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Richard Brookes
This young and upcoming singer/songwriter from Malton is the latest to feature in our series about local musicians.

'No Sleep 'til Bedtime"
Six talented ladies, with excellent voices, have been singing together for 15 years. How and why do they do it? We find out and listen to two of their recorded songs - their own compositions.

'Diad' - Music of the People.
From bars in Malton and York to the St Chartier Festival and cafe-bars in France, folk music brings people together.
Diad perform in all these venues, using traditional Irish music and self penned folk songs to entertain, inform & inspire us.

Happy Days Are Here Again (17)
Let's all dance! To the third of John's three dance music presentations.

Small Town Crooks - Ryedale's 'good time' band.
Continuing our series profiling local bands and musicians we meet purveyors of 'good time music' playing cover versions and original material. A band with something for everyone.

Happy Days Are Here Again (16)
The second of three old dance music presentations from John Gilks collection. Music first heard and played in the 30's cinemas and dance halls throughout the country.

Poetry Corner.
We return to the Exhibition Hotel for a seasonal session of "The Spoken Word", York's 'Open Mic' monthly meeting of Poets.

Ollie the Collie comes to town.
Yorkshire artist Leslie Simpson has turned his talents from painting portraits to humourous whimsical acrylic paintings of Border Collies at work

Happy Days Are Here Again (15)
more good old 'oldies' from John Gilks' collection. The first of three in which play old dance music - music everyone used to like dancing to!

Tom McGuinness - 'A Retrospective'
Coal mining art at Nunnington Hall

Helen Turner
This versatile songwriter from York, with a haunting voice, is the latest to feature in our series about local musicians.

Making a documentary film.
Jim Closs travelled from Edinburgh to Ryedale to find out more about Border Collies for his latest film project.

York Museum - another of York's many treasures
We meet Helen Walsh, Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at York Museum.

“Let’s make an opera in a day” – they did, and it was great!
We heard the director’s plans in our story earlier this week
Today we went along to hear and enjoy this unique event and talk to the cast and members of the audience.

“Let’s make an opera in a day”
An opportunity for the whole community to actively participate in a unique musical theatre experience

"Cruithne"
This Malton based 'Progressive Rock' band is the latest to be featured in our series about local bands and musicians.

'The Ricochets' - an Ampleforth College band
Five Year 12 students give it their all! Four recorded tracks and an invitation to local bands to send us their demos.

'The Ricochets' - an Ampleforth College band
Five Year 12 students give it their all! Four recorded tracks and an invitation to local bands to send us their demos.

'On the Terrace' - an ancient Greek re-creation on Rievaux Terrace
Lyn Wait's idea for the project originated from her interest in "how we go about making moves to change our position". Lyn, a mixed media artist lives in Sheriff Hutton.

'Japanese Art in Life' - York Art Gallery - Sept 9, 2006 to Feb 4, 2007
An exhibition of beautiful prints and ceramics embracing the traditions of Japanese life

Poetry Corner.
We go back to the Exhibition Hotel for another session from
"The Spoken Word", York's 'Open Mic' monthly meeting of Poets.

Miles Cain - Singer / Songwriter.
For this episode in our series about local musicians, we take you into York to meet a melody man with a message.

"Unapproved" - but appreciated!
This is the second in our series where unsigned Ryedale bands and musicians can have their music broadcast over Radio Ryedale.

Introducing Malton rock band "Unapproved".

"Hedcage" on the loose!
This is the third in our series where unsigned Ryedale bands and musicians can have their music broadcast over Radio Ryedale.

Introducing Malton Grunge rock band "Hedcage".

How I met Vanessa Redgrave by John Gordon
You can't beat the old black and white films, can you?
Another humourous short story from John.