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This weekend is the unofficial start of summer in the US. In honor of this, and also because my husband and I, and my sister and brother-in-law had anniversaries in May, and my brother and sister-in-law have their 30th anniversary in mid June, I play songs you hear at weddings. You will hear the four songs Mark and I had at our own wedding, along with listener requests, and the one song I believe should never be played at a wedding or wedding dance because, though its title sounds wedding-like, the lyrics certainly are not! Next week we will hear songs with the word "angel" in them.

Perhaps some of you will recognize the origin of the subject, from one of the great North American radio formats of the late '60s and early '70s.
After you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac, smart speaker or tablet and join me for The Early Years where and when you'll hear the best music from the first half of the Rock and Roll era with nods to other decades and genres.

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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies Total Recall from 1990, and Pale Rider from 1985.
Total Recall is a 1990 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven, with a screenplay by Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Gary Goldman.

We hope you enjoyed hearing the Elvis Presley Story over the last 13 weeks.

Our rockumentaries continue this weekend with a two parter we haven't aired before.

In the History of Psychedelia, DAVID QUANTICK presents a 2-part documentary examining the changing face of psychedelic music, from the swirling shapes and sounds of the sixties to the retro-pop of the early nineties and today's eclectic dance scene.

You can hear this fascinating, and of course trippy musical history first at 2 PM Eastern on Sunday. It's repeated at 11 PM that evening.

On Thursday at 2 AM Eastern and repeated again at 2 Pm Eastern, join me for a tribute to Tina Turner, who has died aged 83. Her influence is immense. She paved the way for women in rock and roll. She overcame adversity and abuse to blossom as a solo artist. Most of all, she contributed to the soundtrack of our lives.

Learn about her humble beginnings and the upheaval in her early life, how she met Ike, how she got the name Tina Turner, the perception that she had become a nostalgia act after the couple divorced, and her incredible ascendancy as a solo artist in the 1980s.

The "Juke In The Back" focuses on the " soul that came before rock n' roll," the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to salute Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the most important and influential musical figures of the 20th Century.

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the work and career of Australian soul, blues and jazz singer Kate Ceberano. We pash, watch bedroom eyes and learn that I don't know how to love him.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Wednesday Eastern, which is 8 PM the same day in Eastern Australia. Just request your SmartSpeaker to please play Mushroom FM and it will comply momentarily, or perhaps after a preliminary advertisement. They like to sneak those in occasionally.

This week, on The Song Remembers When, we pay tribute to all five senses. This was a theme suggested by my mother-in-law, and I'd love to hear other theme suggestions from you, the listener! Some of the sense words are hidden in the songs I picked; see if you can find all of them! Next week, in honor of our 21st wedding anniversary, I will be playing songs you might hear at a wedding. I'll play the songs Mark and I chose for our wedding, along with other wedding favorites. If you have songs you'd like to request, please get in touch with me!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to give you the straight (well, more like winding and meandering) goods on what's coming up on this week's edition of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show! Once again I've got an eclectic collection of music for you, with songs about hard times, time in general, rovers, journeys, roads, and even a few songs about lads in honour of Aladdin the guide dog's tenth birthday which is coming up on Sunday, May 21. I promise it'll be a fun time, and you never know what you're going to hear next. There's even a bit of "Me Music" again this week!

After you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me for The Early Years where and when you'll hear the best music from the first half of the Rock and Roll era with nods to other decades and genres.
Who are the Ivets? Rednow and Yawtuc.