JACKIE MOORE R.I.P.
We are sad to report the passing of Jackie Moore on November 8 aged 73 years.
Jackie was born in Jacksonville, Florida born Moore and grew up listening to Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight. Her desire to sing took her to Philadelphia while still a teenager, where she caught the attention of Bert Berns and was signed to his Shout label. Three singles resulted including "Dear John" and the impassioned "Loser Again" and her growing reputation brought a deal with Atlantic. “Precious Precious” charted, then five further singles including "Time", "Darling Baby" and "Sweet Charlie Babe" but sales fluctuated. Then is was back to Florida, and a further five discs for Kayvette in 1975/77, including "Putting It Down to You" and "Make Me Yours". 1978, and "Personally" was a club and turntable hit on Columbia, where she stayed until 1980, and laster singles followed on Sunnyview, though with modest sales. Jackie had a captivating, gritty R&B voice, and enjoyed several club hits, but never quite managed to impact on the crossover market - clearly their loss!
SOUTHEND SOUL – NEW YEAR’S EVE SPECIAL
Join us to welcome in the new decade at the luxurious PARK INN by RADISSON PALACE, SOUTHEND ON SEA, ESSEX - for special offer on hotel rates, call 01702 455100 and quote 'SOUL NYE NIGHT'. With DJs DENNIS O'BRIEN, NICK ARAVIS, ANDREW ACKERMAN, MIKE GEE & TONY MONSON. Plus live music from the SOUL IMMIGRANTS and ANITA CARMICHAEL
Advance tickets at just £15 HERE
DECEMBER SOUL CRUISE – DIXIE QUEEN- SOLD OUT!!
ALL TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD for the December Soul Cruise aboard the DIXIE QUEEN. Waiting List enquiries for possible returns- email to info@solarradio.com This will be on SUNDAY DECEMBER 15 from 1.00pm until 6.00pm, sailing from Tower Millennium Pier, London EC3MN 4DT with two floors of music, Solar Radio DJs DENNIS O'BRIEN, TONY MAC, GARY SPENCE, COLLINS & MASON, CLIVE R, COLIN HUGHES and TONY MONSON plus star guest P.A.s from NATASHA WATTS & LUKAS SETTO
With food available to purchase and the chance to see Tower Bridge open and close for our journey.
LISA I’ANSON RETURNS TO THE AIRWAVES!
We are delighted to welcome LISA I'ANSON to Solar Radio. Join her every Wednesday evening from 6.00 -8.00 pm live from Los Angeles. Expect to hear classic soul songs and a selection of 21st century soul too.
Lisa started her career at London's KISS FM then moved to television with MTV EUROPE and went on to present the RADIO 1 lunchtime show from 1995 - 1999.
SOLAR RADIO WINS BEST SOUL INTERNET/DAB STATION AWARD
A huge THANK YOU to all of our LOYAL LISTENERS for once again voting SOLAR RADIO as the BEST SOUL INTERNET/DAB RADIO STATION 2018 at the SOUL SURVIVORS AWARDS ceremony.
SOLAR RADIO BROADCASTING PLATFORMS
Solar Radio is available to listeners on a range of streaming platforms including our free branded apps for iPhone and Android mobile devices, and similarly with smart speakers such as Echo Dot and Google now available from web dealers and electrical retailers, plus Internet Radios. Solar Radio is also readily available via other apps including TuneIn Radio and RadioplayerUK, and directly from our website at www.solarradio.com.
Solar Radio has also been involved in the path-finding small-scale DAB experiment, and is currently available on DAB+ in the Inner London area (within the North and South Circular Roads), Birmingham, Brighton and Norwich.
LES ADAMS SOLAR RADIO TRIBUTE FUND.
Following the funeral of LES ADAMS on Tuesday September 24, please note that, by agreement with his partner Jackie Davis and Paul Bennett of Soul Against Cancer, donations to the Les Adams Solar Radio Tribute Fund may be made to Soul Against Cancer at this link- https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/karenbennett208
SOLAR RADIO EVENTS – TICKETING PROCEDURE
With the ever-increasing number of people tuning to Solar Radio, we are happy to welcome new customers to our events including the ever-popular Soul Cruises, and it may be timely to advise new folk (and remind valued 'regulars'!) of our ticketing procedures. TICKETS ARE SOLD ON A 'FIRM SALE' BASIS. There is no automatic refund for cancellations unless we have published a 'Buy Back' message - any returns will be offered to any Waiting List customers for re-sale. We do not send out tickets for our river events, either by post or as e-tickets, but we do hold all tickets for collection on the day, just before the event. After the initial acknowledgement, the buyer will later be sent another email, advising of collection time and boarding information. We hope this helps!
SOLAR RADIO ON ECHO DOT
SOLAR RADIO now has a dedicated SKILL app on the ECHO DOT device to enable easy access.
Listening to Solar Radio on an Amazon Dot or Echo and Google Home device:
AMAZON DOT / ECHO: If you have an Amazon Dot or Echo (or any other Amazon smart speaker device) you can listen to Solar Radio by enabling the Solar Radio Alexa Skill. All you have to do is say “Alexa, Launch Solar Radio”. You may need to repeat the sentence a couple of times before it responds but once enabled you can simply say “Alexa, Play Solar Radio” to play the station. You can also enable the Skill via the Amazon store HERE.
GOOGLE HOME: For Google Home simply say “Okay Google, Play Solar Radio”. You may need to add “… on TuneIn” at the end if it fails to respond
ANDROID APP for SOLAR RADIO and upgraded i-PHONE APP
A reminder that the dedicated SOLAR RADIO app for Android devices is available NOW to download and install FOR FREE from the Google Play Store, featuring choice of 64k or 128k streams, schedule information, contact and social media links, available at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SolarRadioAndroid Also available from the Apple Store, is an UPGRADE to the SOLAR RADIO app for i-PHONE.
SOLAR RADIO ON DAB
Solar Radio can be heard on DAB in Birmingham, Brighton, in the London area, with the boundary of the North and South Circular Roads, and Norwich, all part of the Small Scale DAB trial as promoted by OfCom. If you are new to DAB radio receivers, it is worth noting that the most complete range of available stations will be found by doing a full scan near to a window and in the highest available location in your property.
SOUL CITIZEN – Autobiography of Clive ‘R’
Our Sunday morning 'In Orbit' man, CLIVE R, has written his autobiography - entitled SOUL CITIZEN- relating his memories and experiences over his fifty years as a soul fan, record-collector, music journalist, club and concert-goer, oh, and soul radio DJ!
Following the excellent response to his set on the April Soul Cruise, Clive is now making the book available direct to Solar Radio listeners. Purchase the book HERE
