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Radio: Touch of Brass

Plenty of great music to enjoy from Martina and Julie over the airwaves

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  More great music to enjoy with Christmas coming

The Touch of Brass programme is hosted by Martin Upfold and co-presenter Julie Hedge 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 — 3pm, Monday — Friday on 01793 611555 and leave a message.

Sunday 7th December:


Star Lake (Ball)
Black Dyke Band

Paint Your Wagon (Lerner & Lowe)
Royal Doulton Band

Spanish Eyes (Kaempfert)
Lewis Merthyr Band

My Way (Revaux/Anka)
Hammonds Sauce Works

Theme to Coronation Street (Spear)
GUS Band
Fanfare for Rocky (Conti)
Swindon Pegasus Brass

Dashing Away (Spear)
Bath Spa Band

Finale from Faust (Gounod)
Bath Spa Band

Jurassic Park (Williams)
Swindon Pegasus Brass

Pachelbel's Canon
South Notts Brass

The Proclamation of Christmas (Bulla)
Band of the Coldstream Guards

There is a special live show on 21st December.

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