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Here is the second Ellis Beggs and Howard video clip that we uploaded to YouTube, again with a link to the “back story”.

Ellis Beggs and Howard - Big Bubbles No Troubles:

Here’s a link to the backstory for this video over on my “official” site: www.robbiefrance.com

Robbie xx

After the recent article about the requests for Ellis Beggs and Howard on MWOM, we scouted around for some better quality video clips to show you. Here’s the first, with a link to little “back story” about the song.

Ellis Beggs and Howard - Homelands:

Here’s a link to the backstory for this video over on my “official” site: www.robbiefrance.com

Robbie xx

Here you go folks - here’s the playlist from Robbie France’s My World of Music from Costa Calida Radio for Sunday 26th October.

Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
Anouk - I Don’t Wanna Hurt No More
Aztec Camera - Jump (Full Version)
Barbra Streisand - With One More Look At You (A Star Is Born)
Bette Midler - The Rose
Billy Paul - Let’s Stay Together
China Crisis - Tragedy & Mystery
Corinne Bailey Rae - Since I’ve Been Loving You
Cover Version - Never Can Say Goodbye
Damien Rice - The Blowers Daughter (Live From Union Chapel)
David Bowie - Massive Attack - Nature Boy
Doobie Brothers - The Doctor
Dwele - That’s The Way Of The World
Edwyn Collins - One Is A Lonely Number
Elbow - Teardrop (Good Mix)
Ellis Beggs & Howard - Homelands
Elvis Costello - Beautiful
Gabriella Cilmi - Sanctuary
Gary Moore - If The Devil Made Whisky
Genesis - Man In The Corner
Gilbert O’Sullivan - One Door Closes
Gregorian - Masters Of Chant III - 07 - Ordinary World
Inner City - Good Life
Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye
Japan - Ghosts
Jeff Buckley - Lover You Should’ve Come Over
Jennifer Hudson - If This Isn’t Love
Joan Osborne - Sara Smile (Breakfast in Bed -)
Joe Purdy - Take My Blanket & Go
Josh Groban - Awake - February Song
Josh Ritter - Girl In The War
Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After
KD Lang - Jealous Dog
KD Lang - Shadow Of The Frame
Katie Melua - Two Bare Feet
Keith Urban - Stupid Boy
Kelly Clarkson - Sober
Kindred Spirits - Perfect Day
Laura Cantrell - Love Vigilantes
Leanne Rimes - Strong
Marillion - Lavender
Marvin Gaye - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Remember the Titans Soundtrack)
Melanie C - The Moment You Believe
Nancy Wallace - We Don’t Talk Anymore
Natalie Cole - The Man With The Child In His Eyes
Ne-Yo - Mad
Peter White - City of Lights
Phil Collins - Groovy Kind Of Love
Russell Watson - The Summer Wind
Ryuchi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - Forbidden Colours
Scouting For Girls - I Wish I Was James Bond
Seal - A Change Is Gonna Come
Secret Garden - You Raise Me Up
Shelby Lynne - Anyone Who Had A Heart
Shirley Bassey - Slave To The Rythm (glimmer Mix)
Sia - I Go To Sleep
Siobhan Donaghy - There’s A Place
Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running
Temptations - A Song For You
Tennishero - Midnight Love
The Bench Connection - All Strings Attached
The Script - Breakeven
Tim McGraw - Whiskey & You
Tina Turner - Missing You
Tom Jones - If He Should Ever Leave You
Will Martin - Into The West

Enjoy.

Robbie xx

Hi Folks,

there were a couple of special tracks requested for Sunday’s My World of Music show. As a special treat, Robbie asked me to find some videos of those tracks.

Ellis Beggs and Howard: Big Bubbles No Troubles:

Ellis Beggs and Howard - Homelands:

Enjoy!

Dom

Here you go folks - here’s the playlist from Robbie France’s My World of Music from Costa Calida Radio for Sunday 12th October.

Air - Space Maker (Pocket Symphony)
Al - Jarreau _ My Favourite Things
Alicia Keys - Lesson Learned (As I Am)
Alison Krauss - Whiskey Lullaby (With Brad Paisley from A Hundred Miles More)
Andrea Bocelli - Un Dulce Melodrama
Ane Brun - To Let Myself Go
Angie Stone - Cinderella Ballin’
Barbra Streisand - Evergreen (Live with Il Divo)
Boyz 2 Men - Just My Imagination (Hitsville)
Boz Scaggs - Jojo
Catherine Feeny - Touch Back Down (Hurricane Glass)
Charlie Landsborough - What Colour Is The Wind (The Storyteller)
Chet Baker - Time After Time
Chris Botti & Jonatha Brooke - Forgiven
Cinema Paradiso - Ennio Morricone
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Declan O’Rourke - Galileo (Someone Like You)
Deep Purple - Stormbringer
Diana Krall - S’Wonderful
Everything But The Girl - Tougher Than the Rest
Freddie Mercury & Monserrat Caballe - How can I go on
Frou Frou - Let Go
Genesis - In Too Deep
Gill Scott Heron - Grandma’s Hands
Gino Vanelli - Wheels Of Life
Gretchen Wilson - To Tell You The Truth
Interference - Gold(from the film Once )
Iron & Wine - Naked as We Came
James Taylor - Suzanne
Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine
Joan Armatrading - Woman In Love
Josh Ritter - Girl In The War
KD Lang - Coming Home
Katherine Jenkins - Music Of The Night
Laura Cantrell - Love Vigilantes
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
Loverboy - Working For The Weekend
Luciano Pavarotti - Caruso
Marc Almond - The Days Of Pearly Spencer
PP Arnold - First Cut Is The Deepest
Paolo Conte - Via Con Me (French Kiss Soundtrack)
Pat Metheny - Don’t Know Why- (One Quiet Night)
Paul McCartney & Wings - 1985
Paul McCartney and Wings - Coming Up
Paul Weller - Savages
Reflex -The Politics Of Dancing
Rickie Lee Jones & The Blue Nile - Easter Parade
Robert Plant - If I Were a Carpenter
Rod Stewart - The Very Thought of You
Rufus Wainwright - Beautiful Child
Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It’s Like That (Extended Mix)
Ryan & Rachel O’Donnell - Theme From Harry’s Game
Santana - Samba Pa Ti
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Kites
The Temptations-Ball Of Confusion
Triniti - Fields Of Glod
Yolanda Adams & Gerald Levert - I Believe I Can Fly

Enjoy.

Dom (the IT Guy)

Hi, folks.

Welcome to the first article…the first of many…

Just a quick note to the dozens of people who have asked me over the years to play more of my ‘Sunday music‘ during the ‘Drivetime’ programme. I have to say, I’ve taken all the comments on board and decided to make a bit of a compromise. The thing that makes the sunday prog so cool is that there’s nothing else around that compares with it…so why spoil that individuality by placing tracks, normally reserved for My World Of Music,  in the DT show?

I’m flattered that ‘My World Of Music’ should be so highly ranked amongst yas. As long as you like it…I’ll keep doing it. AND I’ll put a couple of MWOM tracks in the DT programme for good measure. How’s that?

Great to see so many people turn up for the CAFE concert at the Playa Grande on the 4th of October. I know there’s a website featuring posts on their forum slagging the acts off, but overall there was a fabulous atmosphere and we raised €6,511.00 for our trouble. I’ve been fortunate enough to work in the music industry for decades, (4 in all), but nothing comes close to working hard and long for your community, no matter how small. And let’s face it… We live in a small, tightly knit community.

Many thanks to all the artists and bands for donating their time & effort so willingly…we’ll be back next year.

So. Until I get more proficient at this blogging lark, I’ll see if I can get my IT manager Dominic in the UK to arrange a seperate section for you to take a peek at the playlist from last sunday’s MWOM.

Talk to yas soon!

Love & Respect,

Robbie. xx

-= Update - 16.10.08 =-

You can now see the playlist here:

http://robbieontheradio.com/playlist/mwom-playlist-for-12th-october

Dom

The two mediums of music & film go together like tea & toast. Never have the two been bound by such harmony. For instance, I’ve never seen ‘The O.C.’, yet I must have played dozens of pieces of music from the T.V. series which dominate the psyche of young kids all over the world, just because this or that track appeared on this very popular show. Likewise… ‘House M.D.’, ‘Gray’s Anatomy’, ‘Crossing Jordan’, etc., etc..

Films too. I’m not talking about the great musicals such as Sound Of Music or West Side Story. I’m talking about the common, mainstream, popular film which we see (and hear) every day. It’s as if the producer and director search for that special piece to go with a special scene, to enhance the overall emotion we are expected to experience. Again, the great directors from Spielberg to Ridley Scott have used music to urge the audience to laugh, sympathise or cry. ‘Schindler’s List’, ‘E.T’., ‘Close Encounters’…giant scores. Beautiful music. Hans Zimmer too. Gladiator, Rain Man, Thelma & Louise. The great Martin Scorsese actually uses rock music to give us that unique feel of time and chronological moments.

Music is indeed the assistant director nowadays. Like never before, the soundtrack is such a commanding part of film and T.V., we sometimes don’t even realize it.

If director Sergio Leone can bring a tear to the eye, composer Ennio Morricone can cause us to weep. It’s as simple as that. From the classic scene in Once Upon A Time In America where DeNiro meets Elizabeth McGovern, listen to how the music inspires us with such depth of feeling for that moment. Same with Cinema Paradiso. The final three minutes of that most extraordinary film have to be among the most gorgeous cinematic imagery in history.

As a dear friend said recently, (and I’ve mentioned this on my Sunday programme), today’s classical composers are to be found in Hollywood, Pinewood and the movie houses. Well said!

Keep watching those films and spare a thought for the score behind those pictures. There’s a world of beauty at your disposal.

See ya next month folks.

Love Yas!

Robbie France

This article was published in the October issue of Beachcomber magazine

This article was first published in Beachcomber Magazine in September 2008

Music is cyclical. Always has been. Usually by a span of 20 years. The explosion of pop in the 60s started a trend which continues today. One of the most intriguing subjects of today’s pop scene is the plethora of fabulous talent coming from the UK…especially the ladies. Amy Winehouse was at the forefront of this revolution with her album ‘Frank’ garnering awards and critical acclaim alike in 2004, before reaching even giddier heights with ‘Back To Black’ 2 years later.

Egged on by her success, we saw the likes of Amy McDonald, Adele, Duffy, Katie Melua, Kate Nash and to a lesser extent Estelle break through sometimes on both sides of the pond. Real singers. Real music. Real talent. Although there’s the obligatory nod to their 60s counterparts such as Dusty Springfield and Joni Mitchell as far as influences go, there’s also another reason. Money.

Duffy withstanding, all the major players on the UK scene now were alumni of the BRIT School in Selhurst London. Formed in 1991 to encourage excellence in the arts, it has been a monolithic success. As we reflect on the correlation between massive influx of funds into Team GB at the Beijing olympics, so we can see the exact parallel between The BRIT School and international success of the aforementioned ladies.
Plus there’s a tangible return to recording real music, without having to rely on computer wizardry to enhance a mediocre talent. This is where the legacy of the 60s & 80s comes in to play. 60s was full of top musicians, working at the top of their game. 70s went a bit limp. Punk exploded. A genre of music in which if you knew more than a handful of chords you were considered a maestro. Then came the 80s. If you were a successful musician in that era, you played to the maximum of what was humanly possible. A heady mix of commercialism and craft. I see that now.

It’s taken some time, but what a great bunch of years we have ahead as far as listening to fabulous performers singing good old fashioned great songs. It’s about time…litarally! See you next month.

Love,

Robbie France

Robbie on The Radio is my website dedicated to all the radio programmes and coming soon to a mp3 player near you…will be my podcast programmes with a mixture of the shows I broadcast here on the Costa Calida.

Robbie France