Radio: Touch of Brass

The opportunity to enjoy plenty of great brass band music over the airwaves with Martin Upfold.

You can the music with presenter Martin Upfold

Sunday, 06 April 2025

The brass band programme hosted by Martin Upfold is on the air each week on Community Radio Station Swindon105.5.com.

Not only can you tune in each week and listen to a new programme, you can also repeat things on 'Catch Up' too.

Martin Upfold

Martin's family banding roots lie with Pelton Fell Band, now the NASUWT Riverside Band with whom his grandfather and great grandfather both played.

He started to play on Eb bass aged 13, and went on to play with Swindon Youth Band, the Swindon Young Musicians Club, Swindon Concert Brass and Aldbourne Band.

He returned to Swindon Band and continued to play with them under the late Francis Cowley. He also had time to fit in playing with the Wessex RAF Voluntary Band and went on to play again with Swindon Pegasus Brass.

He started to work with Community radio station Swindon105.5 in 2008 presenting 'A Touch of Brass' which you can hear between 6pm & 7pm every Sunday evening.

In 2020 he was diagnosed with Parkinsons but has maintained his programme ever since, much to the delight of listeners around the banding world who listen in every week.

Welcome

Martin welcomes listeners every Sunday between 6.00pm & 7.00pm on Swindon105.5 or (FM)105.5, on the App, Now on Digital,

Go to www.swindon1055.com and click on 'Listen Live', or if you missed the show y, click on 'Catch Up'.

You can also leave a message to get a track played at martin.upfold@swindon1055.com or info@swindon1055.com (putting your message c/o A Touch of Brass) or telephone Swindon105.5 between 10am â€” 3pm, Monday â€” Friday on 01793 611555 and leave a message.

Sunday 6th April:

Bandology (Osterling)
Yorkshire Imperial Metals

Mack & Mabel (Herman)
Whitburn

Crnet Carillon (Binge)
Black Dyke Band

Birdland (Zawinul)
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas

Malaguena (Lecuona)
Yorkshire Imperial Metals

Devil's Galop (Williams)
BNFL Band

Seventy Ninth's Farewell to Gibraltar (MacDonald)
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

The Drunken Piper
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Crown Imperial (Walton)
Band of the Coldstream Guards

Knightsbridge March (Coates)
Band of the Blues & Royals

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