Ian Stewart's History of Rock

01/06/2026

Click below to listen to my latest HISTORY OF ROCK show for River Dee Radio - MANDOLINS:

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22/05/2026

My latest show for River Dee Radio features another under-the-radar Session Player - saxophonist Michael Brecker:

My latest show features another under-the-radar session player – MICHAEL BRECKER, saxophonist for hire who has appeared on more than 900 albums, many of them by big names in the music business – James Taylor, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon and Eric Clapton amongst them

04/05/2026

Here's the link for the new show from Ian Stewart's History of Rock for River Dee Radio. It's the 11th in the series featuring the work of PROLIFIC PRODUCERS - this time it's the music maverick of the 60's, GUY STEVENS:

This is the 11th in my series featuring the work of PROLIFIC PRODUCERS – this time it’s the music maverick GUY STEVENS, initially a popular club DJ who imported early R & B records, then went on to be a record producer. He was responsible for naming both PROCUL HARUM and MOTT THE HOOPLE, managin...

20/04/2026

Click the link below to listen to my latest show for River Dee Radio - Vox magazine's Top 50 milestone records (per 1991 article):

Do you remember the music magazine VOX? It was a sister publication to the NME, intended as a rival to Q magazine. First published late 1990, by the summer of 1998 it was finished. In one of its early publications – January, 1991 – they published an article called “100 records that shook the w...

06/04/2026

Click the link below to listen to my latest show for River Dee Radio - the 10th in the series looking at the work of PROLIFIC PRODUCERS - this time it's MIKE VERNON, co-founder of BLUE HORIZON RECORDS, who gave John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and others their starts in the music business:

The 10th in Ian Stewart's HISTORY OF ROCK series looking at the work of PROLIFIC PRODUCERS – this time it’s MIKE VERNON, who sadly passed last month but was known primarily for the record label Blue Horizon that he co-founded. Acts like John Mayall, Ten Years After, David Bowie and Fleetwood Mac...

02/04/2026

Use the URL below to test your knowledge of 1990's Pop Music - the theme for my latest quiz for River Dee Radio is BRITPOP:

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02/04/2026

Use the URL below to listen to the latest episode in my monthly BRILL BUILDING SOUNDS series for River Dee Radio:

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25/03/2026

Terry Cox, best-known for being the drummer of British folk rock band Pentangle, has died aged 89.

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24/03/2026

Click on the link below to listen to my latest show for River Dee Radio - FLUTES:

The theme for my new HISTORY OF ROCK show for River Dee Radio is FLUTES – it’s the 15th time I’ve featured specific instruments used by rock and pop musicians. The 1960’s and 1970’s were eras when Flutes, previously used mostly in orchestral performances, came to the fore in popular music,...

26/01/2026

Legendary reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, one half of Sly & Robbie, has died