Won't be able to make it to the studio for the show on Easter Monday I'm afraid - but I will be lining up some awesome Americana tunes for you from 8pm Back with a bang on April 13th!

Crap, my phone has been off all afternoon, god knows how many calls from Radio 2 I've missed. Should I just turn up at BH at 6:30am and show willing?

I won't be in the studio on Monday so no Americana Jukebox requests this week - just 3 hours of uninterrupted Americana Playlist!

Finishing-up this part of the show tonight with Robert Sarazin Blake #NowPlaying There Are No Kings (Live at The Protest) on 107 Meridian FM See you back here in 2 weeks... thanks for your company once again

And #NowPlaying Glen Hansard - Winning Streak - from Didn't He Ramble - on 107 Meridian FM Tour dates at glenhansard.com/tour/

#NowPlaying Courtney Marie Andrews - Best Friend - from her new album Valentine on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday She's back in the country in May opening some shows for Glen Hansard...

Happy birthday tomorrow to Charley Crockett, surely the hardest working man in the game... (another) new album is out in 10 days, but meantime, #NowPlaying $10 Cowboy on 107 Meridian FM

#NowPlaying Danny George Wilson - Before September - from his ace new solo album Arcade on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Thanks for the request @blackcatmusic.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying Emmylou Harris - Ballad of a Runaway Horse on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @kenjude.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying Allison Russell's version of Angel on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Thanks for the request @paulg.it :)

#NowPlaying Brighter Days from Simplified on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @robhurley182.bsky.social - we're all dreaming of brighter days right now...

#NowPlaying Dusty Springfield's version of Tupelo Honey from her album Cameo - on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @bobbennett54.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel on 107 Meridian FM Catch him on tour in April - parkermillsap.com/tour

#NowPlaying Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support - 30 By Spring on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday The album The Hope That Kills You is out now... Thanks for the request @davidmhughes.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying John Prine & Iris DeMent - In Spite of Ourselves on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @taylorandleigh.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying Teddy Thompson - So This Is Heartache - from his forthcoming album Never Be The Same on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Tour dates at www.teddythompson.net/tour-dates

#NowPlaying Breakfield - Darker Out Tonight - on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Renée Fleming with Béla Fleck and their version of In The Pines (feat. Dolly Parton) from a forthcoming record The Fiddle & The Drum on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Nadine from Old Sap's record Marble Home on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

Very good to have Michaela Anne back - her new single is the title track from her forthcoming album These Are The Days, out 8 May - #NowPlaying on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Bonnie Montgomery & Melissa Carper - Rather Have Love on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Pat Byrne - Inside Out - he's planning a new album later in the year... on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Cat Clyde - My Love - from Mud Blood Bone, her new album - on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Jenn Green - Crazy - from her album Queen of the Strait on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Tedeschi Truck Band - Who Am I

Struggling with bluesky on the desktop this evening - normal service will be resumed on due course I hope

I'd love to get your requests in for Monday's Americana Jukebox - what Americana tunes do you want to hear? Live on air on Monday from 8pm UK time - ask your smart speaker to Play 107 Meridian FM...

#NowPlaying Mary Gauthier - Soldier of Fortune on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday "In memory of Alex Jeffrey Pretti and Renee Goode, shot dead on the streets in Jan 2026 in Minneapolis, by ICE. This song is dedicated to the people fighting state terror everywhere." Thanks for your company all 🙏

Happy birthday to Elles Bailey (tomorrow) - #NowPlaying Starling, the closing track from her latest album Can't Take My Story Away on 107 Meridian FM

#NowPlaying Katherine Priddy - Hurricane from the stunningly good album These Frightening Machines (a hit record!) on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday Thanks for the request @kenjude.bsky.social

Another Welshman next - paying tribute to Phil Campbell who died last week - #NowPlaying Rocking Chair from Old Lions Still Roar on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the heads-up on this track @robhurley182.bsky.social

#NowPlaying Thunder Road from The People The Poet on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @robhurley182.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying Chet Atkins & Dolly Parton - Do I Ever Cross Your Mind on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @taylorandleigh.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying Danny George Wilson - Arcade, the title track from the gem that is his new solo album, out this Friday... on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying The Riflebirds of Portland - Pieces of Time - it's from their reissued debut album April - back in 1989 it was only released on cassette... 107 Meridian FM

#NowPlaying The Bros. Landreth - Half Moon Eyes from Dog Ear on 107 Meridian FM Catch them on tour in the UK in April - dates at www.thebroslandreth.com/shows

We're a week late on this request... but #NowPlaying James Hand, Lessons in Depression on 107 Meridian FM Thanks for the request @efsb.bsky.social :)

#NowPlaying Asleep At The Wheel - The Letter (That Johnnie Walker Read) on 107 Meridian FM Wishing Ray Benson a very happy birthday

Wishing Patty Griffin a very happy birthday... #NowPlaying Back at the Start from her most recent album Crown of Roses on 107 Meridian FM

#NowPlaying Colton Bowlin - Clinton County - from the new album Grandpa's Mill on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying the new song from Hannah Scott - that voice is unmistakable... this is In Your Light on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Foy Vance - Call Me Anytime - from his beautiful new album The Wake on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

Really enjoying Werewolf, the new album from The Brook & The Bluff - #NowPlaying 105 on 107 (Meridian FM that is) #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Circles from Greazy Alice's new album As Time Goes By on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Brit Taylor - Around and Around from the album Land of the Forgotten on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

Oh hello... there's a new Kacey Musgraves album on the way... Middle of Nowhere is out 1 May #NowPlaying the single Dry Spell on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Brennen Leigh's version of The Traveling Kind on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

⚠️New Dale Watson album alert ⚠️ The big man is back with a new single, Willie Waylon & Whiskey #NowPlaying on 107 Meridian FM - the album Unwanted is out April 24... #NewMusicMonday

#NowPlaying Rainbows - the new song from Allison Russell on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday 🌈

#NowPlaying The Montvales - World of Trouble - from the new album Path of Totality, out this coming Friday... on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday