They may be dead but their music lives on. This show celebrates musicians, singers, composers whose catalog has been completed. Mostly artists who have died recently.
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They may be dead but their music lives on. This show celebrates musicians, singers and composers whose catalog has been completed and who have died recently. Music comes from Great Britain, USA, France, Africa and beyond. Styles of music range from rock, blues, folk, jazz, pop, world and many others. As well as the music itself, there are insights to the artist and the music played.
The weekly show is first broadcast at 3pm on a Tuesday, plus repeats at other times.
The show is hosted by Mike Grenville.
Contact Mike: mikegrenvlle@frome.fm
Listen to all previous episodes here:https://www.mixcloud.com/FromeFM/playlists/dead-good-musicians/
112. (21/4/26) Yanka Rupkina, - Bulgaria. Bill Leader - engineer and producer of folk music. Moya Brennan - Irish singer & harpist. Andy Kershaw - DJ
111. (14/04/26). Session drummer James Gadson.
110. (07/04/26). Chip Taylor. Wayne Perkins. Mick Abrahams.
109. (31/03/26). Dolores Keane. Terry Cox
108. (24/03/26). Blues producer Mike Vernon.
107. (17/03/26). Country Joe. Phil Campbell (Motorhead). & more.
106. (10/03/26). Neil Sedaka.
105. (03/03/26). Andrew Ranken. Ebo Taylor. Hardy Hepp. Wes McGhee.
104. (24/02/26). 7 Jazz musicians.
103. (17/02/26). Joe Ely. Tony Carr. Fred Smith. Pops Mohamed. Jorge Ilegal.
102. (10/02/26). Tucker Zimmerman. Mingo Lewis. Chuck Negron. Tetsu Yamauchi.
101. (03/02/26). Jamaican drummer Sly Dunbar.
100. (27/01/26). Jazz guitarist Ralph Towner.
99. (20/01/26). French & Italian female singers; An English bassist & a drummer.
98. (13/01/26). Bob Weir and Grateful Dead.
97. (06/01/26). Raul Malo. Perry Bamonte. Viv Prince. Chris Rea.
96. (30/12/25). 2025 Review Part 2.
95. (23/12/25). 2025 Review part 1.
94. (16/12/25). Steve Cropper. Phil Upchurch. Judy Cheeks. Billy Nichols.
93. (09/12/25). Lavis-Squeeze drummer.Mani-Stone Roses bass. Turko-Ukraine.
92. (02/12/25). 3 French singers: Jean-Max Rivière. Érik Marchand. Jean Guidoni.
91. (25/11/25). Jimmy Cliff-Jamaica. Achille Mouebo-Congo. Akiin Shuga-Nigeria.
90. (18/11/25). Rob Jordan with: Sonny Curtis, Tom Lehrer, Archie Fisher.
89. (18/11/25). Rob Jordan with: Halil Fesli. D'Angelo
88. (04/11/25). The Whispers. Moody Blues. swamp pop. Reggae.
87. (28/10/25). Rob Jordon hosts with show about Alan Bergman.
86. (21/10/25). Bass player and session musician Anthony Jackson.
85. (14/10/25). Rob Jordan with Bobby Whitlock, Flaco Jiménez, Peter Amidon.
84. (07/10/25). Supertramp. Yardbirds. Turtles.
83. (30/09/25). Bassist Danny Thompson.
82. (23/09/25). 3 European rockers: From Belgium, France & Netherlands.
81. (16/09/25). 2 American blues men plus a Nigerian and a Ghanian singer.
80. (09/09/25). Alfred Brendel. Gary Karr double bass virtuoso.
79. (02/09/25). Mick Ralphs. David Kaff (Spinal Tap). Plus songwriters & more.
78. (26/08/25). Dave Cousins. Ozzy Osbourne. Simon House.
77. (19/08/25). 5 women singers: Cleo, Connie, Patti, Nicole, Iris.
76. (12/08/25). Terry Reid: singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
75. (05/08/25). 5 Jazz musicians.
73. (15/07/25). Part 2 Musicians who played Glastonbury & have since died.
72. (08/07/25). Played Glastonbury and have since died.
70. (24/06/25). From US Rick Derringer. From Wales Geraint Jarman.
69. (17/06/25). A pianist, trumpeter, singer & accordion player.
68. (03/06/25). The many hits from Producer Richard Perry.
67. (27/05/25). Blues. R&B. Soul, Rap and Roots.
66. (20/05/25). Mike Peters - the Alarm. Joe Louis Walker - blues.
65. (13/05/25). Jill Sobule, Robert John, Stedman Pearson, Wizz Jones.
64. (06/05/25). Zakir Hussain - tabla player. Naima Samih (Moroccan singer).
63. (29/04/25). 7 Jazz musicians: Saxophonists. Drummers. Bass players.
62. (22/04/25). Clodagh Rodgers. Badfinger. Blondie. Amadou Bagayoko. & more.
61. (15/04/25). Vic Flick, session guitar player.
60. (08/04/25). Shel Talmy: music producer behind many 60s classics.
59. (01/04/25). Jesse Colin Young-folk-rock songwriter. Angie Stone-soul singer.
58. (25/03/25). Badfinger. Easybeats. The Damned. Senegal. reggae. & more.
57. (18/03/25). Gabriel Yacoub. Jean Sarrus. Bertrand Blier. Charles Dumont.
56. (11/03/25). Roberta Flack. Jerry Butler- soul hitmaker. Ed Askew. Bill Fay.
55. (04/03/25). Rick Buckler. Jamie Muir:King. Jon Camp.
54. (25/02/25). Sam Moore, Linda Nolan, Wayne Osmond, Tommy Hunt, John Sykes.
53. (18/02/25). Garth Hudson, Mike Ratledge, Naâman.
52. (04/02/25). Chic, Osibisa, Bee Gees.
51. (11/02/25). Marriane Faithfull. Peter Yarrow. Barry Goldberg.
50. (28/01/25). Jazz Musicians Benny Golson, Alex Riel, Russell Malone.
49. (21/01/25). David Lynch.
48. (14/01/25) Review of 2024 part 2
47. (24/12/24). Alice Brock, Pete Robinson & Agnes Buen Garnås.
45. (10/12/24). Quincy Jones.
44. (26/11/24). Herbie Flowers. Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead).
43. (12/11/24). Cissy Houston - soul and gospel singer.
42. (29/10/24). Kris Kristofferson. Mitzi Gaynor. Liam Payne.
41. (15/10/24). Maze & Frankie Beverly. Bernice Johnson Reagon.
40. (01/10/24). Zodiacs, ABBA, Moby Grape, Chills, Easybeats.
39. (03/09/24). Catherine Ribeiro. Heather Wood. Haniya Aslam. Rose-Marie.
38. (20/08/24). John Mayall. Toumani Diabaté. Tom Fowler. Charlie Lennon.
37. (06/08/24). Zappa, Blues. Strawbs. Iron Butterfly.
36. (23/07/24). John Barbata - drummer.
35. (09/07/24). Richard M. Sherman - Mary Poppins. Jungle Book & more.
34. (25/06/24). Francoise Hardy.
33. (11/06/24). sax player David Sanborn.
32. (28/05/24). jazz: Escoudé. Danielsson. Lasry. Wróblewski.
31. (14/05/24). Duane Eddy. ELO. Frank Darcel. Bill Holman. Steve Albini.
30. (30/04/24). Mike Pinder, Paul Nelson. Dickey Betts. "Tootie" Heath.
29. (16/04/24). Gerry Conway - drummer. Steeleye Span. Joan Armatrading & more.
28. (02/04/24). jazz, pop, reggae, disco funk, folk rock.
27. (19/03/24). Soul, Motown, Folk, Jazz, Blues, pop rock.
26. (05/03/24). Jazz, punk, country, blues & more.
25. (20/02/24). The 27 Club: Hendrix. Joplin. Morrison. Jones. Cobain.
24. (06/02/24). Melanie. Denny Laine. S. MacGowan. B. Zephania.
23. (23/01/24). 1st Hour French then a mix.
22. (09/01/24). Pick of 2023.
21. (26/12/23). Ryland Davies - opera tenor.
20. (28/11/23). 9 from around the world.
19. (14/11/23). Carla Bley - Jaz pianist.
18. (17/10/23). Tony Bennett, Gary Wright, Jah Shaka, Vince Hill & more.
17. (03/10/23). 14 for October.
16. (19/09/23). Sinéad O’Connor/Alice Stuart/Astrud Gilberto.
13. (08/08/23). Birkin-Murat-Barzotti.
12. (25/07/23). Pete Brown.
11. (11/07/23). Cynthia Weil.
10. (27/06/23). Jeff Beck.
9. (13/06/23). Linda Lewis.
8. (30/05/23). David Lindley.
7. (16/05/23). Simon Emmerson.
6. (02/05/23). Wayne Shorter.
4. (04/04/23). Terry Hall.
3. (21/03/23). Burt Bacharach.
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