Layering vocal harmonies, sequencers, thumping bass and spacey guitar, The Upper Strata are Reg and Johnny, a duo who create a unique mix of audio flavours and hues. Fittingly, their new album is called "Hue". It is a collection of colour meditations – part sensory experiment, and influenced by the duo’s travels.

Author Martina Sonderegger joined us to talk about her German children's book "Junas Traumreise" ("Juna's Dream Voyage"). It's the story of 8-year-old Juna who is sitting in her room feeling sad and wishing she could fly. Suddenly, there's a knock on her window – two shooting stars have come to say hello.

Happy 2023 and welcome back to a new season of The English Show! We kick things off this year with an outlook on some awesome upcoming concerts by female artists. A few of them are finally getting to tour Europe and perform shows which were long postponed due to the pandemic (which hopefully stays in the rear-view).

The Christmas season in the German speaking part of Switzerland, which includes Basel, begins on the first day of Advent - this year that was on the 27th of November.