Tuck Turn FM - Your Radio Social

20/04/2020

Yuck! Well I spent the weekend bedridden with suspected covid, but I'm up and about today. No podcast this weekend though, as I'm rethinking the format and going monthly. Watch this space! 💃🕺🎶📻

15/04/2020

Oh yes... turntable hooked up to the home entertainment system. Currently surrounded by 1950s musical comics Flanders and Swann.

Think Bill Bailey with mid-century sensibilities! I'll include one of their songs on this week's playlist... 📻🎶 😂

11/04/2020

Records and reminiscing after the first Great British Shim Sham, for NET Covid-19 appeal. (Wasn't Kris' great-grandma a heartbreaker?!)

Let's do another one soon - with better tech and and more interaction! Date TBA. Meanwhile, please check out Episode 0 of the podcast!

11/04/2020

11/04/2020

Here’s your Spotify playlist! Get your music here while you listen to Episode 0 and do add your own - it’s a collaborative DJ set! (Please tell us below what you’ve added.)

A playlist featuring Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra, Ruth Brown, and others

11/04/2020

Episode 0 is now live! Check us out on Podbean by clicking the link below! Spotify playlist is in the post above this one... 🥳🎙🤓

The pilot episode of Tuck Turn FM. Reaching out to the UK swing dance community and extending the good times we share on the dancefloor. Get in touch and share your favourite scenes, tunes, bands and memories. We're on Facebook, Twitter and email. Let us know what you think of the show!

11/04/2020

Our fully high-tech recording booth... yes, that is a clothes horse and a wool blanket...

11/04/2020

The show needs a jingle! Quickly, Robin, to the Batpiano...! 😎🎹🎶

Pilot episode goes live this afternoon, ahead of the Great British Shim Sham for National Emergencies Trust at 7pm!

07/04/2020

So, how will this nationwide shim sham work in practice? I’m glad you asked!

1) Hop on the page at 7pm on Saturday and tune into the livestream.

2) Run through the steps with us once or twice, before do one big shim sham together.

3) Record your shim sham and send us the clip, to be edited into a shim sham super cut!

4) If you can spare it, put a couple of quid in the virtual collection bucket for NET.

See you Saturday for a shim sham social!

07/04/2020

It's for real this time! 👭👫👬 Join us for a massive online shim sham, beating social isolation and raising funds for the National Emergencies Trust at a stroke!

Don't worry if you can't contribute (cash is tight for a lot of us right now); please join us anyway for a dance and a laugh.

See the events tab for info and let us know if you intend to join in! See you right here, Saturday, from 7pm... (Don’t forget to like the page for updates!)

28/03/2020

Apologies, but I must postpone the Great British Shim Sham. (I know, even the online events are being postponed now!) Personal circumstances (and lack of broadband) mean I'm not able to host it tonight. Planning to do it next weekend, but please keep coming back for updates. 💃🕺

24/03/2020

What’s all this then? New location, new format... bringing swing dancers together, while the dance floors are deserted... 🎥🎤🤠

23/03/2020

Thank you to everyone who took part on April 11 - I think we had 14 at the most, including Krissy and I!

Please tell your friends and let’s try to push that number (and the fundraising total) a little higher next time. (I’ll work out how to make it a more interactive experience, before then!)

If you did take part, we’d love to know who you are, see your video or hear your thoughts. Introduce yourself to dancers around the UK by dropping us a message, or an email at [email protected]!

21/03/2020

Thank you, everyone. Tell your friends and let’s have a massive online shim sham next week!

21/03/2020

Shall we give it one o’ these tonight?! 👯‍♀️👯👯‍♂️ Not really a social without one, is it?!

21/03/2020

There’s a lot going on in this picture... I feel as though “Jerry-rigging” doesn’t even begin to describe it... looking forward to kicking off about 8pm though!

21/03/2020

Can't have a social without snacks and booze!

20/03/2020

We return TONIGHT for social dancing at a safe distance! Message your requests and shout-outs to fellow dancers NOW!

EDIT: Think we’ll go for tomorrow, as I’m still working out the technical stuff! 🎤🙈

04/03/2020

LAST EVER SHOW tonight, starting in 10 mins!

Head to redroadfm.com at 9pm UTC for your final chance to dance... 💃🕺

02/03/2020

Final time behind the mic for RedRoad FM! The last ever show airs on Wednesday night from 9pm UTC.

I hope you'll tune in at redroadfm.com and see me off, as it were. Thank you for listening, and keep dancing! 💃🕺

12/02/2020

That Ted Heath train in full...! 🤩

12/02/2020

We're on in 10 mins! Head to redroadfm.com NOW to tune in and hear swing tunes you won't hear anywhere else! It's an ALL-VINYL SPECIAL!