Somer Valley FM

Fancy your favourite chocolate from the box? Or perhaps a surprise you’ve never tasted before? Then each week Rob Bayly offers you some irresistible treats in his Eclectic Selection.

You’ll find familiar favourites alongside delights you’ve never heard before – and maybe a few you never want to hear again! Never know what’s coming next as Rob cherry-picks tasty tunes from Pop, Blues, Folk and Swing to Rock, World, Jazz and Classical.

Up-Beat a Jazz, Soul and Blues show with Peter Campbell playing music spanning Miles Davis to Rufus Thomas including artists you may never have heard of! Have you listened to Don Byron, Taj Mahal, Hiram Bullock, Irakere? Listen in, good music with nothing 'downbeat', it's 'Up-Beat' all the way!

Soul Food with Ella May Thomas is filled with soulful songs and stories to soothe your soul. Expect lots of old school soul music and many other genres too. As a solo musician and band member herself, Ella is very passionate about all types of music and loves playing more undiscovered songs too. Hopefully you can discover a new tune or two each week!

The Sound Vision on Somer Valley FM show is hosted on a rotational basis, in partnership with Sound Vision, run by CEO Dom Chambers, previous Manager of the radio station.

Training is undertaken in the radio station in media skills, and if trainees have a desire to present a show, we offer the opportunity. Additionally, if anyone who has a relationship with the station, and wants to feature strong locally-based stories, then the chance is there to air a show.

Local legend Simon plays and presents songs from over the decades.

He'll also talk through his recollections to go with the tracks played out.

And lookout for his feature 'did we really buy this'?!