Broad Oak Magazine

My local Working Men’s Club used to show feature films once a week and they were usually about a year after being shown in the cinemas. This...

Angels Of Venice is a Californian harp, flute and cello group founded by harpist Carol Tatum in 1993. The group’s core sound is harp, flute ...

Yes, we have featured Dion previously from his ‘doo wop’ days in the fifties with The Belmonts. He is now 87 and believe it or not he is sti...

Dulce José Silva Pontes is a Portuguese songwriter and singer who performs in many musical styles, including classical music, pop and folk. ...

  This is another reposting from 2010/11 originally published on Nourishing Obscurity: -------------------------------------------- https://...

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Band & sometimes just “The Bonzos” for short) was created by a group of British ...

André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known as the founder of the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Ri...

Clinton Ford (born Ian George Stopford Harrison; 1931–2009) was a popular English singer and entertainer known for his versatile style spann...

This is the second post for Bruce Springsteen. The previous post featured music which was “a blend(?) of New Orleans style jazz with folk m...

This week’s music comes from the Dave Brubeck Quartet. David Warren Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a f...

Last week Mr Sackerson asked me how many musicians adopted the name Jelly Roll. I don’t know and I don’t suppose anyone else does. But I do ...

Singer-songwriter Jelly Roll is known for hit songs like “Need a Favor,” “Save Me,” and “I Am Not Okay.” Unafraid to embrace an underdog per...

This is what my parents’ generation listened to on the radio; Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra. I’m not sure but I think Hall might h...

Eric Shi hails from what one might consider the least likely place to find bluegrass music. He was raised in China’s Zhejiang Province, and ...

I had almost forgotten what day it was with the World Cup altering the timings of everything. But luckily today is also ‘bin day’ so I was r...

Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair or “Fess” for short, was an American sin...

Award-winning Santa Fe-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Martha Reich has performed at venues around the world. Her music t...

A selection of music in celebration of football’s World Cup, 2026... Barrett Strong - Money (That’s What I Want) (Lyric Video) Pink Floyd - ...

Hamilton Camp was a British-born actor and singer, who relocated to the United States with his family when he was a young child. He is known...

And some more golden oldies from this ageing baby boomer reminiscing about the good old days when life made more sense and there was such a ...