Alongside the great oldies, we introduce you to a little new music on Boom, around once per hour. This week's offerings are listed below.

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Richmond On The James - a great Banjo-driven track from the new album Arcadia, their first album together in 14 years

Beverley Knight & Billy Porter - Never Say Never - they paired up to host the prestigious Olivier awards and they describe this song as a modern soul classic rooted in old school!  

Deacon Blue - Turn Up Your Radio - a track from their latest album The Great Western Road

Dion DiMucci - New York Minute - a nostalgic ode to his lifelong love affair with New York City and his wife, Susan, to whom he has been married for over 60 years

Dolly Parton - If You Hadn’t Been There - released in honour of her late husband Carl Dean; they fell in love when she was 18 and he was 23

Edwyn Collins - Knowledge - the Scottish musician, former lead singer of Orange Juice, with a twangy, reflective ballad from his first album in 6 years Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation

Elton John & Brandi Carlile - tracks from Who Believes in Angels - including the title track and also new single Swing For The Fences

George Gallagher - House of Bamboo - as heard in the tv soundtrack of “This City Is Ours”, it’s a cover of the 50s hit by Andy Williams

James Bay & Sheryl Crow - You and Me - two award-winning musicians with their first collaboration, taken from the James Bay album Changes All The Time (Deluxe)

Jethro Tull - The Tipu House - a song of aspiration in adversity, it’s the second single from their current album Curious Ruminant

Justin Hayward with Mike Batt - Life In A Northern Town - their first collaboration since 1989 and a beautiful new version of the 80s hit, accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Kate Rusby - Let Your Love Shine - often referred to as the Barnsley Nightingale, this is the folk icon’s lead single from forthcoming album When They All Looked Up, out on 25th April

Mal Pope - When You’re Away - a never before heard track, originally from The Gus Dudgeon Sessions 1975-2025, newly recorded with Nashville singer songwriter Alyssa Bonagura

Mickey Jupp - In Love At All - now 78 and retired in Cumbria, “Juppy” was a pioneer of 70s pub rock, who worked with Ian Dury, and this is taken from his new EP The Little Red Ford  

Phil Hendriks - Sparkling Cyanide - he co-founded The Stiffs and played guitar with Bay City Rollers and Merrill Osmond’s live band, this is his latest single

Remember Monday - What The Hell Just Happened? - the UK entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest by country-pop girl group from Farnborough in Hampshire

Smokey Robinson - Be Thankful For What You’ve Got - from his upcoming new album of covers, this is Smokey’s interpretation of the William DeVaughn song

The Doobie Brothers - tracks from album Walk With Me - Michael McDonald has re-joined the band and Mavis Staples is one of the guest singers on this new album, released in June

The Waterboys - I Don't Know How I Made It - this is the latest single from their current album Life, Death and Dennis Hopper

Tony Christie - tracks from A New Life, recorded in Nashville and featuring many of his big hits re-imagined in a country style

Van Morrison - Down To Joy - its first official release, after memorably featuring in Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar and BAFTA winning film ‘Belfast’

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