frontofbicycle Art Exhibition, HSK-English, Gadget Guru

We had two artists on the show this week, both of them presenting their work at an upcoming frontofbicycle art exhibition from April 24-26. Alvin McIntyre from Montréal talked to frontofbicycle's Megan Rogers about his installation piece and how he creates his art. Listen to the interview again here.

Stefano Bruno from Varese in Italy told Megan about his paintings and listening to music while working. Listen to the interview again here.

After-school English language classes are being launched in Basel-area schools for the upcoming academic year. The classes are for children aged 4 to 9+ who have English as a primary language. Matt Gilsenan and Karen Waldhauser joined us tonight to talk about the HSK-English programme and its new launch in the Basel area. Information evenings are coming up on April 20th at 7:30 p.m. in Liestal, or on April 21st at 7:30 p.m. in Central Basel.

We also had a Gadget Guru segment, with Pete Foster quizzing the Guru on all matters gadgety. The Guru talked about a USB-C cable and about another gadget that sounds like it should belong to 007 himself. For more information, listen to the segment again here!

Our music theme this week was doo-wop, the precursor to soul and R'n'B in the 1950s and early 1960s. We played:

The Marcels - Blue Moon

The Crew-Cuts - Sh-Boom

Danny and The Juniors - At The Hop

The Diamonds - Little Darlin'

The Platters - The Great Pretender

The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk

The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)

Dion and The Belmonts - I Wonder Why

The Del-Vikings - Come Go With Me

The Crests - Trouble In Paradise

The Skyliners - This I Swear