Free FM's De-Tour Du Jour

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You know their voices. You know their shows. But you don’t know their record collections... yet. Ditch the routine. Take the Free FM De Tour Du Jour! It’s our weekly 'anything goes' hour where we challenge our broadcasters to step outside their comfort zone and share a taste of their musical guilty pleasures. From Mellotrons to Motown, concept albums to calypso, or synth-wave to sea shanties.

Episodes

  1. 13H AGO

    Songs About The Waikato Part 2

    In Songs About the Waikato Part 2. De Tour Du Jour guest host Andrew Johnstone continues his exploration the Waikato through a diverse range of songs and music. Ritchie Pickett - 3am Hamilton Sunday Morning Sneaky Feelings - Silvercrest and Hilldale Chris Thompson - The Road To Raglan Bruci Jordon - Raglan Hollow Grinders - Ruapuke Nookie The Shrugs - Cobham Bridge Spatula Death - Walking Through Hamilton Anaru Singh - Meet Me At The Corner Shop in Ngaruawahia Theia - Waikato The Misty Mountain Project - 22 Miles to Tokoroa Tim Armstrong - Colsens Hill Zi & Laelah - Putaruru Mike Harvey - Lemon and Paeroa Andrew Johnstone - Morrinsville Tonight David Farquhar - Cambridge Ode.

    58 min

  2. APR 7

    Songs of The Waikato pt1

    Guest host Andrew Johnstone explores the Waikato through a diverse range of songs and music.

    58 min

  3. MAR 31

    Mondegreens

    This week - Hanna – from Hanna Worldwide & Friends podcast.The theme is mondegreens. What’s a mondegreen? According to Gemini, it's that classic "wait, that’s not what they’re saying?" moment. It’s a misheard word or phrase—usually in a song or a poem—that gives the lyrics a brand-new (and often much funnier) meaning.

    58 min

  4. MAR 24

    War - When Will We Ever Learn?

    Free Mel presents anti-war anthems amidst the turmoil in the world. This show reveals the worst in wars and our plea for peace. War: When Will We Ever Learn.

    58 min

  5. MAR 17

    Songs About Presidents

    Phil Grey presents a deep dive into the songs that defined (or defied, even defiled) the men in the White House. Ranking the leaders of the free world by the only metric that matters: how catchy their tribute songs are, because nothing says "democracy" like a folk song about a guy who’s been dead for 200 years.

    57 min

  6. MAR 10

    It Sounded Reasonable

    Mike Williams presents It Sounded Reasonable - Songs written from the wrong point of view - from Springsteen to Steely Dan, Billy Bragg to Talking Heads. Welcome to Free FM’s De-Tour Du Jour. The weekly hour where your favourite Free FM DJs ditch the regular script to explore their deepest musical obsessions. No rules. No genres. Just total surprises.

    57 min

  7. MAR 3

    Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Songs

    Andrew Johnstone: Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Songs We wrong each other and ourselves in all sorts of ways and for this episode of De Tour De Jour, guest host Andrew Johnstone explores the theme of somebody done somebody wrong songs.

    58 min

  8. FEB 22

    Kirikiriroa Sonic Audit 1.8_3/9Z with SSSD

    Urban exploration in sound with Deep_InsessioNZ host #SSSD. In his words: "This 57-minute transmission represents a forced quantification of the Kirikiriroa basin’s background radiation. It is a diagnostic of a city functioning as a parasite on its own hum. For organic listeners experiencing physiological distress: Your discomfort is a recorded variable. "

    58 min
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You know their voices. You know their shows. But you don’t know their record collections... yet. Ditch the routine. Take the Free FM De Tour Du Jour! It’s our weekly 'anything goes' hour where we challenge our broadcasters to step outside their comfort zone and share a taste of their musical guilty pleasures. From Mellotrons to Motown, concept albums to calypso, or synth-wave to sea shanties.

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