"Matt Nickson Trio" Sun April 19th 09

Live music played on air is a joy to behold.
On this evening we were joined by Matt on
sax, Laurence McNaughton on keyboards &
Tom O'Shea on double bass.
The music was magic, cool jazz for late night
radio, a feel of coastal California on a balmy
mid summer night. The Nightfly.
It often fascinates me how musicians such
as these who don't play together so often manage
to deliver a performance that appears so effortless
& practised. They all agreed, theirs is a common
language, a passion for music.

Bob Greaves Sun April 5th 09

Always a pleasure to see Lord Greaves of Timp.
Again on fine form, Bob was senior presenter on Granada's
regional programmes for over 30 years. He was Tony
Wilson's partner on Granada Reports, Bob confessed to
having enormous admiration for Tony & missed him
terribly. Bob's stories of Tony opening the Hacienda were
a joy. I had forgotten that his old BBC adversary S.Hall
& he had actually presented a TV programme together...
Greaves & Hall, or was it Hall & Greaves?
Then, of course there was the ......elephant.