One week into January and the Sound Locomotive ain't got know blues. But it does have plenty of soul (and rock and roll music). Get some lust for life tonight from 9-11 pm. Only on Radio Dacorum!

Grab your finest bottle of Fritz and some cheese zip, it's time to board the Sound Locomotive for one last ride in 2025. Spend the final hours before fireworks emerge over the observation deck of the lounge car listening to my favourite tracks of the year.

Ho, ho, ho! The Sound Locomotive has Ramona Marx front man Sam Stanyon delivering Christmas cheer via the band's recently released Greatest Hits album next Wednesday from 9-11 pm.

Heroes and villains. Just for one day. 😒| Louder share.google/HXomP7gIe2el...

Some strange angel is greedily stickering London while conducting the Sound Locomotive (#106) next Wednesday from 9-11 pm. Only on Radio Dacorum!

I would go see Sofia Isella at the Roundhouse in Camden in June, but she seems to have signed with AEG. I have scruples. I'll try to catch her sometime when I can get tickets through Dice.

O2 to support UK grassroots venues. Fine. But it's voluntary and it's not as much as it should be. I support a call to tax ticket sales over £50 with a 10% tax to create a Music Heritage Trust that supports independent venues and touring artists. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

Sad to hear the passing of Raul Malo. The Mavericks were a special band for me as a teenager. Malo was an Orbison-esque crooner mixing early rock and roll with 90s country pop. Years later, I discovered the Bastard Son's of Johnny Cash in part because they reminded me of the Mavericks. RIP legend.

The Sound Locomotive rails above the neck next Wednesday from 9-11 pm on Radio Dacorum!

The Sound Locomotive snow plows into December with crystal blue persuasion. There are fine art "motives" in the dining car with Finn Wolfhard and Djo serving something other than stranger things.

A moment of reflection, to make like Scrooge McDuck and jackknife into a silo of cash and gold coins. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

The Sound Locomotive is serving a Thanksgiving Eve feast in memory of Marilyn Hagerty and my roots in Grand Forks. Tom Brosseau will be crooning in the dining car as staff serve up hearty portions of bread and butter. Wednesday from 9-11 pm. Only on Radio Dacorum!

Rest in power, love and subtly brilliant bass lines legend...

This might possibly be the best Radio Dacorum social media post I've ever seen. Quiet Piggy is a brilliant band name!

That’s a wrap on Hemel Hempstead in 50 Buildings - and book no39 I think #architecture #hemelhempstead #hertfordshire

The Sound Locomotive is up to no fun and back on track after a couple of weeks out on the town. Rod Stewart is in the lounge car lifting tunes from Jorge Ben (allegedly), while Suzi Gardner from L7 Official gets friendly with Black Flag in the Sleeper. Wednesday, 9-11 pm. Only on Radio Dacorum!

Drove to Calamity Comics in Hatfield this morning to pick up American Caper #1. I have family in Wyoming. This is accurate.

I saw Hamilton Leithauser perform his solo material for the first time last night at Bush Hall in London. I discovered "I Had a Dream That You Were Mine" on a British Airways flight many years ago and have been a huge fan ever since.

Heads will roll on tonight's Sound Locomotive as the season of the witch takes over the engine room. David Byrne is set up in the lounge car with Sufjan Stevens. While Deathchant and Goblin Cock keep every eye wide open in the sleeper car.

The Sound Locomotive will see the wood for the trees this week as I welcome 3B Impact guest Tom Nelthorpe to discuss the positive impacts of sustainable forestry. Tom's got some guest tracks from Sleater-Kinney and Dead Meadow.

Some high-minded secondary school kids with a clever name think they can raise money for @radiodacorum.bsky.social. Prove them right... gofund.me/9b6371fcf

Hey folks. Radio Dacorum is considering a name change. Any suggestions for a badass radio station that wants to keep its community-focused volunteer sector spirit? I'll dedicate an entire show to the best suggestion if we get more than six. Now excuse while I turn up the monitors for tonight's show!

The Sound Locomotive's special outlaw service steams down the line this week with a rebel yell. Hank is broke as folk handing passengers out a free hitchhikers guide to the fallacy.

A while back, I took this photo of a band called Stay In Nothing. The bass player / co-singer is shy, and plays with her back to the crowd. She is quite fascinating. I saw her before the gig sitting outside reading "Go Down, Moses" by William Faulkner.

The Sound Locomotive rolls into St. Albans this week to spend 90 minutes at The Pioneer Club. Tune in to hear music from Pulp, Beastie Boys,The Rifles, and locals like Enter Shikari and The Zombies. New music from Robert Plant and much, much, more! Wednesday 9-11 pm. Only on Radio Dacorum!

We need a national trust fund to this. It would require a funding mechanism (say 10% fee on all live music event tickets sales priced above £50), a long-term investment trust (like a pension), and cooperative style partnership agreements with music venues. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This was officially my tenth time seeing Oasis, and the first since 2005. It was a wonderful set list reminiscent of the first show I saw in 1996.

Yet another reason to dislike Ticketmaster even more... mashable.com/article/tick...

A weak but not unexpected response from the Competition and Markets Authority. They should have fined Ticketmaster and put the money in a fund to support independent artists and small live music venues. Make touring affordable again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The punk rock war lord in me says I should sign this. The dude abides: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

The Sound Locomotive is not live this week, but the replay will be special. Tune into @radiodacorum.bsky.social from 9-11 pm on Wednesday to hear my good friend Cross-Eyed Jesus and I recall glory days gone by and the music that filled them.

The Sound Locomotive will not be televised, but it will make an impulse purchase. Don't get lost in the supermarket. Join the happy dictator in the lounge car where the bartender serves 'em neat, neat, neat. Wednesday 9-11 pm. Only on Radio Dacorum!

Listening to Duff McKagen's Longfeather live from London. I think he embodies the same spirit Joe Strummer had in his later years. Intelligent and humanistic song writing.

This week's Sound Locomotive is a venerable freight train through the night seeking dead end justice. You can't judge a book by the cover, but you can censor the streets of London. Wednesday 9-11 pm. Only on @radiodacorum.bsky.social!

Here's a tune in solidarity for all of the striking London Underground workers this morning: youtu.be/m6p4L2p92IE?...

The Sound Locomotive wants to get funked up and break the levee this week with some Madison blues. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith and His Clowns will get the lounge car hopping, while Sigrid serenades the sleeper car with her take on a Leonard Cohen classic. 9-11pm Wednesday, only on @radiodacorum.bsky.social!

It may or may not be rkid's birthday on the Sound Locomotive tonight, but it's time to pretend we're all going to live forever. It's already written that Damon Albarn and Ray Davies will sing you into Waterloo Station while Grian Chatten kneecap's anyone with their head down in the lounge car.

So, this is happening (click through for merch), and 10% of the proceeds go straight back to the PBS Foundation. 🖤 twocrowcollective.com

Good for the Modfather. Standing up against the inhumane treatment of people is not hate against other people. This is outrageous. My accountant would be delighted to work for Paul Weller. share.google/sRztZDm0NC8M...

The dog days of summer are not over. The Sound Locomotive steams through Suffragette City on its way to the house of the rising sun tonight from 9-11 pm. There is new music from Paul Weller and Celeste in the lounge car. Weird Al and Supernova celebrate Star Wars. Only on @radiodacorum.bsky.social!

Let's go back to queueing up overnight outside record shops to buy tickets when they go on sale. Allow Ticketmaster or other retailers to sell unsold tickets a week later. It would be a hell of a lot more social and good for local businesses. www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcn...

The Sound Locomotive is going to doubleback tonight to when we were dreamers. There are no heroes, only roots and culture. Tune in from 9-11pm for new music from Die Spitz, Sublime, and Cliffords. There will also be old classics from The Clash, Devo, and Wilco. Only on @radiodacorum.bsky.social!

The Sound Locomotive has dodgy third-party age verification tonight for adult star Brisen. Pack your VPN and turn on the red light. Listen in for Arctic Monkeys, Prince, and Sydney Ross Mitchell. Only on @radiodacorum.bsky.social from 9-11 pm. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

The Sound Locomotive rolls through summer on Wednesday like a paper person in a cool breeze. As one half of the as pictured boys of summer (sorry Fudd), Hank spins old classmates like Ted Bentley (Ted & Kari) and old classics like Strawberry Switchblade.

The Sound Locomotive is back on track tonight at 9 pm on @radiodacorum.bsky.social! Here's the playlist, starting off with a brat wedding, if you want to tune in... The Martinique - Chris Barber's Jazz Band Party 4 U - Charli XCX About You The - 1975

Thanks @royalalberthall.bsky.social, but £1 is not enough. 10% of the face value of tickets over £50. That's what is needed. www.nme.com/news/music/l...

Seeing video of Olivia Rodrigo in the crowd at Glastonbury for Pulp validates my view that she's an exceptional person beneath her success and the popularity of her music.

This is going to be a fun one! Tune in via Radio Dacorum Live in about 20 minutes via Linktree in my profile.

I'm pretty sure @nickcope.bsky.social is with Jarvis on this one. I interviewed him for an American student newspaper over the phone in 1998, and could almost see him cringe when I labelled the Candyskins as Britpop. Consider this an apology, long overdue. www.nme.com/news/music/p...

We interviewed Gwenno with the Pipettes for Cross the Pond roughly 20 years ago. Later I bumped into her bartending between musical phases in her career. She is absolutely terrific, and what she's doing for the Cornish language is incredible: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...