Foz Pays Tribute to Hot Tramp’s Tom Williams
The Suffolk music scene is reeling from the news that one of its most popular figures – Tom Williams – has died…
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Stephen Foster is BBC Radio Suffolk's longest serving presenter. Foz presents Drivetime and features an eclectic selection of music with much of it coming from local bands and singer-songwriters.
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I’m not going to argue with…
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As the old blues song put it so succinctly – another
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I’m going to show my age here, but I reckon when it comes to
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There’s plenty of food for thought after the recent StowBlues festival. The now firmly established annual event at…
StowBlues 2019
You know you’re getting on in years when police officers, sports men and women and office staff look so young.…
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