ME AND BOBBY McGEE by JANIS JOPLIN. Story by Mary Pomfret.
Each night of our five -night derailment, when the hot sun went down, we’d go and sit on the still-warm tracks with a crazed old railway fettler who had befriended us.
CASTLE ON THE HILL by ED SHEERAN. Story by Kate Foulds.
Mum was a practical woman. She expressed her love through deeds. Tender words and demonstrative affection weren’t her strong suit. Particularly at home.
SIGN OF THE TIMES by HARRY STYLES. Confession by Martina Medica.
You resolve to simply never think about Harry Styles, or One Direction, ever again.
Farewell, Eddy Dawson
Stereo Stories sends it condolences to friend and colleague Smokie Dawson on the death of his father Eddy this week
IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP by AC/DC. Story by Paul Dufficy.
Baldy wished Steve a happy birthday and opened the door of Steve's birthday present, the Chrysler Valiant Baldy had just stolen.
UNWRITTEN by NATASHA BEDINGFIELD. Story by Angela Savage.
My daughter takes me to a movie that she’s already seen and thinks I will like. The movie is so-so, but there’s a song in it that I love.
COLD SWEAT by THIN LIZZY. Letter by Lauren O’Hagan.
I want you to know that meeting you on 26 March 2006 was one of the highlights of my teenage years.
POOL PARTY by JULIA JACKLIN. Story by Gemma Keating.
It was strange: I listened to it, and the unspoken words hanging between us were suddenly said – not by him, or me, but by this angelic voice from afar. It was an admission, an apology. No, it was a plea. No, maybe it was just a song.
MARIA LISBOA by AMALIA RODRIGUES. Story by N.T. McQueen.
The late flight, the two-hour wait in customs, and 1am arrival still clung to us, but something else clung as well.
LOVE IS A BIRD by GENE VINCENT. Story by Robert Lastdrager.
Arming myself with a tennis racquet, I tiptoed along the hallway and into the kitchen to confront the intruders.