Entries in 'Radio 2' (133)

Radio 2 head of music Jeff Smith has spoken about the station’s ambitious replacement for its annual Hyde Park festival during the Covid-19 pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic prevented the network ...

Steps are to release a new album, What The Future Holds, on November 27. The group have signed to BMG for what is set to be a major Q4 release from ...

Radio 2 head of music Jeff Smith has spoken about the station’s ambitious plans to replace its annual Hyde Park festival during the Covid-19 pandemic. The coronavirus prevented the network ...

Radio 2 has revealed the line-up for Radio 2 Live at Home, which will be broadcast on Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13 across radio, TV and online. Sheryl Crow,  ...

BBC Radio 2 head of music Jeff Smith has insisted that streaming services cannot drive discovery of country music on the same scale as the country’s biggest networks. Smith and ...

BMG UK boss Alistair Norbury has told Music Week that the Kylie Minogue campaign for new album Disco has so far been a “perfect storm”, based on its early international ...

Country music is having a streaming moment. Following the exclusive Music Week report in the latest issue on the genre’s huge growth on DSPs in the UK, now Apple ...

Country music is on the rise. In the latest issue of Music Week, we track the streaming growth of the genre, including classic songs and contemporary hits.

Country music streaming has surged this year as contemporary artists have increasingly made an impact alongside classic songs on DSPs. “UK listeners are streaming as many contemporary country artists as ...

From Monday, July 20, BBC Radio 2 will return to its regular pre-Covid19 scheduling. Sara Cox will be on air from 5-7pm, Jo Whiley at 7-9pm, Trevor Nelson from 10pm-midnight ...