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Hello! Sara Hillis here at last to tell you about this week's upcoming adventure on Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show! We've got songs about weddings, songs about boats, songs about crows and foxes, and even more than that! So join me on our three-hour journey (hopefully not a three-hour tour as we know how those end!) today at 2:00 PM Eastern when I'll be live!

On Mushroom Escape on Sunday starting at Midnight Eastern and repeated at 4, 8, 12, 4 and 8, I’m back with a fresh edition of Small World, the kids’ programme for the whole family. Can you simply not wait to hear what’s in store? Well since you’ve been very good this week, I’ll give you a few hints.

Did you know that if a tune is played badly enough, it might run away? Well it might, so we’ll tell you about a little tune that ran away and hear a wee song about some musicians.

Affter you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me in The Early Years where and when you'll enjoy the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.
A single decade is represented this week, the 60s, as I begin the countdown of the top 100 of 1961 compiled by Billboard magazine. I'll start at #100 and get to #75.

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 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 from 2010 and The Muppet Christmas Carol from 1992.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 is a 2010 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
It is the first of two cinematic parts based on J. K. Rowling's 2007 novel of the same name and the seventh instalment in the Harry Potter film series.

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.

This week on Deep Dive we hear the music and comedy of Tom Lehrer. We do the Masochism tango, find that the wild west is where we want to be, and be prepared.

To listen tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia, or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia. Simply go to one of the rooms where you have a SmartThing and say Play Mushroom FM and you'll be whisked to reminisce with this entertaining comedian. And I'll be there as well.

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.

Ready for another two hours of fun songs and stories? Whether you’re hearing them for the first time or the 100th time, I know you’ll be transported to some interesting places this week.

Hehehehe hee haw! Woody Woodpecker is having some fun with his animal crackers, and Shirley Temple has them in her soup! Yucky!

We have a story about a giant, told by a giant of folk music.

There are a couple of stories about hats this week, one about a silk hat, and another about a boy who has 500 hats. Imagine that! 500!

I know you check the Mushroom FM Schedule page every week, just to make sure you're up to speed with all the latest tasty Mushroom morsels. Yeah, right.

The reality is that we have a pretty stable ship here, which means you can depend on hearing your favourite show when you expect to. But we do have a few changes to tell you about, some of them temporary, some of them not, relating to Sunday nights.