SHOWS
Swooners & Crooners - 1 pm Mondays & repeat Sunday 8pm - featuring the great singers primarily of the 40s, 50s and 60s who present material from The Great American Songbook.
Wide World of Folk - 8 pm Wednesdays & repeat Thursday noon - sets out to expand our view of what is folk music, and features traditional folk, folk rock, international folk music, and music on the fringes.
For both programs the Badger will share interesting background information about the artists and the songs, he doesn’t just play records. All of which will enhance your enjoyment of the music played.
All the music played comes from his vast collection and will include well known classic recordings as well as extreme rarities.
All requests will be considered and played if available. Simply send a message to him from our Contact page.

THE WIDE WORLD OF FOLK
An informative guide to the fascinating and varied world of folk music in all its forms. Traditional British, American and Aussie folk; international folk; Folk-Rock; contemporary folk and singer/songwriters; and folk on the fringes.

Regular artists will include
Fairport Convention
Steeleye Span,
Ralph McTell,
Richard Thompson,
Nick Drake
Bob Dylan,
The Weavers,
Peter, Paul and Mary,
Joan Baez,
Garry Shearston,
The Bushwackers,
Eric Bogle
Jug bands,
Cuban and Latin singers,
and many others

SWOONERS AND CROONERS
A celebration of the Great American Songbook featuring songs by composers like
George and Ira Gershwin,
Cole Porter,
Jerome Kern,
Irving Berlin,
Rodgers and Hammerstein,
Johnny Mercer,
Noel Coward,
Duke Ellington,
Hoagy Carmichael,
Jimmy van Heuson
Vernon Duke
and many others

The records played will be by the greats
of the 30s – 60s such as
Frank Sinatra,
Bing Crosby,
Peggy Lee,
Dick Haymes,
Vera Lynn,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Sarah Vaughan,
Perry Como,
Nat King Cole,
Johnny Mathis,
Ronnie Hilton,
June Christy,
Billie Holiday,
Judy Garland,
Johnny Ray
and many others


Whichever program is to your taste come along for the ride, and if you have some feedback the Badger would love to hear it.
About the Badger
Born in 1944, brought up in the UK, migrated to Australia in 1972, and now retired in the Toodyay Shire,
The Badger pre-dates the baby boomers by a few years.
He sees himself as a child of the 50s and the 60s who grew up in a world of music.

Being surrounded by people who loved many forms of music he simply absorbed everything he heard.
A father who loved jazz and the great singers who feature so prominently on the Badger’s weekly show ‘Swooners and Crooners’. A mother who loved classical music. A close friend who loved old style country music, the real thing like Hank Williams, Bob Wills and Bill Monroe. A cousin he was close to who loved rock ‘n’ roll and the pop music of the day. Last but not least he developed his own love of folk music in all its forms including early blues and gospel, and traditional British ballads.

The Badger saw nothing strange about listening to Louis Armstrong, Errol Garner, Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Woody Guthrie, Josh White, Ewan McColl and Igor Stravinsky all in the same day.
He feels blessed to have been born when he was as it enabled him to go to live concerts by the legends, old and new, from all forms of music. He was at the two famous Isle of White Festivals in the late 60s. He saw Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bill Monroe, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, June Christy, Jimi Hendrix, Fairport Convention, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald and countless others live and in their prime.

To this day he still expands his collection almost every week with music from any of these genres, and if he had the time he would love to produce radio programs in all of them.
All records played are from his own very large collection.
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