Nov
2020
Michele Monro, The Lost New York Sessions, and Festive Plans
Michele Monro, Graeme Harper, Chloey Rose, Jessica Burtis & Alex Lewczuk in conversation with Michele Monro about the huge musical legacy her Father left the planet
Michele Monro, Graeme Harper, Chloey Rose, Jessica Burtis & Alex Lewczuk in conversation with Michele Monro about the huge musical legacy her Father left the planet
More Matt Monro info with the welcome return of his daughter Michele who reconnects with Jessica Burtis before Alex Lewczuk explores loneliness with Director of Policy at the British Red Cross Naomi Phillips, discusses the perils of online sharing with the Head of Fraud at Lloyds Bank and discovers the most infuriating office phrases with Caroline Taggart.
Elouise Sheehan, Emily Boston, Beverley Spencer, Anna Lewis & Alex Lewczuk travel from London to the world of Free Self-Reliant folk with Lucy Vine, Harry Wallop and William Coles before heading to Canada with both MJ Preston and Abbie Lemay interspersed with Zoe Jameson and the legendary daughter of Matt Monro, Michele and the creator of the Mother Pukka blog, Anna Whitehouse.
Director Greg Jackson connects with the Midweek Drivettes from Halifax, Canada followed by the last Michele Monro selection for a while and Dr Charles Spence on the psychology of food, wine and music ( original TX for `The Midweek Drive` on www.sirenonline.co.uk Wed Dec 10th 2014 )
Editor of the premier SF journal SFX, Richard Edwards discusses Battlestar Galactica and more with Emma Tinson, Sue Roys, Nick Elliott and Cat before the team connect with Michele Monro and ace Belgium correspondent Fien Hiel ( original Tx for `The Midweek Drive` on www.sirenonline.co.uk Wed Nov 26th 2014 )
Jessica Ward, Nick Elliott, Cat and Alex Lewczuk discuss Hallowscream with www.yorkmaze.com founder Tom Pearcy before welcoming Michele Monro back to the programme and exploring the last ever tour of the War Of The Worlds www.waroftheworlds.com stage show with legendary producer Jeff Wayne followed by the latest William Coles superlative novel ( original TX for `The Midweek Drive` on www.sirenonline.co.uk Wed Oct 29th 104 )
Another premier Matt Monro selection brings Emma Tinson, Jessica Ward and Alex Lewczuk to a bonus chat about `hard-news` with ace writer/Producer Ian Lennox ( original tx for `The Midweek Drive` on www.sirenonline.co.uk Wed Oct 1st 2014 )
Another ace contribution from Michele Monro and her Father`s premier musical collection is followed by Executive Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Rachel Fine looking ahead to some of the many highlights of their 2014/15 season after which top performer Robert Grose discusses his role as Chuck Brown in the latest tour of `The Eva Cassidy Story ` ( original TX for `The Midweek Drive` on www.sirenonline.co.uk Wed Sept 17th 2014 )
A packed final hour of the show starts with Richard Moore discussing his audio restoration work for the Matt Monro melody `Be My Lady`. CEO of Inspired Quill Publishing Sarah Jane Slack then chats about the continued growth of her company before Danny Walsh, author of ` Lincolnshire Heritage Walks`, looks ahead to his upcoming book signing at Lindum Books on Sat Sept 6th. Premier writer Tara Bennett then shares her latest work on the Titan Books companion to the series `Showrunners` before Phil Leirness shakes his own perspective on `Spock`s Brain` and more ( original TX for `The Midweek Drive` on www.sirenonline.co.uk Wed Sept 3rd 2014 )
A substantial set of contributions from Anita O`Brien , curator of `The Cartoon Museum`, `The Duchess` lead singer of the band `Space Elevator`, Stephen W Saffel from Titan Books , Michele Monro and actor/graphic artist Rupert Baker continue the Midweek Drive odyssey of exploration ( original TX for `The Midweek Drive` on www.sirenonline.co.uk Wed Aug 20th 2014 )