A Reminder the Clock is Always Ticking

New Music

Austrian symphonic metal band “Visions of Atlantis” have released another single from their excellent 2022 album Pirates. Vocalist Clémentine Delauney states:

”We are so excited to be able to release a video for ”Clocks” as we love this song and we noticed that it quickly became one of our fans’ favorites as well! We could tell from the crowd’s response every time we started to play this song live last year! So here is a fun portrait of what enjoying life as a pirate can be about, remembering the clock is ticking… Let’s all make a golden play out of 2023!”

Clocks by Visions of Atlantis is new this week on RadiJohan.

Introducing Foxton and Hastings

New Music

Bruce Foxton is an English singer, songwriter and musician whose career in music spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the 1970’s as bassist and backing vocalist of “The Jam.” Between 1977 and 1982 The Jam released 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom including four number one hits.

Russell Hastings is a British guitarist and vocalist who teamed up with Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler (both former members of The Jam) and together formed “From The Jam” in 2007 to keep performing The Jam’s songs.

Foxton and Hastings have recorded three albums of original material together: 2012’s Back in the Room, 2016’s Smash the Clock and their new album, The Butterfly Effect.

Their new single, She Said, is new this week on RadiJohan.

Charlie Dore – Pilot of the Airwaves

Flashback

Pilot of the Airwaves is a song by English singer-songwriter “Charlie Dore.” It was released in as a single in 1979 from her album Where to Now. This ode to an unnamed DJ became a big hit reaching number 13 on the US Billboard chart in 1980. The song also charted in Australia, New Zealand and Canada and, even though it received heavy airplay in the UK, it didn’t do nearly as well there.

This song is another example of a classic hit that is largely ignored by commercial radio today but still gets played on RadiJohan.

Jethro Tull Flötes On

New Music

Progressive Rock legends “Jethro Tull” will release their brand new album RökFlöte in April. The new album will be the follow-up to 2022’s The Zealot Gene, which gave Jethro Tull their first Top 10 album in the UK for 50 years. RökFlöte will be a 12-track album based on the characters and roles of some of the principle gods of the old Norse form of paganism, while at the same time exploring the “RökFlöte,” or rock flute, which Jethro Tull has made iconic. 

Jethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, England, in 1967. The group’s leader, founder, primary composer, and only constant member is Ian Anderson, a multi-instrumentalist who mainly plays flute and acoustic guitar, and is also the lead vocalist.

The new album’s first single takes inspiration from the god Ymir, the proto-being, a primeval being, who was born from venom that dripped from the icy rivers called the Élivágar and lived in the grassless void of Ginnungagap.

Jethro Tull’s Ginnungagap, is new this week on RadiJohan.

RadiJohan Top 10 on 21 January 2023

Top 10
TWLWArtistTitle
10NewThe White BuffaloNot Today
9NewJelly RollShe
810TenThe Tidal Wave
72Dermot KennedyKiss Me
66Cats In Space1,000,000 Miles
59RouletteReady For Friday Night
41Dea MatronaRed Button
35Lewis CapaldiPointless
23Tuk Smith & The Restless HeartsEverybody Loves You When You’re Dead
14Bishop BriggsSuperhuman

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Saturday Night Fever Hits The World

Flashback

This week in 1978 the soundtrack album to the movie “Saturday Night Fever,” starring John Travolta, hit number 1 in the US. It is one of the best-selling albums in history, and remains in the top 10 biggest-selling soundtracks of all time. The album stayed at number 1 of the US album chart for 24 straight weeks from January to July 1978 while in the UK it spent 18 at the top.

Producer Robert Stigwood approached the Bee Gees to write songs for the movie after its filming had already taken place. At the time the Bee Gees were working on producing their next album but, not wanting to let the opportunity pass them by, wrote a few songs during a weekend and tweaked some songs they had already started working on, including “Stayin’ Alive.“

Baby It’s You!

Flashback

“Promises” was a Canadian band formed in 1978. The Three band members were siblings. In 1979 their single “Baby It’s You” became a smash hit around the world, particularly in Europe but also in Australia where it reached number 2, and New Zealand where it topped the chart for five weeks. This one hit wonder is another example of a classic song that is largely being ignored by commercial radio but still gets played on RadiJohan.

T’Pau Returns With Topical and Relevant single

New Music

“T’Pau” are an English band whose 1987 debut single, “Heart and Soul,” made the top five in the UK and the US. The follow up, “China in Your Hands,” topped the charts in numerous countries. In 2021 T’Pau released the 56 track 3CD collection “Essential” which includes all their hits, some tracks from their hit albums “Bridge of Spies,” “Rage” and “The Promise” as well some of their more recent singles.

The Lyrics of T’Pau’s newest single are comprised of lead singer Carol Decker’s “musings” on various world events that have been “ruminating” in her head over the last few years. “World on Fire” is new this week on RadiJohan.

Bachman-Turner Overdrive Drummer dead at 69

News

Robbie Bachman, drummer and co-founder of Canadian rock band “Bachman-Turner Overdrive,” has died at the age of 69. His older brother Randy Bachman, front-man and guitarist of the group, made the announcement on Twitter. The band, often abbreviated “BTO,” was founded in the 1973 by the Bachman brothers and bassist Fred Turner. Their 1970’s discography included five top 40 albums and six US top 40 singles (11 in Canada).

Robbie Bachman was last active with the band from 1988 to 2005. The drummer experienced the band’s most successful period in the 1970s with hits including “Roll On Down the Highway,” Takin’ Care of Business,” “Hey You” and their best known hit “You Ain’t seen Nothing Yet.”

RadiJohan Top 10 on 14 January 2023

Top 10
TWLWArtistTitle
10NewTenThe Tidal Wave
9NewRouletteReady For Friday Night
89LoneriderCross The Border
72The Lightning SeedsEmily Smiles
66Cats In Space1,000,000 Miles
57Lewis CapaldiPointless
410Bishop BriggsSuperhuman
34Tuk Smith & The Restless HeartsEverybody Loves You When You’re Dead
23Dermot KennedyKiss Me
11Dea MatronaRed Button

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