Public Address: HOT CUTS AND HIGH FIVE

Side One of this edition of the programme features an eclectic selection of diverse music followed on Side Two by High Five – an occasional feature on the programme, where we hear from an individual whose life and career has involved them in the creative, music and/or the performing arts, to have a chat about their life and background. Also they’ll be choosing five pieces of music that have a special significance to them. The guest on this edition of the programme is accomplished guitarist and music business stalwart Gordon Wallace.

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

Public Address: THE R'n'B TAKE

From heartfelt ballads to powerful anthems, R&B interpretations can give even older songs new life and deeper meaning. R&B covers have a special magic when it comes to re-inventing and reviving songs with a new depth of soul, emotion, and musical complexity. A well-executed cover can create an entirely different experience, sometimes leaving listeners astonished at how distinct it feels from the original sometimes when given added layers of passion, it can turn the song into an R&B classic in its own right.

In this uninterrupted and seamlessly mixed Public Address Special, curated and produced by Thom McKeown, you’ll hear re-imagined takes that may create for you, a bigger (or different kind of) impact compared to their predecessors’ original.

Produced Curated and Presented by Thom McKeown 2025

Public Address: JUKE BOX POT POURRI

"I can write, boy can I write. That's what I do. The trouble is that it's too bloody easy for people - that's why music is in the sorry state that it is. Any idiot can go in there, sing a chord, bang on a machine. I'm not objecting to that, but when people have a go at me for trying to say something in a rock'n'roll mode, it's as if I'm the freak." Mark E. Smith (who sadly now has left us). Singer, The Fall

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025