John Peel

Joe Walsh 'Life's been Good' remember hearing this on the transistor radio in our back room in Sheffield as a kid, and kept tuning in to see if they'd play it again. Read More

The upstairs room of the pub is packed. Read More

A Bristol band who supported U2 and were championed by broadcasting legend John Peel have reformed – almost 30 years after they last played a gig. Read More

A greatest song of the decade that hasn't even been released yet? Read More

Former Shrewsbury School pupil John Peel has been named in a list of the nation's top unsung heroes, according to a study published today. Read More

Local punkin chunkin group The Big 10 Inch won the 24th Annual World Championship Punkin Chunkin contest Sunday in Bridgeville, Del. with a distance of 4,163 feet. Read More

Bewildering is the best way to describe the songs on this 4 CD compilation. Read More

I'm always slightly appalled at mass outpourings of grief when 'celebrities' pass away. Read More

Two local residents are participating in the Punkin Chunkin World Championship this weekend in downstate Delaware a week after they set a Guinness World Record in Utah. For those that don't know, a punkin chunkin contest has teams using various machines from cannons to catapults designed to throw a pumpkin the greatest distance. Read More

A typically chilly Tuesday evening in Shepherds Bush, saw hoards of hand holding couples trudge across the common in support of twee pop Glaswegians Camera Obscura ; a band adored by the late John Peel and who during this exquisite time of year seem at their most fitting. continent with the highly acclaimed album 'The Nightmare Of J.B Stanislas'. Read More