Harvest of Highlights

  • July 2025 Playlist

    I don’t like cricket… I love it! That was the kind of mood I found myself in when compiling this months 75 track playlist. Put it down to the current heatwave gripping the UK, in conjunction with some delightfully gripping entertainment delivered by our much maligned summer sport, not to mention my laid back ice… Read more

  • Old Fruit 27th June 2025

    The Waterboys – When Ye Go Away As it is Glastonbury weekend I thought it topical to share a few of the Fruit Tree Records Glastonbury favourites from over the years for this weeks vintage selection. The Waterboys are an act whose free flowing, boundary tumbling, questing romantic spirit have summed up the essence of… Read more

  • Fresh Juice 23rd June 2025

    Bruce Springsteen – Repo Man If there is anyone doubtful that Bruce Springsteen deserves to be mentioned alongside the great writers of the Rock ‘n’ Roll era then this coming week might just press a few of the doubters into submission. He is about to release seven completed albums of previously unreleased, mostly unheard, material… Read more

  • Old Fruit 20th June 2025

    Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Summertime For this week’s half dozen vintage music selections I just had to opt for a summer theme what with the heatwave that is currently bathing the UK in a hot, bright, sticky, perspiring glow. My opening jump back is a jazz standard taken from the Porgy & Bess… Read more

  • Fresh Juice 16th June 2025

    Ron Sexsmith – Don’t Lose Sight Canadian songwriter Ron continues to evolve and refine his craft with another new album called ‘Hangover Terrace’ set for release in August. His music can be as laid back and sleepy sounding as that weary expression he seems to perpetually wear on his face but that should not obscure… Read more

  • Old Fruit 13th June 2025

    Brian Wilson – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times How could this weeks vintage selection of tunes be anything other than a toast to those who are gone in 2025 following a handful of days when the world has lost the genius of Brian Wilson and Sly Stone? Brian may have shone brightest in… Read more