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A Big Warm Welcome To Brad Kesner!
We are so thrilled to welcome Brad Kesner into the wonderful world of Clear Blue Sky radio! Brad is based in the USA, and is a music journalist as well as a connoisseur of high class original music. Brad’s articles have been published far & wide including USA, Italy, Germany, in English and also in Spanish in Argentina.
In today’s changing music scene, it can be difficult to source top quality original music with less independent record companies showcasing new talent and yet millions of releases available from independent musicians and bands. It’s a needle in a haystack scenario! Here you will appreciate the enormous value of Brad who searches the globe in pursuit of finding musical treasures to delight you as well as promoting truly great original music which will also be featured in Clear Blue Sky radio’s shows.
It’s a big, warm welcome to Brad, a true authority in great music, and friend to everyone who seeks quality music from around the world!
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John Simms presents: Adventures in Music – 32
A fresh & dynamic show with a stunning array of high quality music including much that you may not have heard before or is entirely new & original. John warmly invites you to savour this presentation with huge thanks to our wonderful global discoverer of fine music, Brad Kesner.
| 1 | Jacob Collier | Do You Feel Love & Outro |
| 2 | Dave Bainbridge | Farther Up and Farther In |
| 3 | Rubicon | Closely |
| 4 | Quinn Sullivan | Better in Love |
| 5 | Maha Rocks | Feel Proud |
| 6 | Ally Venable | Feel That Sting |
| 7 | Glodblug | Glob 7 |
| 8 | The High Teas | The Hourglass |
| 9 | Alvin Lee | Long Legs |
| 10 | Maha Rocks | Your Approach |
| 11 | Dennis Wilson | River Song |
| 12 | Cactus | One Way Or Another |
| 13 | Dave Bainbridge | Hill of The Angels |
Clear Blue Sky radio…here whenever you need us..
Maxine Marten presents: Escape the World – 17
Escape the World for just a while with Maxine Marten featuring soothing sounds and fresh new exciting music that has meaning and is of very high standard. New releases plus some beautiful tunes from the past. More from Maxine in the archives.
| 1 | Dave Bainbridge | On the Edge (Of What Could Be) |
| 2 | RPWL | Roses |
| 3 | Santana | Mirage |
| 4 | Red Bazaar | Sunset For A New World |
| 5 | Mantra Vega | Learning to Be Light |
| 6 | Louise Patricia Crane | Midnight View |
| 7 | Dave Bainbridge | That They May Be One |
| 8 | Census of Hallucinations | How Come |
| 9 | Seal | Fly Like An Eagle |
| 10 | Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars | Die With A Smile |
Kevin Heard presents: Songs of Distant Earth – 58
Another fine presentation of excellent quality music from your online buddy Kevin. 14 fabulous tracks, Kevin keeps you entertained in fine style as always. More from Kevin here in the archives!
| 1 | Ghost | He Is |
| 2 | The Darkness | Dinner Lady Arms |
| 3 | Wolf Alice | The Sofa |
| 4 | D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings | King For A Day |
| 5 | Buckingham Nicks | Frozen Love |
| 6 | Rosanne Cash | 7th Avenue |
| 7 | Gary Numan | My Name is Ruin |
| 8 | Ann Wilson | War of Man |
| 9 | Tiles | Static |
| 10 | Hoopy Frood | It Lasts Forever |
| 11 | Jethro Tull | Skating Away |
| 12 | Frank Zappa | Fine Girl |
| 13 | Steven Wilson | Personal Shopper |
| 14 | Peter Gabriel | Mercy Street |
Lee Limerick presents: Songs in the Key of Andy Woodard
In this show, Lee sits down for some tea & biscuits and a chinwag with Andy Woodard, drummer of Adam & The Ants, New Model Army and in his spare time, Lee and his mates. Lee & Andy discuss rock n roll, life on the stage and sandwiches.
| 1 | Aerosmith | Sweet Emotion |
| 2 | Queen | Hammer To Fall |
| 3 | Slash’s Snakepit | Jizz Da Pit |
| 4 | Foo Fighters | Hero |
| 5 | New Model Army | Today is a Good Day |
| 6 | Spiderbites | Reckless |
| 7 | Freshman | Walk Away |
| 8 | Remotely Crue (Guns n Roses Cover) | Nightrain |
| 9 | Peter Gabriel | Sledgehammer |
| 10 | Sister Sledge | We Are Family |
| 11 | Atlantic Star | Secret Lovers |
| 12 | Chris Cornell | Nothing Compares 2 U |
| 13 | Audioslave | Cochise |
| 14 | Stone Temple Pilots | Plush |
Always here to brighten your day
John Simms presents: Adventures in Music – 31
Fresh music resourced from around the world! Always original & high quality for the connoisseurs this is an exquisite show guaranteed to thrill from start to finish. Ginger Baker’s guitarist & vocalist John Simms presents a wonderful radio show for you!
| 1 | Exploring Birdsong | The Collapse |
| 2 | Night Verses | Glitching Prisms |
| 3 | The Pineapple Thief | The Frost |
| 4 | Lucid Planet | Aparatus |
| 5 | Lucid Planet | On The Way |
| 6 | Steve Lukather | Creep Motel |
| 7 | Maha Rocks | Choice |
| 8 | Maha Rocks | Don’t Open That Door |
| 9 | Steven Wilson | The Overview Infinity Measured in Moments |
| 10 | Tesseract | Cages |
| 11 | Census of Hallucinations | Rewriting the Narrative (Quantum Realm) |
| 12 | Simon Collins | This Is The Time |
| 13 | Riverside | Second Life Syndrome |
Kevin Heard presents: Songs of Distant Earth – 57
Another show beaming out from planet earth featuring a fabulous range of tracks! Absolutely great! More from Kevin here in the archives!
| 1 | Fish | The Faith Healer |
| 2 | D’Virgilio. Morse & Jennings | Everything I Am |
| 3 | Wolf Alice | Passenger Seat |
| 4 | Skunk Baxter | Ladies From Hell |
| 5 | The Darkness | Barbarian |
| 6 | Trevor Horn | White Wedding |
| 7 | Steely Dan | Any Major Dude Will Tell You |
| 8 | Kula Shaker | Infinite Sun |
| 9 | Pure Reason Revolution | Phantoms |
| 10 | Ghost | Satanised |
| 11 | Karine Polwart | Matsuo’s Welcome to Muckhart |
| 12 | We Come From Space | How To Be Human |
| 13 | Nesl Morse Band | New Jerusalem |
| 14 | Peter Knight’s Giospanner | Bold Riley |
Abe Bushell presents: The Outer Limits – 5
Abe stretches the musical boundaries offering a full spectrum of musical colour in the upper realms of avant-garde talent. Listen to this and be prepared to be amazed! More from Abe here below!
| 1 | Census of Hallucinations | Never Lend A Drummer Your Guitar (feat. John Simms) |
| 2 | Census of Hallucinations | Space Station Narrative |
| 3 | The Cromagnon Band | Thunder Perfect |
| 4 | Pokus | Pokus One |
| 5 | Jonas Helborg with Shaun Lane & Kofi Baker | Serpents & Pigs |
| 6 | Ruby Rushton | Moonlight Woman |
| 7 | Brain Auger’s Oblivion Express | The Night Town |
| 8 | Vels Trio | Yellow Ochre |
| 9 | Ishmael Ensemble | Kito’s Theme |
| 10 | Psycho Yogi | Magic Bone |
| 11 | Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band | Ashtray Heart |
| 12 | Billy Cobham | Ozone Part 2 |
Kevin Heard presents: Songs of Distant Earth – 56
Another great show from the hugely talented Kevin! Listen and much to love as Kevin presents high quality music including fresh, original sounds from around the globe. More form Kevin in the archives below!
1. The Darkness – Open Fire (Last Of Our Kind) 2015
2. Wolf Alice – White Horses (The Clearing) 2025
3. We Came From Space – Waterline/Change Within (How To Be Human) 2013
4. Kate Rusby – How The World Goes (When They All Looked Up) 2025
5. Foxtails Brigade – Control (Red Album) 2025
6. Dave Bainbridge -Innocence Found (Celestial Fire) 2014
7. Ghost – Marks Of The Evil One (Skeleta) 2025
8. Umphreys McGee – Bad Friday (The London Session /A Day At Abbey Road Studios) 2015
9. Ian Anderson – The Little Flower Girl (The Secret Language Of Birds) 2000
10. Larkin Poe – Bluephoria (Bloom) 2025
11. Kula Shaker – Gaslighting (Natural Magick) 2024
12. The Mavericks – Things I Cannot Change (Super Colossal Smash Hits Of The 90s : The Best Of The Mavericks) 1999
13. The Jam – A-Bomb In Wardour Street (All Mod Cons) 1978
14. Fairport Convention – The Sailors Alphabet (Babbacombe Lee) 1971
Lee Limerick presents: Friends – 1
A totally fresh and lively show! Lee presents the wondrous new and original music sourced from the superb musicians he knows and works with. In the absence of independent record companies, here is your chance to hear top notch original music. You will love this! PLEASE! Check out the motor neurone page which Lee is raising awareness of in honour of his great friend Andy Woodard. See below for links & information to this and all the great music in this stunning show! Thanks to you all, music friends!
Lee Limerick presents “Friends”
As a musician, I'm often asked "who's your favourite guitarist, or singer, or drummer" etc.. My answer is always "My mates". Of course I love all the big names that have influenced us over the years, but my old muckers are the guys who's playing I've had the privilege of seeing first hand, up close and often I've been right there with them.
There's nothing quite like rocking out with great musicians, so here are some of those great musicians who also happen to be my circle of friends.
A special shout out to my long time band-mate and great friend Andy Woodard. In his honour, we ask you to please visit and support Motor Neurone Disease Association if you can in any way by clicking the icon below.
- Donkey Punch - Spiderbites
- Wide Awake - Radiogeist
- Seize The Day - David D'Andrade
- Ride This Train - Acantha Lang
- The World Falls out of The Sky - Ed Thorne
- What Fools Will Do - Lowly Hounds
- JAG - Stranger Fings
- Far Behind You - Lyla Foy
- Bad Companies - Andrea Samengo
- Here's To The Day We Died - Freshman
- Chris Rand & The Heavy Echo - Two Rogues
- Just This Good - Teque Neeq
- Take Whats Coming On - Geomagnetist
- Other Side of The Storm - Elly O'Keeffe
- Night Bus - Gareth Huggett & The Remedy
- Back For more - T-10
- Every Once In A While - George Clift
- Joke - Awake
- True - Lucy Limerick
- Reckless - Spiderbites
As a musician, I'm often asked "who's your favourite guitarist, or singer, or drummer" etc.. My answer is always "My mates". Of course I love all the big names that have influenced us over the years, but my old muckers are the guys who's playing I've had the privilege of seeing first hand, up close and often I've been right there with them.
There's nothing quite like rocking out with great musicians, so here are some of those great musicians who also happen to be my circle of friends.
A special shout out to my long time band-mate and great friend Andy Woodard. In his honour, we ask you to please visit and support Motor Neurone Disease Association if you can in any way by clicking the icon below.
- Donkey Punch - Spiderbites
- Wide Awake - Radiogeist
- Seize The Day - David D'Andrade
- Ride This Train - Acantha Lang
- The World Falls out of The Sky - Ed Thorne
- What Fools Will Do - Lowly Hounds
- JAG - Stranger Fings
- Far Behind You - Lyla Foy
- Bad Companies - Andrea Samengo
- Here's To The Day We Died - Freshman
- Chris Rand & The Heavy Echo - Two Rogues
- Just This Good - Teque Neeq
- Take Whats Coming On - Geomagnetist
- Other Side of The Storm - Elly O'Keeffe
- Night Bus - Gareth Huggett & The Remedy
- Back For more - T-10
- Every Once In A While - George Clift
- Joke - Awake
- True - Lucy Limerick
- Reckless - Spiderbites
Kevin Heard presents: Songs of Distant Earth – 55
A highly engaging mix of high class music beaming out into the the distant galaxies from planet Earth. Kevin finds the gems in this beautifully produced radio radio show that you can hear whenever you wish. More from Kevin in the archives here below.
| 1 | The Darkness | Sarah O Sarah (Last Of Our Kind) 2015 |
| 2 | We Came From Space | Here On The Outside (How To Be Human) 2013 |
| 3 | Gigspanner Big Band | Ten Thousand Miles (Saltlines) 2025 |
| 4 | Wolf Alice | Bloom Baby Bloom (The Clearing) 2025 |
| 5 | Umphreys McGee | I Dont Know What I Want (Asking For A Friend) 2022 |
| 6 | Karine Polwart | Cornerstone (Laws Of Motion) 2018 |
| 7 | Gary Numan | When The World Comes Apart (Savage/Songs from A Broken World) 2017 |
| 8 | Jon Anderson | WDMCF (1000 Hands : Chapter One) 2019 |
| 9 | Ghost | Guiding Lights (Skeleta) 2025 |
| 10 | Kate Rusby | The Girl With The Curse (When They All Looked Up) 2025 |
| 11 | Kula Shaker | Natural Magick (Natural Magick) 2024 |
| 12 | Pure Reason Revolution | Our Prism (Above Cirrus) 2022 |
| 13 | Tears For Fears | The Tipping Point (The Tipping Point) 2022 |
| 14 | Dave Bickler | Hope (Darklight) 2019 |
| 15 | Styx | Save Us From Ourselves (Crash Of The Crown) 2021 |
John Simms presents: Adventures on Music – 30
Another unique show from John introducing rare and high quality original music for you to explore. With thanks to Brad Kesner (USA) for talent search.
| 1 | Stone Giant | Wizard |
| 2 | Census of Hallucinations | Never Lend the Drummer Your Guitar |
| 3 | Maha Rocks | Cannot Change Myself |
| 4 | Mangini | Let Me Shine |
| 5 | Cosmic Cathedral | Time to Fly |
| 6 | Maha Rocks | Not Fair |
| 7 | Dimitri Kovachev | Did You Get It |
| 8 | Siilk | Signs in the Sand |
| 9 | Deposed King | Path of Forlorn |
| 10 | Crown Lands | White Buffalo |
| 11 | David Ford | Real Damned Slow |
| 12 | David Foster | Dreamless |
Kevin Heard presents: Songs of Distant Earth – 54
Gathering the musical earthly treasures, Kevin presents an awesome playlist for the connoisseurs of high quality music from start to finish, beaming out into the stratosphere! Check out Kev’s other great shows in the archives below.
| 1 | The Darkness | Love Is Only A Feeling (Permission To Land) 2003 |
| 2 | System Of A Down | Loneley Day (Hypnotise) 2005 |
| 3 | Kate Rusby | The Barnsley Youth & Temperence Society (When They All Looked Up) 2025 |
| 4 | Gigspanner Big Band | Sovay (Turnstone) 2025 |
| 5 | Muse | Ghosts (Single feat. Elisa Toffoli) 2023 |
| 6 | Sarah McLachlan | Blackbird (I Am Sam soundtrack) 2002 |
| 7 | Passenger | Sword From The Stone (Patchwork) 2020 |
| 8 | Mike Oldfield | Sentinel (The Best Of Mike Oldfield 1992-2003) 2003 |
| 9 | Big Big Train | Meadowland (Grimspound) 2017 |
| 10 | RPWL feat. Ray Wilson | Roses (World Through My Eyes) 2005 |
| 11 | Ghost | Peacefield (Skeleta) 2025 |
| 12 | Peter Gabriel | Big Time (remixed restruct. from “So”) 1986 |
| 13 | Steeleye Span | Little Sir Hugh (Commoners Crpwn) 1975 |
| 14 | The Cranberries | Linger (Everybody Else Does It So Why Cant We?) 1993 |
James Moody presents: Cool Blues Bluegrass Covers
It’s another music sensation from James! If you love blues & bluegrass or want to explore the blues/bluegrass music genre this is a great way to do it. Many more shows from James in the archives.
| 1 | Jerry Douglas | Hey Joe |
| 2 | Hayseed Dixie | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap |
| 3 | New Grass Revival | One Love |
| 4 | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | Whiskey in the jar |
| 5 | Bryan Sutton | When Love comes to Town |
| 6 | The Seldom Scene | In the Midnight Hour |
| 7 | The Country Gazette | Honky Cat |
| 8 | Chesapeake | Let it Roll |
| 9 | Wide Open Space | 19th Nervous Breakdown |
| 10 | Alison Krauss | Baby now that I found you |
| 11 | Alison Brown | Everybody’s Talkin |
| 12 | Bela Fleck & The Flecktones | Reflection of Lucy |
| 13 | Sam Bush & David Grisman | Hold on i’m coming |
| 14 | Earl Scruggs & Elton John | Country Comfort |
| 15 | The Agent of Terror | Every Breath you take |
| 16 | Rhonda Vincent | Jolene |
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John Simms presents: Adventures in Music – 29
Another fabulous mixture of genres and styles to stretch your musical interests. 12 stunning tracks sourced from around the world for your your sheer enjoyment. More shows in the archives below!
| 1 | Mystery | Superstar |
| 2 | The Ashqelon Quilt | The Event |
| 3 | Ra Rising | See How It Goes |
| 4 | Eye | Eye Don’t Believe in god |
| 5 | New Zero God | End of The Ride |
| 6 | Terry Tezzah Harris | Stay With You |
| 7 | Eden Shadow | Hallucinogen |
| 8 | Oceans of Slumber | The Ship Builders Son |
| 9 | Astral Quest | Groundshaker |
| 10 | Gary Myrick | Texas Pawn Shop & The Tremeloes |
| 11 | Kevin Gilbert | City of the Sun |
| 12 | Tears For Fears | Year of the Knife |