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Songs with lyrics that come from the heart

by Tuned In, with kmfm DJ Andy Walker Friday, May 18 2012

More big hits are on their way this summer at kmfm.

Cheryl – she has dropped the Cole – is back with an infectious song Call My Name. It has been written and produced by Calvin Harris – the man of the moment in music production.

Calvin seems to be everywhere right now and has produced his own tune with Neyo called Let’s Go, which you can hear on kmfm.

This summer is all about the anthems. Tulisa’s hit single Young has a big dance sound. As has Jessie J’s new offering, called Laserlight. Her big voice echoes over a catchy chorus. Tune in to kmfm fto hear what I mean.

Plus, the singer-songwriter-feel to music is back... you know, when you listen to a song and you feel the artist has written it from their heart; their own experience?

I’m thinking tracks by the likes of Adele, James Morrison and Jason Mraz. Well, Paloma Faith is starting to feel like one of those artists.

Her single Picking up the Pieces is clearly a song written from her own life, about being in love with someone still embroiled in a past relationship.

It will grow on you and its 'beatiness’ makes it a steering-wheel tapper.

kmfm is out and about this week. If you are near Queenborough in Sheppey on Saturday, May 19, come along and see the kmfm Street Team at the opening of the new Queenborough Corner Garage. Grab yourself a kmfm car sticker and you stand a chance of winning a prize.

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is fast arriving and we will be out in force across the county, of course. We want to know who is having a royal party.

If you are, let me know and the kmfm Street Team could well turn up. We will at least give you and your party a big mention. Email andy@kmfm.co.uk. Speak to you on your way home.

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Like Baa Baa Black Sheep... but listeners love it

by Tuned In, with kmfm DJ Andy Walker Friday, May 11 2012

We all know the man’s name by now – we have been playing him since the end of January and you continue to tell us you love the track. Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know is the highest-selling single of 2012 so far. Some say it sounds like Baa Baa Black Sheep. Listen and let me know...

Katy Perry continues to be one of the most popular artists as well as Jessie J, whose stardom has rocketed thanks to her success on BBC1 show The Voice. Every one of her singles has gone top five in the iTunes download chart. You can hear her new tune with David Guetta called Laserlight on kmfm.

David became a household name quickly. My word does he know how to make a hit single. His album Nothing but the Beat is very easy to become attached to. The tunes are catchy and loud. The man just keeps on giving and his latest offering with Jessie on vocals has made another top five.

Train are another big band to keep listening to. You will remember Drops of Jupiter in 2001. It was their biggest UK hit so far with lyrics you instantly connected to. You felt it had meaning, and it does. It was written by lead singer Pat Monahan and was inspired by the death of his mother. He said the lyrics came to him in a dream. Drops of Jupiter won Train a Grammy. Now they have returned with a new catchy song – Drive By. It is simply a pop-rock song about love and how a man will stay for the one he loves and not leave. Drive By will have you tapping your steering wheel and smiling. Stay listening to hear it.

Be tuned to kmfm all this week as you could be winning a £250 shopping spree at Bluewater as we celebrate the opening of the new Pinkberry store. I will be there on Friday, May 18, at 9am.

Plus, don’t miss your chance to win your way into the Rochester Castle Concerts. I have tickets on kmfm Drivetime soon to see Steps, Billy Ocean, Alexander O’Neal, Jools Holland and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Shopping sprees and catchy hits

by Tuned In, with kmfm DJ Andy Walker Monday, May 7 2012

There is so much coming up across Kent with kmfm.

kmfm will be giving you the chance to taste the brand new Pinkberry yogurt which launches at Bluewater. You could also be winning a shopping spree.

That is a lot of winning, but there is more. kmfm wants to invite you to a party night we are having soon at the fantastic themed restaurant Smith and Western in Tunbridge Wells.

I hope you are enjoying the hits we are playing on kmfm. Now there is even more of them as we are playing you a new band called fun. They are from New York and have produced an extremely catchy tune called We Are Young. It has already gone to No1 in the States and is already top three here. It is very alternative and stands out immediately. Listen out for it.

Tulisa not only will be back as a judge on the next series of the X Factor but also she has finished her first solo single and it cries out “summertime”. Called Young it is a big Ibiza-sounding dance song which will have you reaching for the high volume. The first few times of hearing it you ask yourself who it is because we have not really heard Tulisa sing solo.

The catchy hits continue with a new offering from the Scissor Sisters. Only The Horses is the first single from their forthcoming album. Only The Horses is produced by Calvin Harris. He and Scissor Sisters’ front man Jake Shears worked on Kylie’s Aphrodite album and they have got together for this new single.

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Getting in the mood for a scorching summer - even if the weather's a washout

by Tuned In, with kmfm DJ Andy Walker Tuesday, May 1 2012

This year’s Kent festival season is really taking shape.

Over the last few weeks, Bruce Forsyth has been added to the Hop Farm Festival along with former Verve frontman, Richard Ashcroft, who will be making his only UK performance this year. When The Verve split, Ashcroft said there was more chance of The Beatles getting back together than his band.

Yet that statement came back to bite him when the band reformed the original line up in 2007 and released the album Forth in 2008. It wasn’t very well received and with his success as a solo artist, I think Richard is in a bit of a Harry Hill scenario: “I like The Verve and I also like Richard Ashcroft. Which is better?”

I did not realise Bruce Forsyth had a band, but he is bringing them with him when he takes to the stage this summer at Paddock Wood.

His performance is certainly going to draw in crowds from all generations – that’s the great thing about Brucie. Take away the bad jokes, forgive the wig and you have one of our greatest entertainers.

As we move toward the summer, an idea of the kind of red hot sounds we can expect to hear this year are emerging.

One to keep an ear out for is The Wanted. The band have come back with a new direction and Chasing The Sun is their new single.

The track has been written and produced by dance artist Example – it is a catchy, sing-a-long number that will have crowds waving their hands in the air at festivals across the country this summer. Let’s just hope it’s a scorcher.

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Freaky weather... but great prizes

by Tuned In, with kmfm DJ Andy Walker Tuesday, April 24 2012

For the last few weeks we have not known what to wear out of the house due to the freaky Kent weather. It is April and we have had to deal with sunshine, rain, thunder and hailstones.

The sunshine we can deal with very well, but up to three inches of hailstones in Folkestone the other week is just odd. Watch out for falling frogs.

One thing that is certain is that all of this week you will have a chance to win with Chicago, Chicago... so good that we could be sending you to see it twice.

That means you could be winning tickets to see the musical Chicago at the Assembly Halls, Tunbridge Wells as well as in New York.

Its UK show stars Ali Bastian, from Hollyoaks and The Bill, in the lead role of Roxie. Cell-mate Kelly is played by Tupele Dorgu, from Coronation Street, and the smooth-talking lawyer, Billy Flynn, is portrayed by Stefan Booth, from EastEnders.

So already it sounds exciting, right? However, not only will we send you to see the hit musical on it’s opening night in Kent, we could also then be flying you out to New York to watch Chicago on Broadway! Now that is a brilliant prize.

Be listening all of this week to kmfm Breakfast with Rob Wills and with myself on Drivetime. Good luck!

Have you heard about the new The Making of Harry Potter studio tour at Windsor? It lets you into the magic of the movies and kmfm could be sending you there soon.

Stay listening for more and for more on how you could be winning a shopping spree at Bluewater with Pinkberry – the original frozen yoghurt from California – and how you could be going on holiday to Florida. All thanks to kmfm.

More forthcoming hit tunes can be heard on kmfm right now. Olly Murs has produced another ditty called Oh My Goodness, which you cannot help but enjoy.

Nicki Minaj’s Starships continues to be huge, Rizzle Kicks’ Mama Do The Hump remains a favourite, but the biggest pop tune of the year, or at least so far, is from Carly Rae Jepsen.

Last week I told you about her UK debut hit, Call Me Maybe, which has remained at No.1 for a second week. She came third on Canadian Idol and found inspiration to write the song from Annie Lennox’s Walking On Broken Glass.

They say you learn something new every day.

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Going all directions to see One Direction

by Tuned In, with kmfm DJ Andy Walker Friday, March 23 2012

McFly have recently completed two nights in Kent – at the Margate Winter Gardens and the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone.

Their fans were out in force. Some had queued from the morning and others had flown over from Canada and Germany.

I was asking on kmfm Drivetime if you had seen the same concert more than twice in a row after one mum of a McFly fan told me that her daughter was seeing the boys on both of their nights in the county.

One kmfm listener texted into the studio to tell me she has booked to see One Direction for four consecutive nights next year. Now that is a super fan – probably an addiction.

There is not just music worth seeing. Comedian Stewart Francis comes to the Tunbridge Wells’ Assembly Hall Theatre on Thursday, April 19 and the Winter Gardens on Saturday, September 22.

He performed at an event for me a while back and is a professional with a dry sense of humour. You may have heard Harley from the Rizzle Kicks on kmfm Drivetime with me last week.

Those guys know how to produce a catchy tune. Mama Do The Hump still has everyone singing. It is such a sing-a-long tune.

The boys are on at the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone on Monday, May 7. Good luck this week as it is the last week of our Live in Boston competition. By Friday I could be sending you to see Coldplay!

You will fly there with Virgin, stay for four nights at the Omi Parker House which is amazing – search for it on the internet.

The hotel is in Downtown Boston and is rich in colour, décor and history. kmfm will give you $500 spending money and two tickets to see one of the world’s greatest rock bands. They are performing at TD Gardens, which is home to the Boston Celtics basketball team.

You can find out more about the competition and how to win online at www.kmfm.co.uk 

Good luck!

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Keep listening for top prizes

by Tuned In, with kmfm DJ Andy Walker Friday, February 24 2012

kmfm has just given you the chance to win a romantic trip to Bruges with a boat ride along the canal and a horse and carriage ride through the city – were you listening? I was giving you the chance to go to the BRIT Awards on kmfm Drivetime the other week – were you listening?

If you missed your chances – be listening! You are missing out on not only the music You want, but some of the most-wanted prizes on radio right now.

Talking of music, it is another kmfm Winning Weekend this Saturday and Sunday, February 25 and 26. This time you could be win tickets to see JLS live at the O2.

Lana Del Rey has come from nowhere to become one of the most talked about talents in the world.

Her haunting melodies capture your ear and make you ask the question, “who is this?”

Born To Die is her new tune and you can hear it on kmfm.

Her debut album, also entitled Born To Die, went straight in at Number One earlier this month.

All the fuss about the 25-year-old New Yorker was started last year with her seductive debut single, Video Games.

Her real name is Elizabeth Grant, but she wanted a name she could shape her music towards.

At that time, she was spending a lot of time with Spanish friends in Miami. From it, Lana Del Rey was 'born’ as it reminded her of the glamour of the seaside.

Her current single is about living life on the wild side and Lana is definitely one to watch. She has already sold 800,000 records.

Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know continues to be a massive song on kmfm. You seem to love it, the more we play it.

Even though it has been out for a while, best mates Rizzle Kicks’ Mama Do The Hump – produced by Fatboy Slim – is without a doubt the catchiest tune on the radio. It has you singing in the mornings, at work, in the car on the way home and before a night out.

Speak to you on your way home.

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Memory Lane

by kmfm blog Friday, January 7 2011

For the first time ever on a national radio station (ok, I know it’s only local but I’m using artistic licence) today on the w.w.w. club (Wake up With Webbo club, just in case you didn’t know) we did a double headed text-in/phone-in running simultaneously (ok, ok, it’s probably not the first time this has ever happened, in fact it must have been done thousands of times, but give us a break here). That’s right folks, I realise it might sound a bit confusing but you got the gist in the end. As it’s Friday, and you know I get a bit over excited and add to that the fact that we have just finished off the Ausies in The Ashes, I thought I’d push the boat out. So, I asked you to come up with ideas for songs that relate to us winning the cricket. But there was more, whilst that was occurring we were playing the world famous ‘Webbo, I’m in’ game. The game where you enter by texting, but have know idea what it is you are going to win, I love it and so it would appear, do you.

 

On the song front, we were getting such tunes as 10cc’s Dreadlock Holiday (you know the one, it has the line ‘I don’t like cricket’ in it); Tie my Kangaroo down sport by Rolf Harris; Bat out of hell by Meatloaf; Down Under by men at work; Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie and then the undeniable winner was Elaine with ‘Howzat’ by Sherbert. And the ironic part of all of this was that Elaine was automatically entered in to the ‘I’m in’ game and won that as well, who’d have thought it. I had two prizes up for grabs, the male prize was a very rare (got it from Poundland) Elvis coaster and for the ladies, wait for it…. an edible man-thong. Elaine couldn’t have been more chuffed about winning the song competition, but for some strange reason decided to turn down the thong, what’s up with her? So, if any body is in need of an edible thong, please drop me a line and it’s yours.

 

So the rest of the show was rather overtaken by nostalgia again. It doesn’t take much to spark you lot off I have to say. I was merely talking about Keith Wynter, who is celebrating his 50th birthday with a bash tomorrow night. I was saying how he used to work with my brother, collecting trolleys for Tesco in the old Tufton Centre where BHS is now. That was it, the floodgates were open and you lot went crazy. It got us thinking about doing this kind of a thing on a regular basis, because a lot of you were asking questions and we didn’t have the answers. In fairness, it didn’t take long for one of you to get in touch to help us out. So what we thought we’d do was get an Ashford historian in and there is nobody better than the K.E.’s very own Steve Salter who has had many books published on our Town. We are going to call it the A.A.A. Club, or Ask About Ashford. It’s your chance to either catch out our expert, or use his vast knowledge to answer those niggling questions.

 

So all that’s left for me to say is don’t forget Kirstyn is back in tonight with her smash hit ‘Essential Eighties’ show, tonight’s featured album is by Billy Joel. And I bid you all a fond farewell, have a great weekend and I’ll see you back here on 107.6 at 6 o’clock sharp for the www club.

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RANDOM TEXT

by kmfm blog Thursday, January 6 2011

Oh I do love a bit of spontaneity in life, especially when it comes to my job because that’s what makes it such a great medium to work in, you just never know what could happen next. Now, just in case you didn’t already know, let me point this little snippet of information out to you and it will help you understand why I did what I did. We have seven different local breakfast shows running across Kent (including us that is), which is what makes us so special because we can be SO local. Anyway, we have a special text machine, so when you text us, it comes up in big print on our computer and we react to it almost straight away. The slight down side to this is that we end up getting all the other texts to all the other shows (this is why it’s best to put our names on it or where you’re from so we don’t get confused). Well, one of the text’s today simply read “jaffa cakes” and a name and postcode. I thought that it must be some kind of competition, but it turns out it wasn’t. So it gave me the idea, just for a laugh and just to mess up the heads of my colleagues who will be reading the texts and wondering what the heck am I up to, I asked you to text me the most random thing you could think of, or the first thing that came in to your head. And you really didn’t let me down, with over 30 texts flooding in, thank you. Here are a pick of some of my favourites.

 

Pete: “No, no Webbo, I think you’ll find its Abbot and Costello.”

Tom: “Red fox this is grey squirrel. The eagle has landed, Good luck.”

Benno: The second digit on the starboard side.”

Graham: “Damm those Dutch orange carrots.”

Lee: “We had one, but the wheels fell off.”

Mark: “Can you smell in space?”

Graham: “Hoovering the wings of a Boeing 747 gives you chapped lips.”

Benno: “The ferret regards the hammer as his auntie.”

Val: “The coast is clear, how do you know you’re in Ashford.”

Shaun: “I believe vinegar stops it stinging.”

Tim: “There is a cream you can buy for it webbo.”

John: “I did it twice and the second time my hat blew off.”

 

But the best has to be from Sharon who text “If I had to choose, my first and third husbands would be my favourite.”

 

 It’s Kentish Express Thursday so don’t forget to go and buy yourself a copy. Here is just a snippet of what you will find inside including a local charity worker who nailed a MBE in the New Years honours list. A young rapper from Kennington who has won a very prestigious music award and another young star in the making from Highworth who has got a part in Channel 4’s drama ‘Skins’ plus much much more of course.

 

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Rejection week!!

by Nick Bateman Tuesday, November 16 2010

I had one of those weeks where rejection definitely had a capital R. Not only did a TV project disappear, as quickly as the weekend monsoon rains dissipated on Monday morning, but several other promises did not materialise as well.

Talk sadly is very cheap in television and ideas often get bounced out of the door because people are too afraid to take a chance on moving away from the same old formats - or perhaps they are afraid they will lose their jobs if they take creative risks.

Now that the quite brilliant drama Downton Abbey, perversely taken up by ITV1 and not the BBC, (http://www.itv.com/dramapremieres/downtonabbey/) has finished we are left with a huge Sunday night void that has now been filled with I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here and X Factor, which is tantamount to television burglary.

But for ITV1 it is the cash cow season, and as a company they do need the money, sadly for the viewers, it is like a cigarette that has a 100% filter. I sadly missed my Ultimate Big Brother housemate Chantelle, who was down opening a shop in Ricemans, yes I know it is now called Whitefriars Shopping Centre, last week.

However, another friend and ex cast member Victor Ebuwa is coming down to Kent this weekend and we are off to do a personal appearance at Liquid nightclub in Ashford this Saturday 20th November (www.liquidclubs.com/ashford) and then for the next few days after that I am going to show him the pubs of Kent and proper beer - none of that London rubbish.

Those you who travel up to London on the train from Canterbury West would have now realised that money spent on the station by Network Rail has been a waste of money. There are still only two ticket booths, as before, and only one is ever open - this means getting to the station even earlier to buy a ticket!

Often I get caught behind tourists who are baffled at how many different fares and routes there are to London. Frustrating? Yes! Is it going to change? Probably not! I managed last Sunday despite the torrential rain to drive to Ashford to appear as a guest on Adam Dowling’s (along with his side-kick and producer Emma) show on KMFM - it was a great radio show and I thoroughly enjoyed my one hour stay with them both.

I am off to finish my Christmas shopping to avoid the mayhem that descends on Canterbury’s high street over the Christmas period, I am also going to buy a tin hat, because my next blog is going to be controversial but fair. Until next time.

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