Welcome to the Vintage Radio Years....
Bringing the love of music in tune with our hearts!
"Say it with music..."An interactive radio themed show inspired by the songs of the 30's, 40's & 50’s that's making a difference today! Big band and popular music from the 1930's presents Vintage Radio Years, revives the golden age of pre war and post war music...
For many years I have studied and researched the great sounds of popular music from the 1930’s, the responses this has had upon the well being of its audience and it’s unique quest that has continued to impact my audiences within the care industry.
The Vintage Radio Years sets the scene when music gave us a positive message of sincerity within its motive and a language of love we all understood!
The experience and research I have gained regarding the rhythms, melodies and responses this music has achieved to lift and encourage, I desire to continue within a live band environment.
I am currently exploring avenues of gathering musicians to pursue my artistic development as a vocalist/writer in the hope of reviving some of the greatest sounds ever produced from the swing era.
The simplicity yet brilliance of this special time of music has quite clearly reached out over the years to receptive hearts and minds , every testimony upon the pages of this portfolio website is a refreshing reminder of a sincere expression of talent and its natural ability to unite and promote the fundamentals of life!
‘If you have a hidden passion to relive and connect to the sincerity, romance, and everything good this era stood for, whilst celebrating the talent and songs from this time, then the ‘Vintage Radio Years’ would love to take you back on a journey to a radio themed show that has embraced the hearts of so many, whilst reviving it’s ‘unforgettable’ legacy to this present day!’
Every show is filled with joy, life and hope that inspired so many from yesteryear and quite clearly continuing to do so today!
The Vintage Radio Years brings a personal special touch of unity, happiness and the celebration of this timeless music, whether it be a Birthday, Anniversary or a unique nostlagic celebration for any small event or organisation.'
As a child Kym studied the rhythms and the positive lyrics within soul music, which she felt not only ministered to her own life but led her to want to sing and encourage others. After winning a singing competition at primary school, she knew the creative arts and her desire to help people had been sealed within her heart.
Kym has been singing for the last ten years, gathering research from the music of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, whilst carefully exploring for the last four years the connections this era of music has had on the emotional well being and memory of its audience within the care industry.
Within these years of collecting 'musical and social memorabilia' she felt inspired to redesign, capture and help revive not only this era of music, but came to realize through one man’s dedication of family pioneering at the BBC, ‘Henry Hall’s Guest Night’ had left a legacy that had produced a blue print within the memories and hearts of the British people, family life, and the talented artistes and their sincere expression of their musical gifts.
From 1932 Henry Hall was made the BBC director of dance music and shared his Saturday evening guest night with the people of this nation through the wireless.
This famous radio programme helped promote wonderful musicians like George Formby, Flanagan & Allen, Gracie Fields, Norman Wisdom & the Mills Brothers.
The wireless was one of the main centre points to family life and these talented artistes contributed and encouraged families and people to unite and celebrate together with the gift of song!
The ‘Vintage Radio Years’ achieves all this and more, as a writer, radio presenter, lyricist/poet, and up and coming vocalist and creative director to all my shows, being inspired by Henry Hall, I have re-created and designed a radio programme, setting the theme this special time gave us, with an atmosphere of harmony and pure joy to this present day, encouraged by the Radio Years and my yesteryear guests/artistes.
Each programme starts with one of four small verses recited to my audiences using famous catchphrases, lyrics and signature tunes, whilst my famous guest remains hidden, once remembered the famous artiste is revealed followed by myself dueting with the popular recordings and encouraging my audiences to sing-a-long together, as one, just as the wonderful Gracie Fields and Dame Vera Lynn promoted with such style all those years ago!
‘Everyone’ is transported back to a time of romance, joy, unity, fun and a release of life embraced with innocence and clarity that only this special time of music brought us!
