WORLD OF COUNTRY:
SHOWS AND INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE “ON DEMAND”
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Frank Ifield and Paul Hazell
For track
listings of World Of Country shows (including those
available to listen again):
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/?s=world+of+country
For menu of World Of Country shows
available to listen again:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/category/paul-hazell
For brief description of each
World Of Country “Listen Again” show and direct link
to the play page:
1. 10th June 2012 – Guest Frank Ifield. Frank
spoke of the influences on his career, his work in
Nashville and his present day activities helping new
young country artistes in Australia to make it
overseas. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/audio/frank-ifield-listen-again
2. 24th June 2012 – Guest busker Diane Hunt.
Diane has lived in Canada, Australia and the UK and
has picked up musical influences everywhere she
lived. She had a lot of fun talking about those
influences and playing her favourite records and
also sang several songs in the studio. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/audio/diane-hunt-listen-again
3. 5th August 2012 – Guest Nicki Gillis –
Award-winning Australian singer / songwriter. Nicki
was in the UK on tour and dropped in to chat with
Paul. There were some amusing moments and also some
very poignant ones. Nicki also sang a couple of
songs in the studio. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/audio/nicki-gillis-listen-now
4. 17th March 2013 - Interview with Slim and
Byron Whitman. Slim Whitman is the most requested
artiste on “World Of Country”. With so many
listeners loving his music it was a treat to have
him and singer / songwriter / producer and
multi-instrumentalist son Byron join Paul on the
telephone from their home in Florida for a 95 minute
chat with music. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/audio/slim-whitman-son-byron-17th-march
5. 23rd June 2013 – Slim Whitman memorial
Show. Ironically, not very long after the interview,
Slim passed away. This show was one of our most
popular ever and paid tribute to Slim and his
stellar career, with a few of the people that knew
him calling in to tell of their experiences of the
great man. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/audio/paul-hazells-world-of-country-slim-whitman
6. 1st September 2013 – Guest Wayne Horsburgh
– Award-winning Australian star and western music
performer. Singer and yodeller Wayne Horsburgh is a
true ambassador of country music, having worked
extensively through Australia, New Zealand, USA, the
UK, Ireland, etc over many years. He joined Paul to
talk about his experiences, influences and
recordings. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/audio/wayne-horsburgh-live-at-uckfield-fm
7. 29th September 2013 – Guest Frank Ifield.
Frank joined Paul again during a visit to the UK.
The theme this time was the great influencers of
country music. Paul and Frank played a wide range of
artistes – each a major influence on country music
in their own right – and of course there were
several of Frank’s own recordings. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/world-of-country-tracklists/world-of-country-290913
8. 13th October 2013 – guests singer /
songwriter duo Kevin Barber and Mark Taylor. Kevin
and Mark are a very popular acoustic duo who work a
lot through the South East of England. They are very
talented multi-instrumentalists and also write a lot
of their own songs. Our international listenership
were delighted to discover such a great talent. The
guys talked about their influences and their music,
played a range of material – including a some of
their own - from CD and performed a few songs live
in the studio. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/audio/kevin-barber-mark-taylor-with-paul-hazell
9. 24th November 2013 – included a special
feature on New Zealand country music. Whilst
Nashville is recognised as the global centre of
country music, there are many other sources too and
not only in the USA! The New Zealand scene is lively
and has produced many superb artistes but the
recordings are rarely heard internationally. This
show included a special segment focussing on some of
the great recordings from the New Zealand country
scene. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/audio/paul-hazells-world-of-country-241113
10. 22nd December 2013 Christmas special
including interviews with Byron Whitman and Wayne
Horsburgh. The show included many Christmas
favourites and was very popular with listeners. It
also included telephone interviews with Byron
Whitman and Wayne Horsburgh. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2013/audio/paul-hazells-world-of-country-221213
11. 26th December 2013 – Boxing day Special
with guest Frank Ifield. The show with Frank back in
September 2013 was packed full of legendary country
artistes and was very well received so Paul and
Frank got together again before Frank returned to
Australia and recorded this second volume of music
and chat about the “Legends Of Country”. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/paul-hazells-world-of-country-26th-december-2013
12. 5th January 2014 – included tributes to
Ray Price, Phil Everly and Houston Wells, who had
all passed away over the Christmas period. This show
included the usual range of country music in many
different styles but was especially in demand
because of the tributes to three great artistes who
had passed away over the Christmas period. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/paul-hazells-world-of-country-050114
13. 2nd February 2014 – Guest singer /
songwriter Kathryn Anderson. Kathryn is a local
singer songwriter who had given up her “day job”,
financed herself to fly to Nashville and there
joined the Songwriters Association, networked with
key industry players and recorded a mini-album. On
her return, she joined Paul to talk about what she
had learned about country music and to play some of
the artistes that she most loves. The result was a
very eclectic mix of new and old. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/world-of-country-020214
14. 16th February 2014 – Guest Australian
country singer Johnny Heap. One of life’s gentlemen,
Johnny Heap has enjoyed a long career on the
Australian country scene and joined Paul via the
telephone to talk about his music and the artistes
that have influenced him. Johnny’s gentle ballad
voice charmed the listeners and he has since become
a favourite on the show, often joining us on the
chat room! Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/johnny-heap
15. 2nd March 2014 – Guest singer /
songwriter / producer Jamie Freeman. Jamie is a
singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, promotor and
producer who also runs a music and CD shop! So he is
involved in just about every aspect of the business
that you can imagine! He came to country music from
rock and his choice of music to play provided a
fascinating overview of how wide country music is!
Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/world-of-country-3rd-march
16. 16th March 2014 – Guest western music
historian, journalist and broadcaster O J Sikes. O J
is much respected in the industry, as well as being
an advisor to the Western Music Association in the
USA. He has first-hand experience of many of the
great names from the Hollywood cowboy era as well as
the western music of today. O J joined Paul by
telephone from his home in the USA to share some
wonderful anecdotes about the silver screen singing
cowboys and to play some wonderful western music
from several decades. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/world-of-country-16th-march
17. 30th March 2014 – Guest Kevin Glaser,
author of the new book on Tompall Glaser, plus a
special for Mothers’ Day featuring some real
rarities! Tompall was a legend and in addition to
being a key member of the famous Glaser brothers,
was also a pioneer of the “outlaw” movement in
Nashville that sought to reintroduce the rawness and
authenticity of country music during an era when
strings and choruses were ruling Music City. His
nephew, Kevin Glaser, joined Paul to talk about his
experience of his famous Uncle and about the new
book he has recently published about Tompall’s life.
In addition, it was also Mother’s Day in the UK and
Paul featured some favourites and some rare songs
about mothers from the country music archives! Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/paul-hazells-world-of-country-300314
18. 22nd June 2014 – Guest Brian Golbey,
singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and
founding member of the British Archive Of Country
Music. Brian is a multi-talented artiste and also a
tireless worker for the preservation of traditional,
old timey and western music. He provided a
fascinating choice of wonderful songs and music to
delight every country fan and spoke of his career
and influences and his involvement with the British
Archive Of Country Music.
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/world-of-country-with-brian-golbey
19. 6th July 2014 – celebration of the life
of Jerry West, a leading and influential UK steel
guitar player who went on to play with Slim Whitman
for many years through from 1970. Jerry passed away
recently and this show featured anecdotes from some
of the people who knew and worked with him, as well
as some very rare examples of his work through the
years. Link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/world-of-country-tribute-to-jerry-west
20. 7th December 2014 – Guest Mandy Winters,
international country and cabaret artiste and
daughter of Ronnie Winters, who was a great
favourite on the UK scene for many years. Mandy
spoke of her influences, her career and her love of
western music.
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2014/audio/world-of-country-with-mandy-winters
21. 26th December 2014 – South Sea islands
Music Special. Three hours of music connected with
the south seas featuring Hawaiian and other artistes
including popular performers and many country
favourites. Also lots of beautiful steel guitar from
some of the best in the business!
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2015/audio/south-sea-islands-special-261214
22. 26th April 2015 – A special show with a
downunder feel as World Of Country celebrates the
ANZACs, the outback town of Gundagai and pays
tribute to the late bush balladeer singer and
songwriter Gavan Arden who passed away unexpectedly
recently
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2015/world-of-country-tracklists/world-of-country-260415
23. 28th June 2015 – The show included a
substantial tribute to New Zealand award-winning
singer songwriter Noel Parlane who had recently
passed away. A popular gentleman as well as a highly
talented singer and songwriter, Noel passed away at
the all-too-early age of 64. The whole show –
including the tribute – can be heard at this link:
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2015/world-of-country-tracklists/world-of-country-280615
24. 9th August 2015 – The show included a
special interview with Nashville singer songwriter
Jimmy Payne. Jimmy joined Paul to talk about his
music and to play some of the many recordings made
of his songs by top country artistes
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2015/audio/world-of-country-jimmy-payne-special
25. 6th September 2015 - Paul was joined in
the studio by award-winning New Zealand singer,
songwriter and publicist Aly Cook, who is also a
member of the highly successful group The
Sou’Westers. Aly dropped in during her European tour
and this led to 3 fascinating hours of chat and
music covering old and new styles of country.
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2015/audio/world-of-country-feat-aly-cook
26. 20th September 2015 – the welcome return
of Frank Ifield as Paul’s guest. The two embarked on
a fun-filled 3 hours of surprisingly varied music on
the theme “Country influences pop and pop influences
country”
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2015/audio/world-of-country-with-frank-ifield-20th-sept-2015
27. 26th December 2015 – following on from
the success of last year’s “World Of Country South
Sea Island Music special” this Christmas we had two
more shows and this is the first of them. Join Paul
for 2 hours of beautiful, relaxing music and songs
about the sun-drenched beaches, rolling surf, waving
palm trees, blue skies and dancing hula girls of
Hawaii and other South Sea islands. The show
featured some wonderful steel guitar, ukuleles and
singers from the islands themselves as well as
contributions from the country and popular fields.
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2016/audio/world-of-country-south-sea-islands-special
28. 27th December 2015 – the World Of Country
Christmas Special. 3 hours of Carols and Christmas
songs performed by country music stars. The
Christmas shows are always much requested and so
this one is being made available to listen again as
soon as our technician has time to complete the
preparations
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2015/audio/world-of-country-festive-edition
29. 1st January 2016 – following on from the
success of the Christmas 2014 “World Of Country
South Sea Island Music special” this Christmas we
had two more shows and this is the second of them.
Paul presented another 2 hours of beautiful,
relaxing music and songs on the South Sea islands
theme. The show featured more wonderful steel
guitar, ukuleles and singers from the islands
themselves as well as contributions from the country
and popular fields.
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2016/world-of-country-tracklists/world-of-country-010116
30. 21st February 2016 – the entire show was
dedicated to the music of the Carter Family dynasty.
Not just the original Carter Family but also the 2nd
and 3rd generations. The music was as varied as ever
– including many covers by artistes around the world
of the songs made famous by the Carters. There were
so many songs to be played that Paul had to fade
some of the songs early in order to fit more in! The
chatroom was very busy and feedback suggests that
the whole show was very well received!
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2016/audio/world-of-country-the-carter-family
31. 10th July 2016 –
This edition of Paul Hazell’s World of Country
included a tribute to Ralph Stanley
Ralph was a bluegrass legend and a pioneer in the
genre, he passed away on 23 June aged 89. You can
hear the entire programme again right here,
including some yodelling!
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2016/audio/world-of-country-ralph-stanley-tribute
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Contact Details
* You can listen live on
www.uckfieldfm.co.uk, where
the chatroom can be found by clicking on the
“webcams and chat” option near the top right of the
screen
* you can see recent playlists and listen to a few
selected past editions of the show at
http://www.uckfieldfm.co.uk/shows/paul-hazells-world-of-country
* you can email me during the show using
studio@uckfieldfm.co.uk
* Personal email is
paul@pithon.co.uk
* If you are an artiste with music you feel would
fit in with this format, you can send CDs to:
Paul Hazell,
Royal Mail Building (Box 3),
Brambleside,
Bellbrook Industrial Estate,
Uckfield, East Sussex,
United Kingdom
TN22 1Xx
CDs are preferable to MP3’s as I work from CDs and
MP3 files have to be accumulated to be written to CD
before they are used. |