Prague, the Czech capital, was one of the swing hubs of Europe up until the Communists came in 1948. And since we had Texan Western Swing sung in Czech on last week's Phantom Dancer, this week's Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton features a small set of Czech swing from the Ultraphon label 1931-45. Read More
Guy Lombardo led the world's leading 'sweet' band from 1924 - 1977. Guy became known as 'Old Father Time' because his band brought in New Years in the US on radio and later TV from 1929 to 1976. Guy Lombardo is November 20 Phantom Dancer feature artist. See the full swing playlist, Guy Lombardo video and story here. Read More
Trumpeter and singer Valaida Snow told many stories about herself. She was a huge star in the 1930s. A set of sides she recorded in 1936-37 London is this week's Phantom Dancer radio feature with Greg Poppleton. Read her story, see the play list, see her 1946 video and hear the radio show here. Read More
Thank you for supporting 2SER during Supporter Drive. This week's Phantom Dancer has a set of 1930s-40s German swing by request from a 2SER supporter. I've chosen four commercial swing releases of stage and film songs written by the prolific German composer and child prodigy, Peter Kreuder. Read More
2SER is a community radio station. Your radio station. It's also 300+ volunteers with a passion for high quality radio. It's an exciting grassroots movement. It was created by people like you and me to educate: - to make sure you get your favourite real music by your favourite non-commercial artists, - to bring to you what's really going on in your community and in your world by giving you independent news and current affairs unfiltered by politically connected billionaires and millionaires. It's yours, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I VOLUNTEER. I SUPPORT 2SER ON THIS WEEK'S SUPPORTER DRIVE 02 9514 9500 https://2ser.com/support Read More
At 2SER, we’re really lucky to air such a wide range of specialist music shows like The Phantom Dancer, in depth news programs, and plenty of local and alternative stories from our community every day. Listeners like yourself truly shape that content, sending us comments, letting us know about your events and businesses, and giving us all feedback too. And of course, being able to send all this into your earlobes wouldn’t be possible without your support! This week is the annual subscriber drive. See this week's Phantom Dancer story, video and play list. Listen online. Read More
'I Can't Give You Anything But Love' was a 1928 hit for composer Jimmy McHugh and lyricist Dorothy Fields. This week's Phantom Dancer, presented by authentic 1920s-30s singer Greg Poppleton, features an 'I Can't Give You Anything But Love'-a-thon PLUS a 1930 - 40 - 50 - 60 countdown of Australian jazz from Sydney. Read More
Bop is often associated instrument-wise with Charlie Parker alto sax, Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, Bud Powell piano, Curley Russell double bass, Max Roach drums and others. But what about Stan Hasselgard clarinet, Buddy deFranco clarinet and even Benny Goodman, clarinet? This week's Phantom Dancer feature set is bop clarinet from live 1940s radio. Produced and presented by 1920s-30s singer, Greg Poppleton. Read More
I remember, maybe inaccurately, a verse by satirist Barry Humphries' character, Sir Les Patterson, that went like this, "Singing songs by Brecht needs the memory of an elephant / But what they lack in tune, they gain in relevance." Brecht's original 1930 radio-like recording of the Threepenny Opera is this week's Phantom Dancer feature, presented every Tuesday by authentic 1920s-30s singer, Greg Poppleton. Read More
Lester Young started playing jazz in the family band. He became one of the most influential tenor saxophonists in jazz. Lester Young is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. The Phantom Dancer is mixed live by Greg Poppleton. Read More
June Christy started singing professionally at 13. In the 1950s, her album 'Something Cool', launched the 'cool' vocal genre in jazz. She is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist, presented by 1920s-30s singer, Greg Poppleton. Read More
He was a piano playing child prodigy who entered the Con at age 16 after playing professionally in theatre for years. His name is Claude Thornhill and he is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. Hear a Claude Thornhill set from live 1930s-40s tadio on this week's Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton. Playlist, video, online show link here. Read More
Now playing as the Howard Schneider Big Band, violinist Jan Garber formed his first band, a quartet, in 1918. Jan Garber's music is now in its 100th year. We'll hear a mix of broadcasts by the Garber 1944-45 swing band on this week's Phantom Dancer non-stop swing jazz mix with Greg Poppleton Read More
Trad jazz became the leading jazz style in Australia after World War Two. On this week's Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton, we hear 1949 by two of the leading exponents of the style - Dave Dallwitz and Graeme Bell. Read More
A bubbly gimmick, a catchy name and great musicianship, these were the keys to Shep Fields' success and the worldwide fame of his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra. Read More
When you hear a woman pop singer in any genre singing 'naturally' today, blame 1930s big band singer, Helen Ward. She blazed the trail. You'll hear a Helen Ward set of live 1930s-40s broadcasts on this week's Phantom Dancer with 1920s-30s singer, Greg Poppleton. We'll also visit the Cocoanut Grove 1932-34, whittle to Hank Williams on 1952 Hillbilly radio, listen to some of Duke Ellington's extended works on his 'Date with the Duke' 1945 radio series and then enjoy the Helen Ward feature. Read the Helen Ward story, see the play list and video, and hear the latest Phantom Dancer mixes here... Read More